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Remembering major leaguer Elmer John Smith

Billy Joe Fudge sent us a heads' up about a recent addition to the Adair, Cumberland and Metcalfe County Ky History and Genealogy Facebook page, where Judy Smith has posted the obituary that the late great Paul Hayes wrote in 1984 for Major League Baseball Player Elmer John Smith (1892-1984).

Smith, who was born in Sandusky, OH, is best remembered for helping the Cleveland Indians win the 1920 World Series and the New York Yankees win the 1922 American League pennant and 1923 World Series. According to Wikipedia, Smith's grand slam in Game 5 of the 1920 series was the first grand slam in World Series history.

Smith ended his baseball career in 1932, and settled into a career with an engineering firm in Shaker Heights, Ohio, until the late 1950s. Some time in the 1970s, he and his wife, Ruth Hanrath Smith, relocated to Columbia, where they lived until his death on August 3, 1984.

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Elmer Smith's daughter, Sallie S. Nell, passed away in 2008 in Berea, KY. She is buried in Adair County next to her husband, Dr. George O. Nell.

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Major leaguer Elmer John Smith



1921-12-31 - Cleveland, OH - Photo courtesy Library of Congress (LC-B2- 5552-6).
Major league baseball star Elmer John Smith, who was born in Sandusky, OH, is best remembered for helping the Cleveland Indians win the 1920 World Series and the New York Yankees win the 1922 American League pennant and 1923 World Series. According to Wikipedia, Smith's grand slam in Game 5 of the 1920 series was the first grand slam in World Series history.

Smith ended his baseball career in 1932, and settled into a career with an engineering firm in Shaker Heights, Ohio, until the late 1950s. Some time in the 1970s, he and his wife, Ruth Hanrath Smith, relocated to Columbia, KY, where they lived until his death on August 3, 1984.

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