finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1927 12 september 1949 1911 114-118 3.32 428 cleveland indians 18 february 1891 reidsville , georgia july 18 sherry smith + otto miller.jpg win-loss earned run average strikeouts pittsburgh pirates sherry smith left sherry , on the brooklyn robins in 1916 smith -lrb- left -rrb- with teammate otto miller monticello , georgia may 11 right pitcher sherry smith

sherry smith

sherrod malone -lrb- sherry -rrb- smith -lrb- february 18 , 1891 -- september 12 , 1949 -rrb- was a starting pitcher in major league baseball .
from 1911 until 1927 , he pitched for the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1911 -- 12 -rrb- , brooklyn robins -lrb- 1915 -- 17 , 1919 -- 1922 -rrb- and cleveland indians -lrb- 1922 -- 1927 -rrb- .
smith batted right-handed and threw left-handed .
he was born in monticello , georgia .
smith was the hard-luck loser of one of the longest world series games ever played .
he pitched all the way into the 14th inning for brooklyn , dueling with boston 's starting pitcher , babe ruth , in game 2 of the 1916 world series until the red sox won it 2-1 .
it would be his only appearance in that series .
he made two strong starts in the 1920 world series .
smith was the winning pitcher of game 3 against cleveland , throwing a three-hitter in a 2-1 victory .
but despite another impressive effort in game 6 , he lost a 1-0 duel with duster mails , and brooklyn ended up losing that series in seven games .
placed on waivers after the 1922 season , smith was claimed by cleveland and pitched there for several seasons .
he led all american league pitchers in 1925 in complete games with 22 , also leading the league that season in walks and hits allowed .
in a 14-season career , smith posted a 114 -- 118 record with 428 strikeouts and a 3.32 era in 2,052.2 innings pitched .
smith died in reidsville , georgia , at age 58 .
