Paul Stoner Smith (May 7, 1888 – July 3, 1958) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Smith played in 10 games in the

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

season with the

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

. He had 10 hits in 44 at-bats with a .227 batting average. Smith was born in

Mount Zion, Illinois Mount Zion is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,019 at the 2020 census. Geography Mount Zion is located in southeastern Macon County at (39.777967, -88.878614). It is bordered to the northwest by the ci ...

and died in

Decatur, Illinois Decatur ( ) is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois, with a population of 70,522 as of the 2020 Census. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Ce ...

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Cincinnati Reds players 1888 births 1958 deaths Baseball players from Illinois Sportspeople from Decatur, Illinois Lincoln Abes players Canton Chinks players Adrian Champs players Montreal Royals players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Rochester Colts players People from Macon County, Illinois {{US-baseball-outfielder-1880s-stub