Edgar Smith was a professional baseball player born in 1860, whose career spanned the brief period from 1883 to September 29, 1883. As a position player, Smith made his mark in the early days of Major League Baseball, a time characterized by the transition from the deadball era to more modern styles of play. Over the course of his short-lived career, he appeared in 30 games, where he recorded 25 hits and drove in 16 runs, resulting in a batting average of .217. While he did not hit any home runs or steal bases, his contributions to his team were notable for the era.
Smith's playing style reflected the fundamentals of baseball during the 1880s, a time when offensive production often relied on contact hitting and strategic base running rather than power. Although his career was brief and did not feature the prolific statistics associated with many of his contemporaries, Edgar Smith remains a part of baseball history, representing the early development of the sport and its players.
