Homer Smoot

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Homer Vernon Smoot (March 23, 1878 - March 25, 1928), nicknamed "Doc," was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who had a short but successful career. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds between 1902 and 1906. He threw right-handed but batted left-handed. Born in Galestown, Maryland, Smoot was the eldest of three children. He was born to Luke Smoot and Rebecca Wheatley-Smoot. He attended elementary school with Geneva Gordy, who became his wife in 1901. He attended prep school at Wesley Collegiate Academy in Dover, Delaware. He and his wife Geneva had five children-two boys and three girls.