george smith double dipped

george smith, seen here on his 1990 target card,

had two major league tours of duty with the brooklyn robins, sandwiched around time spent in the majors with the new york giants and philadelphia phillies.  that means he's another dodger franchise double dipper.

[this is the fiftyninth installment in the double dippers posts.  here are the previous posts - brett butler, omar daal, eric young, nick willhite, chris gwynn, mickey hatcher, dave anderson, don zimmer, rafael landestoy, dave hansen, jose vizcaino, hideo nomo, greg maddux, mike maddux, jon garland, chan ho park, vicente romo, gene mauch, denny lewallyn, von joshua, joe moeller, dioner navarro, rudy seanez, bart shirley, randy wolf, ismael valdes, bobby castillo, mike devereaux, pete richert, jay johnstone, jesse orosco, lee lacy, giovanni carrara, jeff weaver, ted sizemore,  orel hershiser, tom goodwin, joe ferguson, eddie murray, matt luke, ken mcmullen, tim wallach, jerry grote, don sutton, ralph branca, todd hundley, elmer dessens, guillermo mota, joe beckwith, jamie hoffmann, babe herman, joe medwick, juan castro, ron perranoski, clyde king, paul waner, hughie jennings, ron negray, and broadway aleck smith.]

smith began his big league career with the giants in 1916.  two years later, his contract was purchased by the reds, and he split his 1918 season between cincinnati, a return to the giants, and finally the robins.  smith was 4-1 with a 2.66 era in 8 games for brooklyn, but he was lost to the giants as they brought him back for a third time after the season ended.  shortly after the 1919 season began, however, the giants dealt smith to the phillies.  he stayed in philadelphia for four seasons, including 1921 when he was 4-20, before returning to the robins for the 1923 campaign.  he pitched in 25 games for brooklyn this time around, and earned a record of 3-6.