[this is the sixtyninth 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, broadway aleck smith, george smith, johnny cooney, jim fairey, frenchy bordagaray, doc casey, waite hoyt, luis olmo, clyde sukeforth, willie keeler, and harry howell.]
germany smith, seen below on his 1990 target card
was a member of the brooklyn grays (later the bridegrooms) from 1885 through 1890. the first five years of that stretch, the team was a member off the american association but in 1890 they graduated to the national league and smith was their shortstop. unfortunately, he made like alfredo griifin and hit below .200 (.191 to be exact) that year. despite a .276 average in the 1890 world series, he was no longer with the franchise in 1891, having moved on to cincinnati.
smith spent 6 seasons in cincinnati, hitting .300 in 1895 and .287 in 1896. in 1897, smith returned to brooklyn and hit .201. at least he was regarded as a good fielder, but i will think of him as another double dipper.
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