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Tony Smith (baseball)

former American professional baseball player (1884-1964)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ7823443 ↗
Source-derived summary

Anthony Smith (May 14, 1884 – February 27, 1964) was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball from 1907 through 1911 for the Washington Senators and Brooklyn Superbas / Dodgers.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tony Smith (baseball)” as former American professional baseball player (1884-1964). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tony, Smith and baseball.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1884, 1964, 1907, 1911—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1884-05-14. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tony, Smith and baseball providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Tony Smith (baseball)”, the useful work is to connect “former American professional baseball player (1884-1964)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7823443. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1884, 1964, 1907 and 1911.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Tony Smith (baseball)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.