// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was Bill Smiley sad? He was a little :) less happy.

Not to be confused with Bill Smyly.

Bill Smiley
Second baseman
Born: 1856 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died: July 11, 1884(1884-07-11) (aged 27–28) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
October 13, 1874, for the Baltimore Canaries
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1882, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average	.195
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Baltimore Canaries (1874) St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882) Baltimore Orioles (1882)

William B. Smiley (1856 – July 11, 1884) was an American professional baseball player who primarily played second base in the American Association for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Baltimore Orioles for one season in 1882.

In July 1884, Smiley was playing for the minor league club in Richmond, Virginia when he returned to Baltimore "in a sickly condition." He died about a week later on July 11, 1884 at his mother's home on Aisquith Street of "rheumatism in the region of the heart."

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet  · Baseball Almanac