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Germany Smith committed seven intentional errors in 1885, during a game pitched by new pitcher Phenomenal Smith (who had given himself his own nickname before joining the team).
As the writer of the Goodwin auction catalog aptly put it, "An outstanding glove man with exceptional range...if he could have boosted his average to the standards of the day, Smith might be remembered as one of the finest to ever play".