| Rufus Smith | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Left |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1905 |
| Death Place: | Aiken, South Carolina |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | October 2 |
| Debutyear: | 1927 |
| Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 2 |
| Finalyear: | 1927 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Games pitched |
| Stat1value: | 1 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 3.38 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
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Rufus Frazier "Shirt" Smith (January 24, 1905 – August 21, 1984) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in one game for the Detroit Tigers on October 2, .
Smith played college baseball at Guilford College where he formed a battery with catcher Rick Ferrell. While pitching at Guilford, he caught the attention of a New England millionaire who signed Smith to one of his semi-pro teams in Massachusetts. At the end of the summer, he enrolled at Brown University. While pitching for a team in East Douglas, Massachusetts in 1927, he caught the attention of a Tigers scout, signed a contract and received a signing bonus of $5,000 .[1]