Career
He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (180 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). However, he only spent two weeks of the 1962 season with the team He was dealt to the Cubs on April 26, then sent on to his original team, the Cardinals, on June 5, and spent the rest of the campaign as a late-inning replacement for veteran Cardinals superstar Stan Musial in left field
In 1958, he was one of three Bob Smiths in the Majors, along with pitchers Robert Gilchrist Smith of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Robert Walkup "Riverboat" Smith of the Boston Red Sox.
Bobby Gene Smith"s 234 Major-League hits included 35 doubles, five triples and 13 home runs.
