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Smith spent two seasons as a good-fielding but light-hitting shortstop for the Braves before switching to the mound in 1925. By 1926 he was a regular starter for the second-division Braves. He had five straight losing seasons but won at least ten games each year. On May 17, 1927, he pitched a complete-game, 22-inning 4-3 loss to the Cubs for the fifth-longest pitching effort in ML history. UW x x Traded to the Cubs in 1931, he had his best season, 15-12. In 1933 he returned to the Braves, where he remained through 1937, pitching mostly in relief. (EW)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » September 20, 1926: With the Cardinals idle, the Reds' nosedive continues as the Braves sweep a pair from Cincinnati, 4–3 and 3–0. In game 1, Edd Roush misses a shoestring catch of a Andy High fly ball, which goes for an inside-the-park home run. Roush also misses an easy fly ball in the 6th. Bob Smith applies the calcimine in game 2, with Dolf Luque on the losing end. » May 17, 1927: Charlie Grimm singles in Hack Wilson with the winning run in the 22nd inning to give the Cubs a 4–3 victory over the Braves at Boston. Braves pitcher Bob Smith goes the distance, while Bob Osborn hurls 14 runless relief innings to win for Chicago. The two teams have now combined for a major-league record 40 innings in their last two games. Smith's 22-inning stint, the 5th longest in history, will not be matched this century. Only Oeschger-Cadore on May 1, 1920 and Coombs-Harris on September 1, 1906, were longer. » May 31, 1928: At Philadelphia, the Braves beat the Phils 9–4 behind Bob Smith. Boston is led by Hornsby's three hits and George Sisler's three, including his first National League homer. » September 5, 1928: Boston sweeps today's twinbill with Brooklyn, winning the opener, 9–2. The Robins collect 13 hits in the loss, but make eight errors. The Braves are paced by Sisler's four hits. Bob Smith pitches a 2-hitter to win the nitecap. » September 27, 1928: At Boston, the Cardinals erupt for seven runs in the 15th inning to win 10–3, handing the loss to starter Bob Smith. Smith goes 14.1 innings, allowing nine hits and 12 walks. Smith and Kent Greenfield allow the seven runs, a major-league record for the 15th inning. The Cards tied the game in the 9th on Andy High's 2-out, 2-run single. » August 10, 1930: Before 45,000 fans, the Cubs sweep two from the Boston Braves at Wrigley to move a game in back of Brooklyn. Hack Wilson drives home seven runs on three homers, the last his 39th, to back up Charlie Root's 3-hit shut out in the opener. The Cubs win 6–0 beating Bob Smith. Pat Malone completes the sweep. twirling a 5-hitter to beat Bruce Cunningham, 11–1, in the nitecap. » May 31, 1931: After beating the Pirates three times in Pittsburgh, the Cubs come home and beat the Pirates for the 4th time in three days. With the help of an unassisted double play by Chicago CF Adam Comorosky, Bob Smith shuts out the Bucs, 5–0. Heine Meine is the loser.