Records and Achievements
- Smith is the only player to be a member of three different World Series winning teams (the Phillies, Cardinals, and Royals) within a single decade, and he did this in a six-year period.
- Smith set the franchise record for the St. Louis Cardinals on September 4, 1982, when he stole five bases in a single game.
- Smith won the National League's runs-scored championship in 1982, when he scored 120 runs for the St. Louis Cardinals. In that baseball season, he led the Cardinals to the National League pennant and also a World Series championship. The was also his only baseball season in which he was selected to play on the National League All-Star Team.
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