Ozzie Smith

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 150lb (180cm, 68kg)

Born: December 26, 1954 in Mobile, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA) and the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA).

High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1978 (Age 23-102d, 13,999th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 41-278d)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2002. (Voted by BBWAA on 433/472 ballots)
View Ozzie Smith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Dennis Gilbert • Previously: Debra Ehlmann, Ed Gottlieb

Full Name: Osborne Earl Smith

Nicknames: The Wizard of Oz

Twitter: @STLWizard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

76.9

9396

2460

.262

1257

RBI

793

580

OBP

.338

SLG

.328

OPS

.666

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	46	11.1	1	6	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.2	3	3	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 11	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 14	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15 (1)	SDP		CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 15 (2)	SDP		CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 17	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 18	SDP		SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	14	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	L,10-14	GS	32	6.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
16	16	Apr 21	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
17	17	Apr 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 24	SDP	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 25	SDP	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
20	20	Apr 27	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
21	21	Apr 28	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
22	22	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	23	Apr 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	SDP	@	NYM	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 3	SDP		MON	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	26	May 4	SDP		MON	L,1-12	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 5	SDP		MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
28	28	May 6	SDP		MON	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
29	30 (1)	May 8	SDP		PHI	L,8-9	CG	49	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	31	May 9	SDP		PHI	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
31	32	May 10	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
32	33	May 11	SDP		NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
33	34	May 12	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
34	35	May 13	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
35	36	May 14	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
36	37	May 15	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	39 (1)	May 18	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
38	40	May 19	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
39	41	May 20 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	42	May 20 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
41	43	May 21	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	44	May 22	SDP		LAD	W,7-6	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	45	May 23	SDP		LAD	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
44	46	May 25	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
45	47	May 26	SDP		HOU	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
46	48	May 27	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
47	49	May 28	SDP		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
48	50	May 29 (1)	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
49	51	May 29 (2)	SDP		ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
50	52	May 30	SDP		ATL	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	53	May 31	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	54	Jun 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	SS
53	55	Jun 2	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 3	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-7	GS	22	5.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	57	Jun 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
56	58	Jun 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
57	59	Jun 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	8	1	10	0	SS
58	60	Jun 8	SDP	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
59	61	Jun 9	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
60	62	Jun 10	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
61	63	Jun 12	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
62	64	Jun 13	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	65	Jun 14	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	53	14.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
64	66	Jun 15	SDP		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	67	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	68	Jun 17	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	69	Jun 18	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
68	70	Jun 19	SDP		STL	L,2-7	GS	31	6.2	1	4	1	6	0	SS
69	71	Jun 20	SDP		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
70	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	22	6.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	73	Jun 23	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
72	74	Jun 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	75	Jun 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	4	5	0	9	0	SS
74	78 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	79	Jun 28	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
76	80	Jun 29	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
77	81	Jun 30	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	82	Jul 1	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
79	83	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	L,3-6	CG	54	12.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
80	84	Jul 3	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
81	85	Jul 4	SDP		LAD	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
82	86	Jul 6	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
83	87	Jul 7	SDP	@	NYM	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	SS
84	88	Jul 8 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
85	89	Jul 8 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
86	90	Jul 10	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	SS
87	91	Jul 11	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	92	Jul 12	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
89	93	Jul 13 (1)	SDP	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
90	94	Jul 13 (2)	SDP	@	MON	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
91	95	Jul 14	SDP	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
92	96	Jul 15	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
93	97	Jul 19	SDP		NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
94	98	Jul 20	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
95	99	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
96	100	Jul 22	SDP		PHI	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
97	101	Jul 23	SDP		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
98	102	Jul 24	SDP		MON	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
99	103	Jul 25	SDP		MON	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
100	104	Jul 26	SDP		SFG	L,2-6	GS	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
101	105	Jul 27	SDP		SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
102	106	Jul 28	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	107	Jul 29	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
104	108	Jul 31	SDP	@	ATL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	109	Aug 1	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
106	110	Aug 2	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
107	111	Aug 3	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
108	112	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
109	113	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-9	GS	27	6.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
110	114	Aug 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
111	115	Aug 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	116	Aug 9	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
113	117	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
114	118	Aug 12 (1)	SDP		CIN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
115	119	Aug 12 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
116	120	Aug 14	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
117	121	Aug 15	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
118	122	Aug 16	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
119	123	Aug 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	124	Aug 18	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
121	125	Aug 19	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
122	126	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
123	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
124	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
125	129	Aug 24	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
126	130	Aug 25	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	75	19.0	6	7	0	13	6	SS
127	131	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	GS	27	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
128	132	Aug 27	SDP		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
129	133	Aug 28	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
130	134	Aug 29	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
131	135	Aug 31	SDP		STL	L,7-8	CG	68	15.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	136	Sep 1	SDP		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	0	SS
133	137	Sep 2	SDP		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
134	139 (1)	Sep 4	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
135	140	Sep 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	50	9.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
136	141	Sep 6	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
137	142	Sep 7	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-0	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
138	144 (1)	Sep 9	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
139	145	Sep 11	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
140	146	Sep 12	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
141	147	Sep 13	SDP	@	LAD	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
142	148	Sep 14	SDP		ATL	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
143	149	Sep 15	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
144	150	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
145	151	Sep 18	SDP		HOU	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
146	152	Sep 19	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
147	153	Sep 20	SDP		CIN	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
148	154	Sep 21	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
149	155	Sep 22	SDP		LAD	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
150	156	Sep 23	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
151	157	Sep 25	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
152	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
153	159	Sep 28	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
154	160	Sep 29	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
155	161	Sep 30	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
							155gm		1339.0	256	555	20	831	86