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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	SDP		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	SDP		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	12	0	16	2	SS
4	4	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 14	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	SDP		LAD	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
7	7	Apr 16	SDP		LAD	L,4-10	CG	51	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
8	8	Apr 17	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
11	11	Apr 20	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 23	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	3	3	1	7	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
16	16	Apr 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	7	0	8	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
18	18	Apr 30	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 2	SDP	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	8	0	11	0	SS
21	21	May 3	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
22	22	May 4 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 4 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
24	24	May 6	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
25	25	May 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 9	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 10	SDP		PIT	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 11	SDP		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
30	30	May 13	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
31	31	May 14	SDP		STL	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 15	SDP		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
33	33	May 16	SDP		CHC	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
34	34	May 17	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	35	May 18	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	10	0	10	1	SS
36	36	May 21 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
37	37	May 21 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
38	38	May 22	SDP	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 23	SDP	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	40	May 24	SDP	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
41	41	May 25	SDP	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
42	42	May 26	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
43	43	May 27	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
44	44	May 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
45	45	May 29	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
46	46	May 30	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
47	47	May 31	SDP		CIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	49	Jun 2	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
50	50	Jun 3	SDP		HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
51	51	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
52	52	Jun 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	53	Jun 7	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 8	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
55	55	Jun 9	SDP	@	CIN	T,6-6	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
56	56	Jun 10	SDP	@	MON	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 11	SDP	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
58	58	Jun 12	SDP	@	MON	L,1-9	GS	41	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
59	59	Jun 13	SDP	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
60	60	Jun 14	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 15	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
62	62	Jun 16	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
63	63	Jun 17	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	64	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
65	65	Jun 19	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	GF	14	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
66	66	Jun 20	SDP		MON	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
67	67	Jun 21	SDP		MON	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
68	68	Jun 22	SDP		MON	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
69	69	Jun 24	SDP		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
70	70	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	5	1	12	2	SS
71	71	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
72	72	Jun 27	SDP		ATL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
73	73	Jun 28 (1)	SDP		ATL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
74	74	Jun 28 (2)	SDP		ATL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
75	75	Jun 29	SDP		ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
76	76	Jun 30	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
78	78	Jul 2	SDP	@	LAD	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
79	79	Jul 3	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	0	10	0	10	1	SS
80	80	Jul 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-9	GS	26	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	81	Jul 5	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
82	82	Jul 6	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
83	83	Jul 10	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
84	84	Jul 11	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
85	85	Jul 12	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
86	86	Jul 13	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	66	15.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
87	87	Jul 14	SDP		LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
88	88	Jul 15	SDP	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
89	89	Jul 16	SDP	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
90	90	Jul 17	SDP	@	STL	L,3-15	GS	35	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	91	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
92	92	Jul 19	SDP	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
93	93	Jul 20	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 22	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
95	95	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
96	96	Jul 24	SDP		PIT	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
97	97	Jul 25	SDP		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
98	98	Jul 26	SDP		STL	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
99	99	Jul 27	SDP		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
100	100	Jul 28	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	CG	47	11.0	2	7	1	10	2	SS
101	101	Jul 29	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
102	102	Jul 30	SDP		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1	SDP	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
104	104	Aug 3 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
105	105	Aug 3 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
106	106	Aug 4 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
107	107	Aug 4 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
108	108	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	26	5.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
109	109	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
110	110	Aug 7	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
111	111	Aug 8	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
112	112	Aug 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
113	113	Aug 10	SDP	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
114	114	Aug 11	SDP		CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
115	115	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
116	116	Aug 13	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
117	117	Aug 14	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
118	118	Aug 15	SDP		HOU	L,1-3	CG	76	20.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
119	119	Aug 17 (1)	SDP		HOU	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
120	121 (1)	Aug 19	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
121	122	Aug 20	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
122	123	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	76	16.1	3	9	1	13	1	SS
123	125 (1)	Aug 23	SDP	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
124	126	Aug 24	SDP	@	MON	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
125	127	Aug 26	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	76	18.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
126	128	Aug 27	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
127	129	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	130	Aug 30 (1)	SDP		PHI	L,1-6	GS	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
129	132 (1)	Aug 31	SDP		PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	133	Sep 1	SDP		MON	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
131	134	Sep 2	SDP		MON	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
132	137 (2)	Sep 5	SDP		NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	9	1	11	1	SS
133	138	Sep 6	SDP		NYM	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
134	139	Sep 7	SDP		NYM	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
135	140	Sep 9	SDP		SFG	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
136	141	Sep 10	SDP		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
137	142	Sep 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
138	143	Sep 13	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
139	144	Sep 14	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	5	2	0	7	0	SS
140	145	Sep 15	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
141	146	Sep 16	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
142	147	Sep 17	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
143	148	Sep 18	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
144	149	Sep 19	SDP		ATL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
145	150	Sep 20	SDP		ATL	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
146	151	Sep 21	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
147	152	Sep 22	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
148	153	Sep 23	SDP		HOU	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
149	154	Sep 24	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
150	155	Sep 25	SDP		CIN	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	7	3	0	10	1	SS
151	156	Sep 26	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
152	157	Sep 27	SDP		LAD	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
153	158	Sep 28	SDP		LAD	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
154	159	Sep 30	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
155	160	Oct 1	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
156	161	Oct 3	SDP	@	SFG	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
157	162	Oct 4	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
158	163	Oct 5	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							158gm		1398.1	288	621	24	933	113