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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	STL	@	LAD	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	7	5	1	13	3	SS
2	2	Apr 5	STL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	41	11.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 6	STL	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
4	4	Apr 7	STL	@	SFG	L,0-11	GS	30	5.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 8	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 10	STL	@	SDP	L,3-7	CG	31	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
7	7	Apr 11	STL	@	SDP	L,5-7	GS	20	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
9	9	Apr 14	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 18 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 18 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
14	14	Apr 21 (1)	STL		MON	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 21 (2)	STL		MON	L,0-4	CG	24	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 22	STL		MON	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
17	17	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 24	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	Apr 25	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	20	Apr 27	STL	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	21	Apr 28	STL	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
22	22	Apr 29	STL	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
23	23	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
25	25	May 2	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	3	SS
26	26	May 4	STL		SFG	L,0-2	GS	24	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 5	STL		SFG	L,0-7	CG	26	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	28	May 6	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
29	29	May 7	STL		LAD	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 8	STL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
31	31	May 9	STL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
32	32	May 10	STL		SDP	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 11	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
34	34	May 12	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
35	35	May 13	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
36	36	May 15	STL		ATL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
37	37	May 16	STL		ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
38	38	May 17	STL		ATL	L,2-7	GS	36	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 18	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
40	40	May 19	STL		CIN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
41	41	May 20	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
42	42	May 21	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
43	43	May 22	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
44	44	May 23	STL		HOU	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
45	45	May 25	STL	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	46	May 26	STL	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
47	47	May 27	STL	@	ATL	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
48	48	May 28	STL	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
49	49	May 29	STL	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
50	50	May 30	STL	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	51	May 31	STL	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	52	Jun 1	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
53	53	Jun 2	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
54	54	Jun 3	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
55	55	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
56	56	Jun 5	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
57	57	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
58	58	Jun 8	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
59	59	Jun 9	STL		CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
60	60	Jun 10	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
61	61	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
62	62	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	63	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
64	64	Jun 14	STL		NYM	L,0-6	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
65	65	Jun 15	STL		NYM	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
66	66	Jun 16	STL		NYM	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
67	67	Jun 17	STL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	68	Jun 19	STL	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
69	69	Jun 20	STL	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
70	70	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
71	71	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	L,11-12	CG	52	10.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
72	72	Jun 24	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
73	73	Jun 25	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
74	74	Jun 26	STL		MON	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
75	75	Jun 27	STL		MON	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
76	76	Jun 28	STL	@	SDP	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
77	77	Jun 29	STL	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
78	78	Jun 30	STL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	79	Jul 1	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
80	80	Jul 3	STL	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
81	81	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
82	82	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
83	83	Jul 5	STL	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
84	84	Jul 6	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
85	85	Jul 7	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
86	86	Jul 8	STL	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	55	12.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
87	87	Jul 12	STL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
88	88	Jul 13	STL		SDP	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	123 (34)	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
90	124	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
91	125	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
92	126	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	127	Aug 24	STL	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
94	128	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	129	Aug 26	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
96	130	Aug 28	STL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
97	131	Aug 29	STL	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
98	132	Aug 31	STL		HOU	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	133	Sep 1	STL		HOU	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
100	134	Sep 2	STL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
101	135	Sep 3	STL		NYM	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
102	136	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
103	137	Sep 5	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	138	Sep 6	STL		PHI	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
105	139	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	140	Sep 8	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
107	141	Sep 9	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
108	142	Sep 10	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
109	143	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
110	144	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
111	145	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
112	149 (3)	Sep 16	STL		PIT	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
113	150	Sep 18	STL		MON	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
114	151	Sep 19	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
115	152	Sep 20	STL		MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
116	153	Sep 21	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
117	154	Sep 23 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-8	GS	33	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	155	Sep 23 (2)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
119	156	Sep 24	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	157	Sep 25	STL	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
121	158	Sep 26	STL	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	159	Sep 27	STL	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
123	160	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
124	161	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
							124gm		1065.1	233	437	12	682	94