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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
3	3	Apr 11	STL		MON	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	STL		MON	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	49	13.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 18	STL	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
8	8	Apr 19	STL	@	MON	W,9-6	CG	71	17.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	STL	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
13	13	Apr 25	STL		NYM	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
14	14	Apr 26	STL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
15	15	Apr 27	STL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 28	STL	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	55	12.0	5	3	1	9	2	SS
17	18 (1)	Apr 30	STL	@	SDP	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 1	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	20	May 2	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
20	21	May 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
21	22	May 4	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
22	23	May 6	STL		SDP	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
23	24	May 7	STL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
24	25	May 8	STL		SDP	W,13-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
25	26	May 9	STL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
26	27	May 10	STL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	29 (1)	May 13	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	51	13.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
28	30	May 14	STL		LAD	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
29	31	May 16	STL	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
30	32	May 17	STL	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
31	33	May 18	STL	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	34	May 20	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
33	35	May 21	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	36	May 22	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	37	May 23	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
36	38	May 24	STL		ATL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	39	May 25	STL		ATL	L,2-6	CG	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
38	40	May 26	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
39	41	May 27	STL		HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
40	43 (1)	May 30	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
41	44	May 31	STL	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 1	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
43	46	Jun 2	STL	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
44	47	Jun 3	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
45	48	Jun 4	STL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
46	49	Jun 5	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	50	Jun 6	STL		CHC	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
49	52	Jun 8	STL		CHC	L,2-14	GS	34	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
50	53	Jun 9	STL		MON	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
51	54	Jun 10	STL		MON	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
52	57 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
53	58	Jun 14	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	59	Jun 15	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	1	6	0	7	1	SS
55	60	Jun 16 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	61	Jun 17	STL	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
57	62	Jun 18	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	47	11.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	63	Jun 19	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	64	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
60	65	Jun 21	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
61	66	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	67	Jun 23	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
63	68	Jun 24	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
64	70 (1)	Jun 27	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	64	17.0	3	10	1	14	3	SS
65	71	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
66	72	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
67	73	Jun 30	STL		NYM	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	STL		NYM	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	75	Jul 2	STL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
70	76	Jul 3	STL	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
71	77	Jul 4	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
72	78	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
73	79	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
74	80	Jul 7	STL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
75	81	Jul 8	STL	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
76	82	Jul 9	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	28	5.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
77	84 (1)	Jul 11	STL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
78	85	Jul 12	STL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	6	0	12	4	SS
79	87 (1)	Jul 17	STL		LAD	W,12-2	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
80	88	Jul 18	STL		LAD	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
81	89	Jul 19	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	90	Jul 20	STL		LAD	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
83	91	Jul 21	STL		SFG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
84	92	Jul 22	STL		SFG	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
85	93	Jul 23	STL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
86	94	Jul 25	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
87	95	Jul 26	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
88	96	Jul 27	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	97	Jul 28	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
90	98	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	L,7-12	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
91	99	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	100	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
93	101	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
94	103 (1)	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
95	104	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
96	105	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
97	106	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
98	107	Aug 8	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
99	108	Aug 9	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
100	110 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
101	111	Aug 12	STL	@	MON	L,3-10	GS	33	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
102	112	Aug 13	STL	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
103	113	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
104	115 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	116	Aug 16	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
106	117	Aug 17 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
107	119 (1)	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
108	122 (2)	Aug 22	STL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
109	123	Aug 23	STL		HOU	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
110	124	Aug 24	STL		HOU	L,1-5	GS	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
111	125	Aug 25	STL		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
112	126	Aug 26	STL		ATL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
113	127	Aug 27	STL		ATL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
114	128	Aug 29	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
115	129	Aug 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
116	130	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	131	Sep 1	STL	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
118	132	Sep 2	STL	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
119	133	Sep 3	STL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
120	134	Sep 5	STL	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
121	135	Sep 6	STL	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	SS
122	136	Sep 7	STL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
123	137	Sep 8	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
124	138	Sep 9	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	140 (1)	Sep 12	STL		MON	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
126	141	Sep 13	STL		MON	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
127	142	Sep 14	STL		MON	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
128	143	Sep 15	STL		NYM	W,1-0	CG	46	13.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
129	144	Sep 16	STL		NYM	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
130	145	Sep 17	STL	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	146	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
132	147	Sep 19	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
133	148	Sep 20	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
134	150 (1)	Sep 22	STL	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
135	151	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	L,1-9	GS	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
136	152	Sep 24	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	153	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
138	154	Sep 26	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
139	155	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
140	156	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
141	157	Sep 30	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
142	158	Oct 1	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
143	159	Oct 2	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
144	160	Oct 4	STL	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
							144gm		1287.0	229	453	15	697	96