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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	STL	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
5	7 (2)	Apr 14	STL		MON	L,4-9	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	8	Apr 16	STL		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	9	Apr 17	STL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
8	10	Apr 18	STL		NYM	W,12-8	CG	48	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	11	Apr 19	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
10	12	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
11	13	Apr 22	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
12	14	Apr 23	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	15	Apr 24	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
14	16	Apr 25	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
15	17	Apr 26	STL	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
16	18	Apr 28	STL		SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
17	19	Apr 29	STL		SDP	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
18	20	Apr 30	STL		SDP	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	22	May 2	STL		LAD	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
21	23	May 4	STL		SFG	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
22	24	May 5	STL		SFG	L,6-10	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
23	25	May 6	STL	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
24	26	May 7	STL	@	SDP	W,17-10	GS	26	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
25	27	May 8	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
26	28	May 9	STL	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
27	29	May 10	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	30	May 12	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
29	31	May 13	STL	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
30	32	May 15	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
31	33	May 16	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
32	34	May 17	STL		CIN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
33	35	May 19	STL	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
34	36	May 20	STL	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	37	May 21	STL	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
36	38	May 22	STL	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
37	39	May 23	STL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
38	40	May 24	STL	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
39	41	May 25	STL		ATL	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
40	42	May 26	STL		ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
41	43	May 28	STL		ATL	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	44	May 29	STL		HOU	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
43	45	May 30	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	46	May 31	STL		HOU	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 1	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	44	10.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
46	48	Jun 2	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	49	Jun 3	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	50	Jun 4	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
49	51	Jun 5	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
50	52	Jun 6	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	53	Jun 7	STL	@	CHC	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	54	Jun 8	STL	@	PHI	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
53	55	Jun 9	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
54	56	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	58	Jun 13	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
57	59	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	60	Jun 15	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	61	Jun 16	STL		PIT	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
60	62	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
61	63	Jun 18	STL		PIT	W,8-6	GS	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	64	Jun 19	STL		MON	L,7-8	CG	48	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
63	65	Jun 20	STL		MON	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
64	66	Jun 21	STL		MON	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
65	67	Jun 23	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
66	68	Jun 24	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
67	69	Jun 25	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
68	70	Jun 26	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
69	71	Jun 27	STL	@	MON	W,15-5	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	72	Jun 28	STL	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
71	73	Jun 29	STL	@	NYM	W,8-7	CG	49	11.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
72	74	Jun 30	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	6	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	75	Jul 1	STL	@	NYM	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
74	76	Jul 3	STL	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
75	77	Jul 4	STL	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
76	78	Jul 5	STL	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	79	Jul 7 (1)	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
78	80	Jul 7 (2)	STL		LAD	W,5-4	GS	33	7.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	81	Jul 8 (1)	STL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
80	82	Jul 8 (2)	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
81	83	Jul 9	STL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	50	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	84	Jul 10	STL		SFG	W,7-5	CG	51	13.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
83	85	Jul 11	STL		SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
84	86	Jul 12	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
85	87	Jul 16	STL	@	SDP	L,8-9	CG	42	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
86	88	Jul 17	STL	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
87	89	Jul 18	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	3	6	0	9	3	SS
88	90	Jul 19	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
89	91	Jul 21	STL	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
90	92	Jul 22	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
91	93	Jul 23	STL	@	LAD	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
92	94	Jul 24	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	95	Jul 25	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
94	96	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	97	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
96	98	Jul 28	STL		NYM	L,4-6	GS	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
97	99	Jul 29	STL		NYM	L,4-6	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
98	100	Jul 30	STL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
99	101	Jul 31	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	102	Aug 1	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
101	103	Aug 2	STL		PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
102	104	Aug 3	STL	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	105	Aug 4	STL	@	MON	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	106	Aug 5	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	50	12.2	3	5	0	8	1	SS
105	107	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
106	108	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,5-15	GS	28	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
107	109	Aug 8	STL	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
108	110	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	62	13.2	6	3	0	9	1	SS
109	111	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
110	112	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
111	113	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,0-11	GS	35	7.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
112	114	Aug 13	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	50	13.0	4	11	0	15	4	SS
113	115	Aug 14	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
114	116	Aug 15	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	117	Aug 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
116	118	Aug 18	STL	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
117	119	Aug 19	STL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
118	120	Aug 20	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	121	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
120	122	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
121	123	Aug 23	STL	@	CIN	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
122	124	Aug 24	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
123	125	Aug 25	STL		HOU	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
124	126	Aug 26	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
125	127	Aug 28	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
126	128	Aug 29	STL		ATL	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
127	129	Aug 30	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
128	130	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	131	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
130	132	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
131	133	Sep 4	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
132	134	Sep 5	STL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
133	135	Sep 6	STL		SDP	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
134	136	Sep 7	STL	@	MON	L,2-9	GS	34	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	137	Sep 8	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
136	138	Sep 9	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
137	139	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
138	140	Sep 12	STL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
139	141	Sep 13	STL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
140	142	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	49	10.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
141	143	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
142	144	Sep 16	STL	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
143	145	Sep 17	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
144	146	Sep 18	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
145	147	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
146	148	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
147	149	Sep 21	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
148	150	Sep 22	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
149	151	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
150	152	Sep 24	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
151	153	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
152	154	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
153	155	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
154	156	Sep 29 (1)	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
155	157	Sep 29 (2)	STL		MON	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
156	158	Sep 30	STL		MON	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
157	159	Oct 1	STL		MON	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
158	162 (2)	Oct 4	STL		NYM	L,6-11	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
							158gm		1357.1	245	516	10	771	111