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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 15	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
2	9	Apr 16	STL		NYM	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
3	10	Apr 17	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
4	11	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
5	12	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
6	13	Apr 20	STL		MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
7	14	Apr 21	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
8	15	Apr 22	STL		MON	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	16	Apr 23	STL		MON	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
10	17	Apr 25	STL		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	18	Apr 26	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
12	19	Apr 27	STL		SFG	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
13	20	Apr 28	STL		LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
14	21	Apr 29	STL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	22	Apr 30	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	23	May 1	STL	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
17	24	May 2	STL	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
18	25	May 3	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	26	May 4	STL	@	LAD	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	27	May 5	STL	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
21	28	May 6	STL	@	SFG	L,0-9	GS	28	5.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
22	29	May 7	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
23	30	May 9	STL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
24	31	May 10	STL		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	3	SS
25	32	May 11	STL		SDP	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
26	33	May 12	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
27	34	May 13	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
28	35	May 14	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	36	May 16	STL	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	47	10.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
30	37	May 17	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	1	7	0	8	2	SS
31	38	May 18	STL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
32	39	May 19	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	0	7	0	7	0	SS
33	40	May 20	STL	@	ATL	W,1-0	CG	44	13.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
34	41	May 21	STL	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	43	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	42	May 23	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
36	43	May 24	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
37	44	May 26	STL		ATL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	45	May 27	STL		ATL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
39	46	May 28	STL		ATL	T,3-3	CG	43	10.0	1	10	0	11	0	SS
40	47	May 29	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
41	48	May 30	STL		HOU	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
42	49	May 31	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	50	Jun 2	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
44	51	Jun 3	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	52	Jun 4	STL		CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	53	Jun 5	STL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
47	54	Jun 6	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	55	Jun 7	STL	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
49	56	Jun 8	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
50	57	Jun 9	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	58	Jun 10	STL	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
52	59	Jun 11	STL	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	60	Jun 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	61	Jun 13	STL		MON	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
55	62	Jun 14	STL		MON	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
56	63	Jun 15	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
57	64	Jun 16	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
58	65	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	66	Jun 18	STL		PIT	L,4-12	GS	22	3.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
60	67	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
61	68	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	69	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS	31	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
63	70	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
64	71	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	72	Jun 25	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
66	73	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
67	74	Jun 27	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
68	75	Jun 28	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	76	Jun 30	STL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	77	Jul 1	STL		SDP	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
71	78	Jul 2	STL		SDP	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
72	79	Jul 4	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
73	80	Jul 5	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
74	81	Jul 6	STL		LAD	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	82	Jul 7	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
76	83	Jul 8	STL		SFG	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
77	84	Jul 9	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	85	Jul 13	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
79	86	Jul 14	STL	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
80	87	Jul 15	STL	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
81	88	Jul 16	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	89	Jul 17	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
83	90	Jul 18	STL	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
84	91	Jul 19	STL	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
85	92	Jul 20	STL	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	93	Jul 21	STL	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
87	94	Jul 22	STL	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	95	Jul 23	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
89	96	Jul 24	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
90	97	Jul 25	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
91	98	Jul 26	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
92	99	Jul 28	STL	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
93	100	Jul 29	STL	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	101	Jul 30	STL	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
95	102	Jul 31	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	103	Aug 1	STL		NYM	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	104	Aug 2	STL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
98	105	Aug 3	STL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
99	106	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
100	107	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
101	108	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
102	109	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
103	110	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	33	6.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
104	111	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
105	112	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
106	113	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
107	114	Aug 11	STL	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
108	115	Aug 12	STL	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
109	116	Aug 13	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
110	117	Aug 14 (1)	STL		ATL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
111	119 (1)	Aug 15	STL		ATL	W,9-1	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
112	120	Aug 16	STL		ATL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
113	121	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
114	123 (1)	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
115	124	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
116	125	Aug 22	STL	@	ATL	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	126	Aug 23	STL	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
118	127	Aug 24	STL	@	ATL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	128	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
120	129	Aug 26	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
121	130	Aug 27	STL	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
122	131	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
123	132	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
124	133	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	42	13.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	134	Sep 1	STL		HOU	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
126	135	Sep 2	STL		HOU	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
127	136	Sep 3	STL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
128	137	Sep 4	STL		MON	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
129	138	Sep 5	STL		MON	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
130	139	Sep 6	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
131	140	Sep 7	STL	@	NYM	L,1-13	GS	29	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
132	141	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	142	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	143	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
135	144	Sep 11	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
136	145	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
137	146	Sep 13	STL		PIT	T,0-0	CG	19	5.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
138	148 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
139	149	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
140	150	Sep 17 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-9	CG	59	11.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
141	152 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
142	153	Sep 19	STL	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
143	154	Sep 20	STL		NYM	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
144	155	Sep 21	STL		NYM	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
145	156	Sep 22	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
146	157	Sep 23	STL		PHI	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
147	158	Sep 24	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
148	159	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
149	160	Sep 26	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
150	161	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
151	162	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
152	163	Sep 30	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
153	164	Oct 1	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
							153gm		1336.1	209	483	17	709	73