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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 11)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	STL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
2	2	Apr 7	STL		SFG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
6	6	Apr 11	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 13	STL	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
8	8	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	53	15.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
9	9	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	11 (1)	Apr 17	STL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	12	Apr 18	STL	@	SDP	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
12	13	Apr 20	STL		COL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
13	14	Apr 21	STL		COL	L,2-11	GS	37	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
14	16 (1)	Apr 23	STL		ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
15	17	Apr 24	STL		ATL	L,0-11	GS	37	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
16	18	Apr 25	STL		ATL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
17	19	Apr 26	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	SS
18	20	Apr 27	STL	@	HOU	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
19	21	Apr 28	STL	@	COL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
20	23 (1)	Apr 30	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	24	May 1	STL	@	ATL	W,10-3	GS	25	7.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
22	26 (1)	May 4	STL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	27	May 5	STL		HOU	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
24	28	May 7	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
25	29	May 8	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
26	30	May 9	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	31	May 11	STL		NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	9	0	13	2	SS
28	32	May 12	STL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	33	May 13	STL		NYM	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
30	34	May 14	STL		FLA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	35	May 15	STL		FLA	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
32	37 (1)	May 18	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
33	38	May 19	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	39	May 20	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
35	40	May 21	STL	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	49	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
36	41	May 22	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	42	May 23	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	43	May 24	STL	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	43	11.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
39	44	May 25	STL	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
40	45	May 26	STL	@	MON	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	46	May 28	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
42	47	May 29	STL		SDP	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
43	48	May 30	STL		SDP	W,10-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
44	49	May 31	STL		LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	50	Jun 1	STL		LAD	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
46	51	Jun 2	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
47	52	Jun 3	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
48	53	Jun 5	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
49	55 (1)	Jun 8	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
50	56	Jun 9	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
51	57	Jun 10	STL		MON	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	58	Jun 11	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
53	59	Jun 12	STL		MON	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
54	60	Jun 13	STL		MON	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
55	61	Jun 14	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	62	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
57	63	Jun 16	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
58	64	Jun 17	STL	@	CHC	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
59	65	Jun 18	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	66	Jun 19	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
61	67	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
62	69 (1)	Jun 22	STL	@	FLA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
63	70	Jun 23	STL	@	FLA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
64	71	Jun 25	STL	@	NYM	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
65	72	Jun 26	STL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
66	74 (1)	Jun 28	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
67	75	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,10-13	CG	51	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
68	76	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	77	Jul 1	STL		PHI	W,14-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
70	79 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
71	80	Jul 4	STL	@	HOU	L,4-9	GS	34	7.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
72	81	Jul 5	STL	@	HOU	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
73	82	Jul 6	STL		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
74	83	Jul 7	STL		ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
75	84	Jul 8	STL		ATL	W,7-1	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
76	85	Jul 9	STL		COL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
77	86	Jul 10	STL		COL	W,9-3	GS	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	88 (1)	Jul 15	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
79	89	Jul 16	STL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	8	0	15	4	SS
80	90	Jul 17	STL		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
81	92 (1)	Jul 19	STL	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
82	93	Jul 20	STL	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	94	Jul 21	STL	@	ATL	L,2-14	GS	34	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
84	95	Jul 22	STL	@	COL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	5	0	7	2	SS
85	96	Jul 23	STL	@	COL	W,13-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	97	Jul 24	STL	@	COL	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
87	98	Jul 25	STL	@	COL	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	0	9	0	9	3	SS
88	99	Jul 27	STL	@	PHI	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
89	100	Jul 28	STL	@	PHI	L,6-14	CG	44	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
90	101	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
91	102	Jul 30	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
92	103	Jul 31	STL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	104	Aug 1	STL		NYM	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
94	105	Aug 2	STL		FLA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
95	106	Aug 3	STL		FLA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
96	107	Aug 4	STL		FLA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
97	108	Aug 5	STL		FLA	W,16-6	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	109	Aug 6	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
99	110	Aug 7	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	112 (1)	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
101	113	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
102	114	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	115	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	49	10.1	6	5	0	11	0	SS
104	116	Aug 13	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	1	5	0	6	0	SS
105	118 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	119	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
107	120	Aug 18	STL		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
108	121	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
109	122	Aug 20	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
110	123	Aug 21	STL		LAD	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
111	125 (1)	Aug 23	STL	@	SDP	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
112	126	Aug 24	STL	@	SDP	L,4-17	GS	27	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	127	Aug 25	STL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	4	4	3	11	2	SS
114	131 (3)	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,3-10	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
115	132	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	133	Sep 1	STL		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
117	134	Sep 3	STL		SFG	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
118	135	Sep 4	STL		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
119	136	Sep 5	STL		SFG	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS
120	137	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,13-14	CG	48	8.1	5	5	0	10	2	SS
121	139 (1)	Sep 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
122	140	Sep 9	STL	@	SFG	W,9-4	GS	29	7.0	3	5	1	9	3	SS
123	141	Sep 10	STL	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
124	142	Sep 11	STL	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
125	144 (1)	Sep 14	STL		MON	L,9-12	CG	48	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
126	145	Sep 15	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
127	146	Sep 16	STL		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
128	147	Sep 17	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
129	148	Sep 18	STL		PIT	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
130	151 (2)	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,3-13	GS	35	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
131	152	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,9-11	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
132	160 (7)	Oct 1	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
133	161	Oct 2	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
134	162	Oct 3	STL		PHI	W,2-0	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
							134gm		1139.1	251	451	19	721	98