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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	1	5	0	6	2	SS
5	5	Apr 11	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
7	7	Apr 16	SDP		SFG	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	SDP		HOU	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	10	Apr 20	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21	SDP		ATL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	SDP		ATL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 25	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
16	16	Apr 26	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 28	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
18	18	Apr 29	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	19	Apr 30	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
21	21	May 2	SDP	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 3	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
23	23	May 5	SDP	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
24	24	May 6	SDP	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
25	25	May 7	SDP	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
26	26	May 9	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 10	SDP		CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
28	28	May 11	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 12	SDP		PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 13	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
31	31	May 14	SDP		PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
32	32	May 15	SDP		STL	W,4-3	CG	52	14.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
33	33	May 16	SDP		STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
34	34	May 17	SDP		STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
35	35	May 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 20	SDP	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	37	May 21 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 21 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 22	SDP		LAD	L,1-8	GS	44	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
40	42 (2)	May 26	SDP		CIN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
41	43	May 27	SDP		CIN	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
42	44	May 28	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
43	45	May 29	SDP	@	LAD	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
44	46	May 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
45	47	May 31	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 2	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
47	49	Jun 3	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
48	50	Jun 4	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
49	51	Jun 5	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	52	Jun 6 susp	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
51	53	Jun 7	SDP	@	MON	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	54	Jun 9	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
53	55	Jun 10	SDP	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
54	56	Jun 11	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
56	58	Jun 13	SDP		NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
57	59	Jun 14 (1)	SDP		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
58	60	Jun 14 (2)	SDP		MON	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	61	Jun 15	SDP		MON	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	62	Jun 16	SDP		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	63	Jun 17	SDP		PHI	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
62	64	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	65	Jun 20	SDP		ATL	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	1	8	2	11	0	SS
64	66	Jun 21	SDP		ATL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
65	67	Jun 22	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	68	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
67	69	Jun 24	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
68	70	Jun 25 (1)	SDP		HOU	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
69	71	Jun 25 (2)	SDP		HOU	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
70	72	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	6	6	0	12	2	SS
71	73	Jun 27	SDP		SFG	L,1-9	GS	45	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
72	74	Jun 28 (1)	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
73	75	Jun 28 (2)	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	76	Jun 30	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	77	Jul 1 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
76	78	Jul 1 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
77	79	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
78	80	Jul 3	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
79	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
80	82	Jul 5	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	4	4	0	8	0	SS
81	83	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	84	Jul 7	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS	31	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
83	85	Jul 8 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
84	86	Jul 8 (2)	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-0	GS	17	5.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
85	87	Jul 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
86	88	Jul 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
87	89	Jul 14	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
88	90	Jul 15	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
89	91	Jul 16 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
90	92	Jul 16 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
91	93	Jul 17	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	44	9.1	2	3	1	6	0	SS
92	94	Jul 18	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	95	Jul 19	SDP	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
94	96	Jul 20	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
95	97	Jul 21	SDP		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
96	98	Jul 22	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
97	99	Jul 23	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
98	100	Jul 25	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	101	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
100	102	Jul 27	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
101	103	Jul 28	SDP		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
102	104	Jul 29	SDP		STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	105	Jul 30	SDP		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
104	106	Jul 31	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	107	Aug 1	SDP		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
106	108	Aug 2	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
107	109	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	110	Aug 5	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	111	Aug 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	8	1	10	2	SS
110	112	Aug 7	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
111	113	Aug 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
112	114	Aug 9	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
113	115	Aug 10	SDP		CIN	W,15-3	GS	14	3.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
114	117 (1)	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
115	118	Aug 13	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
116	119	Aug 15	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
117	120	Aug 16	SDP	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
118	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS	17	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
119	122	Aug 18	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
120	123	Aug 19	SDP	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
121	124	Aug 20	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
122	125	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
123	126	Aug 22	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
124	127	Aug 23	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
125	128	Aug 24	SDP		NYM	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
126	129	Aug 25	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
127	130	Aug 26	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	131	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
129	132	Aug 28	SDP		PHI	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
130	133	Aug 29	SDP		PHI	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
131	134	Aug 30	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
132	135	Aug 31	SDP		MON	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	136	Sep 1	SDP		MON	L,2-3	CG	46	12.0	2	11	1	14	1	SS
134	137	Sep 2	SDP		MON	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
135	138	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
136	139	Sep 5	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
137	140	Sep 6	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR SS
138	141	Sep 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
139	142	Sep 8	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
140	143	Sep 9	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
141	144	Sep 10	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
142	145	Sep 11	SDP		ATL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
143	146	Sep 12	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
144	147	Sep 13	SDP		CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
145	148	Sep 14	SDP		CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
146	149	Sep 15	SDP		HOU	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
147	150	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
148	151	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
149	152	Sep 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
150	153	Sep 20	SDP		SFG	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
151	154	Sep 21	SDP		SFG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
152	155	Sep 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,12-3	GS	22	5.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
153	156	Sep 23	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
154	157	Sep 24	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
155	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
156	159	Sep 27	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
157	160	Sep 29	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
158	161	Sep 30	SDP		LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
159	162	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
							159gm		1327.0	264	548	25	837	98