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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 11	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 12	SDP	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	58	13.2	3	7	1	11	3	SS
5	5	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
6	6	Apr 14	SDP		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 15	SDP		CIN	L,1-10	GS	41	8.1	3	7	0	10	1	SS
8	8	Apr 17	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	SDP		LAD	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	SDP		LAD	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
11	11	Apr 20	SDP		SFG	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	SDP		SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
13	13	Apr 22	SDP		SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 23	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	SDP	@	LAD	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	42	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
17	17	Apr 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
19	19	Apr 29	SDP	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
20	20	Apr 30	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 2	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
23	23	May 3 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
24	24	May 3 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 5	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	0	3	1	4	1	SS
26	26	May 6	SDP	@	MON	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 7	SDP	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
28	28	May 8	SDP	@	PHI	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	1	10	2	13	1	SS
29	29	May 9	SDP	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 10	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
31	31	May 12	SDP		NYM	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 13	SDP		NYM	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
33	33	May 14	SDP		NYM	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
34	34	May 15	SDP		PHI	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
35	35	May 16	SDP		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
36	36	May 17	SDP		PHI	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 18	SDP		MON	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	10	0	13	1	SS
38	38	May 19	SDP		MON	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	39	May 20	SDP		MON	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	40	May 22	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
41	41	May 23	SDP	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	46	10.1	0	5	0	5	1	SS
42	42	May 24	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
43	43	May 25	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
44	44	May 26	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
45	45	May 27	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
46	46	May 29	SDP		ATL	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
47	47	May 30	SDP		ATL	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
48	48	May 31	SDP		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 2	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
50	50	Jun 3	SDP		HOU	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
51	51	Jun 4	SDP		HOU	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
52	52	Jun 5	SDP	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	57	12.1	5	2	0	7	0	SS
53	53	Jun 6	SDP	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 7	SDP	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
55	55	Jun 9	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
56	56	Jun 10	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	57	Aug 10	SDP		ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
58	58	Aug 11	SDP		ATL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
59	59	Aug 12	SDP		ATL	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
60	60	Aug 13	SDP		HOU	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
61	61	Aug 14	SDP		HOU	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
62	62	Aug 15	SDP		HOU	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
63	63	Aug 16	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	64	Aug 17	SDP	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	50	12.2	0	8	0	8	1	SS
65	65	Aug 18	SDP	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
66	66	Aug 19	SDP	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	4	4	0	8	1	SS
67	67	Aug 21 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
68	68	Aug 21 (2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
69	69	Aug 22	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
70	70	Aug 23	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
71	71	Aug 24	SDP	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
72	72	Aug 25	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	73	Aug 26	SDP	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	43	8.2	1	5	1	7	1	SS
74	74	Aug 27	SDP		STL	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	6	5	1	12	1	SS
75	75	Aug 29 (1)	SDP		STL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
76	76	Aug 29 (2)	SDP		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
77	77	Aug 30	SDP		STL	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
78	78	Aug 31	SDP		CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	79	Sep 1	SDP		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	80	Sep 2	SDP		CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
81	81	Sep 3	SDP		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
82	82	Sep 4	SDP		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
83	83	Sep 5	SDP		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
84	84	Sep 6	SDP		PIT	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
85	85	Sep 7	SDP	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
86	86	Sep 8	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	87	Sep 9	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
88	88	Sep 11	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
89	89	Sep 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	49	10.1	6	8	0	14	2	SS
90	90	Sep 13	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
91	91	Sep 14	SDP		LAD	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
92	92	Sep 15	SDP		LAD	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
93	93	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
94	94	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-9	GS	27	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
95	95	Sep 18	SDP		ATL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
96	96	Sep 19	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
97	97	Sep 20	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	CG	42	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
98	98	Sep 21	SDP		CIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
99	99	Sep 22	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
100	100	Sep 23	SDP		CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
101	101	Sep 25	SDP		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
102	102	Sep 26	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
103	103	Sep 27	SDP		SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
104	104	Sep 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
105	105	Sep 29	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
106	106	Sep 30	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
107	107	Oct 1	SDP	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
108	108	Oct 3 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	55	13.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
109	109	Oct 3 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
110	110	Oct 4	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
							110gm		986.1	220	422	16	658	72