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 (Sep 27)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	STL	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 13	STL	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	STL		NYM	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	STL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	STL		NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	STL	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 22	STL		SDP	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
10	10	Apr 23	STL		SDP	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
11	11	Apr 24	STL		SDP	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
12	12	Apr 25	STL		LAD	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 26	STL		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	STL		LAD	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
15	15	Apr 29 susp	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	66	16.0	6	6	0	12	3	SS
16	16	Apr 30	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	STL		SFG	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
18	18	May 3	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
19	19	May 4	STL	@	SDP	L,0-10	GS	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
20	20	May 5	STL	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
21	21	May 6	STL	@	LAD	L,10-16	CG	48	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
22	22	May 7	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
23	23	May 8	STL	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
24	24	May 9	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
25	25	May 10	STL	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
26	26	May 12	STL		MON	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 13	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	7	3	0	10	2	SS
28	28	May 14	STL		MON	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
29	29	May 15	STL		MON	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 17	STL		HOU	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
31	32 (1)	May 20	STL		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
32	33	May 21	STL		ATL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
33	34	May 22	STL		ATL	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
34	35	May 23	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
35	36	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
36	37	May 25	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
37	38	May 26	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	39	May 27	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	66	18.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
39	40	May 28	STL	@	HOU	L,2-9	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	41	May 29	STL	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
41	42	May 30	STL		CIN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
42	43	May 31	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
44	45	Jun 2	STL	@	ATL	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
45	46	Jun 3	STL	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
46	47	Jun 4	STL	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
47	48	Jun 5	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
48	49	Jun 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	50	Jun 8	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	40	8.2	0	3	0	3	1	SS
50	51	Jun 9	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	45	10.2	2	1	1	4	0	SS
51	52	Jun 10	STL	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
52	53	Jun 11	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
53	54	Jun 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	55	Jun 13	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
55	56	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
56	57	Jun 15	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
57	58	Jun 17	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
58	59	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-10	GS	30	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
59	60	Jun 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
60	61	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
61	62	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
62	63	Jun 21	STL	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
63	64	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
64	65	Jun 22 (2)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
65	66	Jun 23	STL	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
66	67	Jun 24	STL		PIT	L,2-8	GS	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
67	68	Jun 25	STL		PIT	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
68	69	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,0-5	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
69	70	Jun 27	STL		PIT	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
70	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL		NYM	L,1-10	GS	29	5.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	72	Jun 28 (2)	STL		NYM	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
72	73	Jun 29	STL		NYM	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
73	74	Jun 30	STL		NYM	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	75	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,13-6	GS	23	6.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
75	76	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
76	77	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
77	78	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
78	79	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
79	81 (1)	Jul 9	STL	@	SDP	W,12-4	GS	19	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
80	82	Jul 10	STL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
81	83	Jul 11	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	84	Jul 12	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS	23	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
83	85	Jul 13	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	86	Jul 14	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
85	87	Jul 15	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
86	88	Jul 16	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
87	89	Jul 17	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
88	90	Jul 19	STL		SDP	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	91	Jul 20	STL		SDP	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
90	92	Jul 21	STL		SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
91	93	Jul 22	STL		LAD	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
92	94	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
93	95	Jul 24	STL		LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
94	96	Jul 25	STL		SFG	W,9-4	GS	20	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
95	97	Jul 26	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
96	98	Jul 27	STL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
97	99	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
98	100	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	101	Jul 29	STL	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
100	102	Jul 30	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
101	103	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	L,5-6	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 2	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
103	105	Aug 3	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	106	Aug 4	STL		CHC	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
105	107	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
106	108	Aug 6	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
107	109	Aug 7	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
108	110	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	23	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
109	111	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	61	13.0	5	7	0	12	1	SS
110	112	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
111	113	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
112	114	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
113	115	Aug 14	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
114	116	Aug 15	STL		MON	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
115	117	Aug 16	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
116	118	Aug 18	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
117	119	Aug 19	STL		HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
118	120	Aug 20	STL		HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
119	122 (1)	Aug 23	STL		ATL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
120	123	Aug 24	STL		ATL	L,3-11	GS	34	7.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
121	124	Aug 25	STL		ATL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
122	125	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
123	126	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	127	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	4	3	0	7	1	SS
125	128	Aug 29	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
126	129	Aug 30	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
127	130	Aug 31	STL	@	ATL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	131	Sep 1	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	6	0	12	2	SS
129	132	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
130	133	Sep 3	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
131	134	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
132	135	Sep 5 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
133	136	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
134	137	Sep 6	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
135	138	Sep 7	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
136	139	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
137	140	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
138	141	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
139	142	Sep 12	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
140	143	Sep 13	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
141	144	Sep 14	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
142	145	Sep 15	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
143	146	Sep 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
144	147	Sep 17	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
145	148	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
146	149	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
147	150	Sep 19 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
148	151	Sep 20	STL	@	MON	L,1-10	GS	26	5.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
149	152	Sep 21	STL		NYM	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
150	153	Sep 22	STL		NYM	W,3-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
151	154	Sep 23	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
152	155	Sep 24	STL		PHI	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
153	156	Sep 25	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
154	157	Sep 26	STL		MON	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
155	158	Sep 27	STL		MON	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
156	160 (1)	Sep 30	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
157	161	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
158	162	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,9-6	GS	20	5.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
							158gm		1343.2	304	519	21	844	100