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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	48	11.2	2	7	0	9	3	SS
2	2	Apr 7	STL	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 9	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	STL		CHC	L,1-6	GS	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 12	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 15	STL	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
11	11	Apr 17	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
14	14	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
15	15	Apr 22	STL		NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 23	STL		NYM	L,9-12	CG	47	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
17	17	Apr 24	STL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 26	STL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 27	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
20	20	Apr 28	STL	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	21	Apr 29	STL	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
22	22	Apr 30	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	STL	@	LAD	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
24	24	May 2	STL	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
25	25	May 3	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
26	27 (1)	May 6	STL		LAD	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	0	1	2	3	0	SS
27	28	May 7	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	29	May 8	STL		LAD	L,6-12	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
29	30	May 9	STL		SDP	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
30	31	May 10	STL		SDP	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	32	May 11	STL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	60	16.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
32	33	May 12	STL		SFG	W,13-12	CG	51	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
33	34	May 13	STL		ATL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
34	35	May 14	STL		ATL	L,5-7	CG	78	19.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
35	36	May 15	STL		ATL	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	37	May 17	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	11.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
37	38	May 18	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	SS
38	39	May 19	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
39	40	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
40	41	May 21	STL		HOU	W,7-4	CG	49	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
41	42	May 22	STL		HOU	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
42	44 (1)	May 24	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
43	45	May 25	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
44	46	May 27	STL	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
45	47	May 28	STL	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
46	48	May 29	STL	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	49	May 30	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
48	50	May 31	STL	@	HOU	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	51	Jun 1	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
50	52	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	64	14.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
51	53	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
52	54	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
53	55	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 6	STL		NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
55	57	Jun 7	STL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
56	58	Jun 8	STL		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
57	59	Jun 10	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
58	60	Jun 11	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	61	Jun 12	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	10	0	12	0	SS
60	62	Jun 13	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
61	63	Jun 14	STL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	64	Jun 15	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
63	65	Jun 17	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
64	66	Jun 18	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
65	67	Jun 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
66	68	Jun 20	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
67	69	Jun 21	STL	@	MON	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	2	7	1	SS
68	70	Jun 22	STL	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
69	71	Jun 23	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
70	72	Jun 24	STL		PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
71	73	Jun 25	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	74	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
73	75	Jun 27	STL		MON	L,3-6	CG	59	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
74	76	Jun 28	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78 (1)	Jul 1	STL	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	79	Jul 2	STL	@	SDP	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
77	80	Jul 3	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
78	81	Jul 4	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	82	Jul 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
80	83	Jul 6	STL	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
81	84	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	85	Jul 9	STL	@	SFG	L,2-21	GS	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
83	86	Jul 10	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
84	87	Jul 14	STL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
85	88	Jul 15	STL		SDP	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	89	Jul 16	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
87	90	Jul 17	STL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
88	91	Jul 18	STL		LAD	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
89	92	Jul 19	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
90	93	Jul 20	STL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	94	Jul 21	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	95	Jul 22	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	42	11.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
93	96	Jul 23	STL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
94	97	Jul 24	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
95	102 (4)	Jul 29	STL	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
96	103	Jul 30	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
97	104	Jul 31	STL	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 2	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
99	106	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
100	107	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
101	108	Aug 5	STL		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	3	SS
102	109	Aug 6	STL		MON	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
103	110	Aug 7	STL		MON	L,5-11	GS	28	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	111	Aug 8	STL		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
105	112	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
106	113	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
107	114	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	2	4	0	6	1	SS
108	115	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
109	116	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	117	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
111	118	Aug 16	STL		HOU	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
112	119	Aug 17	STL		HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
113	120	Aug 18	STL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
114	121	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	122	Aug 20	STL		CIN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	123	Aug 21	STL		CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
117	124	Aug 22	STL		ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
118	125	Aug 23	STL		ATL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
119	126	Aug 24	STL		ATL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
120	127	Aug 25	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	128	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	8	1	9	1	SS
122	129	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	59	13.2	3	8	0	11	0	SS
123	130	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
124	131	Aug 29	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
125	132	Aug 30	STL	@	ATL	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	134 (1)	Sep 2	STL	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
127	135	Sep 3	STL	@	HOU	L,1-10	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
128	136	Sep 4	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
129	137	Sep 5	STL		MON	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
130	138	Sep 6	STL		MON	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
131	139	Sep 7	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
132	140	Sep 8	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
133	141	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	142	Sep 10	STL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
135	143	Sep 11	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
136	144	Sep 12	STL	@	MON	L,2-14	GS	28	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
137	145	Sep 13	STL	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
138	146	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
139	147	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
140	148	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
141	150 (1)	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
142	151	Sep 19	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
143	152	Sep 20	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
144	153	Sep 21	STL		PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
145	154	Sep 23	STL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
146	155	Sep 24	STL		NYM	L,1-14	GS	25	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
147	156	Sep 25	STL		NYM	L,7-9	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
148	157	Sep 26	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
149	158	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
150	159	Sep 28	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
							150gm		1329.0	234	519	22	775	79