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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	STL		MON	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	STL		MON	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 11	STL		MON	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	STL	@	PHI	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	STL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	13 (5)	Apr 22	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
9	14	Apr 23	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
10	15	Apr 24	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	16	Apr 25	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
12	17	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	18	Apr 27	STL	@	SFG	L,3-12	GS	35	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
14	19	Apr 28	STL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	20	Apr 29	STL	@	SFG	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21	May 1	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	22	May 2	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	23	May 4	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
19	24	May 5	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	25	May 6	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	26	May 7	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
22	27	May 9	STL		SDP	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
23	28	May 10	STL		SDP	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
24	29	May 11	STL		ATL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	30	May 12	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	31	May 13	STL		ATL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
27	32	May 15	STL		HOU	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	33	May 16	STL		HOU	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	34	May 17	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
30	35	May 18	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	36	May 19	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
32	37	May 20	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
33	38	May 21	STL	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	39	May 22	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
35	40	May 23	STL		SFG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
36	42 (1)	May 25	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	43	May 26	STL		LAD	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
38	44	May 27	STL		LAD	L,7-14	GS	37	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
39	45	May 28	STL	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	46	May 29	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	47	May 30	STL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	48	Jun 1	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
43	49	Jun 2	STL		CHC	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	50	Jun 3	STL		CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
45	51	Jun 4	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	50	11.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
46	52	Jun 5	STL		PHI	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	53	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,12-11	CG	50	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
48	54	Jun 7	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
49	55	Jun 8	STL	@	MON	L,2-18	GS	19	2.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
50	56	Jun 9	STL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	57	Jun 10	STL	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
52	58	Jun 11	STL		PIT	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	59	Jun 12	STL		PIT	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	60	Jun 13	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	61	Jun 14	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	62	Jun 15	STL		MON	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
57	63	Jun 16	STL		MON	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	64	Jun 17	STL		MON	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
59	65	Jun 19	STL	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
60	67 (1)	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
61	68	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
62	69	Jun 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	0	1	0	1	1	SS
63	70	Jun 25	STL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
64	71	Jun 26	STL		NYM	L,6-8	CG	48	11.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
65	72	Jun 27	STL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
66	74 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
67	75	Jun 30	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	76	Jul 1	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
69	79 (2)	Jul 4	STL	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	80	Jul 5	STL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
71	81	Jul 6	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
72	82	Jul 7	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	83	Jul 8	STL	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
74	84	Jul 12	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	85	Jul 13	STL		SFG	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
76	86	Jul 14	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
77	88 (1)	Jul 16	STL		LAD	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
78	89	Jul 17	STL		LAD	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
79	90	Jul 18	STL		LAD	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
80	91	Jul 19	STL		SDP	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
81	92	Jul 20	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
82	93	Jul 21	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	30	7.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
83	94	Jul 22	STL		SDP	W,6-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
84	95	Jul 23	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
85	96	Jul 24	STL		CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
86	97	Jul 25	STL		CHC	W,9-0	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	98	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
88	99	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
89	100	Jul 27	STL	@	NYM	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
90	101	Jul 28	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	102	Jul 29	STL	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
92	103	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	104	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	L,10-11	GS	26	5.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
94	105	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
95	106	Aug 3	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
96	107	Aug 4	STL		NYM	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
97	108	Aug 5	STL		NYM	W,8-3	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
98	110 (1)	Aug 7	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
99	111	Aug 8	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	58	14.2	4	5	0	9	2	SS
100	112	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
101	113	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
102	114	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
103	115	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
104	116	Aug 14	STL		CIN	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
105	117	Aug 15	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	48	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
106	118	Aug 16	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
107	119	Aug 17	STL		HOU	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
108	120	Aug 18	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
109	122 (1)	Aug 20	STL		ATL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
110	123	Aug 21	STL		ATL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
111	124	Aug 22	STL		ATL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
112	126 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
113	127	Aug 26	STL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
114	128	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
115	129	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
116	130	Aug 30	STL	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	46	12.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	132 (1)	Sep 1	STL	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
118	133	Sep 2	STL	@	ATL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
119	134	Sep 3	STL		NYM	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	135	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
121	136	Sep 5	STL		MON	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
122	138 (1)	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
123	139	Sep 8	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	140	Sep 9	STL	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
125	141	Sep 10	STL	@	NYM	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
126	142	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	L,8-10	CG	40	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
127	143	Sep 12	STL	@	MON	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	145 (1)	Sep 14	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
129	147 (1)	Sep 16	STL		CHC	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
130	148	Sep 18	STL		PHI	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
131	149	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
132	150	Sep 20	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
133	151	Sep 21	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
134	152	Sep 22	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
135	153	Sep 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
136	154	Sep 25	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
137	155	Sep 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
138	157 (1)	Sep 28	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
139	158	Sep 29	STL		PIT	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
140	159	Sep 30	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
							140gm		1203.1	212	378	12	602	66