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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	STL	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	49	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	STL	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	STL		MON	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	STL		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 18	STL		MON	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
10	10	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	STL		NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 23	STL		NYM	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
14	14	Apr 24	STL		NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 25	STL	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 26	STL	@	MON	L,5-10	GS	37	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
17	17	Apr 27	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
18	18	Apr 28	STL	@	MON	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 30	STL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	STL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	50	12.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
21	21	May 3	STL		SFG	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
22	22	May 4	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
23	23	May 5	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
24	24	May 6	STL		SDP	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
25	25	May 7	STL		SDP	L,2-12	GS	28	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
26	26	May 8	STL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 9	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
28	28	May 10	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
29	29	May 11	STL	@	SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
30	30	May 12	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 14	STL	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 15	STL	@	SDP	W,14-4	GS	33	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 17	STL	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
34	34	May 18	STL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
35	35	May 19	STL	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
36	36	May 20	STL		ATL	W,14-0	GS	20	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	37	May 21	STL		ATL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
38	38	May 22	STL		ATL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
39	39	May 24	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	53	11.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
40	40	May 25	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
41	41	May 26	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
42	42	May 28	STL	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
43	43	May 29	STL	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
44	44	May 30	STL	@	ATL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
45	45	May 31	STL		CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	STL		CIN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
47	47	Jun 2	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
48	48	Jun 3	STL		HOU	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
49	49	Jun 4	STL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	50	Jun 5	STL		HOU	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
51	51	Jun 7	STL	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	48	13.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
52	52	Jun 8	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	53	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
55	55	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
56	56	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	L,2-13	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
57	57	Jun 13	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
58	58	Jun 14	STL	@	CHC	W,11-10	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
59	59	Jun 15	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
60	60	Jun 16	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
61	61	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
62	62	Jun 19	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
63	63	Jun 20	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
64	64	Jun 21	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
65	65	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
66	66	Jun 23	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
67	67	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
68	68	Jun 26	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
69	69	Jun 27	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 28	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
71	71	Jun 29	STL		NYM	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	72	Jun 30	STL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	73	Jul 1	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	74	Jul 2	STL	@	MON	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
75	75	Jul 4	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
76	76	Jul 5	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
77	77	Jul 6	STL		LAD	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
78	78	Jul 7	STL		LAD	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
79	79	Jul 8	STL		SFG	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	5	6	1	12	1	SS
80	80	Jul 9	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	81	Jul 10	STL		SFG	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	82	Jul 11	STL		SDP	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
83	83	Jul 12	STL		SDP	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
84	84	Jul 13	STL		SDP	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
85	85	Jul 14	STL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
86	86	Jul 18	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
87	87	Jul 19	STL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
88	88	Jul 20	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
89	89	Jul 21	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
90	90	Jul 22	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	93 (2)	Jul 25	STL	@	SDP	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
92	94	Jul 26	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	95	Jul 27	STL	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
94	96	Jul 28	STL	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
95	97	Jul 30	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
96	98	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	62	13.1	0	5	0	5	1	SS
98	100	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
99	101	Aug 3	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
100	102	Aug 4	STL		PHI	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	103	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,1-9	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	104	Aug 8	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
103	105	Aug 9	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
104	106	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
105	107	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
106	109 (1)	Aug 12	STL		PIT	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
107	110	Aug 13	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
108	111	Aug 15 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
109	112	Aug 15 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	53	12.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
110	113	Aug 16	STL		MON	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
111	114	Aug 17	STL		MON	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
112	115	Aug 18	STL		MON	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
113	116	Aug 20	STL	@	HOU	L,2-17	GS	32	5.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
114	117	Aug 21	STL	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
115	118	Aug 22	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
116	119	Aug 23	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
117	120	Aug 24	STL	@	ATL	W,7-0	CG	19	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	121	Aug 25	STL	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
119	122	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
120	123	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
121	124	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	56	11.2	4	7	0	11	3	SS
122	125	Aug 30	STL		HOU	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
123	126	Aug 31	STL		HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	127	Sep 1	STL		HOU	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
125	128	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
126	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
127	130	Sep 4	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
128	131	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	132	Sep 6	STL		ATL	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
130	133	Sep 7	STL		ATL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
131	134	Sep 8	STL		ATL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
132	135	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
133	136	Sep 10	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
134	137	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
135	138	Sep 12	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
136	139	Sep 13	STL	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
137	140	Sep 14	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	2	7	1	SS
138	141	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
139	142	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
140	143	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
141	144	Sep 17	STL	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
142	145	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
143	146	Sep 19	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
144	147	Sep 20	STL		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
145	148	Sep 21	STL		MON	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
146	149	Sep 22	STL		MON	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
147	150	Sep 23	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
148	151	Sep 24	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
149	152	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
150	153	Sep 26	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
151	154	Sep 28 (1)	STL	@	MON	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
152	155	Sep 28 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
153	156	Sep 29	STL	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
154	157	Oct 1	STL		NYM	L,0-1	CG	43	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
155	158	Oct 2	STL		NYM	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
156	159	Oct 3	STL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
157	160	Oct 4	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
158	161	Oct 5	STL		CHC	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
							158gm		1407.0	264	549	14	827	111