Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl Smith (Wizard of Oz)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: December 26, 1954 in Mobile, AL
High School: Locke (Los Angeles, CA)
School: California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1978
Final Game: September 29, 1996
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2002 (433/472 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 SDP NL 23 SS 159 154 1327.0 837 264 548 25 98 .970 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.0 0.4 0 5.51 5.11 .966 4.88 4.25 RoY-2
1979 SDP NL 24 SS 155 153 1339.0 831 256 555 20 86 .976 14.3 12.8 15.3 7.1 8.2 -1 5.45 5.23 .965 5.00 4.51
1980 SDP NL 25 SS 158 157 1398.1 933 288 621 24 113 .974 21.0 18.0 19.0 9.7 9.3 2 5.85 5.75 .966 5.02 4.30 GG
1981 SDP NL 26 SS 110 110 986.1 658 220 422 16 72 .976 3.9 4.7 3.9 1.3 2.7 0 5.86 5.84 .959 5.10 4.44 AS,GG
1982 STL NL 27 SS 139 139 1249.0 827 279 535 13 101 .984 21.4 20.6 17.4 8.0 9.3 4 5.87 5.86 .966 5.01 4.38 AS,MVP-13,GG
1983 STL NL 28 SS 158 154 1343.2 844 304 519 21 100 .975 11.7 10.4 10.7 1.8 8.9 1 5.51 5.21 .967 4.85 4.16 AS,MVP-21,GG
1984 STL NL 29 SS 124 124 1065.1 682 233 437 12 94 .982 14.1 15.9 10.1 2.8 7.3 4 5.66 5.40 .964 4.87 3.98 AS,GG
1985 STL NL 30 SS 158 158 1407.0 827 264 549 14 111 .983 20.4 17.4 17.4 2.7 14.7 3 5.20 5.15 .962 4.88 4.26 AS,MVP-18,GG
1986 STL NL 31 SS 144 144 1287.0 697 229 453 15 96 .978 16.1 15.0 12.1 2.2 9.8 4 4.77 4.74 .962 4.75 3.96 AS,GG
1987 STL NL 32 SS 158 153 1357.1 771 245 516 10 111 .987 13.5 11.9 9.5 3.3 6.2 4 5.05 4.82 .964 4.72 3.89 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1988 STL NL 33 SS 150 150 1329.0 775 234 519 22 79 .972 17.8 16.1 17.8 6.7 11.1 0 5.10 5.02 .967 4.63 3.99 AS,GG
1989 STL NL 34 SS 153 152 1336.1 709 209 483 17 73 .976 32.0 28.7 32.0 10.4 21.6 0 4.66 4.52 .966 4.51 3.88 AS,GG
1990 STL NL 35 SS 140 137 1203.1 602 212 378 12 66 .980 13.7 13.7 13.7 7.6 6.1 0 4.41 4.21 .967 4.59 4.00 AS,GG
1991 STL NL 36 SS 150 148 1253.1 639 244 387 8 79 .987 3.2 3.1 3.2 0.0 3.2 0 4.53 4.21 .965 4.67 3.88 AS,MVP-20,GG
1992 STL NL 37 SS 132 128 1156.1 662 232 420 10 82 .985 12.6 13.1 11.6 3.0 8.6 1 5.07 4.94 .968 4.59 3.86 AS,MVP-22,GG
1993 STL NL 38 SS 134 131 1139.1 721 251 451 19 98 .974 3.8 4.0 2.8 -5.4 8.2 1 5.55 5.24 .965 4.69 4.04
1994 STL NL 39 SS 96 94 822.0 434 135 291 8 67 .982 11.8 17.2 9.8 2.4 7.4 2 4.66 4.44 .965 4.53 4.05 AS
1995 STL NL 40 SS 41 41 343.1 196 60 129 7 28 .964 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -2.7 2.6 0 4.95 4.61 .968 4.51 3.97 AS
1996 STL NL 41 SS 52 50 442.2 260 90 162 8 36 .969 4.1 11.1 4.1 1.3 2.8 0 5.12 4.85 .967 4.60 3.99 AS
19 Seasons SS 2511 2477 21785.2 12905 4249 8375 281 1590 .978 238.7 13.1 213.7 65.2 148.4 25 5.22 5.03 .965 4.78 4.10
19 Seasons TOT 2511 2477 21785.2 12905 4249 8375 281 1590 .978 238.7 13.1 213.7 65.2 148.4 25 5.22 5.03 .943 4.78 4.10
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 SDP NL 23 159 154 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 SDP NL 24 156 153 156 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 SDP NL 25 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SDP NL 26 110 110 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 STL NL 27 140 139 140 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 STL NL 28 159 154 159 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 STL NL 29 124 124 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 STL NL 30 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 STL NL 31 153 144 153 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 STL NL 32 158 153 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 STL NL 33 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 STL NL 34 155 152 155 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 STL NL 35 143 137 143 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1991 STL NL 36 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 STL NL 37 132 128 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 STL NL 38 141 131 141 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1994 STL NL 39 98 94 98 96 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 STL NL 40 44 41 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 STL NL 41 82 50 82 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
19 Seasons 2573 2477 2573 2511 0 0 0 0 0 2511 0 0 0 0 0 67 7
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 SDP NL 23 5801 65% 80% 29% 702 90% 5 262 128 102 33 552 424 109 0 11 25 1 21 3 20 98 43 6 29 7 3 92 50 40 4 3 1
1979 SDP NL 24 5885 64% 80% 28% 694 91% 8 249 109 97 43 557 413 118 2 8 20 2 18 0 11 87 41 8 16 6 6 79 50 28 6 4 2
1980 SDP NL 25 6228 65% 80% 27% 784 89% 4 285 128 106 51 624 488 117 1 13 20 1 18 1 17 110 49 4 29 10 2 103 53 45 6 3 2
1981 SDP NL 26 4448 62% 80% 27% 500 90% 4 212 76 88 48 427 325 81 1 14 16 1 15 0 12 74 26 7 29 2 4 68 33 35 4 2 2
1982 STL NL 27 5495 56% 81% 29% 647 91% 2 284 119 129 36 530 433 84 3 5 13 1 12 0 7 99 29 13 34 5 10 94 42 50 5 1 3
1983 STL NL 28 5965 54% 80% 28% 647 93% 8 301 131 121 50 530 432 85 3 6 20 1 17 2 13 101 33 11 35 10 4 95 44 49 4 2 1
1984 STL NL 29 4679 57% 79% 28% 516 97% 3 231 110 96 25 447 337 90 1 4 12 0 11 1 11 95 38 7 28 8 10 91 45 46 4 3 1
1985 STL NL 30 5999 60% 80% 28% 625 98% 3 263 127 113 23 547 428 102 1 7 14 0 11 3 11 110 39 10 39 12 3 106 50 54 4 3 0
1986 STL NL 31 5498 63% 80% 29% 559 94% 7 229 110 89 30 458 350 91 2 4 15 1 12 2 11 97 46 5 25 4 6 91 51 35 6 2 4
1987 STL NL 32 5994 64% 78% 31% 642 92% 5 249 126 79 44 522 370 131 1 8 10 0 9 1 8 112 57 5 25 5 7 106 64 40 4 3 1
1988 STL NL 33 5777 61% 78% 34% 661 92% 6 237 121 80 36 522 409 97 2 7 22 1 10 11 16 80 33 5 24 5 3 74 39 33 6 3 3
1989 STL NL 34 5803 53% 78% 36% 607 93% 2 213 118 68 27 482 383 88 1 2 17 1 8 8 11 74 34 1 24 3 3 66 35 30 5 3 2
1990 STL NL 35 5362 53% 79% 31% 483 91% 3 207 101 69 37 378 296 70 2 6 12 1 5 6 9 67 22 6 25 4 2 60 28 31 6 5 1
1991 STL NL 36 5465 47% 79% 32% 568 81% 3 244 112 92 40 387 297 75 1 8 8 1 5 2 6 79 27 6 21 7 6 71 33 35 4 2 2
1992 STL NL 37 4961 53% 80% 34% 600 83% 5 231 117 95 19 418 329 80 1 3 10 0 7 3 9 82 29 7 29 8 2 79 37 40 3 2 1
1993 STL NL 38 5083 61% 81% 35% 582 90% 8 247 124 92 30 447 340 92 1 7 19 1 8 10 14 97 41 8 30 8 1 89 49 39 4 2 2
1994 STL NL 39 3717 60% 78% 33% 383 86% 2 133 61 50 22 293 213 74 1 4 8 0 4 4 8 67 36 2 17 4 1 63 39 22 4 2 1
1995 STL NL 40 1542 60% 78% 34% 154 88% 2 59 15 33 11 129 102 20 0 3 7 1 3 3 6 28 7 6 8 1 1 24 13 10 3 1 2
1996 STL NL 41 1947 64% 74% 29% 225 89% 3 89 50 30 10 163 108 48 1 1 8 1 6 1 7 36 21 1 7 2 0 32 22 9 4 4 0
19 Seasons 95649 59% 79% 30% 10579 91% 83 4225 1983 1629 615 8413 6477 1652 25 121 276 15 200 61 207 1593 651 118 474 111 74 1483 777 671 86 50 31
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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