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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
Schools: 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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 23 SDP NL 159 668 590 69 152 17 6 1 46 40 12 47 43 .258 .311 .312 .623 82 184 11 0 28 3 0 *6 RoY-2
1979 24 SDP NL 156 649 587 77 124 18 6 0 27 28 7 37 37 .211 .260 .262 .522 48 154 11 2 22 1 5 *6
1980 25 SDP NL 158 712 609 67 140 18 5 0 35 57 15 71 49 .230 .313 .276 .589 71 168 9 5 23 4 1 *6 GG
1981 26 SDP NL 110 507 450 53 100 11 2 0 21 22 12 41 37 .222 .294 .256 .549 62 115 8 5 10 1 1 *6 AS,GG
1982 27 STL NL 140 567 488 58 121 24 1 2 43 25 5 68 32 .248 .339 .314 .653 84 153 10 2 4 5 12 *6 AS,MVP-13,GG
1983 28 STL NL 159 626 552 69 134 30 6 3 50 34 7 64 36 .243 .321 .335 .657 82 185 10 1 7 2 9 *6 AS,MVP-21,GG
1984 29 STL NL 124 484 412 53 106 20 5 1 44 35 7 56 17 .257 .347 .337 .684 95 139 8 2 11 3 5 *6 AS,GG
1985 30 STL NL 158 615 537 70 148 22 3 6 54 31 8 65 27 .276 .355 .361 .716 101 194 13 2 9 2 11 *6 AS,MVP-18,GG
1986 31 STL NL 153 609 514 67 144 19 4 0 54 31 7 79 27 .280 .376 .333 .709 98 171 9 2 11 3 13 *6 AS,GG
1987 32 STL NL 158 706 600 104 182 40 4 0 75 43 9 89 36 .303 .392 .383 .775 105 230 9 1 12 4 3 *6 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1988 33 STL NL 153 669 575 80 155 27 1 3 51 57 9 74 43 .270 .350 .336 .686 98 193 7 1 12 7 2 *6 AS,GG
1989 34 STL NL 155 664 593 82 162 30 8 2 50 29 7 55 37 .273 .335 .361 .696 97 214 10 2 11 3 3 *6 AS,GG
1990 35 STL NL 143 592 512 61 130 21 1 1 50 32 6 61 33 .254 .330 .305 .635 77 156 8 2 7 10 4 *6 AS,GG
1991 36 STL NL 150 641 550 96 157 30 3 3 50 35 9 83 36 .285 .380 .367 .747 112 202 8 1 6 1 2 *6 AS,MVP-20,GG
1992 37 STL NL 132 590 518 73 153 20 2 0 31 43 9 59 34 .295 .367 .342 .708 105 177 11 0 12 1 4 *6 AS,MVP-22,GG
1993 38 STL NL 141 603 545 75 157 22 6 1 53 21 8 43 18 .288 .337 .356 .693 88 194 11 1 7 7 1 *6
1994 39 STL NL 98 433 381 51 100 18 3 3 30 6 3 38 26 .262 .326 .349 .675 78 133 3 0 10 4 3 *6 AS
1995 40 STL NL 44 182 156 16 31 5 1 0 11 4 3 17 12 .199 .282 .244 .526 41 38 6 2 5 2 0 6 AS
1996 41 STL NL 82 261 227 36 64 10 2 2 18 7 5 25 9 .282 .358 .370 .728 93 84 5 2 7 0 0 6 AS
19 Seasons 2573 10778 9396 1257 2460 402 69 28 793 580 148 1072 589 .262 .337 .328 .666 87 3084 167 33 214 63 79
162 Game Avg. 162 679 592 79 155 25 4 2 50 37 9 67 37 .262 .337 .328 .666 87 194 11 2 13 4 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
STL (15 yrs) 1990 8242 7160 991 1944 338 50 27 664 433 102 876 423 .272 .350 .344 .694 93 2463 128 21 131 54 72
SDP (4 yrs) 583 2536 2236 266 516 64 19 1 129 147 46 196 166 .231 .295 .278 .573 66 621 39 12 83 9 7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 27 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 13 9 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 .556 .615 .556 1.171 5 0 0 0 1 0
1982 27 STL NL WS MIL W 7 27 24 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .208 .296 .208 .505 5 1 0 0 0 0
1985 30 STL NL NLCS LAD W 6 27 23 4 10 1 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 .435 .500 .696 1.196 16 0 0 1 0 1
1985 30 STL NL WS KCR L 7 28 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 .087 .222 .087 .309 2 1 0 1 0 0
1987 32 STL NL NLCS SFG W 7 30 25 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 .200 .276 .280 .556 7 1 0 1 1 0
1987 32 STL NL WS MIN L 7 30 28 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 6 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLDS SDP W 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 41 STL NL NLCS ATL L 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 42 169 144 14 34 1 2 1 10 6 1 20 9 .236 .325 .292 .617 42 3 0 3 2 1
4 NLCS 19 79 66 6 20 1 2 1 7 2 0 9 6 .303 .377 .424 .801 28 1 0 2 2 1
1 NLDS 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 21 85 75 7 13 0 0 0 3 4 1 9 3 .173 .262 .173 .435 13 2 0 1 0 0
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1981 *
1982 *
1983 (SS)
1984 (SS)
1985 (SS)
1986 (SS)
1987 (SS)
1988 (SS)
1989 (SS)
1990 (SS)
1991 (SS)
1992 (SS)
1994 (SS)
1995
1996 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1985-NL-NLCS MVP
1989-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1994-ML-Branch Rickey Award
1995-ML-Roberto Clemente Award

Gold Gloves
1980-NL-SS
1981-NL-SS
1982-NL-SS
1983-NL-SS
1984-NL-SS
1985-NL-SS
1986-NL-SS
1987-NL-SS
1988-NL-SS
1989-NL-SS
1990-NL-SS
1991-NL-SS
1992-NL-SS
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1987-NL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1982-NL-13-7%
1983-NL-21-0%
1985-NL-18-1%
1987-NL-2-56%
1991-NL-20-0%
1992-NL-22-0%
0.65 Career Shares (349th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1987 NL--.303--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1986 NL--.376--7th
1991 NL--.380--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1978 NL--159--4th
1980 NL--158--10th
1981 NL--110--1st
1983 NL--159--5th
1985 NL--158--8th
1987 NL--158--5th
Career--2573--40th

At Bats s c a p y
1980 NL--609--9th
1981 NL--450--1st
1987 NL--600--7th
1989 NL--593--9th
Career--9396--43rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1980 NL--712--3rd
1981 NL--507--1st
1987 NL--706--3rd
1988 NL--669--9th
Career--10778--34th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1987 NL--104--8th
1991 NL--96--6th
Career--1257--133rd

Hits s c a p y
1987 NL--182--3rd
1989 NL--162--9th
Career--2460--97th

Total Bases s c a p y
Career--3084--239th

Doubles s c a p y
1987 NL--40--2nd
Career--402--150th

Triples s c a p y
1989 NL--8--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL--79--6th
1987 NL--89--6th
1988 NL--74--9th
1991 NL--83--7th
Career--1072--82nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1978 NL--40--5th
1980 NL--57--6th
1984 NL--35--10th
1987 NL--43--7th
1988 NL--57--3rd
1991 NL--35--8th
1992 NL--43--5th
Career--580--21st

Singles s c a p y
1986 NL--121--8th
1987 NL--138--3rd
1988 NL--124--8th
1989 NL--122--8th
1991 NL--121--7th
1992 NL--131--4th
Career--1961--51st

Runs Created s c a p y
Career--1156--204th

Times On Base s c a p y
1987 NL--272--4th
1988 NL--230--8th
1991 NL--241--8th
Career--3565--83rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--5--7th
1981 NL--5--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 NL--28--1st
1979 NL--22--2nd
1980 NL--23--1st
1981 NL--10--5th
1984 NL--11--7th
1986 NL--11--7th
1987 NL--12--2nd
1988 NL--12--7th
1989 NL--11--6th
1992 NL--12--6th
1994 NL--10--5th
Career--214--73rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 NL--10--5th
Career--63--180th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL--13--9th
Career--79--172nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career--167--173rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 NL--12--10th
1980 NL--15--8th
1981 NL--12--2nd
Career--148--21st

AB per SO s c a p y
1978 NL--13.721--5th
1979 NL--15.865--5th
1980 NL--12.429--6th
1982 NL--15.250--5th
1983 NL--15.333--7th
1984 NL--24.235--3rd**
1985 NL--19.889--3rd
1986 NL--19.037--1st
1987 NL--16.667--4th
1988 NL--13.372--4th
1989 NL--16.027--2nd
1990 NL--15.515--2nd
1991 NL--15.278--2nd
1992 NL--15.235--4th
1993 NL--30.278--1st
1994 NL--14.654--3rd
Career--15.950--211th

Outs Made s c a p y
1978 NL--492--4th
1979 NL--504--4th
1980 NL--520--2nd
1981 NL--381--1st
1987 NL--452--10th
1988 NL--455--10th
1989 NL--462--8th
Career--7528--24th

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL--$1,440,000--9th
1986 NL--$1,940,000--4th
1987 NL--$1,940,000--3rd
1988 NL--$2,340,000--1st
1989 NL--$2,240,000--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1993 NL--born 1954-12-26--6th
1994 NL--born 1954-12-26--3rd
1995 NL--born 1954-12-26--2nd
1996 NL--born 1954-12-26--4th

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 51 (487), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 142 (92), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Omar Vizquel (885)
  4. Nellie Fox (862) *
  5. Bert Campaneris (859)
  6. Willie Randolph (854)
  7. Dave Concepcion (841)
  8. Bobby Wallace (838) *
  9. Red Schoendienst (827) *
  10. Tommy Corcoran (821)
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  3. Roger Metzger (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bud Harrelson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bud Harrelson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Roger Metzger (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Otto Knabe (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Otto Knabe (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Otto Knabe (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Wambsganss (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Evers (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Omar Vizquel (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roger Peckinpaugh (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Roger Peckinpaugh (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Omar Vizquel (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Omar Vizquel (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Rabbit Maranville (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Rabbit Maranville (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Rabbit Maranville (904) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 10, 1981: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Steve Mura to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Sixto Lezcano and Garry Templeton. The San Diego Padres sent Al Olmsted (February 19, 1982) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis DeLeon (February 19, 1982) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

November 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985St. Louis Cardinals$1,440,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$1,940,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$1,940,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$2,340,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$2,240,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$1,975,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$2,225,000
1992St. Louis Cardinals$2,000,000
1993St. Louis Cardinals$3,000,000
1994St. Louis Cardinals$3,000,000
1995St. Louis Cardinals$3,000,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$3,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$28,600,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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