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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-19 / in Starts: 22-18
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1982	NLCS g1	Oct 7	STL		ATL	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.250	.333	.583	8	.63	-0.010	19.69	-0.18%	0.35	SS
2	1982	NLCS g2	Oct 9	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	8	1.79	0.056	60.30	1.33%	0.52	SS
3	1982	NLCS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.615	.556	1.171	8	.21	0.039	5.22	0.62%	1.11	SS
4	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	STL		MIL	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.417	.917	9	.41	-0.029	21.45	-1.00%	-0.74	SS
5	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	STL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.438	.500	.438	.938	9	1.11	-0.038	56.86	-1.30%	-0.92	SS
6	1982	WS g3	Oct 15	STL	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.458	.368	.827	9	.37	-0.011	22.93	-0.31%	0.60	SS
7	1982	WS g4	Oct 16	STL	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.364	.464	.364	.828	9	.70	-0.015	42.43	-0.37%	0.20	SS
8	1982	WS g5	Oct 17	STL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.320	.438	.320	.758	9	1.54	-0.113	126.94	-5.09%	-0.94	SS
9	1982	WS g6	Oct 19	STL		MIL	W,13-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.389	.276	.665	9	.23	-0.025	20.62	-1.24%	-1.06	SS
10	1982	WS g7	Oct 20	STL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.400	.303	.703	9	1.22	-0.009	203.75	-0.12%	-0.18	SS
1985 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1985	NLCS g1	Oct 9	STL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.86	0.002	22.54	0.03%	0.28	SS
12	1985	NLCS g2	Oct 10	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.43	0.053	11.41	0.77%	0.01	SS
13	1985	NLCS g3	Oct 12	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.545	1.045	8	.71	-0.036	14.74	-0.43%	-0.37	SS
14	1985	NLCS g4	Oct 13	STL		LAD	W,12-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.471	.500	.971	2	.30	0.039	9.20	0.66%	0.80	SS
15	1985	NLCS g5	Oct 14	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.421	.476	.632	1.108	2	1.62	0.396	67.13	9.03%	0.63	SS
16	1985	NLCS g6	Oct 16	STL	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.435	.500	.696	1.196	2	1.82	0.314	81.85	8.28%	1.23	SS
17	1985	WS g1	Oct 19	STL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.385	.467	.615	1.082	2	1.02	-0.015	53.24	-0.52%	-0.13	SS
18	1985	WS g2	Oct 20	STL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.533	.945	2	1.31	-0.131	67.03	-3.72%	-1.01	SS
19	1985	WS g3	Oct 22	STL		KCR	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.395	.500	.895	2	.62	-0.029	25.94	-0.60%	-0.33	SS
20	1985	WS g4	Oct 23	STL		KCR	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.306	.390	.472	.862	2	.55	-0.039	35.28	-1.36%	-0.83	SS
21	1985	WS g5	Oct 24	STL		KCR	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.282	.378	.436	.814	2	.64	0.024	31.33	0.75%	0.14	SS
22	1985	WS g6	Oct 26	STL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.367	.405	.772	1	1.63	-0.154	147.16	-7.91%	-1.06	SS
23	1985	WS g7	Oct 27	STL	@	KCR	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.358	.391	.750	1	.33	-0.033	54.17	-2.99%	-0.24	SS
1987 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1987	NLCS g1	Oct 6	STL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.000	1.500	2	1.07	0.055	27.99	0.94%	0.70	SS
25	1987	NLCS g2	Oct 7	STL		SFG	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.375	.500	.875	2	.90	-0.069	23.78	-1.16%	-0.74	SS
26	1987	NLCS g3	Oct 9	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.545	1.007	2	.68	0.076	21.29	1.43%	0.61	SS
27	1987	NLCS g4	Oct 10	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.353	.400	.753	2	1.38	-0.155	41.98	-2.98%	-1.50	SS
28	1987	NLCS g5	Oct 11	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.300	.353	.653	2	1.20	-0.075	49.53	-1.89%	-0.93	SS
29	1987	NLCS g6	Oct 13	STL		SFG	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.250	.286	.536	2	.59	-0.060	26.68	-1.49%	-0.68	SS
30	1987	NLCS g7	Oct 14	STL		SFG	W,6-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.276	.280	.556	2	.47	-0.009	39.17	-0.43%	-0.06	SS
31	1987	WS g1	Oct 17	STL	@	MIN	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.242	.241	.484	2	.41	-0.043	21.32	-1.35%	-0.90	SS
32	1987	WS g2	Oct 18	STL	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.243	.242	.486	2	.43	-0.004	22.98	-0.13%	-0.32	SS
33	1987	WS g3	Oct 20	STL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.268	.270	.539	2	1.10	0.009	45.94	0.22%	0.29	SS
34	1987	WS g4	Oct 21	STL		MIN	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.261	.244	.505	2	.37	-0.019	22.63	-0.53%	-0.95	SS
35	1987	WS g5	Oct 22	STL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.222	.280	.267	.547	2	1.01	0.028	83.88	1.24%	0.74	SS
36	1987	WS g6	Oct 24	STL	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.291	.265	.556	2	.49	0.002	43.96	0.35%	-0.02	SS
37	1987	WS g7	Oct 25	STL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.271	.245	.516	2	.98	-0.104	163.33	-9.87%	-0.83	SS
1996 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	1996	NLDS g2	Oct 3	STL		SDP	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	1.14	0.081	18.95	0.74%	0.77	SS
39	1996	NLDS g3	Oct 5	STL	@	SDP	W,7-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	2	2.31	-0.059	27.50	-0.39%	-0.23	PH
40	1996	NLCS g1	Oct 9	STL	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	1.81	-0.203	47.34	-3.16%	-1.69	SS
41	1996	NLCS g5	Oct 14	STL		ATL	L,0-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	.23	-0.024	5.48	-0.36%	-0.76	SS
42	1996	NLCS g7	Oct 17	STL	@	ATL	L,0-15	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.04	-0.001	3.33	-0.05%	-0.32	PH
									169	144	14	34	1	2	1	10	20	1	9	0	3	2		3	6	1	.236	.325	.292	.617

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