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.

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1994 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 4	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 6	STL	@	CIN	T,8-8	CG	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
4	4	Apr 9 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
5	6 (1)	Apr 10	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
6	7	Apr 12	STL		LAD	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
7	8	Apr 13	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
8	9	Apr 14	STL		LAD	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
9	10	Apr 15	STL		SDP	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
10	11	Apr 16	STL		SDP	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
11	13 (1)	Apr 18	STL	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
12	14	Apr 19	STL	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
13	15	Apr 20	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
14	16	Apr 22	STL		HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
15	17	Apr 23	STL		HOU	L,5-15	GS	49	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
16	19 (1)	Apr 25	STL		COL	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	20	Apr 26	STL		COL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	21	Apr 29	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
19	22	Apr 30	STL	@	HOU	L,5-15	CG	49	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	24 (1)	May 3	STL	@	COL	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
21	25	May 4	STL	@	COL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
22	26	May 5	STL		NYM	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	27	May 6	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
24	28	May 7	STL		NYM	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
25	29	May 8	STL		NYM	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
26	30	May 9	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
27	31	May 10	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
28	32	May 11	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	33	May 12	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
30	34	May 13	STL	@	MON	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
31	35	May 14	STL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
32	37 (1)	May 16	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
33	38	May 17	STL	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	SS
34	39	May 18	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
35	40	May 20	STL	@	FLA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
36	41	May 21	STL	@	FLA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
37	43 (1)	May 23	STL		PHI	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	44	May 24	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	45	May 25	STL		PHI	W,10-5	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	46	May 27	STL	@	SDP	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
41	47	May 28	STL	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
42	48	May 29	STL	@	SDP	L,2-7	GS	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
43	49	May 30	STL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
44	50	May 31	STL	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	51	Jun 1	STL	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
46	52	Jun 3	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
47	53	Jun 4	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
48	55 (1)	Jun 7	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
49	56	Jun 8	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	SS
50	57	Jun 9	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	59 (1)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
52	60	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
53	64 (3)	Jun 16	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	46	10.0	5	5	0	10	4	SS
54	65	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
55	66	Jun 18	STL		PIT	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
56	67	Jun 19	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
57	68	Jun 20	STL		MON	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
58	69	Jun 21	STL		MON	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	71 (1)	Jun 24	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
60	72	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
61	73	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
62	74	Jun 27	STL	@	NYM	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
63	75	Jun 28	STL	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
64	76	Jun 30	STL		COL	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	77	Jul 1	STL		COL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
66	78	Jul 2	STL		COL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
67	79	Jul 3	STL		COL	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
68	81 (1)	Jul 5	STL		HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
69	82	Jul 6	STL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
70	83	Jul 8	STL	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
71	84	Jul 9	STL	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	86 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	COL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
73	87	Jul 15	STL	@	COL	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
74	88	Jul 16	STL	@	COL	L,4-15	GS	34	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
75	90 (1)	Jul 18	STL	@	HOU	L,12-15	CG	49	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
76	91	Jul 19	STL	@	HOU	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
77	92	Jul 20	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
78	93	Jul 21 (1)	STL		ATL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	95 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	STL		ATL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
80	96	Jul 22 (2)	STL		ATL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
81	97	Jul 23	STL		ATL	L,5-8	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
82	98	Jul 24	STL		ATL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
83	99	Jul 25	STL		NYM	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	100	Jul 26	STL		NYM	L,9-10	GS	48	10.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
85	102 (1)	Jul 29	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
86	103	Jul 30	STL		CHC	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
87	104	Jul 31	STL		CHC	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	105	Aug 1	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	106	Aug 2	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
90	107	Aug 3	STL	@	MON	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
91	109 (1)	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,11-3	GS	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
92	110	Aug 6	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	112 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	FLA	W,11-1	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
94	113	Aug 9	STL	@	FLA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.1	0	5	0	5	0	SS
95	114	Aug 10	STL	@	FLA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
96	115	Aug 11	STL	@	FLA	W,8-6	CG	32	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							96gm		822.0	135	291	8	434	67