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Ozzie Smith

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Full name Osborne Earl Smith
Born December 26, 1954, Mobile, Alabama
First Game: April 7, 1978; Final Game: October 17, 1996
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 150
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2002
Named NL League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (1985)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1982 and 1984 to 1987)
Won NL Gold Glove as shortstop (1980 to 1992)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1987)
Ejections: 1983 (1), 1984 (1), 1993 (1), 1994 (2). Total: 5
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1978 SD N Daily Splits 159 590 69 152 17 6 1 46 47 0 43 0 28 3 0 11 11 40 12 .258 .311 .312 3.5 1978 SD N 1979 SD N Daily Splits 156 587 77 124 18 6 0 27 37 5 37 2 22 1 0 17 11 28 7 .211 .260 .262 -0.7 1979 SD N 1980 SD N Daily Splits 158 609 67 140 18 5 0 35 71 1 49 5 23 4 0 14 9 57 15 .230 .313 .276 4.2 1980 SD N 1981 SD N Daily Splits 110 450 53 100 11 2 0 21 41 1 37 5 10 1 0 8 8 22 12 .222 .294 .256 1.3 1981 SD N 1982 STL N Daily Splits 140 488 58 121 24 1 2 43 68 12 32 2 4 5 0 7 10 25 5 .248 .339 .314 4.7 1982 STL N 1983 STL N Daily Splits 159 552 69 134 30 6 3 50 64 9 36 1 7 2 0 11 10 34 7 .243 .321 .335 2.6 1983 STL N 1984 STL N Daily Splits 124 412 53 106 20 5 1 44 56 5 17 2 11 3 0 10 8 35 7 .257 .347 .337 5.0 1984 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 158 537 70 148 22 3 6 54 65 11 27 2 9 2 0 9 13 31 8 .276 .355 .361 4.3 1985 STL N 1986 STL N Daily Splits 153 514 67 144 19 4 0 54 79 13 27 2 11 3 0 7 9 31 7 .280 .376 .333 1.1 1986 STL N 1987 STL N Daily Splits 158 600 104 182 40 4 0 75 89 3 36 1 12 4 0 11 9 43 9 .303 .392 .383 4.3 1987 STL N 1988 STL N Daily Splits 153 575 80 155 27 1 3 51 74 2 43 1 12 7 0 8 7 57 9 .270 .350 .336 4.6 1988 STL N 1989 STL N Daily Splits 155 593 82 162 30 8 2 50 55 3 37 2 11 3 0 7 10 29 7 .273 .335 .361 2.7 1989 STL N 1990 STL N Daily Splits 143 512 61 130 21 1 1 50 61 4 33 2 7 10 0 10 8 32 6 .254 .330 .305 -1.2 1990 STL N 1991 STL N Daily Splits 150 550 96 157 30 3 3 50 83 2 36 1 6 1 0 6 8 35 9 .285 .380 .367 2.1 1991 STL N 1992 STL N Daily Splits 132 518 73 153 20 2 0 31 59 4 34 0 12 1 0 4 11 43 9 .295 .367 .342 3.9 1992 STL N 1993 STL N Daily Splits 141 545 75 157 22 6 1 53 43 1 18 1 7 7 0 11 11 21 8 .288 .337 .356 2.5 1993 STL N 1994 STL N Daily Splits 98 381 51 100 18 3 3 30 38 3 26 0 10 4 0 5 3 6 3 .262 .326 .349 -0.4 1994 STL N 1995 STL N Daily Splits 44 156 16 31 5 1 0 11 17 0 12 2 5 2 0 0 6 4 3 .199 .282 .244 -0.6 1995 STL N 1996 STL N Daily Splits 82 227 36 64 10 2 2 18 25 0 9 2 7 0 0 6 5 7 5 .282 .358 .370 0.8 1996 STL N Total (19 Years) Splits 2573 9396 1257 2460 402 69 28 793 1072 79 589 33 214 63 0 162 167 580 148 .262 .337 .328 44.7 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

       Division Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1996 STL N Daily Splits 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 1996 STL N

League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1982 STL N Daily Splits 3 9 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .556 .615 .556 1982 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 6 23 4 10 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .435 .500 .696 1985 STL N 1987 STL N Daily Splits 7 25 2 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .276 .280 1987 STL N 1996 STL N Daily Splits 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1996 STL N Total ( 4 Years) Splits 19 66 6 20 1 2 1 7 9 1 6 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 .303 .377 .424 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1982 STL N Daily Splits 7 24 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .208 .296 .208 1982 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 7 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .087 .222 .087 1985 STL N 1987 STL N Daily Splits 7 28 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 .267 .214 1987 STL N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 21 75 7 13 0 0 0 3 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 1 .173 .262 .173 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1981 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1.000 - 1981 NL 1982 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - - 1982 NL 1983 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1983 NL 1984 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 NL 1985 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 NL 1986 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 NL 1987 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 NL 1988 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 NL 1989 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 1989 NL 1990 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 NL 1991 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1991 NL 1992 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1992 NL 1994 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1994 NL 1996 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1996 NL Total (14 Years) Splits 14 27 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .148 .233 .185 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1978 SD N Daily Splits SS 159 154 137 1327 264 548 25 98 0 .970 1979 SD N Daily Splits SS 155 153 136 1339 256 555 20 86 0 .976 1980 SD N Daily Splits SS 158 157 149 1398.1 288 621 24 113 0 .974 1981 SD N Daily Splits SS 110 110 105 986.1 220 422 16 72 0 .976 1982 STL N Daily Splits SS 139 139 136 1249 279 535 13 101 0 .984 1983 STL N Daily Splits SS 158 154 132 1343.2 304 519 21 100 1 .975 1984 STL N Daily Splits SS 124 124 113 1065.1 233 437 12 94 0 .982 1985 STL N Daily Splits SS 158 158 149 1407 264 549 14 111 0 .983 1986 STL N Daily Splits SS 144 144 132 1287 229 453 15 96 0 .978 1987 STL N Daily Splits SS 158 153 139 1357.1 245 516 10 111 0 .987 1988 STL N Daily Splits SS 150 150 138 1329 234 519 22 79 0 .972 1989 STL N Daily Splits SS 153 152 145 1336.1 209 483 17 73 0 .976 1990 STL N Daily Splits SS 140 137 129 1203.1 212 378 12 66 0 .980 1991 STL N Daily Splits SS 150 148 126 1253.1 244 387 8 79 0 .987 1992 STL N Daily Splits SS 132 128 117 1156.1 232 420 10 82 0 .985 1993 STL N Daily Splits SS 134 131 115 1139.1 251 451 19 98 1 .974 1994 STL N Daily Splits SS 96 94 85 822 135 291 8 67 0 .982 1995 STL N Daily Splits SS 41 41 34 343.1 60 129 7 28 0 .964 1996 STL N Daily Splits SS 52 50 48 442.2 90 162 8 36 0 .969 Total (19 Years) Splits SS 2511 2477 2265 21785.2 4249 8375 281 1590 2 .978 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1996 STL N Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 1.000

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1982 STL N Daily Splits SS 3 3 3 27 4 11 0 1 0 1.000 1985 STL N Daily Splits SS 6 6 6 52 7 17 0 3 0 1.000 1987 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 61 10 19 1 4 0 .967 1996 STL N Daily Splits SS 2 2 2 17 7 2 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 4 Years) Splits SS 18 18 18 157 28 49 1 9 0 .987 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1982 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 61 22 17 0 5 0 1.000 1985 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 61.1 10 16 1 5 0 .963 1987 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 59 7 19 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits SS 21 21 21 181.1 39 52 1 11 0 .989 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1981 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1982 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1983 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 1984 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1985 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1986 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1987 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 .833 1988 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 1 4 0 1 0 1.000 1989 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1990 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1991 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1992 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1994 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 6.1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1996 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 1.000 Total (14 Years) Splits SS 14 11 3 74.1 16 23 1 3 0 .975 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 8- 9-1983 BOX STL N Steve Rippley Call at 1B 9- 1-1984 BOX STL N Steve Rippley Call at 1B (Bumped umpire) 9-14-1993 BOX STL N Bill Hohn Called third strike 5-25-1994 BOX STL N Steve Rippley Balls and strikes 6-28-1994 BOX STL N Eric Gregg Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).

Selected by San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).

Traded by San Diego Padres with Steve Mura and a player to be named later to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later (December 10, 1981); St. Louis Cardinals received Al Olmsted (February 19, 1982) and San Diego Padres received Luis DeLeon (February 19, 1982).

Granted free agency (November 2, 1992).

Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 6, 1992).

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