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Ozzie Smith

Birthdate:

12/26/1954

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 150 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Mobile, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

The Wizard of Oz, Ozzie Smith premier shortstop with his essence of pride and team spirit embodied in the challenge of winning ballgames, ruled the baseball infield for 20 years. During the 1980's & 1990's, fans were treated to viewing one of the best fielding SS in history. To watch The Wizard of Ah's was to see a combination of ballet, gymnastics and unparalleled fielding wizardry. Ozzie Smith won nine consecutive Gold Glove Awards and set the major league record for SS for assists in a single season (621). He also holds the record for the most years gathering 500 or more assists in a season and tied the record for the most years leading a league in assists with 7 and most years leading in chances accepted - 7.

He also tied the record for the most years leading in fielding average (6) and set the major league record for the highest fielding average for a shortstop .987 in 1987. Ozzie Smith played his first three years with the San Diego Padres, 1978-1981 and was traded in the 1981 season to the St. Louis Cards. He helped lead the Cardinals to the pennant and in the 1982 WS win, he set a major league record for most putouts in a seven game WS with 22. With the Cardinals, Ozzie Smith developed into a fine hitter and in 1987 batted .303, scored 101 runs, whacked 40 doubles, second highest in the league, stole 43 bases and was 2nd in the MVP balloting. In 1988, The Oz stole 57 bases, hit .279 and scored 80 runs. Ozzie Smith's career stats- .262 BA, .340 on-base-pct, hits 2265, he scored 1154 runs, stole 563 bases, 992 W, 542 K's in 2349 games.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

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

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