Ozzie
Smith
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 155
 
Born: December 26, 1954 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 23 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1979 24 PIT NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1980 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1981 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1982 27 PIT NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1983 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1984 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1985 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1986 31 KCR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1987 32 KCR AL $ 350,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1988 33 KCR AL $ 444,444   5 5 4 1 1 1 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1989 34 KCR AL $ 444,444   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 35 KCR AL $ 444,444   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 444,444   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 23 AAA   136 527 74 142 18 6 5 54 28 14 53 33 .269 .336 .355 .691 64.5  
1979 24 AAA   136 509 63 111 17 3 1 39 32 6 63 39 .218 .304 .269 .573 48.9  
1980 25 PIT NL 75 86 12 18 4 1 0 9 8 1 5 8 .209 .247 .279 .526 7.5 0.3
1981 26 PIT NL 19 32 4 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 5 2 .219 .324 .250 .574 3.4 0.3
    AAA   84 299 30 78 21 1 3 28 18 7 42 30 .261 .352 .368 .720 41.0  
1982 27 AAA   134 559 78 154 29 8 7 36 33 9 45 35 .275 .329 .394 .723 73.8  
1983 28 PIT NL 69 123 23 32 7 0 0 15 12 7 11 11 .260 .319 .317 .636 12.3 1.6
1984 29 PIT NL 51 87 17 19 4 0 0 4 14 2 10 10 .218 .299 .264 .563 8.8 0.8
1985 30 PIT NL 87 188 20 38 5 4 1 14 11 3 17 18 .202 .267 .287 .554 14.6 0.6
1986 31 KCR AL 23 49 14 14 5 0 0 6 2 1 3 5 .286 .327 .388 .715 5.6 1.0
1987 32 KCR AL 50 72 12 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .181 .231 .222 .453 2.5 0.0
1988 33 KCR AL 34 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143 0.3 0.0
1989 34 KCR AL 46 69 9 7 2 0 0 3 4 2 5 16 .101 .160 .130 .290 -0.7 0.0
1990 35 KCR AL 55 67 7 10 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 18 .149 .162 .209 .371 -0.6 0.0
10 Years Sim 509 787 126 159 35 5 1 57 64 20 62 102 .202 .258 .263 .522 53.5 4.6
4 Years AAA 490 1894 245 485 85 18 16 157 111 36 203 137 .256 .328 .345 .674 228.2  
162 Game Average 250 40 50 11 1 0 18 20 6 19 32 .202 .258 .263 .522 17.0  
Career Highs 87 188 23 38 7 4 1 15 14 7 17 18 .286 .327 .388 .715 14.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   622 100 126 25 3 1 46 56 14 46 81 .203 .255 .257 .512 44.7
vs LH   165 26 33 10 2 0 11 8 6 16 21 .200 .271 .285 .556 12.1
Home 259 421 64 90 22 3 0 34 27 8 36 48 .214 .275 .280 .555 34.2
Away 250 366 62 69 13 2 1 23 37 12 26 54 .189 .240 .243 .483 22.5
RISP   185 0 35 3 1 0 49 0 0 12 18 .189 .232 .216 .448 8.4
Pinch Hitting   23 4 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 .261 .346 .348 .694 2.8
Close/Late   133 58 26 5 0 0 5 0 0 7 18 .195 .234 .233 .467 6.2
Mar/Apr 91 129 18 31 4 1 0 12 12 4 8 13 .240 .283 .287 .569 11.1
May 89 137 24 24 8 0 0 12 9 3 19 13 .175 .274 .234 .507 10.0
June 78 128 23 27 9 1 0 8 12 2 6 21 .211 .244 .297 .541 9.9
July 63 114 10 17 3 0 0 5 6 1 6 13 .149 .192 .175 .367 2.6
August 89 120 26 28 6 3 1 12 11 5 13 17 .233 .306 .358 .664 13.8
Sep/Oct 89 159 21 32 5 0 0 8 11 5 10 25 .201 .246 .233 .478 8.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1980 25 PIT NL SS 52 10 173.0 29 74 11 8 .904 5.36 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 16 5 67.7 19 38 0 12 1.000 7.58 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1981 26 PIT NL SS 13 6 69.0 8 27 0 1 1.000 4.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 PIT NL 2B 23 18 168.3 38 80 3 18 .975 6.31 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 15 11 98.3 10 31 0 3 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1984 29 PIT NL 2B 16 10 98.3 19 47 1 8 .985 6.04 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 12 10 93.7 13 39 2 8 .963 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 30 PIT NL SS 47 13 189.7 28 88 4 19 .967 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 12 12 105.7 24 41 2 5 .970 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 31 KCR AL SS 12 11 98.0 17 42 2 11 .967 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 3 3 25.0 3 9 0 3 1.000 4.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 32 KCR AL SS 10 10 83.0 13 40 1 9 .981 5.75 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 14 3 55.0 3 16 1 0 .950 3.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 10 4 44.0 7 15 1 2 .957 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 4 35.0 48 0 1 5 .980 12.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1988 33 KCR AL 2B 3 3 26.0 8 17 1 3 .962 8.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 0 8.7 2 1 1 0 .750 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 KCR AL 2B 23 8 98.0 22 42 0 9 1.000 5.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 9 9 79.0 11 36 1 2 .979 5.35 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 2 16.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 35 KCR AL 2B 34 9 116.7 30 73 3 14 .972 7.95 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 16 5 64.7 12 40 0 8 1.000 7.24 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 1 0 4.0 5 2 0 0 1.000 15.75 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 191 85 957.0 143 418 22 69 .962 5.28 0 0 .000 0 3.6
  2B 143 72 753.6 171 362 11 74 .980 6.37 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  3B 17 5 73.0 5 20 1 2 .962 3.08 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 8 4 39.0 56 0 1 7 .982 12.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 4.0 5 2 0 0 1.000 15.75 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   361 166 1827.6 380 802 35 152 .971 5.82 1 1 1.000 0 7.4
Career Highs   68 29 297.3 71 129 11 24 1.000 7.92 1 1 1.000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 25 PIT NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 31 KCR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  6. George Fallon (967)
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  8. Ham Schulte (965)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1978
Injured on 4/14/1978 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1978 (Going to NYG: P Eric Rasmussen. Going to PIT: SS Ozzie Smith)
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/7/1980, off Mike Scott (TOR)
Injured on 8/16/1982 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1985, off Gary Nolan (CLN)
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Kansas City on 3/4/1986 (Going to PIT: P Ramon Romero. Going to KCR: P Mike Bielecki, P Tim Burke, P Bob Patterson, P Rick Steirer, SS Ozzie Smith)
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/9/1988 to a 4-year deal worth $444,444 per year