Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith (born December 26, 1954) is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996.
April 1988.Robinson, Tom. It may go ... Go crazy, folks, go crazy! … I may not drive in 100 runs each year, but I can prevent 100 runs from scoring against us.”In the 1979 season Smith started out 0-for-32 before going 1-for-4 on April 13 to move his batting average to .029. It's a home run, and the Cardinals have won the game, by the score of 3 to 2, on a home run by the Wizard!
St. Louis Cardinals in the National Baseball Hall of Fame In the best-of-seven playoffs that St. Louis won in six games against the Los Angeles Dodgers Smith went 10-for-23, an average of .435, with an OBP of .500, a .696 slugging average, and an otherworldly 1.196 OPS. If any other shortstop misses a ball, your first thought is, ‘Would Ozzie have had it?’”In his first year in St. Louis, Smith helped the Cardinals win the pennant and the World Series. He has also been an entrepreneur with several different business interests.In addition to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Smith has been inducted into other halls of fame, including the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum. In his first big-league at-bat, facing San Francisco’s John Montefusco, he grounded into a force play to end the second inning. The game of September 29 was not Smith’s last major-league game. They helped the National League to a 5-4 victory in that mid-summer classic. A 15-time All-Star, Ozzie Smith won 13 consecutive Gold Gloves and is usually regarded as the greatest defensive shortstop in the history of baseball. Ozzie Smith was born on Sunday, December 26, 1954, in Mobile, Alabama. Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season Since that time, millions of baseball fans around the world have subscribed to MLB.TV, the live video streaming product that airs every
5 On Your Side Sports director Frank Cusumano talked with fellow Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith about what Brock meant to him, and to baseball. During the 1987 postseason he hit .200 as the Cardinals won the NLCS from the San Francisco Giants and .214 as St. Louis lost the World Series to the Minnesota Twins. Smith also appeared in Game Three of the NLDS as a pinch-hitter and lined out to left field.
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If any other shortstop misses a ball, your first thought is, 'Would Ozzie have had it?
All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Register now for SABR/IWBC virtual event on September 11-13, 2020.He was called the Wizard of Oz for his phenomenal fielding feats. He finished his rookie year batting .258, with an on-base percentage of .311, a slugging average of .312, one home run and 46 RBIs. In the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, he posted some terrific offensive numbers, unusual for him. Smith and Seaver's MLB careers overlapped from 1978 to 1986, which included Seaver's last All-Star Game and Smith's first in 1981. I instinctively broke to my left and dove behind second. Smith had a no-trade clause in his contract and balked at the trade. Smith won the first of 13 consecutive Gold Gloves in 1980. Smith described what happened: “He hit a ball back up the middle that everybody thought was going into center field. ""Smith corks one into right, down the line! "Well, I mean, Lou is kind of the standard. He batted leadoff for the Cardinals and went 0-for-2 against Cincinnati’s Curt Lyons before being replaced by Royce Clayton in the fourth inning. St. Louis Cardinals Official 1993 Yearbook. His career stats were 2,573 games, 1,257 runs scored, 2,460 hits, 28 home runs, 793 RBIs, 580 stolen bases, .262 batting average, .337 OBP, .328 slugging, and .666 OPS. Many thanks to him. Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season Agents: Dennis Gilbert • Previously: Debra Ehlmann, Ed Gottlieb .
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