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Ozzie Smith
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Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl "Ozzie" Smith
(born December 26, 1954) is a retired American
baseball
shortstop
who played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) for the
San Diego Padres
and
St. Louis Cardinals
from 1978 to 1996. Nicknamed "
The Wizard
" for his defensive brilliance, Smith set major league records for career
assists
(8,375) and
double plays
(1,590) by a shortstop (the latter since broken by
Omar Vizquel
), as well as the
National League
(NL) record with 2,511 career games at the position; Smith won the NL
Gold Glove Award
for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons (1980–92). A 15-time
All-Star
, he accumulated 2,460
hits
and 580
stolen bases
during his career, and won the NL
Silver Slugger Award
as the best-hitting shortstop in 1987. He was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame
in his first year of eligibility in 2002. He was also elected to the
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
in the inaugural class of 2014.
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