How Ozzie Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ozzie Smith posted a career Batting Average of .262, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1987, posting .303, above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at .199, well below the league average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .288 in 1993 to .199 in 1995 and .282 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 18 seasons.
Ozzie Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Ozzie Smith
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| Career | 0.262 | 10778 | 9396 | 0.275 |
| Season Avg. | 0.262 | 567.26 | 494.53 | 0.275 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.262 | 678.6 | 591.59 | 0.275 |
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Ozzie Smith Batting Average Per Season
Ozzie Smith's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ozzie Smith Batting Average by Team
Ozzie Smith's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ozzie Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ozzie Smith's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ozzie Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ozzie Smith's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ozzie Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ozzie Smith's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
