How Ozzie Smith's Base Runs Compares to Similar Players

Ozzie Smith totaled 1,172 career Base Runs, well above the league average of 238.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Base Runs season came in 1987, posting 104, well above the league average of 27.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at 10, well below the league average of 25.3 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Base Runs total went from 67 in 1993 to 10 in 1995 and 30 in 1996, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Base Runs profile — ranging from 10 to 104 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Ozzie Smith Lifetime Base Runs

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Ozzie Smith Base Runs Per Season

Ozzie Smith's Base Runs 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 Base Runs per season line chart

Ozzie Smith Base Runs by Team

Ozzie Smith's career Base Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ozzie Smith career Base Runs by team bar chart

Ozzie Smith Cumulative Base Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Ozzie Smith's career Base Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ozzie Smith Base Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Ozzie Smith Base Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ozzie Smith's seasonal Base Runs 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 Base Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ozzie Smith Base Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ozzie Smith's MLB career with Base Runs 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.
Ozzie Smith Base Runs season-by-season breakdown table