How Ozzie Smith's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Ozzie Smith posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .338, near the league average of .328 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1987, posting .392, above the league average of .332 that year. The lowest point came in 1979 at .260, well below the league average of .326 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .337 in 1993 to .283 in 1995 and .358 in 1996. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 18 seasons.

Ozzie Smith Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Ozzie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Ozzie Smith's On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Ozzie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

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

Ozzie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ozzie Smith's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Ozzie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ozzie Smith's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ozzie Smith On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ozzie Smith's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table