# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ozzie-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:13:28.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ozzie-smith"
name: "Ozzie Smith"
slug: "ozzie-smith"
description: "Osborne Earl Smith is an American former professional baseball player. Nicknamed \"the Wizard of Oz\", Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball (MLB). Renowned for his acrobatic athletic ability, Smith is now widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players of all time, winning the National League (NL) Gold Glove Award for defensive play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons. He was also a 15-time All-Star, accumulated 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases during his career, and won the National League Silver Slugger Award as the best hitter at shortstop in 1987."
tagline: "American professional baseball player, shortstop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ozzie_Smith_1983.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.919568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809493/"
    handle:    "nm0809493"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A7%E9%BD%8A%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E5%AF%86%E6%96%AF"
    title: "奧齊·史密斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "أوزي سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "اوزى سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "オジー・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%A7%80_%EC%8A%A4%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "아지 스미스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozijs_Smits"
    title: "Ozijs Smits"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214263"
    title: "Ozzie Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump