Ozzie Smith batting average in 1996
.2821996 Regular Season
Ozzie Smith posted a .282 batting average in the 1996 regular season.
- 5th-best of Ozzie Smith's 19 seasons on file; the high is .303 in 1987.
- Up .083 from .199 in 1995.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1978 through 1996. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 |  SD | 159 | 590 | 69 | 152 | 1 | 46 | 40 | .258 | .311 | .312 | .623 |
| 1979 | SD | 156 | 587 | 77 | 124 | 0 | 27 | 28 | .211 | .260 | .262 | .522 |
| 1980 | SD | 158 | 609 | 67 | 140 | 0 | 35 | 57 | .230 | .313 | .276 | .589 |
| 1981 | SD | 110 | 450 | 53 | 100 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .222 | .294 | .256 | .549 |
| 1982 |  STL | 140 | 488 | 58 | 121 | 2 | 43 | 25 | .248 | .339 | .314 | .653 |
| 1983 | STL | 159 | 552 | 69 | 134 | 3 | 50 | 34 | .243 | .321 | .335 | .657 |
| 1984 | STL | 124 | 412 | 53 | 106 | 1 | 44 | 35 | .257 | .347 | .337 | .684 |
| 1985 | STL | 158 | 537 | 70 | 148 | 6 | 54 | 31 | .276 | .355 | .361 | .716 |
| 1986 | STL | 153 | 514 | 67 | 144 | 0 | 54 | 31 | .280 | .376 | .333 | .709 |
| 1987 | STL | 158 | 600 | 104 | 182 | 0 | 75 | 43 | .303 | .392 | .383 | .775 |
| 1988 | STL | 153 | 575 | 80 | 155 | 3 | 51 | 57 | .270 | .350 | .336 | .686 |
| 1989 | STL | 155 | 593 | 82 | 162 | 2 | 50 | 29 | .273 | .335 | .361 | .696 |
| 1990 | STL | 143 | 512 | 61 | 130 | 1 | 50 | 32 | .254 | .330 | .305 | .635 |
| 1991 | STL | 150 | 550 | 96 | 157 | 3 | 50 | 35 | .285 | .380 | .367 | .747 |
| 1992 | STL | 132 | 518 | 73 | 153 | 0 | 31 | 43 | .295 | .367 | .342 | .708 |
| 1993 | STL | 141 | 545 | 75 | 157 | 1 | 53 | 21 | .288 | .337 | .356 | .693 |
| 1994 | STL | 98 | 381 | 51 | 100 | 3 | 30 | 6 | .262 | .326 | .349 | .675 |
| 1995 | STL | 44 | 156 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 4 | .199 | .282 | .244 | .526 |
| 1996 | STL | 82 | 227 | 36 | 64 | 2 | 18 | 7 | .282 | .358 | .370 | .728 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS