Bump Wills vs Ozzie Smith

Bump WillsOzzie Smith

Bump Wills and Ozzie Smith compared on their MLB careers: Bump Wills played 6 seasons, 1977 to 1982, Ozzie Smith 19 seasons, 1978 to 1996. Bump Wills has .266 batting average to Ozzie Smith's .262. Ozzie Smith won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bump Wills and Ozzie Smith career totals
831GP2,573
3,030AB9,396
472R1,257
807H2,460
36HR28
302RBI793
196SB580
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.4SLG0.3
0.7OPS0.7

Where each stands all time

Bump Wills and Ozzie Smith all-time places
—Hits112th (2,460)
—Stolen bases22nd (580)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Bump Wills: 0 championships; none on file
  • Ozzie Smith: 1 championship; NL Gold Glove ×13, NL Silver Slugger

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bump Wills and Ozzie Smith season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1977.2879621978.258146
2nd1978.2509571979.211027
3rd1979.2735461980.230035
4th1980.2635581981.222021
5th1981.2512411982.248243
6th1982.2726381983.243350
7th————1984.257144
8th————1985.276654
9th————1986.280054
10th————1987.303075
11th————1988.270351
12th————1989.273250
13th————1990.254150
14th————1991.285350
15th————1992.295031
16th————1993.288153
17th————1994.262330
18th————1995.199011
19th————1996.282218

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI