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Bob Schmidt

Robert Benjamin Schmidt

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 22, 1933 in St. Louis, MO
Signed
by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1958
Teams (by GP): Giants/Senators/Reds/Yankees 1958-1965

Final Game: June 9, 1965
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958 25 SFG NL 127 432 393 46 96 20 2 14 54 0 1 33 59 .244 .306 .412 .718 90 162 19 3 1 2 5 *2 AS
1959 26 SFG NL 71 196 181 17 44 7 1 5 20 0 2 13 24 .243 .296 .376 .672 80 68 4 1 0 1 4 2
1960 27 SFG NL 110 374 344 31 92 12 1 8 37 0 3 26 51 .267 .317 .378 .695 95 130 8 0 3 2 4 *2
1961 28 TOT NL 29 86 76 4 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 8 15 .132 .212 .171 .383 3 13 5 0 1 1 1 2
1961 28 SFG NL 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .143 .167 .310 -17 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1961 28 CIN NL 27 79 70 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 14 .129 .218 .171 .389 5 12 5 0 1 0 1 2
1962 29 WSA AL 88 273 256 28 62 14 0 10 31 0 0 14 37 .242 .281 .414 .695 85 106 3 1 0 3 2 2
1963 30 WSA AL 9 18 15 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .200 .333 .267 .600 71 4 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1965 32 NYY AL 20 45 40 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 8 .250 .302 .350 .652 86 14 0 0 2 0 1 2
7 Yrs 454 1424 1305 133 317 55 4 39 150 0 6 100 199 .243 .297 .381 .678 83 497 40 5 7 9 17
162 Game Avg. 162 508 466 47 113 20 1 14 54 0 2 36 71 .243 .297 .381 .678 83 177 14 2 2 3 6
SFG (4 yrs) 310 1009 924 94 233 39 4 27 112 0 6 72 135 .252 .307 .391 .698 89 361 31 4 4 6 13
WSA (2 yrs) 97 291 271 31 65 15 0 10 31 0 0 17 42 .240 .284 .406 .690 84 110 4 1 0 3 2
CIN (1 yr) 27 79 70 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 14 .129 .218 .171 .389 5 12 5 0 1 0 1
NYY (1 yr) 20 45 40 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 8 .250 .302 .350 .652 86 14 0 0 2 0 1
NL (4 yrs) 337 1088 994 98 242 39 4 28 116 0 6 80 149 .243 .301 .375 .676 83 373 36 4 5 6 14
AL (3 yrs) 117 336 311 35 75 16 0 11 34 0 0 20 50 .241 .287 .399 .685 84 124 4 1 2 3 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1958 25 SFG NL 127 432 -5 -0 -3 2 6 -0 -0.1 15 14 1.4 .500 .500 1.3 0.8 12 $ *2 AS
1959 26 SFG NL 71 196 -7 -1 -1 -2 3 -8 -0.8 7 -1 -0.1 .489 .495 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2
1960 27 SFG NL 110 374 -1 -2 -1 -10 5 -8 -0.9 13 5 0.4 .493 .495 1.5 -0.5 15 $ *2
1961 28 SFG NL 2 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .441 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1961 28 CIN NL 27 79 -9 -0 -1 0 1 -9 -1.0 3 -6 -0.7 .465 .494 -0.7 0.1 -6 $ 2
1962 29 WSA AL 88 273 -8 -1 1 6 4 1 0.1 8 9 0.8 .502 .501 0.3 1.0 3 $ 2
1963 30 WSA AL 9 18 -1 -0 -0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .479 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /2
1965 32 NYY AL 20 45 -1 0 0 -1 1 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 2
7 Seasons 454 1424 -32 -4 -4 -6 21 -26 -3.0 46 20 1.6 .494 .498 2.6 1.4 26 $
SFG (4 yrs) 310 1009 -14 -3 -4 -10 14 -16 -1.8 34 18 1.6 .494 .497 2.8 0.4 28 $
WSA (2 yrs) 97 291 -9 -1 1 5 4 -0 -0.2 8 8 0.6 .500 .500 0.3 0.9 3 $
CIN (1 yr) 27 79 -9 -0 -1 0 1 -9 -1.0 3 -6 -0.7 .465 .494 -0.7 0.1 -6 $
NYY (1 yr) 20 45 -1 0 0 -1 1 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 25 SFG NL 432 320 44 3.7 104 .255 .244 .267 .306 .335 .412 .418 .718 .753 90 .395 -6.2 -0.6 .621 .249 .168 .0
1959 26 SFG NL 196 144 19 3.5 102 .255 .243 .267 .296 .332 .376 .413 .672 .745 80 .379 -5.4 -0.5 .559 .193 .133 .0
1960 27 SFG NL 374 268 39 3.9 94 .293 .267 .256 .317 .321 .378 .393 .695 .714 95 .450 -2.4 -0.2 .582 .177 .110 .0
1961 28 TOT NL 86 73 2 0.7 106 .148 .132 .271 .212 .337 .171 .422 .383 .759 3 .032 -10.8 -1.1 .296 .145 .039 .0
1961 28 SFG NL 7 6 0 0.0 102 .167 .167 .265 .143 .331 .167 .413 .310 .744 -17 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1961 28 CIN NL 79 67 2 0.8 107 .145 .129 .271 .218 .338 .171 .422 .389 .760 5 .038 -9.9 -1.0 .303 .157 .043 .0
1962 29 WSA AL 273 200 30 4.0 103 .245 .242 .263 .281 .335 .414 .410 .695 .745 85 .445 -6.2 -0.6 .614 .227 .172 .0
1963 30 WSA AL 18 13 1 2.1 95 .300 .200 .255 .333 .322 .267 .394 .600 .716 71 .216 -0.4 -0.0 .538 .267 .067
1965 32 NYY AL 45 32 4 3.4 91 .290 .250 .250 .302 .319 .350 .382 .652 .702 86 .419 -0.8 -0.1 .567 .175 .100 .0
7 Yrs 1424 1050 139 3.6 101 .258 .243 .263 .297 .331 .381 .408 .678 .738 83 .392 -32.4 -3.2 .576 .210 .138 .0
162 Game Avg. 508 375 50 3.6 101 .258 .243 .263 .297 .331 .381 .408 .678 .738 83 .392 -32.4 -3.2 .576 .210 .138
SFG (4 yrs) 1009 738 102 3.7 100 .268 .252 .263 .307 .329 .391 .408 .698 .737 89 .409 -15.0 -1.5 .592 .210 .139 .0
WSA (2 yrs) 291 213 31 3.9 102 .248 .240 .263 .284 .334 .406 .409 .690 .743 84 .433 -6.7 -0.7 .610 .229 .166 .0
CIN (1 yr) 79 67 2 0.8 107 .145 .129 .271 .218 .338 .171 .422 .389 .760 5 .038 -9.9 -1.0 .303 .157 .043 .0
NYY (1 yr) 45 32 4 3.4 91 .290 .250 .250 .302 .319 .350 .382 .652 .702 86 .418 -0.8 -0.1 .567 .175 .100 .0
NL (4 yrs) 1088 805 104 3.5 101 .260 .243 .264 .301 .330 .375 .409 .676 .738 83 .378 -24.8 -2.5 .568 .206 .132 .0
AL (3 yrs) 336 245 35 3.8 101 .253 .241 .261 .287 .333 .399 .406 .685 .738 84 .432 -7.5 -0.8 .604 .222 .158 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 SFG NL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 25 SFG NL 432 3.2% 13.7% 7.6% 8.3% 38% 1.79 6.7 28.1 7.3 1.02 75%
1959 26 SFG NL 196 2.6% 12.2% 6.6% 6.6% 30% 1.85 7.5 36.2 9.1 1.07 78%
1960 27 SFG NL 374 2.1% 13.6% 7.0% 5.6% 23% 1.96 6.7 43.0 9.3 0.74 77%
1961 28 TOT NL 86 1.2% 17.4% 9.3% 1.2% 10% 1.88 5.1 76.0 15.2 0.93 71%
1961 28 SFG NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 6.0 0.25 86%
1961 28 CIN NL 79 1.3% 17.7% 10.1% 1.3% 11% 1.75 5.0 70.0 17.5 1.04 70%
1962 29 WSA AL 273 3.7% 13.6% 5.1% 8.8% 39% 2.64 6.9 25.6 8.3 0.82 78%
1963 30 WSA AL 18 0.0% 27.8% 16.7% 5.6% 33% 1.67 3.0 3.00 56%
1965 32 NYY AL 45 2.2% 17.8% 6.7% 4.4% 20% 2.67 5.0 40.0 13.3 0.64 69%
7 Yrs 1424 2.7% 14.0% 7.0% 6.9% 31% 1.99 6.6 33.5 8.7 0.90 76%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.4% 8.4% 6.5% 29% 1.70 6.2 38.5 8.6 1.06 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1958 25 SFG NL -6.2 -0.6 439 -1.1 8.1 -9.2 1.09 -0.2 -0.8 -3.0 -0.3 1.00 -0.4 2.21 6
1959 26 SFG NL -5.7 -0.6 198 -1.0 2.6 -3.7 .93 -0.9 -0.2 -8.0 -0.8 0.93 -8.9 0.63 3
1960 27 SFG NL -2.9 -0.3 380 -1.5 4.5 -6.0 .86 -0.7 -1.0 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 -3.1 1.54 3
1961 28 TOT NL -10.9 -1.1 87 -1.0 0.6 -1.7 .85 -0.9 -0.2 -11.3 -1.1 0.92 -9.8 0
1961 28 SFG NL -0.9 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.04 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.96 -1.1 0
1961 28 CIN NL -10.0 -1.0 80 -0.9 0.6 -1.5 .84 -0.9 -0.3 -10.5 -1.0 0.92 -8.7 0
1962 29 WSA AL -6.2 -0.6 273 -0.7 4.5 -5.2 1.01 -0.1 -0.6 -7.3 -0.7 0.95 -1.8 1.94 4
1963 30 WSA AL -0.4 -0.0 18 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .84 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.87 -0.7 1.07 5
1965 32 NYY AL -0.8 -0.1 47 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 1.09 -0.0 -0.0 1.0 0.1 0.93 -0.6 0
7 Yrs -33.2 -3.3 1442 -5.4 21.3 -26.7 .97 -3.0 -2.5 -32.9 -3.3 0.95 -25.3 1.56 21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 25 SFG NL 7 0 27% 141 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 14 38% 22 15 7 6 6 0 12 4 8
1959 26 SFG NL 1 0 23% 49 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 29% 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 1
1960 27 SFG NL 7 0 21% 120 0 3 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 50% 12 9 3 6 0 5 8 2 5
1961 28 TOT NL 2 0 18% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1961 28 SFG NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 CIN NL 2 0 19% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1962 29 WSA AL 1 0 27% 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 46% 13 9 4 1 0 1 8 2 5
1963 30 WSA AL 0 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 32 NYY AL 1 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 19 0 25% 432 0 6 0% 0 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 18 24 39% 58 44 14 16 8 7 33 9 21

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 25 SFG NL 433 23% 96 6 2 1 1 2.21 14 1 19 10 4 8 6 0 1 1 100% 97 19 20% 38 7 18% 319 44 14% 25 12 48% 11 4 36% -1
1959 26 SFG NL 196 39% 44 3 0 0 0 0.63 5 0 2 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 0% 26 4 15% 8 3 38% 118 15 13% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
1960 27 SFG NL 374 50% 92 3 0 0 0 1.54 8 1 9 3 5 2 6 0 3 3 100% 61 8 13% 37 11 30% 206 32 16% 25 11 44% 18 9 50% 0
1961 28 TOT NL 86 33% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 20 5 25% 13 2 15% 55 4 7% 6 2 33% 6 2 33% 0
1961 28 SFG NL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1961 28 CIN NL 79 32% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 17 5 29% 12 1 8% 50 3 6% 5 1 20% 5 2 40% 0
1962 29 WSA AL 273 45% 62 4 1 1 1 1.94 10 0 6 5 5 6 4 0 0 0 48 3 6% 20 8 40% 173 22 13% 14 8 57% 10 5 50% 0
1963 30 WSA AL 18 50% 3 5 0 0 0 1.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 32 NYY AL 45 44% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 3 2 67% 25 2 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
7 Yrs 1425 38% 317 21 3 2 2 1.56 39 2 40 24 15 18 21 0 9 7 78% 261 40 15% 120 33 28% 906 119 13% 79 37 47% 51 23 45% -1
MLB Averages 51% 75% 10% 30% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 25 127 432 393 46 96 20 2 14 54 0 1 33 59 .244 .306 .412 .718 90 162 19 3 1 2 5
1959 26 198 628 574 63 140 27 3 19 74 0 3 46 83 .244 .303 .401 .704 87 230 23 4 1 3 9
1960 27 308 1002 918 94 232 39 4 27 111 0 6 72 134 .253 .308 .392 .700 90 360 31 4 4 5 13
1961 28 337 1088 994 98 242 39 4 28 116 0 6 80 149 .243 .301 .375 .676 83 373 36 4 5 6 14
1962 29 425 1361 1250 126 304 53 4 38 147 0 6 94 186 .243 .297 .383 .680 83 479 39 5 5 9 16
1963 30 434 1379 1265 129 307 54 4 38 147 0 6 97 191 .243 .297 .382 .679 83 483 40 5 5 9 16
1964 31 434 1379 1265 129 307 54 4 38 147 0 6 97 191 .243 .297 .382 .679 83 483 40 5 5 9 16
1965 32 454 1424 1305 133 317 55 4 39 150 0 6 100 199 .243 .297 .381 .678 83 497 40 5 7 9 17

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 25 134 455 414 49 102 21 2 15 58 0 35 62 .246 .308 .415 .724 53 127
1959 26 74 206 190 19 47 7 1 5 22 0 14 25 .247 .301 .374 .675 22 71
1960 27 115 399 365 36 102 13 1 9 43 0 29 53 .279 .331 .395 .725 48 110
1961 28 30 91 80 5 11 0 0 1 6 0 9 16 .138 .222 .175 .397 3 29
1962 29 88 274 256 28 62 14 0 10 31 0 14 37 .242 .281 .414 .695 30 88
1963 30 9 18 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 .200 .333 .267 .600 1 9
1965 32 20 46 41 5 11 1 0 1 4 0 3 8 .268 .318 .366 .684 5 20
7 Yrs 470 1489 1361 144 338 57 4 41 164 0 107 206 .248 .304 .386 .690 162 454
162 Game Avg. 162 513 469 50 117 20 1 14 57 0 37 71 .248 .304 .386 .690 56 454

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 NL  19 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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