Bob Schmidt
Robert Benjamin Schmidt
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: June 9, 1965
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1958 SFG NL 25 C 123 107 973.0 682 616 54 12 10 .982 2.0 2.5 2 6.20 5.45 .988 6.06 5.19 3 26 32 27 46% AS
1959 SFG NL 26 C 70 56 486.0 337 307 30 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -4.9 -2 6.24 4.81 .989 6.34 5.24 2 14 22 8 27%
1960 SFG NL 27 C 108 98 856.0 675 631 31 13 6 .981 -10.0 -14.0 -10 6.96 6.13 .986 6.58 5.41 2 36 45 13 22%
1961 TOT NL 28 C 29 24 216.0 162 154 7 1 1 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.71 5.55 .985 6.39 5.17 1 6 15 5 25%
1961 SFG NL 28 C 2 2 18.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 9.00 .983 6.40 5.15 0 3 0 1 100%
1961 CIN NL 28 C 27 22 198.0 144 137 6 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.30 .985 6.39 5.17 1 3 15 4 21%
1962 WSA AL 29 C 88 71 639.0 383 342 40 1 3 .997 6.0 11.3 6 5.38 4.34 .989 6.30 5.57 9 7 14 16 53%
1963 WSA AL 30 C 6 2 32.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -37.5 -1 5.06 3.00 .989 6.64 5.78 0 4 1 0 0%
1965 NYY AL 32 C 20 11 116.0 98 93 4 1 0 .990 -1.0 -10.3 -1 7.53 4.85 .988 6.96 5.67 2 2 5 0 0%
7 Seasons C 444 369 3318.0 2355 2161 166 28 21 .988 -6.0 -2.2 -6 6.31 5.24 .988 6.34 5.36 19 95 134 69 34%
7 Seasons TOT 444 369 3318.0 2355 2161 166 28 21 .988 -6.0 -2.2 -6 6.31 5.24 .976 6.34 5.36 19 95 134 69 34%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 25 127 107 127 127 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1959 SFG NL 26 71 56 71 71 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 SFG NL 27 110 98 110 110 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 CIN NL 28 27 22 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 SFG NL 28 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 29 88 71 88 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1963 WSA AL 30 9 2 9 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 NYY AL 32 20 11 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 454 369 454 454 0 444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1958 SFG NL 25 4214 3.56 4.14 63 94% 1 0 611 41 3 21 546 53 14 0 0 3 12 2 5 5 1 9 0 1 3 7 86%
1959 SFG NL 26 2142 3.82 4.30 34 100% 0 0 310 20 2 5 282 28 8 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 100%
1960 SFG NL 27 3772 3.46 4.18 62 95% 0 0 631 46 3 18 564 32 12 0 0 4 13 2 3 8 2 5 0 1 1 7 71%
1961 CIN NL 28 862 3.55 3.73 12 100% 0 0 136 11 0 3 122 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1961 SFG NL 28 77 3.00 3.00 1 100% 0 0 17 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 WSA AL 29 2774 3.65 3.97 49 94% 0 0 348 30 0 8 310 39 15 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 80%
1963 WSA AL 30 156 5.91 6.19 1 0% 0 0 20 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 32 498 3.88 4.11 10 100% 0 0 94 5 0 1 87 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 14495 3.62 4.13 232 95% 1 0 2167 154 8 57 1946 162 52 5 0 16 28 4 10 14 4 20 0 3 6 24 83%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.26 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1958 SFG NL 25 3 26 1552 32 27 26 46% 29 25 2 2 1 0 1 0 86 36 0.93 1.29
1959 SFG NL 26 2 14 797 22 8 7 27% 19 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 47 15 1.16 0.88
1960 SFG NL 27 2 36 1332 45 13 12 22% 45 10 0 1 0 2 3 0 110 26 1.25 1.28
1961 CIN NL 28 1 3 336 15 4 3 21% 14 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 5 1.16 1.41
1961 SFG NL 28 0 3 26 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.78
1962 WSA AL 29 9 7 1015 14 16 16 53% 13 16 1 0 0 0 2 0 39 21 0.80 0.89
1963 WSA AL 30 0 4 52 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.17
1965 NYY AL 32 2 2 181 5 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 1.64
7 Seasons 19 95 5291 134 69 65 34% 126 61 7 5 1 3 7 0 327 105 1.11 1.15
MLB Averages 38% 1.20 1.19

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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