Johnny Schmitz
John Albert Schmitz (Bear Tracks)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 27, 1920 in Wausau, WI
High School: Wausau (Wausau, WI)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1941
Final Game: September 7, 1956
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 CHC NL 20 P 5 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.00 .960 1.08
1942 CHC NL 21 P 23 44 5 38 1 2 .977 1.87 .968 1.17
1946 CHC NL 25 P 41 61 12 49 0 2 1.000 1.49 .959 1.01 AS,MVP-30
1947 CHC NL 26 P 38 59 12 45 2 2 .966 1.50 .966 0.91
1948 CHC NL 27 P 34 89 17 68 4 3 .955 2.50 .963 0.91 AS,MVP-12
1949 CHC NL 28 P 36 76 13 59 4 8 .947 2.00 .953 0.91 MVP-23
1950 CHC NL 29 P 39 81 14 61 6 5 .926 1.92 .963 0.97
1951 TOT NL 30 P 24 31 8 23 0 2 1.000 1.29 .961 0.96
1951 CHC NL 30 P 8 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.63 .962 0.96
1951 BRO NL 30 P 16 18 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.13 .961 0.96
1952 TOT MLB 31 P 18 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 1.17 .957 0.99
1952 TOT NL 31 P 13 16 2 14 0 1 1.000 1.23 .956 0.98
1952 BRO NL 31 P 10 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.50 .953 0.98
1952 NYY AL 31 P 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 1.04
1952 CIN NL 31 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 0.97
1953 TOT AL 32 P 27 30 5 22 3 4 .900 1.00 .960 0.88
1953 NYY AL 32 P 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .950 0.87
1953 WSH AL 32 P 24 28 4 21 3 4 .893 1.04 .961 0.88
1954 WSH AL 33 P 29 23 185.1 54 12 40 2 9 .963 2.53 1.79 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 WSH AL 34 P 32 21 165.0 48 8 40 0 3 1.000 2.62 1.50 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 TOT AL 35 P 20 3 42.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 2.95 0.70 .953 1.92 0.82
1956 BOS AL 35 P 2 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 1.00 .950 1.87 0.80
1956 BAL AL 35 P 18 3 38.1 13 4 8 1 1 .923 2.82 0.67 .954 1.93 0.82
13 Seasons P 366 47 393.0 619 113 483 23 43 .963 13.65 1.63 .960 1.99 0.94
13 Seasons TOT 366 47 393.0 619 113 483 23 43 .963 13.65 1.63 .923 1.99 0.94
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1941 CHC NL 20 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CHC NL 21 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CHC NL 25 42 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHC NL 26 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CHC NL 27 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 CHC NL 28 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 CHC NL 29 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 30 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 CHC NL 30 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 31 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 31 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CIN NL 31 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 32 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 32 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 33 29 23 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WSH AL 34 32 21 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 35 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 35 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 368 47 368 368 366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 WSH AL 33 787 84% 30% 46 89% 4 12 3 9 39 25 10 2 0 0 2 0 9 9 9 0 5 60%
1955 WSH AL 34 737 85% 29% 39 97% 0 8 2 4 39 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 8 88%
1956 BAL AL 35 177 83% 25% 8 88% 0 4 0 3 9 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1956 BOS AL 35 24 83% 29% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1725 85% 29% 95 92% 4 24 5 16 88 58 17 3 0 1 2 1 13 11 11 2 15 73%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 82%

* 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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