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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1941 20 CHC NL 2 0 1.000 1.31 5 3 2 1 0 0 20.2 12 5 3 0 9 11 1 0 0 79 270 1.016 5.2 0.0 3.9 4.8 1.22
1942 21 CHC NL 3 7 .300 3.43 23 10 6 1 0 2 86.2 70 41 33 3 45 51 3 0 3 364 94 1.327 7.3 0.3 4.7 5.3 1.13
1946 25 CHC NL 11 11 .500 2.61 41 31 8 14 2 2 224.1 184 77 65 6 94 135 2 1 3 945 127 1.239 7.4 0.2 3.8 5.4 1.44 AS,MVP-30
1947 26 CHC NL 13 18 .419 3.22 38 28 9 10 3 4 207.0 209 91 74 8 80 97 2 0 6 894 123 1.396 9.1 0.3 3.5 4.2 1.21
1948 27 CHC NL 18 13 .581 2.64 34 30 4 18 2 1 242.0 186 92 71 11 97 100 2 0 6 986 148 1.169 6.9 0.4 3.6 3.7 1.03 AS,MVP-12
1949 28 CHC NL 11 13 .458 4.35 36 31 4 9 3 3 207.0 227 117 100 11 92 75 2 1 5 898 93 1.541 9.9 0.5 4.0 3.3 0.82 MVP-23
1950 29 CHC NL 10 16 .385 4.99 39 27 5 8 3 0 193.0 217 122 107 23 91 75 4 2 5 872 84 1.596 10.1 1.1 4.2 3.5 0.82
1951 30 TOT NL 2 6 .250 5.99 24 10 6 0 0 0 73.2 77 53 49 5 43 26 2 0 5 336 66 1.629 9.4 0.6 5.3 3.2 0.60
1951 30 CHC NL 1 2 .333 8.00 8 3 4 0 0 0 18.0 22 16 16 1 15 6 0 0 0 91 51 2.056 11.0 0.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
1951 30 BRO NL 1 4 .200 5.34 16 7 2 0 0 0 55.2 55 37 33 4 28 20 2 0 5 245 73 1.491 8.9 0.6 4.5 3.2 0.71
1952 31 TOT MLB 3 2 .600 3.71 18 5 6 2 0 1 53.1 47 23 22 3 30 17 2 0 1 230 96 1.444 7.9 0.5 5.1 2.9 0.57
1952 31 TOT NL 2 1 .667 3.76 13 3 4 1 0 0 38.1 32 16 16 3 21 14 1 0 1 163 97 1.383 7.5 0.7 4.9 3.3 0.67
1952 31 BRO NL 1 1 .500 4.32 10 3 3 1 0 0 33.1 29 16 16 3 18 11 1 0 1 143 84 1.410 7.8 0.8 4.9 3.0 0.61
1952 31 NYY AL 1 1 .500 3.60 5 2 2 1 0 1 15.0 15 7 6 0 9 3 1 0 0 67 93 1.600 9.0 0.0 5.4 1.8 0.33
1952 31 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 20 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1953 32 TOT AL 2 7 .222 3.62 27 13 11 5 0 5 112.0 120 53 45 10 40 39 4 0 1 483 108 1.429 9.6 0.8 3.2 3.1 0.98
1953 32 NYY AL 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 17 179 1.154 4.2 2.1 6.2 0.0 0.00
1953 32 WSH AL 2 7 .222 3.68 24 13 9 5 0 4 107.2 118 52 44 9 37 39 4 0 0 466 106 1.440 9.9 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.05
1954 33 WSH AL 11 8 .579 2.91 29 23 5 12 2 1 185.1 176 66 60 6 64 56 3 1 3 772 123 1.295 8.5 0.3 3.1 2.7 0.88
1955 34 WSH AL 7 10 .412 3.71 32 21 6 6 1 1 165.0 187 76 68 8 54 4 49 7 0 2 723 107 1.461 10.2 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.91
1956 35 TOT AL 0 3 .000 3.59 20 3 9 0 0 0 42.2 54 25 17 3 18 1 15 1 1 0 197 111 1.688 11.4 0.6 3.8 3.2 0.83
1956 35 BOS AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 22 2.077 10.4 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
1956 35 BAL AL 0 3 .000 3.99 18 3 8 0 0 0 38.1 49 23 17 3 14 1 15 1 0 0 175 98 1.643 11.5 0.7 3.3 3.5 1.07
13 Seasons 93 114 .449 3.55 366 235 81 86 16 20 1812.2 1766 841 714 97 757 5 746 35 6 40 7779 107 1.392 8.8 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.99
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .449 3.55 41 27 9 10 2 2 205 200 95 81 11 86 84 4 1 5 880 107 1.392 8.8 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.99
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CHC (8 yrs) 69 80 .463 3.52 224 163 42 61 13 12 1198.2 1127 561 469 63 523 550 16 4 28 5129 108 1.377 8.5 0.5 3.9 4.1 1.05
WSH (3 yrs) 20 25 .444 3.38 85 57 20 23 3 6 458.0 481 194 172 23 155 4 144 14 1 5 1961 112 1.389 9.5 0.5 3.0 2.8 0.93
BRO (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.96 26 10 5 1 0 0 89.0 84 53 49 7 46 31 3 0 6 388 77 1.461 8.5 0.7 4.7 3.1 0.67
NYY (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.26 8 2 4 1 0 2 19.1 17 8 7 1 12 3 1 0 1 84 105 1.500 7.9 0.5 5.6 1.4 0.25
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 22 2.077 10.4 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.00
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 20 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
BAL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 3.99 18 3 8 0 0 0 38.1 49 23 17 3 14 1 15 1 0 0 175 98 1.643 11.5 0.7 3.3 3.5 1.07
NL (9 yrs) 72 85 .459 3.61 253 173 48 62 13 12 1292.2 1214 614 518 70 572 584 19 4 34 5537 106 1.382 8.5 0.5 4.0 4.1 1.02
AL (5 yrs) 21 29 .420 3.39 113 62 33 24 3 8 520.0 552 227 196 27 185 5 162 16 2 6 2242 112 1.417 9.6 0.5 3.2 2.8 0.88

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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
1941 20 CHC NL 6 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143 228 4 1 0 1 /1
1942 21 CHC NL 23 28 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -8 4 0 0 2 1
1946 25 CHC NL 42 80 70 3 9 0 0 1 3 0 4 13 .129 .176 .171 .347 -0 12 4 0 6 1 AS,MVP-30
1947 26 CHC NL 38 78 68 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 4 30 .132 .181 .132 .313 -14 9 0 0 6 1
1948 27 CHC NL 34 94 84 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 3 19 .131 .161 .167 .328 -10 14 4 0 7 1 AS,MVP-12
1949 28 CHC NL 36 77 70 4 10 2 1 0 4 0 4 10 .143 .189 .200 .389 6 14 1 0 3 1 MVP-23
1950 29 CHC NL 39 70 67 3 8 2 0 0 5 0 1 19 .119 .132 .149 .282 -26 10 0 0 2 1
1951 30 TOT NL 24 25 24 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .208 .240 .375 .615 61 9 1 0 0 1
1951 30 CHC NL 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 /1
1951 30 BRO NL 16 19 18 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .444 .708 85 8 1 0 0 1
1952 31 TOT MLB 18 15 13 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .308 .308 .462 .769 113 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1952 31 TOT NL 13 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1952 31 BRO NL 10 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 2 1
1952 31 NYY AL 5 5 5 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 352 5 0 0 0 /1
1952 31 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 32 TOT AL 27 38 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 2 0 0 4 1
1953 32 NYY AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 /1
1953 32 WSH AL 24 37 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 2 0 0 3 1
1954 33 WSH AL 29 68 60 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .117 .145 .117 .262 -26 7 2 0 6 0 1
1955 34 WSH AL 32 58 54 5 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .185 .200 .241 .441 20 13 1 0 3 0 0 1
1956 35 TOT AL 20 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 35 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1956 35 BAL AL 18 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 368 650 587 32 83 9 3 2 32 0 0 20 147 .141 .170 .177 .347 -5 104 14 0 43 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 286 258 14 37 4 1 1 14 0 9 65 .141 .170 .177 .347 -5 46 6 0 19
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
CHC (8 yrs) 226 441 398 18 56 5 2 1 21 0 0 16 97 .141 .174 .171 .345 -5 68 10 0 27
WSH (3 yrs) 85 163 148 11 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 35 .128 .146 .149 .294 -19 22 3 0 12 0 0
BRO (2 yrs) 26 29 26 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .192 .222 .346 .568 51 9 1 0 2
NYY (2 yrs) 8 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 1.000 1.600 352 5 0 0 1
BOS (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 18 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 255 470 424 19 61 6 2 2 24 0 0 17 104 .144 .177 .182 .358 -1 77 11 0 29 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 113 180 163 13 22 3 1 0 8 0 0 3 43 .135 .151 .166 .316 -13 27 3 0 14 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1946
1948 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1946-NL-30-1%
1948-NL-12-11%
1949-NL-23-2%
0.14 Career Shares (805th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL--2.608--6th
1947 NL--3.217--10th
1948 NL--2.640--5th
1954 AL--2.914--9th

Wins s c a p y
1948 NL--18--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1948 NL--1.169--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--7.382--2nd
1948 NL--6.917--1st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL--2.945--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--5.416--2nd
1947 NL--4.217--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1946 NL--41--7th

Saves s c a p y
1947 NL--4--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 NL--224.3--5th
1948 NL--242.0--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL--135--1st
1947 NL--97--10th
1948 NL--100--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL--31--4th
1948 NL--30--6th
1949 NL--31--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL--14--6th
1948 NL--18--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1947 NL--3--6th
1949 NL--3--8th
1950 NL--3--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL--94--5th
1948 NL--97--4th
1949 NL--92--5th
1950 NL--91--8th

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL--227--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL--1.436--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL--.241--3rd
1947 NL--.348--2nd
1948 NL--.409--4th
1949 NL--.478--5th
1954 AL--.291--3rd
1955 AL--.436--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL--18--1st
1948 NL--13--6th
1950 NL--16--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1949 NL--100--8th
1950 NL--107--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1947 NL--6--6th
1948 NL--6--5th
1949 NL--5--6th
1950 NL--5--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL--7--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 NL--945--6th
1948 NL--986--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL--127--6th
1948 NL--148--4th
1954 AL--123--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1952 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--0--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1941 NL--born 1920-11-27--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (369), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (435), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (760), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

Before 1939 Season: Returned to Milwaukee (American Association) by the Cleveland Indians after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1939 Season: Obtained by the Chicago Cubs from Milwaukee (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Andy Pafko, Wayne Terwilliger and Rube Walker to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Gene Hermanski and Eddie Miksis.

August 1, 1952: Selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 28, 1952: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jim Greengrass, Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel and $35,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Ewell Blackwell.

February 16, 1953: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 12, 1953: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees.

November 8, 1955: Traded by the Washington Senators with Bob Porterfield, Tom Umphlett and Mickey Vernon to the Boston Red Sox for Al Curtis (minors), Dick Brodowski, Neil Chrisley, Tex Clevenger and Karl Olson.

May 14, 1956: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Boston Red Sox.

October 18, 1956: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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