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Mike Schmidt
Michael Jack Schmidt
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: September 27, 1949 in Dayton, OH
High School: Fairview (Dayton, OH)
School: Ohio University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1972
Final Game: May 28, 1989
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1995 (444/460 ballots).
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 PHI NL 22 3B 11 7 76.0 28 6 21 1 3 .964 0.8 12.6 0.8 2.1 -1.3 0 3.20 2.45 .943 2.87 2.55
1972 PHI NL 22 2B 1 1 8.0 9 4 4 1 0 .889 -0.6 -90.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 9.00 8.00 .978 5.40 4.90
1973 PHI NL 23 3B 125 104 938.2 369 101 251 17 30 .954 5.7 7.3 5.7 -1.2 7.0 0 3.38 2.82 .946 2.88 2.49
1973 PHI NL 23 2B 4 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 3.60 1.00 .975 5.49 4.90
1973 PHI NL 23 1B 2 2 12.0 19 14 4 1 2 .947 0.1 10.0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 0 13.50 9.00 .995 9.82 8.40
1973 PHI NL 23 SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.80 4.30
1974 PHI NL 24 3B 162 161 1433.1 564 134 404 26 40 .954 17.8 14.9 16.8 7.6 9.2 1 3.38 3.32 .948 3.04 2.64 AS,MVP-6
1975 PHI NL 25 3B 151 150 1329.0 524 132 368 24 30 .954 14.6 13.2 15.6 4.3 11.2 -1 3.39 3.31 .944 2.98 2.58 MVP-16
1975 PHI NL 25 SS 10 6 67.0 31 7 22 2 2 .935 0.8 14.3 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 3.90 2.90 .965 4.98 4.21 MVP-16
1976 PHI NL 26 3B 160 160 1424.0 537 139 377 21 29 .961 9.8 8.3 9.8 9.4 0.5 0 3.26 3.23 .952 2.93 2.61 AS,MVP-3,GG
1977 PHI NL 27 3B 149 149 1299.1 521 106 396 19 33 .964 20.1 18.6 19.1 1.1 18.0 1 3.48 3.37 .956 2.98 2.54 AS,MVP-10,GG
1977 PHI NL 27 SS 2 0 6.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 18.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 8.53 3.00 .967 4.97 4.30 AS,MVP-10,GG
1977 PHI NL 27 2B 1 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 5.18 4.50 AS,MVP-10,GG
1978 PHI NL 28 3B 139 140 1215.1 438 98 324 16 34 .963 12.0 11.8 10.0 4.2 5.8 2 3.13 3.04 .951 3.00 2.53 GG
1978 PHI NL 28 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.20 GG
1979 PHI NL 29 3B 157 156 1344.1 498 114 361 23 36 .954 7.3 6.5 6.3 4.3 2.0 1 3.18 3.03 .951 2.89 2.50 AS,MVP-13,GG
1979 PHI NL 29 SS 2 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 2 1.000 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.00 1.50 .967 5.00 4.50 AS,MVP-13,GG
1980 PHI NL 30 3B 149 149 1315.0 497 98 372 27 31 .946 11.1 10.1 11.1 1.3 9.8 0 3.22 3.15 .948 2.87 2.39 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1981 PHI NL 31 3B 101 101 849.1 338 74 249 15 20 .956 8.6 12.2 8.6 8.3 0.4 0 3.42 3.20 .948 2.84 2.47 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1982 PHI NL 32 3B 148 147 1296.1 457 110 324 23 28 .950 3.8 3.5 3.8 -2.7 6.5 0 3.01 2.93 .951 2.77 2.43 AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1983 PHI NL 33 3B 153 152 1336.2 458 107 332 19 29 .959 4.7 4.2 5.7 4.9 0.8 -1 2.96 2.87 .948 2.70 2.29 AS,MVP-3,GG,SS
1983 PHI NL 33 SS 2 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 72.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 .950 4.86 4.15 AS,MVP-3,GG,SS
1984 PHI NL 34 3B 145 145 1225.0 440 85 329 26 19 .941 10.2 10.0 12.2 5.7 6.5 -2 3.04 2.86 .943 2.79 2.36 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1984 PHI NL 34 1B 2 1 9.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 4.50 .989 9.90 8.15 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1984 PHI NL 34 SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.00 AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1985 PHI NL 35 1B 106 105 896.2 970 880 83 7 89 .993 3.4 4.6 3.4 1.4 1.9 0 9.67 9.08 .993 10.04 8.54
1985 PHI NL 35 3B 54 49 432.1 151 31 109 11 8 .927 -3.4 -9.4 -3.4 -0.8 -2.6 0 2.91 2.59 .949 2.88 2.47
1985 PHI NL 35 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.30
1986 PHI NL 36 3B 124 119 1033.2 304 78 220 6 27 .980 1.6 1.9 1.6 7.1 -5.5 0 2.59 2.40 .944 2.72 2.20 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1986 PHI NL 36 1B 35 33 282.1 289 269 18 2 26 .993 -1.7 -7.2 -1.7 -1.2 -0.5 0 9.15 8.20 .992 9.94 8.31 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1987 PHI NL 37 3B 138 133 1159.2 414 87 315 12 28 .971 12.1 12.5 13.1 1.4 11.6 -1 3.12 2.91 .950 2.82 2.34 AS,MVP-14
1987 PHI NL 37 1B 9 8 59.1 55 51 3 1 7 .982 -2.2 -44.5 -2.2 -1.0 -1.1 0 8.19 6.00 .991 9.87 8.47 AS,MVP-14
1987 PHI NL 37 SS 3 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -65.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.45 0.33 1.000 4.66 3.90 AS,MVP-14
1988 PHI NL 38 3B 104 103 897.2 314 73 222 19 17 .939 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -4.7 4.2 0 2.96 2.84 .947 2.77 2.35
1988 PHI NL 38 1B 3 0 3.2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 98.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 9.82 1.33 1.000 10.06 8.67
1989 PHI NL 39 3B 42 42 340.0 97 18 71 8 8 .918 -7.7 -27.2 -7.7 -3.2 -4.5 0 2.36 2.12 .944 2.71 2.25 AS
18 Seasons 3B 2212 2167 18945.2 6949 1591 5045 313 450 .955 128.6 8.1 128.6 49.1 79.6 0 3.15 3.00 .949 2.87 2.45
6 Seasons 1B 157 149 1263.0 1346 1225 110 11 125 .992 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0 9.51 8.50 .993 10.00 8.48
9 Seasons SS 24 7 94.2 46 11 33 2 5 .957 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0 4.18 1.83 .967 4.95 4.20
3 Seasons 2B 6 1 22.0 16 9 5 2 0 .875 -1.6 -87.3 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 0 5.73 2.33 .981 5.40 4.83
18 Seasons TOT 2399 2324 20325.1 8357 2836 5193 328 580 .961 127.2 7.5 127.2 48.2 79.0 0 3.56 3.35 .917 3.32 2.87
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp 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
1972 PHI NL 22 13 8 13 13 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 PHI NL 23 132 106 132 132 0 0 2 4 125 2 0 0 0 0 14 0
1974 PHI NL 24 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 25 158 156 158 157 0 0 0 0 151 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 PHI NL 26 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 27 154 149 154 149 0 0 0 1 149 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1978 PHI NL 28 145 140 145 140 0 0 0 0 140 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1979 PHI NL 29 160 157 160 158 0 0 0 0 157 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1980 PHI NL 30 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 PHI NL 31 102 101 102 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1982 PHI NL 32 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 33 154 152 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 PHI NL 34 151 146 151 146 0 0 2 0 145 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 PHI NL 35 158 154 158 155 0 0 106 0 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 PHI NL 36 160 152 160 154 0 0 35 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1987 PHI NL 37 147 141 147 143 0 0 9 0 138 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1988 PHI NL 38 108 103 108 104 0 0 3 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 PHI NL 39 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 2404 2324 2404 2366 0 0 157 6 2213 24 0 0 0 0 0 56 4
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 -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 PHI NL 22 330 61% 77% 28% 27 89% 0 6 6 0 0 20 13 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 PHI NL 23 4231 61% 76% 25% 358 89% 3 99 72 12 15 246 173 57 8 9 17 1 12 4 12 31 19 0 24 5 3 1 16 88%
1974 PHI NL 24 6487 57% 76% 26% 566 89% 0 131 108 8 15 401 302 83 4 9 25 0 24 1 23 40 35 0 39 1 1 0 21 86%
1975 PHI NL 25 5815 62% 77% 27% 534 89% 6 137 105 8 24 368 280 70 3 14 24 1 23 0 15 29 23 1 24 3 3 0 31 61%
1976 PHI NL 26 6073 68% 79% 25% 541 89% 7 140 105 10 25 377 288 71 7 13 21 1 20 0 15 29 23 0 24 1 1 0 10 100%
1977 PHI NL 27 5669 67% 79% 28% 522 88% 8 108 75 10 23 390 290 78 7 13 19 0 19 0 17 33 23 1 27 5 3 2 18 44%
1978 PHI NL 28 5137 64% 80% 28% 448 88% 3 94 74 6 14 328 251 62 4 6 16 0 15 1 13 33 26 0 27 5 2 3 11 55%
1979 PHI NL 29 5872 64% 80% 26% 511 86% 5 109 83 12 14 362 282 63 6 8 24 0 23 1 20 35 24 3 28 5 3 2 16 69%
1980 PHI NL 30 5871 62% 78% 26% 512 86% 2 101 75 4 22 369 293 70 1 4 27 1 24 2 20 31 21 0 28 3 2 1 26 81%
1981 PHI NL 31 3822 59% 78% 27% 338 87% 5 74 51 7 16 244 194 40 1 13 15 1 14 0 11 20 14 1 15 4 2 2 13 92%
1982 PHI NL 32 5676 56% 77% 26% 463 86% 4 109 85 7 17 320 249 58 2 9 24 0 24 0 23 29 20 2 24 4 1 2 8 75%
1983 PHI NL 33 5948 58% 76% 26% 451 88% 6 106 76 18 12 329 234 75 4 9 18 0 13 5 16 29 20 1 23 5 3 1 18 83%
1984 PHI NL 34 5403 62% 79% 27% 414 94% 8 84 65 7 12 324 248 57 9 8 26 1 25 0 23 19 15 0 19 0 0 0 14 100%
1985 PHI NL 35 1983 65% 78% 27% 135 93% 2 30 21 3 6 104 74 25 4 2 11 0 9 2 8 8 7 0 8 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 PHI NL 36 4652 56% 78% 29% 289 92% 3 73 54 4 15 222 161 46 3 9 6 0 5 1 5 27 17 0 18 5 3 2 10 50%
1987 PHI NL 37 5242 64% 77% 28% 409 90% 14 87 62 12 13 313 235 50 12 5 12 0 11 1 10 27 17 2 20 7 7 0 17 59%
1988 PHI NL 38 4075 60% 77% 30% 307 86% 3 75 44 11 20 220 177 36 2 7 19 0 13 6 15 16 9 2 12 1 1 0 14 43%
1989 PHI NL 39 1554 56% 75% 30% 96 83% 0 19 13 1 5 71 55 12 0 1 8 0 4 4 6 8 6 0 6 2 2 0 10 60%
18 Seasons 83840 61% 78% 27% 6921 88% 79 1582 1174 140 268 5008 3799 958 77 140 313 6 279 28 253 447 322 13 369 56 37 16 256 72%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 89% 70%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 PHI NL 23 61 20% 85% 25% 6 100% 0 14 1 14 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1984 PHI NL 34 47 64% 72% 21% 2 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1985 PHI NL 35 4002 58% 76% 25% 213 97% 4 883 39 829 15 100 84 50 13 2 7 7 0 6 1 6 89 4 0 1 83 7 6 0 6 10 100%
1986 PHI NL 36 1324 59% 80% 27% 51 94% 0 271 11 254 6 21 18 12 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 27 3 0 0 23 3 4 0 4 3 100%
1987 PHI NL 37 289 57% 77% 26% 10 90% 0 52 2 49 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 3 67%
1988 PHI NL 38 20 55% 85% 20% 4 100% 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5743 58% 77% 26% 286 96% 4 1231 55 1155 23 132 111 66 18 3 9 11 3 7 1 7 126 8 0 1 113 11 13 1 12 17 94%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1973 PHI NL 23 19 58% 74% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 25 276 63% 74% 30% 24 92% 1 8 3 4 1 21 18 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 27 30 40% 73% 23% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 28 4 75% 100% 75% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 29 46 67% 83% 28% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 33 19 42% 68% 26% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 34 5 60% 40% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 PHI NL 35 7 86% 71% 29% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PHI NL 37 17 59% 94% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 423 61% 75% 29% 35 91% 1 11 3 5 3 32 25 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 PHI NL 22 42 33% 76% 29% 6 67% 0 4 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 PHI NL 23 44 50% 75% 20% 3 100% 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 27 16 94% 81% 50% 3 67% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 102 50% 76% 28% 12 75% 0 10 4 3 3 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94%

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