Willard Schmidt
Willard Raymond Schmidt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 29, 1928 in Hays, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Final Game: September 26, 1959
Died: March 22, 2007 in Newcastle, OK
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Standard Batting

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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
1952 24 STL NL 18 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0 1
1953 25 STL NL 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 27 STL NL 20 44 42 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .119 .119 .143 .262 -30 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 28 STL NL 33 48 43 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .233 .267 .256 .522 42 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1957 29 STL NL 40 38 33 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .212 .235 .212 .447 21 7 0 1 4 0 0 1
1958 30 CIN NL 41 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .091 .167 .091 .258 -31 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 31 CIN NL 36 17 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .083 .313 .083 .396 11 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
7 Seasons 194 172 153 10 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 52 .163 .205 .176 .381 3 27 1 4 11 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 144 128 8 21 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 43 .163 .205 .176 .381 3 23 1 3 9
STL (5 yrs) 117 142 130 7 23 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 42 .177 .195 .192 .388 5 25 1 1 9 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 77 30 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .087 .250 .087 .337 -7 2 0 3 2 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1952 24 STL NL 8 7 0 0.0 97 .143 .125 .262 .125 .334 .125 .389 .250 .724 -31 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1953 25 STL NL 4 4 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .427 .000 .773 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1955 27 STL NL 44 40 1 0.7 105 .185 .119 .264 .119 .335 .143 .418 .262 .754 -30 .028 -7.9 -0.8 .158 .024 .024
1956 28 STL NL 48 36 3 2.2 103 .370 .233 .264 .267 .331 .256 .417 .522 .748 42 .219 -3.6 -0.4 .394 .070 .023
1957 29 STL NL 38 30 2 1.8 105 .280 .212 .271 .235 .334 .212 .419 .447 .754 21 .152 -3.8 -0.4 .308 .000 .000
1958 30 CIN NL 13 11 0 0.0 111 .200 .091 .277 .167 .346 .091 .432 .258 .778 -31 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .200 .091 .000
1959 31 CIN NL 17 12 1 2.2 108 .125 .083 .275 .313 .341 .083 .425 .396 .766 11 .209 -1.4 -0.1 .455 .083 .000
7 Seasons 172 140 7 1.3 105 .248 .163 .267 .205 .335 .176 .418 .381 .754 3 .095 -21.5 -2.1 .271 .039 .013
162 Game Avg. 144 117 6 1.3 105 .248 .163 .267 .205 .335 .176 .418 .381 .754 3 .095 -21.5 -2.1 .271 .039 .013
STL (5 yrs) 142 117 6 1.4 104 .261 .177 .266 .195 .334 .192 .417 .388 .750 5 .100 -17.9 -1.8 .259 .031 .015
CIN (2 yrs) 30 23 1 1.2 110 .154 .087 .276 .250 .343 .087 .428 .337 .772 -7 .074 -3.6 -0.3 .333 .087 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1952 24 STL NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 88%
1953 25 STL NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1955 27 STL NL 44 0.0% 34.1% 0.0% 2.3% 20% 2.8 10.5 2.00 61%
1956 28 STL NL 48 0.0% 33.3% 4.2% 2.1% 10% 8.00 2.7 2.00 56%
1957 29 STL NL 38 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.1 11.0 1.20 66%
1958 30 CIN NL 13 0.0% 46.2% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.8 38%
1959 31 CIN NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.0 0.67 47%
7 Seasons 172 0.0% 30.2% 2.3% 1.2% 8% 13.00 2.9 21.9 1.54 59%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1955 27 STL NL 1 0 20% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 28 STL NL 0 0 25% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 STL NL 1 0 38% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 30 CIN NL 1 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 31 CIN NL 0 0 40% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3 0 30% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10% 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1955 27 STL NL 18 39% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 1 17% 4 2 50% 21 2 10% 2 1 50% 0 0 26
1956 28 STL NL 48 40% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 7 4 57% 19 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1957 29 STL NL 38 37% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 6 4 67% 30 4 13% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1958 30 CIN NL 13 8% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1959 31 CIN NL 17 24% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 134 34% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 24 1 4% 23 11 48% 83 6 7% 3 2 67% 4 0 0% 26
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1952 24 18 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0
1953 25 24 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 0
1954 26 24 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 0
1955 27 44 56 54 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .111 .111 .130 .241 -36 7 1 0 2 0 0
1956 28 77 104 97 4 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 34 .165 .182 .186 .367 -1 18 1 0 5 0 0
1957 29 117 142 130 7 23 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 42 .177 .195 .192 .388 5 25 1 1 9 0 0
1958 30 158 155 141 8 24 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 48 .170 .193 .184 .378 2 26 1 1 10 0 0
1959 31 194 172 153 10 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 52 .163 .205 .176 .381 3 27 1 4 11 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 24 19 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1953 25 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1955 27 21 44 44 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 20
1956 28 34 47 45 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 .244 .277 .267 .543 3 33
1957 29 42 35 34 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .029 .000 .029 2 40
1958 30 43 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 41
1959 31 38 26 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .214 .577 .214 .791 1 36
7 Seasons 203 177 161 11 14 1 0 0 10 0 6 54 .087 .169 .093 .263 7 194
162 Game Avg. 162 141 128 9 11 1 0 0 8 0 5 43 .087 .169 .093 .263 6 194

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