Willard Schmidt

Willard Raymond Schmidt

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Redlegs 1952-1959

Final Game: September 26, 1959
Died: March 22, 2007 in Newcastle, OK
Buried: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Elk City, OK
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Standard Batting

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
1949	21	STL-min	D	39	82	82		17	6	0	0						.207	.207	.280	.488		23							HAM · PONY
1950	22	STL-min	B,A	40	73	73		17	4	0	0						.233	.233	.288	.521		21							ALN,OMA · ISLG,WL
1951	23	STL-min	A	46	81	81		15	3	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407		18							OMA · WL
1952	24	STL-min	AAA	14	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.167	.167	.111	.278		2		0	0				CLB,ROC · AA,IL
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-min	AAA	26	43	38	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		1	8	.132	.154	.184	.338		7	2	0	4				CLB · AA
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

1954	26	STL-min	AA	49	93	85	10	14	4	0	0	9	1	0	2	18	.165	.180	.212	.392		18		0	4	2			HSN · TL
1955	27	STL-min	AAA	21	64	55	3	10	2	0	1	11	1		1	18	.182	.237	.273	.510		15	2	3	5	0			OMA · AA
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	43	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
1960	32	STL-CIN-min	AAA	40	64	53	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14	.151	.211	.151	.361		8		3	7	0			ROC,SLE · IL,PCL
1961	33	STL-min	AAA	32	39	36	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		3	14	.111	.179	.139	.318		5							SJN · IL
1962	34	ANA/PHI-STL-min	AAA	30	37	35	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	.171	.194	.200	.394		7		0	1	0	0		DFW,ATA · AA,IL
7 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	24	STL	NL	18	8	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	25	STL	NL	6	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1

1955	27	STL	NL	20	44	-7	0	-0	0	4	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1956	28	STL	NL	33	48	-4	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.505	.501	0.2	-0.1	3	$	1
1957	29	STL	NL	40	38	-3	-0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1958	30	CIN	NL	41	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1959	31	CIN	NL	36	17	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
7 Seasons				194	172	-20	-1	1	0	18	-1	-0.2	6	5	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.0	-0.1	5	$

STL (5 yrs)				117	142	-17	-1	1	0	15	-2	-0.2	5	3	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.1	3	$
CIN (2 yrs)				77	30	-3	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1952	24	STL	NL	8	7	0	0.0	97	.143	.125	.262	.125	.334	.125	.389	.250	.724	-31	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1953	25	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.346	.000	.428	.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	.419	.262	.754	-30	.028	-7.9	-0.8	.158	.024	.024
1956	28	STL	NL	48	36	3	2.2	102	.370	.233	.263	.267	.330	.256	.415	.522	.745	43	.219	-3.5	-0.4	.394	.070	.023
1957	29	STL	NL	38	30	2	1.8	105	.280	.212	.271	.235	.335	.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	.274	.313	.340	.083	.424	.396	.764	11	.209	-1.4	-0.1	.455	.083	.000
7 Yrs				172	140	7	1.3	104	.248	.163	.267	.205	.335	.176	.418	.381	.753	3	.095	-21.5	-2.1	.271	.039	.013
162 Game Avg.				144	117	6	1.3	104	.248	.163	.267	.205	.335	.176	.418	.381	.753	3	.095	-21.5	-2.1	.271	.039	.013

STL (5 yrs)				142	117	6	1.4	104	.261	.177	.266	.195	.333	.192	.416	.388	.750	5	.100	-17.9	-1.8	.259	.031	.015
CIN (2 yrs)				30	23	1	1.2	109	.154	.087	.275	.250	.343	.087	.428	.337	.770	-7	.074	-3.6	-0.4	.333	.087	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	24	STL	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0			3.00	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	2.50	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 Yrs				172	0.0%	30.2%	2.3%	1.2%	8%	13.00	2.9		21.9	1.80	59%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.30	7.5	39.8	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1952	24	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.60	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.61	-0.9	0
1953	25	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.11	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.92	-1.1	0

1955	27	STL	NL	-7.9	-0.8	40	-0.7	0.2	-1.0	1.11	-0.6	-0.1	-6.8	-0.7	1.08	-6.4	0
1956	28	STL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	48	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	.81	-0.4	0.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.82	-4.5	0
1957	29	STL	NL	-3.8	-0.4	38	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	1.03	-3.4	0
1958	30	CIN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.10	-0.1	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.72	-1.5	0
1959	31	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.81	-0.2	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-2.0	0
7 Yrs				-21.5	-2.1	166	-2.0	1.2	-3.2	.96	-1.9	-0.2	-19.4	-1.9	0.93	-19.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	24	STL	NL	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	STL	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	27	STL	NL	1	0	20%	6	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 Yrs				4	0	30%	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1952	24	STL	NL	8	33%	1			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
1953	25	STL	NL	4	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	27	STL	NL	44	58%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	10	1	10%	8	2	25%	32	3	9%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
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%	3	1	33%	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		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 Yrs				172	39%	25			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	79%	30	1	3%	29	11	38%	96	7	7%	3	2	67%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	24	18	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	1	0	0	0
1953	25	24	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-55	1	0	0	0
1954	26	24	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-55	1	0	0	0
1955	27	44	56	54	1	6	1	4	0	18	.111	.111	.130	.241	-36	7	1	0	2	0	0
1956	28	77	104	97	4	16	2	4	2	34	.165	.182	.186	.367	-1	18	1	0	5	0	0
1957	29	117	142	130	7	23	2	7	2	42	.177	.195	.192	.388	5	25	1	1	9	0	0
1958	30	158	155	141	8	24	2	7	3	48	.170	.193	.184	.378	2	26	1	1	10	0	0
1959	31	194	172	153	10	25	2	7	4	52	.163	.205	.176	.381	3	27	1	4	11	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	47	45	1	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	16	.133	.133	.156	.289	1	20
1956	28	34	50	45	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	17	.244	.277	.267	.543	3	33
1957	29	42	38	33	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	.182	.206	.182	.388	1	40
1958	30	43	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	41
1959	31	38	18	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.235	.000	.235	0	36
7 Yrs		203	179	160	6	23	2	0	0	8	0	4	54	.144	.185	.156	.341	5	194
162 Game Avg.		162	143	128	5	18	2	0	0	6	0	3	43	.144	.185	.156	.341	4	194

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