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 Pitching

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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
1952 24 STL NL 2 3 .400 5.19 18 3 4 0 0 1 34.2 36 20 20 6 18 30 2 0 1 158 71 1.558 9.3 1.6 4.7 7.8 1.67
1953 25 STL NL 0 2 .000 9.17 6 2 1 0 0 0 17.2 21 20 18 1 13 11 1 0 0 89 46 1.925 10.7 0.5 6.6 5.6 0.85
1955 27 STL NL 7 6 .538 2.78 20 15 3 8 1 0 129.2 89 40 40 7 57 7 86 3 0 3 522 145 1.126 6.2 0.5 4.0 6.0 1.51
1956 28 STL NL 6 8 .429 3.84 33 21 6 2 0 1 147.2 131 69 63 18 78 7 52 1 0 6 629 98 1.415 8.0 1.1 4.8 3.2 0.67
1957 29 STL NL 10 3 .769 4.78 40 8 8 1 0 0 116.2 146 67 62 13 49 6 63 2 0 7 527 83 1.671 11.3 1.0 3.8 4.9 1.29
1958 30 CIN NL 3 5 .375 2.86 41 2 18 0 0 0 69.1 60 29 22 8 33 7 41 1 0 1 302 145 1.341 7.8 1.0 4.3 5.3 1.24
1959 31 CIN NL 3 2 .600 3.95 36 4 10 0 0 0 70.2 80 36 31 4 30 4 40 1 0 2 307 103 1.557 10.2 0.5 3.8 5.1 1.33
7 Seasons 31 29 .517 3.93 194 55 50 11 1 2 586.1 563 281 256 57 278 31 323 11 0 20 2534 101 1.434 8.6 0.9 4.3 5.0 1.16
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .517 3.93 53 15 14 3 0 1 160 154 77 70 16 76 88 3 0 5 692 101 1.434 8.6 0.9 4.3 5.0 1.16
STL (5 yrs) 25 22 .532 4.09 117 49 22 11 1 2 446.1 423 216 203 45 215 20 242 9 0 17 1925 95 1.429 8.5 0.9 4.3 4.9 1.13
CIN (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.41 77 6 28 0 0 0 140.0 140 65 53 12 63 11 81 2 0 3 609 121 1.450 9.0 0.8 4.1 5.2 1.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 27 STL NL 20 521 452 40 89 6 1 7 0 1 57 86 .197 .289 .261 .550 .226 118 7 3 5 4 7
1956 28 STL NL 33 630 533 69 131 18 6 18 2 2 78 52 .246 .340 .403 .744 .241 215 20 1 13 5 7
1957 29 STL NL 40 527 467 67 146 26 3 13 3 4 49 63 .313 .377 .465 .842 .337 217 15 2 5 4 6
1958 30 CIN NL 41 305 258 29 60 4 2 8 3 1 33 41 .233 .316 .357 .673 .243 92 5 1 8 5 7
1959 31 CIN NL 36 307 270 36 80 15 4 4 3 2 30 40 .296 .366 .426 .792 .333 115 12 1 4 2 4
5 Seasons 170 2290 1980 241 506 69 16 50 11 10 247 282 .256 .337 .382 .720 .273 757 59 8 35 20 31
162 Game Avg. 53 708 612 74 156 21 5 15 3 3 76 87 .256 .337 .382 .720 .273 234 18 2 11 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 27 STL NL 20 15 7 6 2 0 1 8 7 .533 0 2 8 1 9 60% 62 88 23 0 0 12 0 3.9 5.5 8.1
1956 28 STL NL 33 21 6 8 7 0 4 9 12 .429 1 3 2 0 13 62% 50 79 26 22 7 6 9 4.6 3.6 6.0
1957 29 STL NL 40 8 5 0 3 1 0 6 2 .750 0 3 1 0 4 50% 46 71 30 15 0 2 4 7.2 6.1 5.4
1958 30 CIN NL 41 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 45 33 20 6 2 0 6.6 9.0 0.7
1959 31 CIN NL 36 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40 49 36 14 7 3 0 5.1 4.0 4.3
5 Seasons 170 50 19 16 15 2 5 25 25 .500 1 10 11 1 26 52% 52 88 23 71 20 25 13 4.9 4.5 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 27 STL NL 20 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.770 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 3 5.2
1956 28 STL NL 33 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 1.040 1 0 11 1 0 11 3 9 8 2 8 3 5.2
1957 29 STL NL 40 32 8 5 3 2 0 2 0% 2 0 18 8 44% 8 0.911 4 9 19 4 4 24 11 21 22 3 23 4 6.9
1958 30 CIN NL 41 39 18 3 5 1 0 1 0% 2 1 39 17 44% 8 1.274 10 9 20 3 6 30 20 19 22 8 22 4 5.2
1959 31 CIN NL 36 32 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 10 40% 5 0.701 1 10 21 1 1 30 16 16 17 11 19 3 5.0
5 Seasons 170 120 45 10 8 4 1 3 25% 5 1 86 36 42% 0.959 16 28 74 9 11 98 50 68 72 24 73 17 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 24 STL NL
1953 25 STL NL
1955 27 STL NL 522 39% 1.3% 16.5% 10.9% 2.7% 16% 0.69 70% 62 7 11%
1956 28 STL NL 630 37% 2.9% 8.3% 12.4% 6.7% 32% 0.91 74% 134 20 15%
1957 29 STL NL 527 42% 2.5% 12.0% 9.3% 8.0% 29% 0.99 75% 113 15 13%
1958 30 CIN NL 305 34% 2.6% 13.4% 10.8% 4.6% 23% 1.23 70% 65 5 8%
1959 31 CIN NL 307 43% 1.3% 13.0% 9.8% 7.5% 29% 1.40 74% 69 12 17%
7 Seasons 2291 39% 2.5% 14.1% 12.1% 5.9% 24% 1.00 73% 443 59 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1952 24 STL NL 36 6 1
1953 25 STL NL 21 1 0
1955 27 STL NL 224 89 7 0 1 2 1 1 2 7 4 1 57% 1 3 1 100 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 298
1956 28 STL NL 630 131 18 0 14 7 11 11 7 33 16 4 48% 6 6 1 231 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1957 29 STL NL 527 146 13 0 16 7 6 7 6 38 17 2 45% 7 7 1 221 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1958 30 CIN NL 304 60 8 0 11 4 4 6 2 20 14 2 70% 8 1 1 131 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1959 31 CIN NL 307 80 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 20 11 2 55% 3 2 1 137 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
7 Seasons 1992 563 57 0 47 22 24 28 18 118 62 11 53% 25 20 5 820 11 10 52% 10 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 47 299
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1952 24 2 3 .400 5.19 18 3 4 0 0 1 34.2 36 20 20 6 18 30 2 0 1 158 71 1.558 9.3 1.6 4.7 7.8 1.67 71
1953 25 2 5 .286 6.54 24 5 5 0 0 1 52.1 57 40 38 7 31 41 3 0 1 247 59 1.682 9.8 1.2 5.3 7.1 1.32 59
1954 26 2 5 .286 6.54 24 5 5 0 0 1 52.1 57 40 38 7 31 41 3 0 1 247 59 1.682 9.8 1.2 5.3 7.1 1.32 59
1955 27 9 11 .450 3.86 44 20 8 8 1 1 182.0 146 80 78 14 88 7 127 6 0 4 769 103 1.286 7.2 0.7 4.4 6.3 1.44 103
1956 28 15 19 .441 3.85 77 41 14 10 1 2 329.2 277 149 141 32 166 14 179 7 0 10 1398 101 1.344 7.6 0.9 4.5 4.9 1.08 101
1957 29 25 22 .532 4.09 117 49 22 11 1 2 446.1 423 216 203 45 215 20 242 9 0 17 1925 95 1.429 8.5 0.9 4.3 4.9 1.13 95
1958 30 28 27 .509 3.93 158 51 40 11 1 2 515.2 483 245 225 53 248 27 283 10 0 18 2227 100 1.418 8.4 0.9 4.3 4.9 1.14 100
1959 31 31 29 .517 3.93 194 55 50 11 1 2 586.1 563 281 256 57 278 31 323 11 0 20 2534 101 1.434 8.6 0.9 4.3 5.0 1.16 101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1952 24 1 2 .333 6.09 34.0 40 26 23 7 20 29 2 1.765 10.6 5.3 7.7 1.45 1.9 18
1953 25 0 2 .000 9.00 18.0 22 20 18 1 14 11 1 2.000 11.0 7.0 5.5 0.79 0.5 6
1955 27 9 5 .643 2.80 132.0 92 46 41 7 59 88 3 1.144 6.3 4.0 6.0 1.49 0.5 20
1956 28 7 9 .438 4.25 144.0 140 76 68 19 83 51 1 1.549 8.8 5.2 3.2 0.61 1.2 33
1957 29 5 7 .417 4.97 116.0 151 71 64 13 51 63 2 1.741 11.7 4.0 4.9 1.24 1.0 40
1958 30 6 2 .750 2.71 73.0 63 24 22 8 35 43 1 1.342 7.8 4.3 5.3 1.23 1.0 41
1959 31 3 4 .429 4.11 70.0 81 36 32 4 30 40 1 1.586 10.4 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.5 36
7 Seasons 31 31 .500 4.11 587.0 589 299 268 59 292 325 11 1.501 9.0 5.0 1.11 0.9 194

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL--78--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 NL--6--9th
1957 NL--7--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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