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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 Pitching

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
1949	21	STL-min	D	22	9	.710	2.91	38	21					207.0	162	82	67		62								1.082	7.0		2.7			HAM · PONY
1950	22	STL-min	B,A	15	12	.556	2.63	41	20					202.0	151	82	59		93								1.208	6.7		4.1			ALN,OMA · ISLG,WL
1951	23	STL-min	A	19	14	.576	2.11	44						252.0	169	80	59	6	108								1.099	6.0	0.2	3.9			OMA · WL
1952	24	STL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.68	14	4		0	1		50.0	50	28	26		22		37	0	0	0			1.440	9.0		4.0	6.7	1.68	CLB,ROC · AA,IL
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	72	1.558	9.3	1.6	4.7	7.8	1.67
1953	25	STL-min	AAA	5	11	.313	3.02	24	17		6	0		131.0	115	52	44	12	49		77	1	0	1			1.252	7.9	0.8	3.4	5.3	1.57	CLB · AA
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	47	1.925	10.7	0.5	6.6	5.6	0.85

1954	26	STL-min	AA	18	5	.783	3.69	43	29		11	1		234.0	181	108	96	7	136		186	3	0	7			1.355	7.0	0.3	5.2	7.2	1.37	HSN · TL
1955	27	STL-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.56	21	21		12	1		158.0	122	58	45	9	73	2	150	4	0	5			1.234	6.9	0.5	4.2	8.5	2.05	OMA · AA
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	146	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	147	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	104	1.557	10.2	0.5	3.8	5.1	1.33
1960	32	STL-CIN-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.15	39	22		4	2		169.0	167	93	78	12	70	3	81	3	0	4			1.402	8.9	0.6	3.7	4.3	1.16	ROC,SLE · IL,PCL
1961	33	STL-min	AAA	4	6	.400	2.85	30	15					117.0	111	46	37	11	30								1.205	8.5	0.8	2.3			SJN · IL
1962	34	ANA/PHI-STL-min	AAA	6	10	.375	5.52	27	14		3	1		101.0	117	71	62	14	57	4	50	3	0	7			1.723	10.4	1.2	5.1	4.5	0.88	DFW,ATA · AA,IL
7 Yrs				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	96	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	122	1.450	9.0	0.8	4.1	5.2	1.29

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1952	24	STL	NL	34.2	18	3	20	5.19	4.39	0.18	0.00	98.1	4.13	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.476	.497	$
1953	25	STL	NL	17.2	6	2	20	10.19	5.27	0.05	0.00	96.3	5.03	-10	-0.9	.1	0.1	-0.6	-8	.356	.495	$

1955	27	STL	NL	129.2	20	15	40	2.78	4.52	0.14	0.00	98.5	4.32	25	2.8	.4	-0.1	3.8	37	.639	.517	$
1956	28	STL	NL	147.2	33	21	69	4.21	4.27	0.22	0.00	99.3	4.02	0	0.0	.3	-0.1	1.3	13	.501	.500	$
1957	29	STL	NL	116.2	40	8	67	5.17	4.36	0.18	0.00	102.9	4.30	-10	-1.1	.7	-0.0	0.0	1	.474	.493	$
1958	30	CIN	NL	69.1	41	2	29	3.76	4.54	0.06	0.00	104.7	4.69	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.519	.505	$
1959	31	CIN	NL	70.2	36	4	36	4.58	4.34	-0.07	0.00	105.2	4.64	-0	-0.0	.5	-0.1	0.5	8	.500	.500	$
7 Seasons				586.1	194	55	281	4.31	4.42	0.13	0.00	101.0	4.33	8	1.2	.7	-0.4	6.1	65	.506	.501	$

STL (5 yrs)				446.1	117	49	216	4.36	4.41	0.17	0.00	99.8	4.23	1	0.4	.7	-0.1	4.3	42	.504	.501	$
CIN (2 yrs)				140.0	77	6	65	4.18	4.44	-0.01	0.00	105.0	4.67	7	0.8	.8	-0.2	1.8	23	.510	.502	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1952	24	STL	NL	18	128	135	20	36	7	3	6	0	2	18	30	.267	.361	.496	.858	.303	67	0	2	3	0		2
1953	25	STL	NL	6	89	73	20	21	6	1	1	1	1	13	11	.288	.402	.438	.841	.328	32	0	1	2	0		2

1955	27	STL	NL	20	435	452	40	89	15	3	7	1	3	57	86	.197	.289	.290	.579	.226	131	15	3	5	4	7	4
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	6
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	7
1958	30	CIN	NL	41	304	258	29	60	4	2	8	3	1	33	41	.233	.316	.357	.673	.243	92	5	1	8	5	7	8
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	3
7 Yrs				194	2420	2188	281	563	91	22	57	13	15	278	323	.257	.341	.397	.738	.277	869	67	11	40	20	31	32
162 Game Avg.				53	661	598	77	154	25	6	16	4	4	76	88	.257	.341	.397	.738	.277	237	18	3	11	5		9
MLB Averages																.258	.329	.388	.717	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1952	24	STL	NL	-4.5	-0.5	132	-0.7	1.9	-2.6	.96	-0.5	-0.3	-13.1	-1.3	0.96	-8.0	4	0	9
1953	25	STL	NL	-9.4	-0.8	91	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	.73	-0.2	-0.3	-10.9	-1.0	0.73	-7.8	0	0	4

1955	27	STL	NL	20.7	2.2	475	1.9	9.2	-7.3	1.08	2.4	-0.6	24.9	2.7	1.09	25.1	0	0	5
1956	28	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	639	-0.0	11.5	-11.5	1.04	-0.2	0.1	0.9	0.1	1.04	-1.3	0	1	10
1957	29	STL	NL	-9.2	-0.9	542	-0.5	8.5	-9.0	.89	-2.2	1.6	-14.6	-1.4	0.89	-20.0	4	9	19
1958	30	CIN	NL	7.8	0.8	311	-1.3	5.7	-7.0	1.25	-0.5	-0.5	1.0	0.1	1.25	-3.0	10	9	19
1959	31	CIN	NL	0.6	0.1	317	-0.7	3.7	-4.4	.69	-0.3	-0.7	-3.0	-0.3	0.69	-5.7	1	9	22
7 Yrs				6.1	0.8	2507	-1.6	41.4	-43.1	.98	-1.4	-0.2	-14.8	-1.2	0.98	-20.6	19	28	88

Starting Pitching*

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
1952	24	STL	NL	18	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	3	100%	53.0	58	45	9	3	1	1	2.8	0.8	6.7
1953	25	STL	NL	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	45.0	56	34	2	1	1	1	2.5	3.3	5.5

1955	27	STL	NL	20	15	7	6	2	0	1	8	7	.533	1	2	8	1	9	60%	61.7	90	23	7	4	12	0	3.9	4.0	8.1
1956	28	STL	NL	33	21	6	8	7	0	4	9	12	.429	2	3	2	0	13	62%	50.0	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%	46.0	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%	39.0	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%	39.8	49	36	14	7	3	0	5.1	4.0	4.3
7 Yrs				194	55	20	20	15	2	8	26	29	.473	3	10	11	1	30	55%	51	90	23	89	28	27	15	4.7	4.0	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	118	-6					4.4	4.4	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1952	24	STL	NL	18	15	4	1	1	2	1	1	50%	2	0	15	12	80%	9	.956	4	0	9	2	2	9	8	5	6	8	6	2	2.9
1953	25	STL	NL	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	4	.732	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2	3	0	3	0	5.0

1955	27	STL	NL	20	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	6	1.082	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	3	3	5.2
1956	28	STL	NL	33	12	6	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	1	25%	6	1.038	0	1	10	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	.894	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	1.246	10	9	19	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	.690	1	9	22	1	1	30	16	16	17	11	19	3	5.0
7 Yrs				194	139	50	11	9	6	2	4	33%	7	1	106	51	48%		.981	19	28	88	11	13	113	61	76	81	32	84	19	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1952	24	STL	NL	158	72%	4.7%	23.4%	14.1%	12.5%	44%	0.79	77%	27	0	0%
1953	25	STL	NL	89	64%	1.1%	12.4%	14.6%	9.0%	38%	0.52	69%	20	0	0%

1955	27	STL	NL	522	60%	1.6%	19.8%	13.1%	5.8%	28%	0.81	83%	112	15	13%
1956	28	STL	NL	630	63%	2.9%	8.3%	12.4%	6.7%	32%	0.91	74%	134	20	15%
1957	29	STL	NL	527	58%	2.5%	12.0%	9.3%	8.0%	29%	0.99	75%	113	15	13%
1958	30	CIN	NL	305	66%	2.6%	13.5%	10.9%	4.6%	23%	1.23	70%	65	5	8%
1959	31	CIN	NL	307	57%	1.3%	13.0%	9.8%	7.5%	29%	1.40	74%	69	12	17%
7 Yrs				2538	62%	2.4%	13.4%	11.5%	7.0%	30%	0.97	76%	540	67	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.5%	9.6%	6.7%	28%	0.98	79%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	128	36			6	1	8	1	2	1	2	10	3	2	30%	2	1	0	49	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	30
1953	25	STL	NL	89	21			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	8	6	1	75%	2	0	0	42	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	27	STL	NL	435	89			7	0	5	3	2	3	2	16	8	1	50%	4	3	1	178	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	87
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 Yrs				2420	563			57	1	65	25	27	31	21	145	75	14	52%	32	20	5	989	13	15	46%	12	15	1	0	0	0	3	0	52	118
MLB Averages																		51%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	1	158	72	1.558	9.3	1.6	4.7	7.8	1.67	72
1953	25	2	5	.286	6.54	24	5	5	0	0	1	52.1	57	40	38	7	31		41	3	1	247	60	1.682	9.8	1.2	5.3	7.1	1.32	60
1954	26	2	5	.286	6.54	24	5	5	0	0	1	52.1	57	40	38	7	31		41	3	1	247	60	1.682	9.8	1.2	5.3	7.1	1.32	60
1955	27	9	11	.450	3.86	44	20	8	8	1	1	182.0	146	80	78	14	88	7	127	6	4	769	104	1.286	7.2	0.7	4.4	6.3	1.44	104
1956	28	15	19	.441	3.85	77	41	14	10	1	2	329.2	277	149	141	32	166	14	179	7	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	17	1925	96	1.429	8.5	0.9	4.3	4.9	1.13	96
1958	30	28	27	.509	3.93	158	51	40	11	1	2	515.2	483	245	225	53	248	27	283	10	18	2227	101	1.418	8.4	0.9	4.3	4.9	1.14	101
1959	31	31	29	.517	3.93	194	55	50	11	1	2	586.1	563	281	256	57	278	31	323	11	20	2534	101	1.434	8.6	0.9	4.3	5.0	1.16	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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	5.66	35.0	39	24	22	6	20	30	2	1.686	10.0	5.1	7.7	1.50	1.5	18
1953	25	0	2	.000	8.53	19.0	21	20	18	1	13	12	1	1.789	9.9	6.2	5.7	0.92	0.5	6

1955	27	9	5	.643	2.80	132.0	92	46	41	7	59	87	3	1.144	6.3	4.0	5.9	1.47	0.5	20
1956	28	7	9	.438	4.31	144.0	140	77	69	19	83	51	1	1.549	8.8	5.2	3.2	0.61	1.2	33
1957	29	5	7	.417	5.01	115.0	152	71	64	14	51	62	2	1.765	11.9	4.0	4.9	1.22	1.1	40
1958	30	6	2	.750	2.68	74.0	62	24	22	8	34	44	1	1.297	7.5	4.1	5.4	1.29	1.0	41
1959	31	3	4	.429	4.04	69.0	82	34	31	4	31	39	1	1.638	10.7	4.0	5.1	1.26	0.5	36
7 Yrs		31	31	.500	4.09	588.0	588	296	267	59	291	325	11	1.495	9.0		5.0	1.12	0.9	194

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1955 NL 3.8 (5th)	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)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1955 NL 21 (3rd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1955 NL 2.2 (3rd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1955 NL 24.87 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1955 NL 1.9 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1955 NL 2.4 (2nd)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1955 NL 2.7 (2nd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

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