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Dick Schofield

Richard Craig Schofield

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 21, 1962 in Springfield, IL
High School: Griffin HS (Springfield, IL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1983 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Mets/BlueJays/Dodgers 1983-1996
Agents: Dan Grigsby [*]
Final Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 33)
Relatives: Son of Dick Schofield and Uncle of Jayson Werth
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1216. Mack Jones… #1217. Gene DeMontreville… #1218. Danny O'Connell… #1219. DICK SCHOFIELD… #1220. Cookie Rojas… #1221. Jerry Grote… #1222. Hobe Ferris… 

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
1983 20 CAL AL 21 62 54 4 11 2 0 3 4 0 0 6 8 .204 .295 .407 .702 93 22 2 1 1 0 0 6
1984 21 CAL AL 140 452 400 39 77 10 3 4 21 5 2 33 79 .193 .264 .263 .527 48 105 7 6 13 0 0 *6
1985 22 CAL AL 147 496 438 50 96 19 3 8 41 11 4 35 70 .219 .287 .331 .618 69 145 8 8 12 3 0 *6
1986 23 CAL AL 139 529 458 67 114 17 6 13 57 23 5 48 55 .249 .321 .397 .719 96 182 8 5 9 9 2 *6 MVP-22
1987 24 CAL AL 134 531 479 52 120 17 3 9 46 19 3 37 63 .251 .305 .355 .660 77 170 4 2 10 3 0 *6/4D
1988 25 CAL AL 155 589 527 61 126 11 6 6 34 20 5 40 57 .239 .303 .317 .620 77 167 5 9 11 2 0 *6
1989 26 CAL AL 91 346 302 42 69 11 2 4 26 9 3 28 47 .228 .299 .318 .616 76 96 4 3 11 2 0 6
1990 27 CAL AL 99 379 310 41 79 8 1 1 18 3 4 52 61 .255 .363 .297 .660 90 92 3 2 13 2 3 6
1991 28 CAL AL 134 487 427 44 96 9 3 0 31 8 4 50 69 .225 .310 .260 .570 61 111 3 3 7 0 2 *6
1992 29 TOT MLB 143 502 423 52 87 18 2 4 36 11 4 61 82 .206 .311 .286 .597 72 121 11 5 10 3 4 *6
1992 29 CAL AL 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 139 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1992 29 NYM NL 142 498 420 52 86 18 2 4 36 11 4 60 82 .205 .309 .286 .595 71 120 11 5 10 3 4 *6
1993 30 TOR AL 36 128 110 11 21 1 2 0 5 3 0 16 25 .191 .294 .236 .530 44 26 1 0 2 0 0 6
1994 31 TOR AL 95 373 325 38 83 14 1 4 32 7 7 34 62 .255 .332 .342 .673 75 111 2 4 8 2 0 *6
1995 32 TOT MLB 21 37 30 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 .200 .314 .200 .514 41 6 1 0 2 0 0 6/5
1995 32 LAD NL 9 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 /65
1995 32 CAL AL 12 26 20 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .250 .375 .250 .625 68 5 1 0 2 0 0 6
1996 33 CAL AL 13 17 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .294 .250 .544 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 /645D
14 Yrs 1368 4928 4299 505 989 137 32 56 353 120 41 446 684 .230 .308 .316 .624 73 1358 59 48 109 26 11
162 Game Avg. 162 584 509 60 117 16 4 7 42 14 5 53 81 .230 .308 .316 .624 73 161 7 6 13 3 1
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
CAL (12 yrs) 1086 3918 3434 404 798 104 27 48 280 99 30 335 512 .232 .306 .320 .626 74 1100 45 39 89 21 7
TOR (2 yrs) 131 501 435 49 104 15 3 4 37 10 7 50 87 .239 .322 .315 .637 67 137 3 4 10 2 0
NYM (1 yr) 142 498 420 52 86 18 2 4 36 11 4 60 82 .205 .309 .286 .595 71 120 11 5 10 3 4
LAD (1 yr) 9 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 1217 4419 3869 453 902 119 30 52 317 109 37 385 599 .233 .308 .320 .628 74 1237 48 43 99 23 7
NL (2 yrs) 151 509 430 52 87 18 2 4 36 11 4 61 85 .202 .307 .281 .588 69 121 11 5 10 3 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1983 20 CAL AL 21 62 -0 0 -0 -4 1 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 0.3 -0.3 3 6
1984 21 CAL AL 140 452 -24 1 0 -1 8 -15 -1.5 15 0 -0.1 .489 .490 0.1 0.8 1 *6
1985 22 CAL AL 147 496 -20 -1 1 -0 8 -12 -1.1 17 5 0.4 .492 .492 0.5 0.9 5 $120,000 *6
1986 23 CAL AL 139 529 -1 4 0 11 8 23 2.5 18 41 4.2 .517 .515 3.0 2.0 30 $210,000 *6 MVP-22
1987 24 CAL AL 134 531 -13 5 2 1 8 3 0.3 18 21 2.0 .502 .502 2.0 0.9 20 $475,000 *6/4D
1988 25 CAL AL 155 589 -8 5 2 8 9 16 1.8 20 36 3.7 .511 .510 2.8 1.9 27 $552,222 *6
1989 26 CAL AL 91 346 -9 1 1 12 5 11 1.3 12 23 2.5 .513 .507 1.1 1.9 11 $908,333 6
1990 27 CAL AL 99 379 1 -1 0 5 6 11 1.2 14 24 2.5 .512 .507 2.0 1.1 19 $983,333 6
1991 28 CAL AL 134 487 -19 -0 3 -1 8 -9 -0.9 17 8 0.8 .493 .494 0.9 0.8 9 $1,483,334 *6
1992 29 CAL AL 1 4 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .553 .500 0.1 0.0 0 $1,600,000 /6
1992 29 NYM NL 142 498 -15 1 0 11 8 6 0.6 15 21 2.1 .505 .504 0.7 2.2 9 *6
1993 30 TOR AL 36 128 -8 1 -0 4 2 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.0 0.6 0 $800,000 6
1994 31 TOR AL 95 373 -12 -2 1 -7 6 -14 -1.2 14 -0 0.0 .486 .492 0.7 -0.1 6 $640,000 *6
1995 32 LAD NL 9 11 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $350,000 /65
1995 32 CAL AL 12 26 0 -1 -0 2 1 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .516 .501 0.1 0.3 1 6
1996 33 CAL AL 13 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $250,000 /645D
14 Seasons 1368 4928 -129 13 9 43 80 17 2.7 170 187 18.8 .501 .501 14.1 13.2 144 $8,372,222
CAL (12 yrs) 1086 3918 -93 13 8 34 64 27 3.6 136 163 16.3 .503 .501 12.8 10.4 129 $6,582,222
TOR (2 yrs) 131 501 -19 -1 1 -3 8 -15 -1.3 19 4 0.4 .489 .496 0.7 0.5 7 $1,440,000
NYM (1 yr) 142 498 -15 1 0 11 8 6 0.6 15 21 2.1 .505 .504 0.7 2.2 9
LAD (1 yr) 9 11 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $350,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 23 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 7 31 30 4 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .300 .323 .433 .756 13 0 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 7 31 30 4 9 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 .300 .323 .433 .756 13 0 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 CAL AL 20 SS 21 19 12 172.1 98 24 67 7 10 .929 -4 -31 4.75 4.33 .963 4.75 4.72
1984 CAL AL 21 SS 140 136 94 1156.1 650 218 420 12 95 .982 -1 -1 4.97 4.56 .962 4.76 4.72
1985 CAL AL 22 SS 147 132 109 1188.1 683 261 397 25 108 .963 -0 -0 4.98 4.48 .964 4.64 4.60
1986 CAL AL 23 SS 137 132 123 1189.1 653 246 389 18 103 .972 11 11 4.81 4.64 .967 4.53 4.49 MVP-22
1987 CAL AL 24 SS 131 131 116 1161.2 561 204 348 9 76 .984 1 1 4.28 4.21 .970 4.59 4.54
1987 CAL AL 24 2B 2 2 1 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 2.00 2.00 .980 5.10 5.05
1987 CAL AL 24 DH 1 1
1988 CAL AL 25 SS 155 154 136 1351.2 783 278 492 13 125 .983 8 7 5.13 4.97 .971 4.69 4.65
1989 CAL AL 26 SS 90 87 83 774.2 401 118 276 7 56 .983 12 19 4.58 4.38 .971 4.79 4.74
1990 CAL AL 27 SS 99 97 94 865.1 505 170 318 17 77 .966 5 7 5.08 4.93 .973 4.74 4.69
1991 CAL AL 28 SS 133 128 121 1140.0 599 186 398 15 83 .975 -1 -1 4.61 4.39 .971 4.67 4.66
1992 TOT MLB 29 SS 142 131 111 1153.2 607 208 392 7 78 .988 12 12 4.68 4.23 .969 4.59 4.60
1992 CAL AL 29 SS 1 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0 27 4.00 4.00 .970 4.70 4.70
1992 NYM NL 29 SS 141 130 110 1144.2 603 205 391 7 78 .988 11 12 4.69 4.23 .969 4.59 4.60
1993 TOR AL 30 SS 36 34 33 307.0 171 61 106 4 23 .977 4 15 4.90 4.64 .973 4.69 4.64
1994 TOR AL 31 SS 95 94 93 834.1 396 150 235 11 60 .972 -7 -9 4.15 4.05 .969 4.64 4.60
1995 TOT MLB 32 SS 15 11 5 91.2 43 11 32 0 5 1.000 2 33 4.22 2.87 .972 4.69 4.62
1995 LAD NL 32 SS 3 1 1 11.2 12 3 9 0 3 1.000 0 21 9.26 4.00 .968 4.55 4.50
1995 LAD NL 32 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1995 CAL AL 32 SS 12 10 4 80.0 31 8 23 0 2 1.000 2 34 3.49 2.58 .974 4.71 4.65
1996 CAL AL 33 SS 7 2 1 24.2 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -0 -24 2.92 1.14 .971 4.67 4.64
1996 CAL AL 33 2B 2 2 2 16.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1 60 5.62 5.00 .980 5.06 5.00
1996 CAL AL 33 3B 1 0 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .960 2.57 2.60
1996 CAL AL 33 DH 1 0
14 Seasons SS 1348 1288 1131 11411.0 6159 2140 3873 146 900 .976 43 4 4.74 4.46 .969 4.66 4.63
2 Seasons 2B 4 4 3 34.0 14 5 9 0 1 1.000 0 7 3.71 3.50 .980 5.08 5.03
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 0 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 0.50 .960 2.60 2.70
14 Seasons TOT 1354 1292 1134 11454.0 6174 2145 3883 146 901 .976 43 4 4.74 4.45 .969 4.66 4.62
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1986 AL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1736th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.0 (6th)
1988 AL  1.9 (5th)
1992 NL  2.3 (4th)
Career  13.2 (132nd)

Triples s c a p y
1988 AL  6 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 AL  8 (6th)
1988 AL  9 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  13 (2nd)
1985 AL  12 (4th)
1987 AL  10 (8th)
1988 AL  11 (6th)
1990 AL  13 (4th)
1992 NL  10 (10th)
1994 AL  8 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1986 AL  9 (3rd)

SB % s c a p y
1986 AL  82.14 (6th)
1987 AL  86.36 (4th)
Career  74.53 (184th)

Assists† s c a p y
1988 AL  492 (2nd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1985 AL  25 (5th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  140 (5th)
1988 AL  155 (3rd)
1992 NL  141 (4th)
Career  1,348 (78th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  218 (5th)
1985 AL  261 (4th)
1986 AL  246 (5th)
1988 AL  278 (2nd)
1994 AL  150 (4th)
Career  2,140 (91st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  420 (4th)
1988 AL  492 (2nd)
1991 AL  398 (5th)
Career  3,873 (83rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1985 AL  25 (5th)
1990 AL  17 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  95 (3rd)
1985 AL  108 (3rd)
1986 AL  103 (3rd)
1988 AL  125 (1st)
1992 NL  78 (3rd)
1994 AL  60 (5th)
Career  900 (51st)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1986 AL  11 (3rd)
1988 AL  8 (5th)
1989 AL  12 (5th)
1992 NL  11 (2nd)
Career  43 (43rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1984 AL  4.97 (4th)
1985 AL  4.98 (2nd)
1986 AL  4.81 (4th)
1988 AL  5.13 (2nd)
1990 AL  5.08 (2nd)
1992 NL  4.69 (4th)
Career  4.74 (47th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  4.56 (5th)
1985 AL  4.48 (4th)
1986 AL  4.64 (2nd)
1988 AL  4.97 (2nd)
1990 AL  4.93 (1st)
1992 NL  4.23 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  .982 (1st)
1985 AL  .963 (5th)
1987 AL  .984 (1st)
1988 AL  .983 (1st)
1991 AL  .975 (5th)
1992 NL  .988 (1st)
Career  .976 (30th)

Youngest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1962-11-21 (2nd)
1984 AL  born 1962-11-21 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (119th), 18.8 career WAR/17.7 7yr-peak WAR/18.2 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.6 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/54.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  7. Ed Brinkman (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Brinkman (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Spike Owen (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Spike Owen (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198522California Angels$120,0001985 USA Today survey
198623California Angels$210,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
198724California Angels$475,000G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163Arbitration win; $305,000 offer
198825California Angels$552,222USA Today, 4/1/88
198926California Angels$908,3331989 USA Today survey
199027California Angels$983,333USA Today
199128California Angels$1,483,3341994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $83,334 signing bonus
199229California Angels$1,600,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $100,000 earned bonus
199330Toronto Blue Jays$800,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199431Toronto Blue Jays$640,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199532Los Angeles Dodgers$350,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199633California Angels$250,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,372,222
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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