Rick Schu
Richard Spencer Schu
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 26, 1962 in Philadelphia, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1984
Final Game: August 14, 1996
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 PHI NL 22 3B 15 7 78.2 21 7 13 1 3 .952 -1.9 -29.0 -1.9 0.1 -2.0 0 2.29 1.33 .943 2.79 2.36
1985 PHI NL 23 3B 111 110 967.2 297 86 191 20 19 .933 -11.3 -14.0 -10.3 0.0 -10.2 -1 2.58 2.50 .949 2.88 2.47
1986 PHI NL 24 3B 58 42 414.0 149 42 94 13 6 .913 -8.3 -24.1 -7.3 -5.1 -2.2 -1 2.96 2.34 .948 2.72 2.20
1987 PHI NL 25 3B 45 28 269.2 95 24 62 9 2 .905 -2.6 -11.6 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 -1 2.87 1.91 .954 2.82 2.34
1987 PHI NL 25 1B 28 21 179.0 179 169 9 1 9 .994 2.5 16.8 2.5 1.6 0.9 0 8.95 6.36 .991 9.88 8.47
1988 BAL AL 26 3B 72 68 582.2 175 56 108 11 7 .937 -11.0 -22.7 -11.0 -4.1 -6.9 0 2.53 2.28 .955 2.71 2.36
1988 BAL AL 26 DH 9
1988 BAL AL 26 1B 4 4 31.0 40 38 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 38.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 11.61 10.00 .992 9.58 8.40
1989 TOT AL 27 2B 6 0 18.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 0.9 60.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 4.50 1.50 .978 5.25 4.50
1989 BAL AL 27 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1989 DET AL 27 3B 83 64 574.2 183 52 119 12 11 .934 -3.2 -6.7 -3.2 -1.0 -2.2 0 2.68 2.06 .944 2.73 2.34
1989 DET AL 27 DH 9
1989 DET AL 27 2B 5 0 16.0 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 0.9 67.5 0.9 0.5 0.4 0 4.50 1.60 .975 5.23 4.50
1989 DET AL 27 1B 3 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.75 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.33
1989 DET AL 27 SS 3 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 0.67 .950 4.86 4.10
1990 CAL AL 28 3B 38 31 271.0 98 16 74 8 9 .918 2.3 10.2 2.3 -1.3 3.6 0 2.99 2.37 .946 2.75 2.32
1990 CAL AL 28 1B 15 8 79.0 90 85 4 1 7 .989 0.6 9.1 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 10.14 5.93 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 CAL AL 28 LF 4 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.21 1.75
1990 CAL AL 28 OF 4 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.37 2.05
1990 CAL AL 28 2B 1 1 8.0 8 3 3 2 0 .750 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 6.75 6.00 .988 5.18 4.50
1991 PHI NL 29 3B 3 2 13.2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.2 -17.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.32 0.67 .967 2.77 2.30
1991 PHI NL 29 1B 1 1 9.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 14.00 14.00 .993 9.80 8.40
1996 MON NL 34 3B 1 1 9.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 2.00 .967 2.70 2.20
9 Seasons 3B 426 353 3181.0 1024 285 663 76 57 .926 -36.4 -13.7 -33.4 -12.4 -20.9 -3 2.68 2.23 .949 2.78 2.36
5 Seasons 1B 51 34 302.0 326 307 17 2 17 .994 4.7 18.7 4.7 2.0 2.7 0 9.66 6.35 .992 9.78 8.42
2 Seasons DH 18
2 Seasons 2B 7 1 26.0 17 7 8 2 2 .882 0.1 4.6 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 5.19 2.14 .982 5.23 4.50
1 Season LF 4 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.21 1.75
1 Season OF 4 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -32.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.37 2.05
1 Season SS 3 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 0.67 .950 4.86 4.10
9 Seasons TOT 491 389 3525.0 1369 600 689 80 77 .942 -31.9 -10.9 -28.9 -11.0 -17.8 0 -3 3.29 2.63 .901 3.40 3.03
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 PHI NL 22 17 7 17 15 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1985 PHI NL 23 112 110 112 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 PHI NL 24 92 42 92 58 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 1
1987 PHI NL 25 92 49 92 71 0 0 28 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
1988 BAL AL 26 89 79 89 76 0 0 4 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 4
1989 DET AL 27 98 71 98 86 0 0 3 5 83 3 0 0 0 0 7 13 1
1989 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 28 61 41 61 56 0 0 15 1 38 0 4 0 0 4 0 15 1
1991 PHI NL 29 17 3 17 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1996 MON NL 34 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 580 403 580 479 0 0 51 7 426 3 4 0 0 4 14 114 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 PHI NL 22 358 69% 75% 25% 18 94% 0 8 4 2 2 12 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
1985 PHI NL 23 4334 59% 76% 25% 274 93% 6 88 55 13 20 197 145 40 5 9 20 0 17 3 17 19 11 2 16 2 2 0 8 100%
1986 PHI NL 24 1928 60% 79% 29% 153 82% 1 44 34 4 6 93 71 19 1 2 13 1 11 1 10 6 3 0 5 1 1 0 6 83%
1987 PHI NL 25 1243 66% 78% 30% 97 81% 4 24 10 5 9 65 52 9 2 3 9 0 6 3 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 75%
1988 BAL AL 26 2683 54% 81% 31% 188 83% 3 56 46 1 9 109 76 29 2 4 11 0 5 6 11 7 6 0 7 0 0 0 4 75%
1989 DET AL 27 2657 57% 77% 31% 186 86% 0 52 40 6 6 118 96 21 1 1 12 0 6 6 10 11 5 1 8 1 1 0 15 73%
1990 CAL AL 28 1185 64% 76% 33% 99 86% 1 16 13 2 2 74 53 17 2 1 8 0 5 3 8 9 7 1 9 0 0 0 3 67%
1991 PHI NL 29 74 61% 77% 23% 4 50% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1996 MON NL 34 54 80% 76% 28% 3 67% 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 14516 59% 78% 29% 1022 86% 16 290 203 34 54 670 503 137 15 20 76 1 52 23 65 57 35 5 50 4 4 0 45 78%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 88% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 PHI NL 25 788 70% 76% 27% 40 95% 0 169 13 156 0 17 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 2 1 100%
1988 BAL AL 26 135 55% 75% 36% 10 90% 0 38 0 38 0 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 27 20 50% 65% 15% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 28 369 59% 75% 36% 19 89% 0 84 2 81 1 10 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 PHI NL 29 40 58% 78% 45% 1 100% 0 13 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1352 65% 76% 31% 71 93% 0 306 15 290 1 34 18 13 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 17 0 0 1 15 1 2 0 2 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 DET AL 27 69 49% 77% 28% 4 100% 0 3 0 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1989 BAL AL 27 9 67% 56% 22% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 28 36 83% 83% 39% 6 67% 0 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 114 61% 77% 31% 10 80% 0 6 1 4 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 CAL AL 28 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 0 0 0 0 0 46 61% 76% 35% 4 0%
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 0 46 61% 76% 35% 4 0%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.6% 56% 77% 35% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 DET AL 27 26 65% 69% 31% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 26 65% 69% 31% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 89%

* 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.

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