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Rick Schu

Richard Spencer Schu

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tigers/Orioles/Angels/Expos 1984-1996

Final Game: August 14, 1996 (Age 34)
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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
1984 22 PHI NL 17 36 29 12 8 2 1 2 5 0 0 6 6 .276 .389 .621 1.010 178 18 0 0 0 1 0 5
1985 23 PHI NL 112 457 416 54 105 21 4 7 24 8 6 38 78 .252 .318 .373 .691 91 155 7 2 1 0 3 *5
1986 24 PHI NL 92 233 208 32 57 10 1 8 25 2 2 18 44 .274 .335 .447 .782 112 93 1 2 3 2 1 5
1987 25 PHI NL 92 219 196 24 46 6 3 7 23 0 2 20 36 .235 .311 .403 .714 86 79 1 2 0 1 1 53
1988 26 BAL AL 89 294 270 22 69 9 4 4 20 6 4 21 49 .256 .316 .363 .679 93 98 7 3 0 0 0 5/D3
1989 27 TOT AL 99 293 266 25 57 11 0 7 21 1 2 24 37 .214 .278 .335 .613 74 89 6 0 2 1 0 5/D436
1989 27 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1989 27 DET AL 98 293 266 25 57 11 0 7 21 1 2 24 37 .214 .278 .335 .613 74 89 6 0 2 1 0 5/D436
1990 28 CAL AL 61 169 157 19 42 8 0 6 14 0 0 11 25 .268 .314 .433 .747 110 68 4 0 0 1 0 53/74
1991 29 PHI NL 17 24 22 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .091 .125 .091 .216 -38 2 1 0 0 1 0 /53
1996 34 MON NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
9 Yrs 580 1729 1568 189 386 67 13 41 134 17 16 139 282 .246 .310 .384 .694 92 602 27 9 6 7 5
162 Game Avg. 162 483 438 53 108 19 4 11 37 5 4 39 79 .246 .310 .384 .694 92 168 8 3 2 2 1
PHI (5 yrs) 330 969 871 123 218 39 9 24 79 10 10 83 171 .250 .318 .398 .717 94 347 10 6 4 5 5
BAL (2 yrs) 90 294 270 22 69 9 4 4 20 6 4 21 49 .256 .316 .363 .679 93 98 7 3 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 61 169 157 19 42 8 0 6 14 0 0 11 25 .268 .314 .433 .747 110 68 4 0 0 1 0
DET (1 yr) 98 293 266 25 57 11 0 7 21 1 2 24 37 .214 .278 .335 .613 74 89 6 0 2 1 0
NL (6 yrs) 331 973 875 123 218 39 9 24 79 10 10 83 171 .249 .317 .397 .713 93 347 10 6 4 5 5
AL (3 yrs) 249 756 693 66 168 28 4 17 55 7 6 56 111 .242 .301 .368 .669 90 255 17 3 2 2 0

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
1984 22 PHI NL 17 36 3 1 0 -2 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .510 .501 0.5 -0.2 5 5
1985 23 PHI NL 112 457 -0 1 1 -11 1 -8 -0.9 16 7 0.7 .492 .494 1.8 -1.1 18 *5
1986 24 PHI NL 92 233 4 -1 1 -8 1 -3 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .496 .498 1.3 -0.8 13 $100,000 5
1987 25 PHI NL 92 219 -4 -1 0 -0 -1 -5 -0.6 7 2 0.2 .494 .497 0.2 -0.1 2 $140,000 53
1988 26 BAL AL 89 294 -0 -1 -1 -10 -0 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .486 .492 0.8 -1.0 8 $165,000 5/D3
1989 27 BAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $185,000 /4
1989 27 DET AL 98 293 -7 -1 0 -2 0 -10 -1.0 10 0 0.0 .489 .493 0.2 -0.1 2 5/D436
1990 28 CAL AL 61 169 4 -1 -0 2 -0 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .507 .502 0.8 0.1 8 53/74
1991 29 PHI NL 17 24 -3 -0 -0 -0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .476 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -3 /53
1996 34 MON NL 1 4 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .356 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /5
9 Seasons 580 1729 -6 -4 1 -32 1 -39 -4.0 60 21 1.8 .493 .497 5.1 -3.3 53 $590,000
PHI (5 yrs) 330 969 -1 -1 2 -22 2 -19 -2.1 33 14 1.2 .494 .497 3.4 -2.2 35 $240,000
BAL (2 yrs) 90 294 -0 -1 -1 -10 -0 -12 -1.2 10 -2 -0.2 .486 .496 0.8 -1.0 8 $350,000
MON (1 yr) 1 4 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .356 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1
CAL (1 yr) 61 169 4 -1 -0 2 -0 4 0.4 6 10 1.0 .507 .502 0.8 0.1 8
DET (1 yr) 98 293 -7 -1 0 -2 0 -10 -1.0 10 0 0.0 .489 .493 0.2 -0.1 2

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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
1984 PHI NL 22 3B 15 7 5 78.2 21 7 13 1 3 .952 -2 -29 2.29 1.33 .943 2.79 2.78
1985 PHI NL 23 3B 111 110 105 967.2 297 86 191 20 19 .933 -11 -14 2.58 2.50 .948 2.88 2.88
1986 PHI NL 24 3B 58 42 37 414.0 149 42 94 13 6 .913 -8 -24 2.96 2.34 .946 2.72 2.72
1987 PHI NL 25 3B 45 28 21 269.2 95 24 62 9 2 .905 -3 -12 2.87 1.91 .951 2.82 2.80
1987 PHI NL 25 1B 28 21 10 179.0 179 169 9 1 9 .994 2 17 8.95 6.36 .991 9.88 9.83
1988 BAL AL 26 3B 72 68 57 582.2 175 56 108 11 7 .937 -11 -23 2.53 2.28 .954 2.71 2.69
1988 BAL AL 26 DH 9 7
1988 BAL AL 26 1B 4 4 1 31.0 40 38 2 0 1 1.000 1 39 11.61 10.00 .992 9.58 9.50
1989 TOT AL 27 2B 6 0 0 18.0 9 4 5 0 2 1.000 1 60 4.50 1.50 .981 5.25 5.18
1989 BAL AL 27 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 5.40 5.20
1989 DET AL 27 3B 83 64 50 574.2 183 52 119 12 11 .934 -3 -7 2.68 2.06 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 DET AL 27 DH 9 7
1989 DET AL 27 2B 5 0 0 16.0 8 3 5 0 2 1.000 1 67 4.50 1.60 .981 5.23 5.18
1989 DET AL 27 1B 3 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 150 6.75 1.00 .993 9.90 9.70
1989 DET AL 27 SS 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.60 0.67 .970 4.86 4.73
1990 CAL AL 28 3B 38 31 21 271.0 98 16 74 8 9 .918 2 10 2.99 2.37 .944 2.75 2.73
1990 CAL AL 28 1B 15 8 5 79.0 90 85 4 1 7 .989 1 9 10.14 5.93 .992 9.63 9.53
1990 CAL AL 28 LF 4 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.15
1990 CAL AL 28 OF 4 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 2.37 2.35
1990 CAL AL 28 2B 1 1 1 8.0 8 3 3 2 0 .750 -1 -120 6.75 6.00 .984 5.18 5.20
1991 PHI NL 29 3B 3 2 0 13.2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 -18 1.32 0.67 .950 2.77 2.73
1991 PHI NL 29 1B 1 1 1 9.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 13 14.00 14.00 .992 9.80 9.80
1996 MON NL 34 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0 -27 2.00 2.00 .947 2.70 2.70
9 Seasons 3B 426 353 297 3181.0 1024 285 663 76 57 .926 -36 -14 2.68 2.23 .948 2.78 2.76
5 Seasons 1B 51 34 17 302.0 326 307 17 2 17 .994 5 19 9.66 6.35 .991 9.78 9.71
2 Seasons 2B 7 1 1 26.0 17 7 8 2 2 .882 0 5 5.19 2.14 .982 5.23 5.19
1 Season OF 4 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 2.37 2.35
1 Season LF 4 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 2.21 2.15
1 Season SS 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.60 0.67 .970 4.86 4.73
9 Seasons TOT 491 389 315 3525.0 1369 600 689 80 77 .942 -32 -11 3.29 2.63 .959 3.40 3.53
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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1985 NL  86 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1985 NL  20 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1985 NL  19 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1985 NL  2.50 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (345th), 1.8 career WAR/2.5 7yr-peak WAR/2.2 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

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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
198624Philadelphia Phillies$100,0001986 USA Today survey
198725Philadelphia Phillies$140,0001987 USA Today survey
198826Baltimore Orioles$165,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198927Baltimore Orioles$185,000*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$590,000
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $177,500 - 11/1/89 NYT -
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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