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Bob Schmidt
Robert Benjamin Schmidt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 16, 1958
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 9, 1965
Born April 22, 1933 in St. Louis, MO

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 SFG NL 127  393   46   96  20  2  14   54   0  1  33  59  .244  .306  .412   90  162   1   2   5   3  19 AS
 1959 26 SFG NL  71  181   17   44   7  1   5   20   0  2  13  24  .243  .296  .376   79   68   0   1   4   1   4
 1960 27 SFG NL 110  344   31   92  12  1   8   37   0  3  26  51  .267  .317  .378   94  130   3   2   4   0   8
 1961 28 TOT NL  29   76    4   10   0  0   1    5   0  0   8  15  .132  .212  .171    3   13   1   1   1   0   5
         SFG NL   2    6    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .167  .143  .167  -17    1   0   1   0   0   0
         CIN NL  27   70    4    9   0  0   1    4   0  0   8  14  .129  .218  .171    5   12   1   0   1   0   5
 1962 29 WSA AL  88  256   28   62  14  0  10   31   0  0  14  37  .242  .281  .414   85  106   0   3   2   1   3
 1963 30 WSA AL   9   15    3    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .200  .333  .267   71    4   0   0   0   0   1
 1965 32 NYY AL  20   40    4   10   1  0   1    3   0  0   3   8  .250  .302  .350   86   14   2   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      454 1305  133  317  55  4  39  150   0  6 100 199  .243  .297  .381   83  497   7   9  17   5  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        466   47  113  20  1  14   54   0  2  36  71  .243  .297  .381   83  177   2   3   6   2  14
 Career High    127  393   46   96  20  2  14   54   0  3  33  59  .267  .317  .414   94  162   3   3   5   3  19
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 25 SFG NL  432  320   44   3.7   104| .244  .267| .306  .335| .412  .417| .718  .752|  90  .395  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1959 26 SFG NL  196  144   19   3.5   103| .243  .268| .296  .333| .376  .414| .672  .747|  79  .379  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1960 27 SFG NL  375  268   39   3.9    95| .267  .257| .317  .322| .378  .395| .695  .717|  94  .450  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1961 28 TOT NL   86   73    2   0.7   107| .132  .272| .212  .339| .171  .423| .383  .762|   3  .033 -10.9  -1.1   0%
         SFG NL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .167  .266| .143  .333| .167  .415| .310  .747| -17  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL   79   67    2   0.8   107| .129  .272| .218  .339| .171  .424| .389  .763|   5  .038 -10.0  -1.0   0%
 1962 29 WSA AL  274  200   30   4.0   103| .242  .263| .281  .335| .414  .410| .695  .745|  85  .445  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1963 30 WSA AL   18   13    1   2.1    95| .200  .255| .333  .322| .267  .394| .600  .716|  71  .217  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1965 32 NYY AL   45   32    4   3.4    91| .250  .250| .302  .319| .350  .382| .652  .702|  86  .418  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1426 1050  139   3.6   101| .243  .263| .297  .331| .381  .408| .678  .740|  83  .392 -33.0  -3.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 25 SFG NL C 123 616 54 12 10 .982 .988 5.45 5.19 6.20 6.06 107 973.0 3 26 32 27 AS 1959 26 SFG NL C 70 307 30 0 1 1.000 .989 4.81 5.24 6.24 6.34 56 486.0 2 14 22 8 1960 27 SFG NL C 108 631 31 13 6 .981 .986 6.13 5.41 6.96 6.58 98 856.0 2 36 45 13 1961 28 TOT NL C 29 154 7 1 1 .994 .985 5.55 5.17 6.71 6.39 24 216.0 1 6 15 5 SFG NL C 2 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 9.00 5.15 9.00 6.40 2 18.0 0 3 0 1 CIN NL C 27 137 6 1 1 .993 .985 5.30 5.17 6.50 6.39 22 198.0 1 3 15 4 1962 29 WSA AL C 88 342 40 1 3 .997 .989 4.34 5.57 5.38 6.30 71 639.0 9 7 14 16 1963 30 WSA AL C 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 5.78 5.06 6.64 2 32.0 0 4 1 0 1965 32 NYY AL C 20 93 4 1 0 .990 .988 4.85 5.67 7.53 6.96 11 116.0 2 2 5 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 25 SFG NL C 123 616 54 12 10 .982 .988 5.45 5.19 6.20 6.06 107 973.0 3 26 32 27 1959 26 SFG NL C 70 307 30 0 1 1.000 .989 4.81 5.24 6.24 6.34 56 486.0 2 14 22 8 1960 27 SFG NL C 108 631 31 13 6 .981 .986 6.13 5.41 6.96 6.58 98 856.0 2 36 45 13 1961 28 TOT NL C 29 154 7 1 1 .994 .985 5.55 5.17 6.71 6.39 24 216.0 1 6 15 5 SFG NL C 2 17 1 0 0 1.000 .984 9.00 5.15 9.00 6.40 2 18.0 0 3 0 1 CIN NL C 27 137 6 1 1 .993 .985 5.30 5.17 6.50 6.39 22 198.0 1 3 15 4 1962 29 WSA AL C 88 342 40 1 3 .997 .989 4.34 5.57 5.38 6.30 71 639.0 9 7 14 16 1963 30 WSA AL C 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 3.00 5.78 5.06 6.64 2 32.0 0 4 1 0 1965 32 NYY AL C 20 93 4 1 0 .990 .988 4.85 5.67 7.53 6.96 11 116.0 2 2 5 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 444 2161 166 28 21 .988 .988 5.24 5.36 6.31 6.34 369 3318.0 19 95 134 69 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 444 2161 166 28 21 .988 .988 5.24 5.36 6.31 6.34 369 3318
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958

Grounded into Double Plays
1958 NL-19-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2762) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1681) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

April 27, 1961: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later and Don Blasingame to the Cincinnati Reds for Ed Bailey. The San Francisco Giants sent Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Dave Stenhouse to the Washington Senators for Johnny Klippstein and Marty Keough.

May 8, 1963: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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