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Willard Schmidt
Willard Raymond Schmidt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.

Debut April 19, 1952
Final Game September 26, 1959
Born May 29, 1928 in Hays, KS
Died March 22, 2007 in Newcastle, OK

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 24 STL NL   2   3  18   3   0   0   4  1   34.7   36   20   20   6   18   30   2   1   158       0  5.19  3.69   71 1.558
 1953 25 STL NL   0   2   6   2   0   0   1  0   17.7   21   20   18   1   13   11   1   0    89       0  9.17  4.24   46 1.925
 1955 27 STL NL   7   6  20  15   8   1   3  0  129.7   89   40   40   7   57   86   3   3   522   7   0  2.78  4.08  147 1.126
 1956 28 STL NL   6   8  33  21   2   0   6  1  147.7  131   69   63  18   78   52   1   6   629   7   0  3.84  3.77   98 1.415
 1957 29 STL NL  10   3  40   8   1   0   8  0  116.7  146   67   62  13   49   63   2   7   527   6   0  4.78  3.99   84 1.671
 1958 30 CIN NL   3   5  41   2   0   0  18  0   69.3   60   29   22   8   33   41   1   1   302   7   0  2.86  4.15  145 1.341
 1959 31 CIN NL   3   2  36   4   0   0  10  0   70.7   80   36   31   4   30   40   1   2   307   4   0  3.95  4.07  103 1.557
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .517  31  29 194  55  11   1  50  2  586.3  563  281  256  57  278  323  11  20  2534  31   0  3.93  3.97  101 1.434
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  52  15   3   0  13  0  160.0  153   76   69  15   75   88   3   5   692   8   0  3.93  3.97  101 1.434
 Career High     10   8  41  21   8   1  18  1  147.7  146   69   63  18   78   86   3   7   629   7   0  2.78  4.15  147 1.126

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 STL NL  18    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .125  .125  .125  -31    1   0           0   0
 1953 25 STL NL   6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1955 27 STL NL  20   42    1    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   0  15  .119  .119  .143  -31    6   2   0   0   0   1
 1956 28 STL NL  33   43    3   10   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  16  .233  .267  .256   42   11   3   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 STL NL  40   33    3    7   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   8  .212  .235  .212   21    7   4   0   0   1   0
 1958 30 CIN NL  41   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .091  .167  .091  -31    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1959 31 CIN NL  36   12    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .083  .313  .083   11    1   1   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      194  153   10   25   2  0   0    7   0  0   4  52  .163  .205  .176    3   27  11   0   0   4   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        128    8   21   2  0   0    6   0  0   3  43  .163  .205  .176    3   23   9   0   0   3   1
 Career High     41   43    3   10   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  16                          11   4   0   0   3   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 STL NL    8    7    0   0.0    97| .125  .262| .125  .334| .125  .389| .250  .724| -31  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1953 25 STL NL    4    4    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .427| .000  .773|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1955 27 STL NL   44   40    1   0.7   105| .119  .265| .119  .336| .143  .420| .262  .757| -31  .028  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1956 28 STL NL   48   36    3   2.2   103| .233  .264| .267  .331| .256  .417| .523  .748|  42  .219  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1957 29 STL NL   38   30    2   1.8   105| .212  .271| .235  .334| .212  .419| .447  .754|  21  .152  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1958 30 CIN NL   13   11    0   0.0   111| .091  .277| .167  .346| .091  .432| .258  .778| -31  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1959 31 CIN NL   17   12    1   2.2   108| .083  .275| .313  .341| .083  .425| .396  .766|  11  .209  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       172  140    7   1.3   105| .163  .268| .205  .336| .176  .419| .381  .755|   3  .095 -21.6  -2.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 24 STL NL P 18 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.72 0.98 3.37 2.18 3 34.7 1953 25 STL NL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 2.03 2.08 2 17.7 1955 27 STL NL P 20 12 20 2 5 .941 .950 1.60 0.83 2.22 2.04 15 129.7 1956 28 STL NL P 33 6 34 0 3 1.000 .966 1.21 0.83 2.44 2.05 21 147.7 1957 29 STL NL P 40 8 22 1 1 .968 .962 0.75 0.82 2.31 2.06 8 116.7 1958 30 CIN NL P 41 5 17 2 0 .917 .957 0.54 0.77 2.86 1.97 2 69.3 1959 31 CIN NL P 36 5 16 0 2 1.000 .955 0.58 0.82 2.67 1.99 4 70.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 24 STL NL P 18 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 0.72 0.98 3.37 2.18 3 34.7 1953 25 STL NL P 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.87 2.03 2.08 2 17.7 1955 27 STL NL P 20 12 20 2 5 .941 .950 1.60 0.83 2.22 2.04 15 129.7 1956 28 STL NL P 33 6 34 0 3 1.000 .966 1.21 0.83 2.44 2.05 21 147.7 1957 29 STL NL P 40 8 22 1 1 .968 .962 0.75 0.82 2.31 2.06 8 116.7 1958 30 CIN NL P 41 5 17 2 0 .917 .957 0.54 0.77 2.86 1.97 2 69.3 1959 31 CIN NL P 36 5 16 0 2 1.000 .955 0.58 0.82 2.67 1.99 4 70.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 194 40 122 6 11 .964 .958 0.84 0.83 2.49 2.04 55 586.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 194 40 122 6 11 .964 .958 0.84 0.83 2.49 2.04 55 586
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1957 NL-.769-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1956 NL-78-10

Wild Pitches
1956 NL-6-9
1957 NL-7-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (549) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (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 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1957: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Marty Kutyna and Ted Wieand to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Curt Flood and Joe Taylor.


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