Dick Schofield

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 163lb (175cm, 73kg)

Born: January 7, 1935 in Springfield, IL us

Died: July 11, 2022 in Springfield, IL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, IL)

Debut: July 3, 1953 (Age 18-177d, 11,042nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1971 (Age 36-266d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: John Richard Schofield

Nicknames: Ducky

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Relatives: Father of Dick Schofield; Grandfather of Jayson Werth

1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

3083

699

.227

394

RBI

211

OBP

.317

SLG

.297

OPS

.614

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1953	18	STL	NL	33	41	39	9	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	11	.179	.220	.333	.553	42	13	0	0	0		0	H6
1954	19	STL	NL	43	7	7	17	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	.143	.143	.429	.571	43	3	1	0	0	0	0	H6
1955	20	STL-min	AAA	107	425	366	56	100	14	4	6	38	6		45	66	.273	.358	.383	.741		140	1	5	6	3			OMA · AA
1955	20	STL	NL	12	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H6
1956	21	STL-min	AAA	108	444	396	60	117	18	8	11	57	0		43	56	.295	.365	.465	.830		184	4	2	0	3			OMA · AA
1956	21	STL	NL	16	30	30	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.167	.267	-29	5	1	0	0	0	0	/H6
1957	22	STL	NL	65	64	56	10	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	13	.161	.254	.161	.415	14	9	2	0	1	0	0	H6
1958	23	TOT	NL	65	164	135	20	27	4	1	1	10	0	3	26	21	.200	.325	.267	.592	57	36	1	0	1	2	0	H6/5
1958	23	STL	NL	39	133	108	16	23	4	0	1	8	0	2	23	15	.213	.348	.278	.626	66	30	1	0	1	1	0	6H
1958	23	PIT	NL	26	31	27	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	6	.148	.226	.222	.448	21	6	0	0	0	1	0	H/65
1959	24	PIT	NL	81	163	145	21	34	10	1	1	9	1	1	16	22	.234	.311	.338	.648	75	49	2	0	2	0	0	H4/69
1960	25	PIT	NL	65	121	102	9	34	4	1	0	10	0	1	16	20	.333	.429	.392	.821	126	40	1	1	2	0	4	H64/5
1961	26	PIT	NL	60	90	78	16	15	2	1	0	2	0	1	10	19	.192	.284	.244	.528	43	19	1	0	2	0	0	H5/6479
1962	27	PIT	NL	54	123	104	19	30	3	0	2	10	0	1	17	22	.288	.382	.375	.757	104	39	0	0	0	2	0	H5/46
1963	28	PIT	NL	138	619	541	54	133	18	2	3	32	2	4	69	83	.246	.333	.303	.636	85	164	10	3	4	2	1	*64/5
1964	29	PIT	NL	121	464	398	50	98	22	5	3	36	1	2	54	60	.246	.345	.349	.694	98	139	3	7	3	2	3	*6H
1965	30	TOT	NL	132	548	488	52	102	15	1	2	25	3	4	48	69	.209	.282	.256	.538	52	125	9	3	6	3	1	*6H
1965	30	PIT	NL	31	127	109	13	25	5	0	0	6	1	0	15	19	.229	.317	.275	.593	69	30	2	0	1	2	1	6/H
1965	30	SFG	NL	101	421	379	39	77	10	1	2	19	2	4	33	50	.203	.272	.251	.522	47	95	7	3	5	1	0	6/H
1966	31	TOT	MLB	56	170	144	19	28	2	0	0	6	1	1	19	18	.194	.295	.208	.504	49	30	2	2	4	1	0	65/H
1966	31	TOT	NL	31	101	86	14	19	0	0	0	4	1	1	10	10	.221	.316	.221	.537	57	19	2	2	3	0	0	56/H
1966	31	SFG	NL	11	18	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.063	.167	.063	.229	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6H
1966	31	NYY	AL	25	69	58	5	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.155	.265	.190	.454	37	11	0	0	1	1	0	6/H
1966	31	LAD	NL	20	83	70	10	18	0	0	0	4	1	1	8	8	.257	.350	.257	.607	79	18	2	2	3	0	0	5/6
1967	32	LAD	NL	84	268	232	23	50	10	1	2	15	1	2	31	40	.216	.307	.293	.600	80	68	9	0	4	1	4	6H/45
1968	33	STL	NL	69	142	127	14	28	7	1	1	8	1	2	13	31	.220	.303	.315	.618	87	40	1	2	0	0	2	64H
1969	34	BOS	AL	94	261	226	30	58	9	3	2	20	0	2	29	44	.257	.349	.350	.698	92	79	3	4	0	2	1	H46/579
1970	35	BOS	AL	76	163	139	16	26	1	2	1	14	0	1	21	26	.187	.294	.245	.539	46	34	8	1	0	2	2	H45/6
1971	36	STL-min	AAA	18	49	43	8	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	15	.186	.271	.233	.503		10		0	1	0			TUL · AA
1971	36	TOT	MLB	57	103	88	9	16	4	0	1	7	0	0	12	17	.182	.301	.261	.562	60	23	2	3	0	0	0	6H45
1971	36	STL	NL	34	72	60	7	13	2	0	1	6	0	0	10	9	.217	.347	.300	.647	82	18	2	2	0	0	0	64/H5
1971	36	MIL	AL	23	31	28	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.107	.194	.179	.372	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	H5/64
19 Yrs				1321	3545	3083	394	699	113	20	21	211	12	29	390	526	.227	.317	.297	.614	73	915	56	26	29	17	18
162 Game Avg.				162	435	378	48	86	14	2	3	26	1	4	48	65	.227	.317	.297	.614	73	112	7	3	4		2
				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
PIT (8 yrs)				576	1738	1504	186	373	64	11	9	107	5	11	200	251	.248	.339	.323	.662	87	486	19	11	14	9	9
STL (8 yrs)				311	493	431	79	84	15	2	5	29	3	8	55	89	.195	.291	.274	.565	57	118	8	4	2	1	2
LAD (2 yrs)				104	351	302	33	68	10	1	2	19	2	3	39	48	.225	.317	.285	.602	80	86	11	2	7	1	4
SFG (2 yrs)				112	439	395	43	78	10	1	2	19	2	4	35	52	.197	.267	.243	.510	44	96	7	3	5	1	0
BOS (2 yrs)				170	424	365	46	84	10	5	3	34	0	3	50	70	.230	.328	.310	.637	74	113	11	5	0	4	3
NYY (1 yr)				25	69	58	5	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.155	.265	.190	.454	37	11	0	0	1	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				23	31	28	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.107	.194	.179	.372	7	5	0	1	0	0	0

NL (17 yrs)				1103	3021	2632	341	603	99	15	18	174	12	26	329	440	.229	.318	.299	.617	75	786	45	20	28	12	15
AL (4 yrs)				218	524	451	53	96	14	5	3	37	0	3	61	86	.213	.312	.286	.598	66	129	11	6	1	5	3

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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