Mike Schmidt
Hall of Fame third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Michael Jack Schmidt was born on September 27, 1949, in Dayton, Ohio, to Lois and Jack Schmidt.[1] He spent his entire 18-year MLB career with the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1989.[2] Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 with 96.52% of the vote.[3]
Life and work
He was a three-sport star at Fairview High School before knee surgeries ended his basketball and football participation.[1] Schmidt walked on to the Ohio University baseball team as a shortstop.[1] He made his major league debut on September 12, 1972, and hit his first home run four days later.[4] Schmidt won three National League MVP awards, including a unanimous choice in 1980.[5][2]
As a five-year-old, Schmidt climbed a tree and grabbed a live wire carrying 4,000 volts; his heart stopped, but after he fell from the branch, the impact restarted it.[1][6] In the 1971 draft, the Phillies selected Schmidt with the 30th overall pick in the second round.[1][7]
What the cited sources add
The Skulski article reports that Schmidt hit the most home runs of any player in the 1980s.[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer article by Lawrence states that Schmidt worked as a color analyst for PRISM in 1990.[9]
References
- Ferenchick, "Mike Schmidt", Society for American Baseball Research. facts only, no text reused. sabr.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mike Schmidt Statistics and History", Baseball-Reference.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Smith, "BASEBALL; Schmidt Again Puts Up Big Numbers", The New York Times, January 10, 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3", Baseball-Reference.com, September 12, 1972; "Philadelphia Phillies 3, Montreal Expos 1", Baseball-Reference.com, September 16, 1972 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Svoboda, "All for one: Unanimous MVP Award winners", Major League Baseball, November 16, 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ferenchick, "Mike Schmidt", Society for American Baseball Research (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mike Schmidt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kepner, "The Greatest Draft Pick Ever", The New York Times, June 6, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- SKULSKI, "Phillies Legends: Mike Schmidt", October 25, 2021. facts only, no text reused. si.com
- Lawrence, "Schmidt to join Phillies' Sunday telecasts", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 2014. facts only, no text reused. inquirer.com
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Career statistics and honours
Career statistics
| Games | PA | AB | Runs | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | Avg. | OBP | Slg. | OPS | Fld% |
| 2,404 | 10,062 | 8,352 | 1,506 | 2,234 | 408 | 59 | 548 | 1,595 | 174 | 1,507 | 1,883 | .267 | .380 | .527 | .908 | .961 |
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Mike Schmidt (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Mike Schmidt (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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