Bob Schmidt
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Bob Schmidt (Robert Benjamin Schmidt) was born on April 22, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 14 home runs and 54 RBI. Schmidt played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and New York Yankees over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that Bob Schmidt's best season was 1958, when he knocked in 54 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 127
| 393
| 46
| 96
| 14
| 54
| .244
| .306
| .412
| 20
| 2
| 33
| 59
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 19
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| 71
| 181
| 17
| 44
| 5
| 20
| .243
| .296
| .376
| 7
| 1
| 13
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 110
| 344
| 31
| 92
| 8
| 37
| .267
| .317
| .378
| 12
| 1
| 26
| 51
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 8
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .143
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 70
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 4
| .129
| .218
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1961
| TOT
| N
| 29
| 76
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 5
| .132
| .212
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1962
| WAS
| A
| 88
| 256
| 28
| 62
| 10
| 31
| .242
| .281
| .414
| 14
| 0
| 14
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 9
| 15
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| NY
| A
| 20
| 40
| 4
| 10
| 1
| 3
| .250
| .302
| .350
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 337
| 994
| 98
| 242
| 28
| 116
| .243
| .301
| .375
| 39
| 4
| 80
| 149
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 14
| 36
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 117
| 311
| 35
| 75
| 11
| 34
| .241
| .287
| .399
| 16
| 0
| 20
| 50
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 454
| 1305
| 133
| 317
| 39
| 150
| .243
| .297
| .381
| 55
| 4
| 100
| 199
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 17
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| SF
| N
| C
| 123
| 107
| 973
| 616
| 54
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 32
| 27
| 0
| .982
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| C
| 70
| 56
| 486
| 307
| 30
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 8
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| C
| 108
| 98
| 856
| 631
| 31
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 45
| 13
| 3
| .981
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| C
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| CIN
| N
| C
| 27
| 22
| 198
| 137
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 4
| 0
| .993
|
| 1961
| TOT
| N
| C
| 29
| 24
| 216
| 154
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 5
| 0
| .994
|
| 1962
| WAS
| A
| C
| 88
| 71
| 639
| 342
| 40
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 14
| 16
| 2
| .997
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| C
| 6
| 2
| 32
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| NY
| A
| C
| 20
| 11
| 116
| 93
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 444
| 369
| 3318
| 2161
| 166
| 28
| 21
| 0
| 19
| 134
| 69
| 6
| .988
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1951).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Don Blasingame and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ed Bailey (April 27, 1961); Cincinnati Reds received Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Dave Stenhouse to Washington Senators in exchange for Johnny Klippstein and Marty Keough (December 15, 1961).
- Sold by Washington Senators to New York Yankees (May 8, 1963).
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