Dave J. Schmidt
[edit] Biography
Born on April 22, 1957 in Niles, Michigan, Dave J. Schmidt (David Joseph Schmidt) played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 12 year career. Schmidt broke into the bigs on May 1, 1981 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.20 ERA in 109.2 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dave J. Schmidt's best season was 1984, when he posted a 2.56 ERA and notched 12 saves.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.13
| 13
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 31.2
| 31
| 1
| 11
| 3
| 3
| 1
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 33
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 3.20
| 69
| 45
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 109.2
| 118
| 5
| 25
| 5
| 2
| 5
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3.88
| 29
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 46.1
| 42
| 3
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 43
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 2.56
| 46
| 30
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 70.1
| 69
| 3
| 20
| 9
| 4
| 0
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 51
| 4
| 7
| 6
| 3.15
| 46
| 36
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 85.2
| 81
| 6
| 22
| 8
| 2
| 0
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 49
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 3.31
| 67
| 37
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 92.1
| 94
| 10
| 27
| 7
| 5
| 5
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 14
| 10
| 5
| 3.77
| 70
| 57
| 52
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 124
| 128
| 13
| 26
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 41
| 9
| 8
| 5
| 3.40
| 67
| 58
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 129.2
| 129
| 14
| 38
| 5
| 3
| 3
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| 38
| 26
| 10
| 13
| 5.69
| 46
| 102
| 99
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 156.2
| 196
| 24
| 36
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 4.31
| 22
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 48
| 58
| 3
| 13
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| 1991
| MON
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.38
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| SEA
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.90
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 4.82
| 25
| 31
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 52.1
| 67
| 5
| 15
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 338
| 63
| 51
| 51
| 3.82
| 454
| 403
| 361
| 5
| 3
| 37
| 849.2
| 895
| 80
| 222
| 42
| 26
| 18
|
| Total
|
|
| 376
| 63
| 54
| 55
| 3.88
| 479
| 434
| 389
| 5
| 3
| 50
| 902
| 962
| 85
| 237
| 47
| 27
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| P
| 14
| 1
| 31.2
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| P
| 33
| 8
| 109.2
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 4
| .900
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 46.1
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 70.1
| 6
| 13
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .950
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| P
| 51
| 4
| 85.2
| 3
| 19
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| P
| 49
| 1
| 92.1
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .824
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| P
| 35
| 14
| 124
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 4
| 0
| .952
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| P
| 41
| 9
| 129.2
| 18
| 20
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 8
| 1
| .974
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| P
| 38
| 26
| 156.2
| 18
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 4
| 1
| .939
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 48
| 2
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .857
|
| 1991
| MON
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 4.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| SEA
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 376
| 63
| 902
| 69
| 138
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 6
| 86
| 33
| 6
| .928
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| BAL
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| MON
| N
| 34
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| MON
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| SEA
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 338
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 376
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Wayne Tolleson to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ed Correa, Scott Fletcher and a player to be named later (November 25, 1985); Texas Rangers received Jose Mota (December 11, 1985).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (December 20, 1986).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 22, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (December 13, 1989).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (April 7, 1991).
- Released by Montreal Expos (August 2, 1991).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (August 8, 1991).
- Released by Texas Rangers (October 9, 1991).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (March 29, 1992).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (June 6, 1992).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (July 2, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1992).
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