Jimmie Schaffer
[edit] Biography
Jimmie Schaffer (Jimmie Ronald Schaffer) was born on April 5, 1936 in Limeport, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on May 20, 1961 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1961, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 1 home run and 16 RBI. Schaffer played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 8 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1961
| STL
| N
| 68
| 153
| 15
| 39
| 1
| 16
| .255
| .301
| .320
| 7
| 0
| 9
| 29
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1962
| STL
| N
| 70
| 66
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 6
| .242
| .301
| .303
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1963
| CHI
| N
| 57
| 142
| 17
| 34
| 7
| 19
| .239
| .294
| .437
| 7
| 0
| 11
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| 54
| 122
| 9
| 25
| 2
| 9
| .205
| .307
| .320
| 6
| 1
| 17
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 6
|
| 1965
| NY
| N
| 24
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .135
| .158
| .189
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| 17
| 31
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .194
| .265
| .355
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1965
| Total
|
| 41
| 68
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .162
| .208
| .265
| 5
| 1
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1966
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 4
| .133
| .188
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| PHI
| N
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 287
| 543
| 51
| 122
| 11
| 55
| .225
| .287
| .339
| 25
| 2
| 46
| 123
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 8
| 21
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 17
| 31
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .194
| .265
| .355
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 304
| 574
| 53
| 128
| 11
| 56
| .223
| .286
| .340
| 28
| 3
| 49
| 127
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 8
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1961
| STL
| N
| C
| 68
| 45
| 410.2
| 244
| 23
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 14
| 0
| .996
|
| 1962
| STL
| N
| C
| 69
| 14
| 227
| 134
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 7
| 0
| .993
|
| 1963
| CHI
| N
| C
| 54
| 42
| 381.2
| 231
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 16
| 0
| .996
|
| 1964
| CHI
| N
| C
| 43
| 35
| 299
| 143
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 4
| 2
| .970
|
| 1965
| NY
| N
| C
| 21
| 10
| 95.1
| 60
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1965
| CHI
| A
| C
| 14
| 8
| 71.1
| 50
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| Total
|
| C
| 35
| 18
| 166.2
| 110
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 3
| 0
| .983
|
| 1966
| PHI
| N
| C
| 6
| 5
| 37
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .952
|
| 1967
| PHI
| N
| C
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| C
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 278
| 160
| 1534
| 888
| 86
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 15
| 53
| 46
| 2
| .989
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1955).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Larry Jackson and Lindy McDaniel to Chicago Cubs in exchange for George Altman, Don Cardwell and Moe Thacker (October 17, 1962).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Frank Baumann (December 1, 1964).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Mets in exchange for Frank Lary (July 8, 1965).
- Traded by New York Mets with Bobby Klaus and Wayne Graham to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dick Stuart (February 22, 1966).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Philadelphia Phillies in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1967).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ted Savage (March 30, 1969).
- Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Baltimore Orioles (April 9, 1970).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (September 20, 1970).
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