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Willard Schmidt

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Full Name: Willard Raymond Schmidt Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/187 First Game: April 19, 1952
Birthdate: May 29, 1928 Final Game: September 26, 1959
Birthplace: Hays, Kansas MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: March 22, 2007
Deathplace: Newcastle, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 29, 1928 in Hays, Kansas, Willard Schmidt (Willard Raymond Schmidt) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 7 year career. Schmidt broke into the bigs on April 19, 1952 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.78 ERA in 129.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Willard Schmidt's best season was 1955, when he posted a 2.78 ERA and struck out 86 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1952 STL N 18 3 2 3 5.19 30 20 20 0 0 1 34.2 36 6 18 0 1 2
1953 STL N 6 2 0 2 9.17 11 20 18 0 0 0 17.2 21 1 13 0 0 1
1955 STL N 20 15 7 6 2.78 86 40 40 8 1 0 129.2 89 7 57 7 3 3
1956 STL N 33 21 6 8 3.84 52 69 63 2 0 1 147.2 131 18 78 7 6 1
1957 STL N 40 8 10 3 4.78 63 67 62 1 0 0 116.2 146 13 49 6 7 2
1958 CIN N 41 2 3 5 2.86 41 29 22 0 0 0 69.1 60 8 33 7 1 1
1959 CIN N 36 4 3 2 3.95 40 36 31 0 0 0 70.2 80 4 30 4 2 1
Total 194 55 31 29 3.93 323 281 256 11 1 2 586.1 563 57 278 31 20 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 STL N P 18 0 0 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1953 STL N P 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 STL N P 20 0 0 12 20 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1956 STL N P 33 0 0 6 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 STL N P 40 8 116.2 8 22 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 .968
1958 CIN N P 41 2 69.1 5 17 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 .917
1959 CIN N P 36 4 70.2 5 16 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 1.000
Total P 194 14 256.2 40 122 6 11 0 3 9 7 0 .964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 STL N 18 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 STL N 6 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL N 20 42 1 5 0 4 .119 .119 .143 1 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 1
1956 STL N 33 43 3 10 0 0 .233 .267 .256 1 0 2 16 0 3 0 0 0
1957 STL N 40 33 3 7 0 3 .212 .235 .212 0 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 0
1958 CIN N 41 11 1 1 0 0 .091 .167 .091 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0
1959 CIN N 36 12 2 1 0 0 .083 .313 .083 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0
Total 194 153 10 25 0 7 .163 .205 .176 2 0 4 52 4 11 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Marty Kutyna and Ted Wieand to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Curt Flood and Joe Taylor (December 5, 1957).

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