Mike Schmidt

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Awards 3 Achievements 4 Trivia 5 Transactions 6 External Links

Overall Career

Michael Jack "Mike" Schmidt (born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, OH), an unprecedented combination of power and defense molded him into one of the game's greatest third basemen. The powerful right-handed hitter slugged 548 career home runs, belted 40 or more long balls in three separate seasons, and hit 30 or more home runs 10 other times. He established a major league record for third baseman by clouting 48 homers in 1980 and once hit four consecutive round-trippers in a single game in 1976. A three-time National League MVP, he was a 12-time All-Star, won 10 Gold Gloves, and was named the “Sporting News” Player of the Decade for the 1980s.

Awards

• Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1995 (96.52%)

• 3-time National League MVP (1980 - 1981, 1986)
• 1980 World Series MVP
• 1983 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
• 6-time National League Silver Slugger - 3B (1981 - 1984, 1986)
• 10-time National League Gold Glove - 3B (1976 - 1984, 1986)
• 12-time National League All-Star (1974, 1976 - 1977, 1979 - 1984, 1986 - 1987, 1989)
• “Sporting News” Player of the Decade for the 1980s.

Achievements

• Member of the 500 Home Run Club (548 HR)

• NL On-Base Percentage Leader: 3 times (1981, 1982 & 1983)
• NL Slugging Percentage Leader: 5 times (1974, 1980, 1981, 1982 & 1986)
• NL OPS Leader: 5 times (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 & 1986)
• NL Runs Scored Leader (1981)
• NL Total Bases Leader (1976, 1980 & 1981)
• NL Home Run Leader: 8 times (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 & 1986)
• NL RBI Leader: 4 times (1980, 1981, 1984 & 1986)
• NL Bases on Balls Leader: 4 times (1979, 1981, 1982 & 1983)
• 20-Home Run Seasons: 14 (1974-1987)
• 30-Home Run Seasons: 13 (1974-1977 & 1979-1987)
• 40-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1979, 1980 & 1983)
• 100 RBI Seasons: 9 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986 & 1987)
• 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 7 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 & 1983)

Trivia

• June 10, 1974: Mike Schmidt hit a ball off a speaker hanging from the Astrodome roof, over 100 feet above the field and 300 feet from home plate.
• Won a World Series Ring with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980

Transactions

• June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1971.
• November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
• December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
• Mike Schmidt: Hall of Fame Page