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Mike Schmidt
Third Base

1972-89 Philadelphia Phillies

  • Won 8 home run titles in his career, second only to Babe Ruth's nine.

  • Schmidt holds the record for most home runs by a third baseman. 509 of his 548 career total came while he was playing third base.

  • Won three MVP awards--1980, 1981, and 1986.

  • Hit 30 or more homers 10 times in his career.

  • Led the Phillies to their first World Series championship in 1980 when he led the league with 48 homers and 121 RBI.

  • Won the World Series MVP award in 1980 by batting .381 with three homers and seven RBI.

  • Became only the tenth player in major league history to hit four homers in one game on April 17, 1976, against the Cubs.

  • Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.


Schmidt in spring training, 1980

  • Considered by most baseball historians to be the best all-around third baseman in the history of baseball.

  • Won 10 Gold Gloves.

  • Started in seven All Star games.

  • Only two NL players hit more career homers than Schmidt--Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.
YR TM L POS G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
1972 Phi N 2-3 13 34 2 7 1 3 .206 .325 .294
1973 Phi N 1-2-S-3 132 367 43 72 18 52 .196 .326 .373
1974 Phi N 3 162 568 108 160 36 116 .282 .398 .546
1975 Phi N S-3 158 562 93 140 38 95 .249 .367 .523
1976 Phi N 3 160 584 112 153 38 107 .262 .380 .524
1977 Phi N 2-S-3 154 544 114 149 38 101 .274 .399 .574
1978 Phi N S-3 145 513 93 129 21 78 .251 .368 .435
1979 Phi N S-3 160 541 109 137 45 114 .253 .392 .564
1980 Phi N 3 150 548 104 157 48 121 .286 .388 .624
1981 Phi N 3 102 354 78 112 31 91 .316 .439 .644
1982 Phi N 3 148 514 108 144 35 87 .280 .407 .547
1983 Phi N S-3 154 534 104 136 40 109 .255 .402 .524
1984 Phi N 1-S-3 151 528 93 146 36 106 .277 .388 .536
1985 Phi N 1-S-3 158 549 89 152 33 93 .277 .379 .532
1986 Phi N 1-3 160 552 97 160 37 119 .290 .395 .547
1987 Phi N 1-S-3 147 522 88 153 35 113 .293 .392 .548
1988 Phi N 1-3 108 390 52 97 12 62 .249 .342 .405
1989 Phi N 3 42 148 19 30 6 28 .203 .302 .372
  18     2404 8352 1506 2234 548 1595 .267 .384 .527







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