Bob Schmidt

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Full Name: Robert Benjamin Schmidt	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205	First Game: April 16, 1958
Birthdate: April 22, 1933	Final Game: June 9, 1965
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Bob Schmidt (Robert Benjamin Schmidt) was born on April 22, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 14 home runs and 54 RBI. Schmidt played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators and New York Yankees over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Bob Schmidt's best season was 1958, when he knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	SF	N	127	393	46	96	14	54	.244	.306	.412	20	2	33	59	3	1	0	5	19
1959	SF	N	71	181	17	44	5	20	.243	.296	.376	7	1	13	24	1	0	0	4	4
1960	SF	N	110	344	31	92	8	37	.267	.317	.378	12	1	26	51	0	3	0	4	8
1961	SF	N	2	6	0	1	0	1	.167	.143	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	CIN	N	27	70	4	9	1	4	.129	.218	.171	0	0	8	14	0	1	0	1	5
1961	TOT	N	29	76	4	10	1	5	.132	.212	.171	0	0	8	15	0	1	0	1	5
1962	WAS	A	88	256	28	62	10	31	.242	.281	.414	14	0	14	37	1	0	0	2	3
1963	WAS	A	9	15	3	3	0	0	.200	.333	.267	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
1965	NY	A	20	40	4	10	1	3	.250	.302	.350	1	0	3	8	0	2	0	1	0
Total	NL		337	994	98	242	28	116	.243	.301	.375	39	4	80	149	4	5	0	14	36
Total	AL		117	311	35	75	11	34	.241	.287	.399	16	0	20	50	1	2	0	3	4
Total			454	1305	133	317	39	150	.243	.297	.381	55	4	100	199	5	7	0	17	40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	SF	N	C	123	107	973	616	54	12	10	0	3	32	27	0	.982
1959	SF	N	C	70	56	486	307	30	0	1	0	2	22	8	1	1.000
1960	SF	N	C	108	98	856	631	31	13	6	0	2	45	13	3	.981
1961	SF	N	C	2	2	18	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1961	CIN	N	C	27	22	198	137	6	1	1	0	1	15	4	0	.993
1961	TOT	N	C	29	24	216	154	7	1	1	0	1	15	5	0	.994
1962	WAS	A	C	88	71	639	342	40	1	3	0	9	14	16	2	.997
1963	WAS	A	C	6	2	32	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	C	20	11	116	93	4	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	.990
Total			C	444	369	3318	2161	166	28	21	0	19	134	69	6	.988

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1951).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Don Blasingame and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ed Bailey (April 27, 1961); Cincinnati Reds received Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Dave Stenhouse to Washington Senators in exchange for Johnny Klippstein and Marty Keough (December 15, 1961).
Sold by Washington Senators to New York Yankees (May 8, 1963).

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