Jimmie Schaffer

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Full Name: Jimmie Ronald Schaffer	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170	First Game: May 20, 1961
Birthdate: April 5, 1936	Final Game: July 11, 1968
Birthplace: Limeport, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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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.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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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