Willard Schmidt

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 187lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: May 29, 1928 in Hays, KS us

Died: March 22, 2007 in Newcastle, OK

Buried: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Elk City, OK

School: Fort Hays State University (Hays, KS)

Debut: April 19, 1952 (Age 23-326d, 10,905th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1959 (Age 31-120d)
vs. PIT 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Willard Raymond Schmidt

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.93

194

586.1

323

WHIP

1.434

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 4 tying, 20 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	45
CIN	12

Platoon
vs RHB	30
vs LHB	27

Home/Road
Home	35
Away	22

Outs
0	24
2	17
1	16

7 Opps
CIN	10
BSN/MLN	10
PHI	9
PIT	9
CHC	7
NYG/SFG	7
BRO/LAD	5

47 Batters
Eddie Mathews	3
Del Ennis	3
R C Stevens	2
Del Crandall	2
Gus Bell	2
George Crowe	2
Hank Foiles	2
Duke Snider	2
Bill Virdon	1
Connie Ryan	1
Bobby Morgan	1
Dale Long	1
Cal Neeman	1
Bill Mazeroski	1
Eddie Waitkus	1
Ernie Banks	1
Bob Skinner	1
Ray Jablonski	1
Don Hoak	1
Willie Kirkland	1
Gail Harris	1
Ed Bailey	1
Wally Post	1
Dee Fondy	1
Ray Boone	1
Frank Thomas	1
Gil Hodges	1
Whitey Lockman	1
Stan Lopata	1
Dick Gray	1
Jerry Lynch	1
Lee Walls	1
Ray Katt	1
Bill White	1
Frank Robinson	1
Gene Baker	1
Solly Hemus	1
Gale Wade	1
Marv Blaylock	1
Henry Aaron	1
Ted Kluszewski	1
Bob Thurman	1
Granny Hamner	1
Bill Bruton	1
Johnny Logan	1
Walt Moryn	1
Bobby Thomson	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	26
Crosley Fld (CIN)	14
Polo Grounds (NYC)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
County Stad (MIL)	1
LA Coliseum (LOS)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	24
7	21
78	3
8	3
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	11
12-	4
-2-	4
123	1
-23	1
--3	1

86 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	35
1 on	16
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	4
2	4
3	7
4	8
5	4
6	10
7	8
8	5
9	7

1-3	15
4-6	22
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	2
+2	4
+1	9
Tied	13
-1	7
-2	8
-3	3
-4..	1

Ahead	25
Tied	13
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	15
3B	9
C	8
CF	6
RF	6
LF	5
2B	4
SS	3
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	10
7th	9
2nd	8
5th	8
4th	8
6th	6
8th	5
1st	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1952-06-03	George Crowe	BSN	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	1	6	3	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1952-06-08	Connie Ryan	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	4
3	3	3	2	1952-06-08	Del Ennis	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1	5	7
4	4	4	3	1952-06-08	Granny Hamner	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-4	t 6	0	---	1	2	6
5	5	5	1	1952-06-16	Bobby Thomson	NYG		STL	behind 4-7	b 9	1	123	4	3	5	81%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF Line); H. Thompson Scores; D. Williams Scores; W. Lockman Scores
6	6	6	1	1952-09-15	Whitey Lockman	NYG		STL	ahead 10-1	b 7	0	1--	2	7	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Westrum Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1953-08-30	Bobby Morgan	BRO		STL	ahead 16-3	b 7	2	-2-	2	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1955-07-19 (1)	Gail Harris	NYG		STL	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	1	6	3	8%	17%		Home Run
9	9	2	1	1955-07-23	Del Ennis	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	19%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ashburn Scores
10	10	3	2	1955-07-23	Del Ennis	PHI		STL	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	1--	2	4	7	14%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Gorbous Scores
11	11	4	1	1955-08-07	Eddie Waitkus	PHI	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	12-	3	6	3	17%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Ennis Scores; W. Jones Scores
12	12	5	1	1955-08-15	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. O'Connell Scores
13	13	6	1	1955-09-21	Gene Baker	CHC	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	2	4	12%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	7	2	1955-09-21	Gale Wade	CHC	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	1	3	8	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1956-04-21	Bill Bruton	MLN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	8	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	2	2	1956-04-21	Johnny Logan	MLN	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 3	0	1--	2	2	6	19%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. O'Connell Scores
17	17	3	3	1956-04-21	Del Crandall	MLN	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 4	1	1--	2	8	2	18%	81%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Bruton Scores
18	18	4	1	1956-05-18	Stan Lopata	PHI		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	0	-23	3	5	2	33%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Blaylock Scores; D. Ennis Scores
19	19	5	1	1956-05-23	Hank Foiles	PIT		STL	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1--	2	8	2	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Groat Scores
20	20	6	1	1956-06-10 (1)	Lee Walls	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 4	1	1--	2	6	9	21%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Long Scores
21	21	7	2	1956-06-10 (1)	Bill Virdon	PIT	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	8	1	1956-07-01 (1)	Frank Robinson	CIN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	9	2	1956-07-01 (1)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	1--	2	4	3	12%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Bell Scores
24	24	10	1	1956-07-01 (2)	Gus Bell	CIN	@	STL	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	---	1	3	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	11	1	1956-07-27	Bill White	NYG		STL	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1	5	3	20%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	12	1	1956-08-05 (2)	Duke Snider	BRO		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	8	17%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Gilliam Scores; S. Amorós Scores
27	27	13	1	1956-08-07	Ed Bailey	CIN		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	2	25%	65%		Home Run (CF-RF); W. Post Scores
28	28	14	2	1956-08-07	Wally Post	CIN		STL	behind 2-3	b 6	2	--3	2	5	9	33%	71%		Home Run (LF-CF); F. Robinson Scores
29	29	15	1	1956-08-18	Dee Fondy	CHC	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	16	1	1956-08-28	Marv Blaylock	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	11%	37%		Home Run (CF-RF)
31	31	17	2	1956-08-28	Solly Hemus	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---	1	2	4	15%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	18	1	1956-09-16 (2)	Bob Skinner	PIT		STL	ahead 7-3	b 6	0	---	1	1	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1957-04-24	Del Crandall	MLN		STL	tied 7-7	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1957-05-11	Henry Aaron	MLN	@	STL	tied 5-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	9	21%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1957-05-12 (2)	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	ahead 5-0	t 4	2	12-	3	3	5	6%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); R. Murff Scores; D. O'Connell Scores
36	36	4	1	1957-05-25	Don Hoak	CIN		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	5	17%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Crowe Scores
37	37	5	2	1957-05-25	Gus Bell	CIN		STL	tied 2-2	b 3	2	---	1	3	8	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	6	1	1957-05-30 (1)	Bob Thurman	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	2	9	10%	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1957-06-08	Ray Katt	NYG		STL	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	1	1957-06-22	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-	3	4	3	20%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Reese Scores; D. Snider Scores
41	41	9	1	1957-08-06	Cal Neeman	CHC	@	STL	ahead 6-2	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	10	1	1957-08-11	Eddie Mathews	MLN	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	5	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
43	43	11	1	1957-08-13	Ernie Banks	CHC		STL	ahead 5-0	b 8	0	---	1	6	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	12	1	1957-09-02 (1)	George Crowe	CIN		STL	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	---	1	4	3	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	13	1	1957-09-06	Jerry Lynch	CIN	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 6	0	-2-	2	9	PH	23%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. McMillan Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1958-04-20	R C Stevens	PIT		CIN	tied 3-3	b 9	2	---	1	4	3	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
47	47	2	1	1958-05-13	Bill Mazeroski	PIT		CIN	ahead 4-3	b 3	2	---	1	7	4	11%	75%		Home Run
48	48	3	1	1958-06-24 (1)	Dick Gray	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	5	9%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
49	49	4	1	1958-07-29	Ray Jablonski	SFG	@	CIN	behind 2-3	t 9	2	1--	2	4	5	72%	80%		Home Run; W. Mays Scores
50	50	5	1	1958-07-31	Willie Kirkland	SFG	@	CIN	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	1--	2	2	9	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. O'Connell Scores
51	51	6	1	1958-08-16	Frank Thomas	PIT	@	CIN	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	1	5	5	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1958-09-12	Dale Long	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	---	1	7	3	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	8	2	1958-09-12	Walt Moryn	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	1	5	7	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1959-06-19	Duke Snider	LAD		CIN	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	---	1	4	9	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	2	1	1959-09-06	Ray Boone	MLN	@	CIN	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	3	1	1959-09-26	R C Stevens	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	---	1	2	3	12%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	4	2	1959-09-26	Hank Foiles	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	---	1	8	2	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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