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Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

1972–1989  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 195 lb  ·  b. 1949 Dayton, OH

Career 2,404 G · 2,234 H · 548 HR · 1,595 RBI · .267 AVG

Seasons leading his league
51
21 best in baseball 30 league only
146 Top-5 finishes
13 Title seasons
12 Categories led
1981 Best season

Spanning 1974–1987, peaking at 10 titles in 1981.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club
Team records #1 Phillies career HR #1 Phillies career RBI #1 Phillies career R #2 Phillies career H #3 Phillies 1980 HR #5 Phillies career OPS #8 Phillies 1981 OPS
Led in Third Base Assists for 4 straight seasons (1980–1983) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 17th League titles 51
  • 34th Best in baseball 21
  • 17th Top-5 finishes 146

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Home Runs 8 1st 3 yrs (1974–1976) 1974 36 1975 38 1976 38 1980 48 1981 31 1983 40 1984 NL 36 1986 NL 37 1979 #2 1982 #3 1985 #3
Third Base Assists 7 1st 4 yrs (1980–1983) 1977 396 1980 372 1974 NL 404 1976 NL 377 1981 NL 249 1982 NL 324 1983 NL 332 1975 #2 1978 #3 1979 #2 1984 #2 1987 #2
Third Base Double Plays 6 1st 3 yrs (1978–1980) 1978 34 1979 36 1980 NL 31 1982 NL 28 1983 NL 29 1987 NL 28 1974 #2 1975 #3 1977 #2 1981 #2 1986 #3
Slugging Percentage 5 1st 3 yrs (1980–1982) 1981 .644 1974 NL .546 1980 NL .624 1982 NL .547 1986 NL .547 1975 #3 1976 #3 1979 #2 1984 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 5 1st 3 yrs (1980–1982) 1981 1.080 1980 NL 1.004 1982 NL .949 1984 NL .919 1986 NL .937 1974 #2 1976 #3 1979 #3 1983 #2
Third Base Range Factor 4 1st 2 yrs (1976–1977) 1977 3.37 1976 NL 3.23 1980 NL 3.15 1981 NL 3.20 1974 #2 1975 #2 1978 #2 1979 #2 1982 #2 1983 #2 1984 #2 1987 #2
Walks 4 1st 3 yrs (1981–1983) 1983 128 1979 NL 120 1981 NL 73 1982 NL 107 1976 #3 1977 #3 1984 #3 1985 #2 1986 #2
Runs Batted In 4 1st 2 yrs (1980–1981) 1981 91 1980 NL 121 1984 NL 106 1986 NL 119 1974 #2 1976 #3 1979 #3 1983 #3 1987 #3
Total Bases 3 1st 2 yrs (1980–1981) 1976 306 1980 342 1981 228 1974 #2 1986 #2
On-Base Percentage 3 1st 3 yrs (1981–1983) 1981 .435 1982 .403 1983 NL .399
Third Base Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1986 .980 1977 #3 1983 #2 1984 #3 1987 #3
Runs 1 1st — 1981 NL 78 1974 #2 1976 #3 1977 #3 1979 #3 1980 #2 1982 #3 1983 #3 1986 #3
Third Base Putouts — #2 — 1974 #3 1975 #3 1976 #3 1981 #3 1982 #2 1983 #3
Triples — #2 — 1977 #2

Title Seasons

13 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1987 1 3B DP 28
1986 5 HR 37 RBI 119 OPS .937 SLG .547 3B FPCT .980
1984 3 HR 36 RBI 106 OPS .919
1983 5 HR 40 OBP .399 BB 128 3B A 332 3B DP 29
1982 6 OPS .949 OBP .403 SLG .547 BB 107 3B A 324 3B DP 28
1981 10 HR 31 RBI 91 R 78 OPS 1.080 OBP .435 SLG .644 TB 228 BB 73 3B A 249 3B RF 3.20
1980 8 HR 48 RBI 121 OPS 1.004 SLG .624 TB 342 3B A 372 3B DP 31 3B RF 3.15
1979 2 BB 120 3B DP 36
1978 1 3B DP 34
1977 2 3B A 396 3B RF 3.37
1976 4 HR 38 TB 306 3B A 377 3B RF 3.23
1975 1 HR 38
1974 3 HR 36 SLG .546 3B A 404

Batting

  led the league   18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1972 PHI NL 13 34 2 7 0 0 1 3 5 15 0 .206 .325 .294 .619
1973 PHI NL 132 367 43 72 11 0 18 52 62 136 8 .196 .324 .373 .697
1974 PHI NL 162 568 108 160 28 7 36 116 106 138 23 .282 .395 .546 .941
1975 PHI NL 158 562 93 140 34 3 38 95 101 180 29 .249 .367 .523 .890
1976 PHI NL 160 584 112 153 31 4 38 107 100 149 14 .262 .376 .524 .900
1977 PHI NL 154 544 114 149 27 11 38 101 104 122 15 .274 .393 .574 .967
1978 PHI NL 145 513 93 129 27 2 21 78 91 103 19 .251 .364 .435 .798
1979 PHI NL 160 541 109 137 25 4 45 114 120 115 9 .253 .386 .564 .950
1980 PHI NL 150 548 104 157 25 8 48 121 89 119 12 .286 .380 .624 1.004
1981 PHI NL 102 354 78 112 19 2 31 91 73 71 12 .316 .435 .644 1.080
1982 PHI NL 148 514 108 144 26 3 35 87 107 131 14 .280 .403 .547 .949
1983 PHI NL 154 534 104 136 16 4 40 109 128 148 7 .255 .399 .524 .923
1984 PHI NL 151 528 93 146 23 3 36 106 92 116 5 .277 .383 .536 .919
1985 PHI NL 158 549 89 152 31 5 33 93 87 117 1 .277 .375 .532 .907
1986 PHI NL 160 552 97 160 29 1 37 119 89 84 1 .290 .390 .547 .937
1987 PHI NL 147 522 88 153 28 0 35 113 83 80 2 .293 .388 .548 .936
1988 PHI NL 108 390 52 97 21 2 12 62 49 42 3 .249 .337 .405 .742
1989 PHI NL 42 148 19 30 7 0 6 28 21 17 0 .203 .297 .372 .668
Career — — 2,404 8,352 1,506 2,234 408 59 548 1,595 1,507 1,883 174 .267 .380 .527 .908

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1972 PHI NL 3B 11 7 76.0 6 21 1 3 28 .964 2.45
2B 1 1 8.0 4 4 1 0 9 .889 8.00
1973 PHI NL 3B 125 104 941.0 101 251 17 30 369 .954 2.82
2B 4 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 4 1.000 1.00
1B 2 2 12.0 14 4 1 2 19 .947 9.00
SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.50
1974 PHI NL 3B 162 161 1433.1 134 404 26 40 564 .954 3.32
1975 PHI NL 3B 151 150 1329.0 132 368 24 30 524 .954 3.31
SS 10 6 67.0 7 22 2 2 31 .935 2.90
1976 PHI NL 3B 160 160 1424.0 139 377 21 29 537 .961 3.23
1977 PHI NL 3B 149 149 1299.1 106 396 19 33 521 .964 3.37
SS 2 0 6.1 2 4 0 1 6 1.000 3.00
2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 1 0 3 .667 2.00
1978 PHI NL 3B 139 140 1215.1 98 324 16 34 438 .963 3.04
SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1979 PHI NL 3B 157 156 1344.1 114 361 23 36 498 .954 3.03
SS 2 1 9.0 1 2 0 2 3 1.000 1.50
1980 PHI NL 3B 149 149 1315.0 98 372 27 31 497 .946 3.15
1981 PHI NL 3B 101 101 849.1 74 249 15 20 338 .956 3.20
1982 PHI NL 3B 148 147 1296.1 110 324 23 28 457 .950 2.93
1983 PHI NL 3B 153 152 1336.2 107 332 19 29 458 .959 2.87
SS 2 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
1984 PHI NL 3B 145 145 1225.0 85 329 26 19 440 .941 2.86
1B 2 1 9.0 8 1 0 1 9 1.000 4.50
SS 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1985 PHI NL 1B 106 105 896.2 880 83 7 89 970 .993 9.08
3B 54 49 432.1 31 109 11 8 151 .927 2.59
SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1986 PHI NL 3B 124 119 1033.2 78 220 6 27 304 .980 2.40
1B 35 33 282.1 269 18 2 26 289 .993 8.20
1987 PHI NL 3B 138 133 1159.2 87 315 12 28 414 .971 2.91
1B 9 8 59.1 51 3 1 7 55 .982 6.00
SS 3 0 3.2 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.33
1988 PHI NL 3B 104 103 897.2 73 222 19 17 314 .939 2.84
1B 3 0 3.2 3 1 0 0 4 1.000 1.33
1989 PHI NL 3B 42 42 340.0 18 71 8 8 97 .918 2.12
Career — — 3B 2,212 2,167 18948.0 1,591 5,045 313 450 6,949 .955 3.00
— — 1B 157 149 1263.0 1,225 110 11 125 1,346 .992 8.50
— — SS 24 7 94.2 11 33 2 5 46 .957 1.83
— — 2B 6 1 20.0 9 5 2 0 16 .875 2.33