MLB / Players

Mike Schmidt

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 195 lb

BornSeptember 27, 1949 · Dayton, OH, USA

MLB debutSeptember 12, 1972

Final gameMay 28, 1989

Seasons18 (1972–1989)

Philadelphia Phillies 1972–1989

Percentile snapshot

1987 season — qualified batters

147

44.4

613

49.6

522

36.1

63.2

153

51.1

52.6

93.2

RBI

113

56.4

15.8

83.5

.293

69.9

OBP

.388

82.7

SLG

.548

89.5

OPS

.936

88.7

wRC+

140.2

86.5

OPS+

141.5

86.5

wOBA

.404

90.2

sWAR

5.2

90.2

of 134 qualified 1987 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

148.4

98.2

OPS+

148.0

97.5

sWAR

95.3

99.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1972	13	40	34	2	7	0	0	1	3	5	15	0	0	.206	.325	.294	.619	83.6	75.3	.306	0.1
1973	132	443	367	43	72	11	0	18	52	62	136	8	2	.196	.324	.373	.697	94.8	90.7	.328	1.4
1974	162	686	568	108	160	28	7	36	116	106	138	23	12	.282	.395	.546	.941	158.3	157.5	.426	7.4
1975	158	674	562	93	140	34	3	38	95	101	180	29	12	.249	.367	.523	.890	143.8	142.2	.404	6.1
1976	160	705	584	112	153	31	4	38	107	100	149	14	9	.262	.376	.524	.900	154.3	152.5	.409	7.3
1977	154	667	544	114	149	27	11	38	101	104	122	15	8	.274	.393	.574	.967	156.1	154.0	.424	7.2
1978	145	616	513	93	129	27	2	21	78	91	103	19	6	.251	.364	.435	.798	124.8	123.3	.365	4.2
1979	160	675	541	109	137	25	4	45	114	120	115	9	5	.253	.386	.564	.950	154.3	154.3	.417	7.0
1980	150	652	548	104	157	25	8	48	121	89	119	12	5	.286	.380	.624	1.004	171.6	171.9	.437	8.1
1981	102	434	354	78	112	19	2	31	91	73	71	12	4	.316	.435	.644	1.080	200.2	200.4	.473	6.7
1982	148	631	514	108	144	26	3	35	87	107	131	14	7	.280	.403	.547	.949	163.2	163.6	.421	7.2
1983	154	669	534	104	136	16	4	40	109	128	148	7	8	.255	.399	.524	.923	157.1	156.4	.413	7.2
1984	151	632	528	93	146	23	3	36	106	92	116	5	7	.277	.383	.536	.919	154.0	155.1	.408	6.5
1985	158	645	549	89	152	31	5	33	93	87	117	1	3	.277	.375	.532	.907	150.8	148.6	.405	5.3
1986	160	657	552	97	160	29	1	37	119	89	84	1	2	.290	.390	.547	.937	148.5	152.5	.407	5.9
1987	147	613	522	88	153	28	0	35	113	83	80	2	1	.293	.388	.548	.936	140.2	141.5	.404	5.2
1988	108	451	390	52	97	21	2	12	62	49	42	3	0	.249	.337	.405	.742	109.0	110.2	.336	2.1
1989	42	172	148	19	30	7	0	6	28	21	17	0	1	.203	.297	.372	.668	84.8	89.5	.301	0.3

Career totals

2,404

87th-most career G

10,062

84th-most career PA

8,352

120th-most career AB

1,506

73rd-most career R

2,234

178th-most career H

408

179th-most career 2B

548

16th-most career HR

RBI

1,595

39th-most career RBI

1,507

18th-most career BB

1,883

18th-most career SO

174

460th-most career SB

.2675

OBP

.3803

182nd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5273

58th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9076

65th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1976-04-17	PHI @ CHC Gameday	6	4	5	0	4	8	0	17
1987-06-14	PHI @ WSH Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	6	0	12
1979-07-07	SF @ PHI Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	5	0	12
1977-08-14	PHI @ CHC Gameday	5	4	4	1	2	6	0	11
1980-07-25	ATL @ PHI Gameday	4	2	4	1	2	4	1	11

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1995 (BBWAA)

10× Gold Glove6× Silver Slugger3× Most Valuable Player1× World Series MVP12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.