Dave Schmidt

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 22, 1957 in Niles, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Granada Hills HS (Granada Hills, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: May 1, 1981 (Age 24-009d, 14,455th in major league history)
vs. KCR 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 26, 1992 (Age 35-034d)
vs. BAL 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: David Joseph Schmidt

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

ERA

3.88

376

902.0

479

WHIP

1.329

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1979	22	TEX-min	Rk	2	2	.500	4.20	7	6		0	0	0	30.0	30	19	14	1	8	0	27	0	0	4				1.267	9.0	0.3	2.4	8.1	3.38	RGS GULF
1980	23	TEX-min	A,AA	12	7	.632	3.07	24	23		6	1	0	164.0	166	74	56	10	41	3	113	3	1	10				1.262	9.1	0.5	2.3	6.2	2.76	AVL,TUL SALL,TL
1981	24	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	6	.333	4.22	15	15	0	6	0	0	111.0	107	52	52	10	32	2	66	1	0	3				1.252	8.7	0.8	2.6	5.4	2.06	WCH,TUL AA,TL
1981	24	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	3.13	14	1	8	0	0	1	31.2	31	11	11	1	11	3	13	1	1	3	132	112	3.33	1.326	8.8	0.3	3.1	3.7	1.18
1982	25	TEX	AL	4	6	.400	3.20	33	8	14	0	0	6	109.2	118	45	39	5	25	5	69	5	0	2	462	122	2.87	1.304	9.7	0.4	2.1	5.7	2.76
1983	26	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	3.88	31	0	20	0	0	2	46.1	42	20	20	3	14	1	29	1	0	2	191	104	3.32	1.209	8.2	0.6	2.7	5.6	2.07
1984	27	TEX	AL	6	6	.500	2.56	43	0	37	0	0	12	70.1	69	30	20	3	20	9	46	0	0	4	293	162	2.87	1.265	8.8	0.4	2.6	5.9	2.30
1985	28	TEX	AL	7	6	.538	3.15	51	4	35	1	1	5	85.2	81	36	30	6	22	8	46	0	1	2	356	135	3.29	1.202	8.5	0.6	2.3	4.8	2.09
1986	29	CHW	AL	3	6	.333	3.31	49	1	21	0	0	8	92.1	94	37	34	10	27	7	67	5	0	5	394	132	3.77	1.310	9.2	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.48
1987	30	BAL	AL	10	5	.667	3.77	35	14	7	2	2	1	124.0	128	57	52	13	26	2	70	1	0	2	515	116	3.76	1.242	9.3	0.9	1.9	5.1	2.69
1988	31	BAL	AL	8	5	.615	3.40	41	9	11	0	0	2	129.2	129	58	49	14	38	5	67	3	0	3	541	115	4.09	1.288	9.0	1.0	2.6	4.7	1.76
1989	32	BAL	AL	10	13	.435	5.69	38	26	5	2	0	0	156.2	196	102	99	24	36	2	46	2	1	3	686	67	4.89	1.481	11.3	1.4	2.1	2.6	1.28
1990	33	MON-min	AA	0	1	.000	4.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	0				0.667	6.0	1.5	0.0	6.0		JCK SOUL
1990	33	MON	NL	3	3	.500	4.31	34	0	20	0	0	13	48.0	58	26	23	3	13	5	22	0	0	1	213	85	3.52	1.479	10.9	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.69
1991	34	MON-TEX-min	AAA,A+	1	4	.200	3.00	33	8	9	0	0	2	51.0	51	26	17	3	17	6	30	1	2	1	220			1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	5.3	1.76	INA,OKC,WPB AA,FLOR
1991	34	MON	NL	0	1	.000	10.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	39	8.86	2.538	18.7	4.2	4.2	6.2	1.50
1992	35	OAK-SEA-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.41	27	8	14	0	0	4	69.1	75	35	34	5	20	5	43	3	0	3	292			1.370	9.7	0.6	2.6	5.6	2.15	TAC,CGY PCL
1992	35	SEA	AL	0	0		18.90	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	23	8.78	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
12 Yrs				54	55	.495	3.88	376	63	179	5	3	50	902.0	962	434	389	85	237	47	479	18	3	27	3826	104	3.78	1.329	9.6	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.02
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.495	3.88	58	10	28	1	0	8	140	149	67	60	13	37	7	74	3	0	4	593	104	3.78	1.329	9.6	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.02

TEX (5 yrs)				20	22	.476	3.14	172	13	114	1	1	26	343.2	341	142	120	18	92	26	203	7	2	13	1434	128	3.08	1.260	8.9	0.5	2.4	5.3	2.21
BAL (3 yrs)				28	23	.549	4.39	114	49	23	4	2	3	410.1	453	217	200	51	100	9	183	6	1	8	1742	91	4.30	1.348	9.9	1.1	2.2	4.0	1.83
MON (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.82	38	0	21	0	0	13	52.1	67	31	28	5	15	5	25	0	0	1	237	77	3.96	1.567	11.5	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.67
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		18.90	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	23	8.78	3.000	18.9	2.7	8.1	2.7	0.33
CHW (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.31	49	1	21	0	0	8	92.1	94	37	34	10	27	7	67	5	0	5	394	132	3.77	1.310	9.2	1.0	2.6	6.5	2.48

AL (10 yrs)				51	51	.500	3.82	338	63	158	5	3	37	849.2	895	403	361	80	222	42	454	18	3	26	3589	106	3.76	1.315	9.5	0.8	2.4	4.8	2.05
NL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.82	38	0	21	0	0	13	52.1	67	31	28	5	15	5	25	0	0	1	237	77	3.96	1.567	11.5	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.67

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