Butch Schmidt
1909–1915 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, New York Yankees
297G
.272AVG
.335OBP
.358SLG
More career statistics
292H
4HR
145RBI
18SB
5.0IP
2K
7.20ERA
0GS
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,075 | 1,077 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 10 | 20 |
| Batting · Hits | 292 | 289 |
| Batting · Runs | 119 | 117 |
| Batting · Triples | 18 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 81 | 80 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 24 | 25 |
| Pitching · p er | 4 | 5 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | 1,222 | 1,075 | 119 | 292 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 145 | 81 | 119 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 385 | .272 | .335 | .358 | .693 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2.200 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1914-08-27 to 1914-09-04
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 hits | 1914-09-28 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1915-04-19 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1914-08-08 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 144 | 582 | 136 | 1 | 66 | 41 | 51 | .267 | .304 | .365 |
| Away | 153 | 640 | 153 | 3 | 79 | 39 | 68 | .270 | .300 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 92 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | .309 | .348 | .519 |
| May | 49 | 197 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 24 | .266 | .284 | .355 |
| June | 47 | 197 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 20 | .237 | .289 | .314 |
| July | 53 | 223 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 21 | .240 | .278 | .275 |
| August | 53 | 217 | 47 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 23 | .249 | .290 | .291 |
| September | 67 | 269 | 76 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 18 | .311 | .338 | .414 |
| October | 6 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .320 | .296 | .560 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 49 | 208 | 63 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 17 | .330 | .361 | .455 |
| cincinnati-reds | 46 | 185 | 46 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 15 | .289 | .314 | .346 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 42 | 172 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 14 | .232 | .250 | .323 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 42 | 171 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 19 | .243 | .281 | .322 |
| chicago-cubs | 41 | 164 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 18 | .219 | .299 | .285 |
| new-york-giants | 39 | 163 | 40 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 18 | .280 | .313 | .392 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 37 | 156 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 18 | .268 | .282 | .319 |
| detroit-tigers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 2 |
| 1913 |  Boston Braves | 22 | 78 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .308 | – | – |
| 1914 | Boston Braves | 147 | 540 | 150 | 1 | 72 | 14 | .278 | – | – |
| 1915 | Boston Braves | 127 | 457 | 115 | 2 | 58 | 3 | .252 | – | – |