Willard Schmidt
1952–1959 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
194G
.163AVG
.205OBP
.176SLG
More career statistics
25H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
31–29W–L
586.1IP
323K
3.93ERA
55GS
2SV
1Rare feat
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,534 | 2,538 |
| Pitching · p er | 256 | 257 |
| Pitching · p k | 323 | 322 |
| Pitching · p w | 278 | 279 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 172 | 153 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | .163 | .205 | .176 | .381 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 586.3 | 194 | 55 | 11 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 563 | 281 | 256 | 57 | 278 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | 1.434 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1956-07-08 to 1956-07-22
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1955-08-11 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1955-09-21 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1955-08-15 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 34 | 30 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 11 |
| 1955 | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 42 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .119 | 129 | 85 |
| 1956 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 43 | 10 | – | – | – | .233 | 147 | 52 |
| 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 33 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .212 | 116 | 63 |
| 1958 |  Cincinnati Reds | 41 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 69 | 41 |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 36 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 70 | 40 |