Mike Schmidt | Philadelphia Phillies, Third Baseman, Baseball Hall of Fame, Stats, & Biography
Mike Schmidt
Schmidt played college baseball in Ohio and was drafted by the Phillies in 1971. After playing for their minor league team, he was brought up to the major leagues in 1972. He struggled with hitting in his first few seasons, but by 1974 he led the league in home runs and began to have some consistency as a batter. In 1980 Schmidt hit 48 home runs, breaking the existing record for home runs in a season by a third baseman. He led the National League in home runs eight times, and, by the conclusion of his 18-year career, he had amassed 548 home runs (then ninth on the all-time list) and had 1,595 runs batted in
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