Baseball Historians

If 1973 was a disappointing season for Mike Schmidt, 1974 was a break out season.  In the Phillies home opener, Schmidt homered and drove in two runs as the eighth hitter in the lineup.  While Schmidt would hit eighth for most of April, he finished the month hitting .300/.425/.467.  He had only three homers that […]

 Mike Schimidt’s Hall of Fame career didn’t get off to a good start.  in fact in Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, James listed Mike Schmidt as having the worst rookie season of any player who’s in the Hall of Fame.  The only thing Schmidt seemed to do well was strikeout.  In only 367 at bats, Schmidt struck out […]