Mike Schmidt

Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman

Career Highlights:  A Hall of Famer, Mike Schmidt played for the Philadelphia Phillies his entire 18-year career…He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, earning a then-record 444 of a possible 460 votes…Selected to major league baseball’s “All-Century Team,” Schmidt set a vast array of hitting and fielding records during his career…He led the National League in home runs a record eight times, RBIs four times, and walks four times…Schmidt earned 10 Gold Gloves as the National League’s premier third baseman…He was named the National League MVP in 1980, 1981 and 1986…A 12-time All-Star, Schmidt was selected as the Player of the Decade for the 1980’s by The Sporting News…He holds several other National League records, including most games played by a third baseman (2,212) and most double plays by a third baseman (450)…He started playing golf when he first picked up his dad’s seven-iron in the backyard at age 10…Schmidt has played in 18 of the 19 celebrity tournaments in Lake Tahoe …His best Celebrity Players Tour finish was his runner-up finish at the 1998 Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational with his son, Jonathan, as his caddie, shooting a career-best opening round 67.

Updated: May, 2008
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