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Mike Schmidt Biography

Birth Name:Michael Jack Schmidt

Birth Place:Dayton, Ohio, United States

Fast Facts

  • Was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
  • Held the record for home runs made in a year by a third baseman for 27 years
  • Became the fourteenth MLB player to reach 500 home runs in 1987 and finished his career with 548
  • Played collegiate baseball for Ohio University
  • Was picked in the second round of the 1971 MLB draft
  • When he was 12 years old, he was already signed by an agent
  • Quote: "If you could equate the amount of time and effort put in mentally and physically into succeeding on the baseball field and measured it by the dirt on your uniform, mine would have been black․"
  • Known for his ability to make home runs, he led the National League in home runs eight times during the course of his career
  • Spent his entire 18-year career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was primarily a third baseman
  • In April 1976, he hit four home runs in a single game