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 An
unprecedented combination of power
and defense made Mike Schmidt one of
the game's greatest third basemen.
The powerful right-handed hitter
slugged 548 home runs, belting 40 or
more long balls in three separate
seasons and hitting over 30 home
runs 10 other times. His 48 homers
in 1980 are the most ever in a
single season by a third baseman. A
three-time National League MVP, he
was a 12-time All-Star and won 10
Gold Gloves. Schmidt was named the
"Sporting News" Player of the Decade
for the 1980s...
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The best third baseman
to ever play Major
League Baseball, Mike
Schmidt was a great
slugger, a
record-setting fielder,
a three-time National
League Most Valuable
Player, and the finest
Philadelphia Phillie
ever, according to a
1983 vote by
Philadelphia fans.
Schmidt ranks seventh on
the all-time home run
list with 548. Only Babe
Ruth, Harmon Killebrew,
Jimmie Foxx, and Mickey
Mantle scaled the
500-home run peak in
fewer at bats. Schmidt's
ratio of one home run to
every 15.24 at bats is
eighth best among all
hitters.
He led the NL in home
runs a record eight
times; only Ruth led his
league more often. He
slugged 30 or more home
runs in a season 13
times, a figure
surpassed only by Hank
Aaron, and reached 35
homers 11 times, more
often than anyone but
Ruth. His 44 games with
two or more home runs
tie him with Willie
McCovey for 10th
overall, and Schmidt and
Ralph Kiner are the only
players to homer in four
consecutive at bats on
two different occasions.
Schmidt hit 509 of his
home runs as a third
baseman, including 48 in
1980, both records for
the hot corner.
On January 10, 1995,
Schmidt was voted into
the Baseball Hall of
Fame. Schmidt, appearing
on the Hall of Fame
ballot for the first
time, received 444 of
the 460 votes cast and
easily surpassed the
magic number of 345 (75
percent) needed for
election. His 96.52
percent was the fourth
highest in history,
surpassed only by Tom
Seaver's 98.84 percent
in 1992, Ty Cobb's 98.23
percent in 1936, and
Hank Aaron's 97.83
percent in 1982. Schmidt
became the 26th player
to win election on his
first ballot.
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