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Dick
Schofield		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 7, 1935 in Usa, IL, SPRINGFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 18 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 6 7 7 6 6
1954 19 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1955 20 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5 8 6 7 7 6 6
1956 21 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 8 6 7 7 6 7
1957 22 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 8 6 7 7 6 7
1958 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 6 7
1959 24 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
1960 25 CLE AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
1961 26 CLE AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1962 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 5 5
1963 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
1964 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 5
1965 30 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 8 6 5 5
1966 31 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 4
1967 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5
1968 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 5
1969 34 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1953 18 AA   83 316 48 87 18 1 9 33 3 5 62 53 .275 .394 .424 .818 54.5  
    A   54 185 35 64 13 2 9 34 0 5 51 30 .346 .487 .584 1.071 48.5  
1954 19 AA   137 496 58 135 23 4 9 54 11 11 94 77 .272 .388 .389 .777 78.9  
1955 20 AA   137 513 73 127 22 3 10 43 5 5 98 81 .248 .368 .361 .729 74.9  
1956 21 AAA   55 183 25 56 9 1 6 39 1 0 26 29 .306 .392 .464 .857 33.0  
    AA   80 287 40 75 15 3 8 41 2 6 67 42 .261 .401 .418 .819 50.8  
1957 22 AAA   132 424 59 109 14 3 8 53 8 4 56 72 .257 .344 .361 .705 55.7  
1958 23 CLE AL 104 168 12 36 6 2 1 17 0 0 21 33 .214 .302 .292 .593 15.3 1.3
1959 24 AAA   85 127 16 33 6 1 2 12 0 1 22 21 .260 .369 .370 .739 18.4  
1960 25 AAA   75 138 13 35 7 0 2 14 1 3 20 23 .254 .348 .348 .696 17.1  
1961 26 AAA   132 411 60 115 20 3 11 50 5 2 40 60 .280 .344 .423 .767 59.3  
1962 27 CLE AL 88 229 19 57 11 0 0 12 1 0 27 62 .249 .333 .297 .630 23.6 3.2
1963 28 CLE AL 133 359 48 88 10 1 4 22 4 2 41 79 .245 .328 .312 .640 40.2 6.4
1964 29 CLE AL 98 293 28 72 14 4 0 25 2 0 30 70 .246 .316 .321 .637 28.9 4.5
    AAA   31 115 14 30 2 0 3 12 1 5 19 22 .261 .366 .357 .722 15.1  
1965 30 AAA   135 449 60 121 23 1 9 56 4 2 80 97 .269 .380 .385 .765 70.4  
1966 31 CLE AL 54 77 6 17 1 2 1 7 0 0 11 14 .221 .326 .325 .651 9.0 1.0
    AAA   54 179 24 49 12 1 4 15 1 3 38 34 .274 .401 .419 .820 31.1  
1967 32 CLE AL 65 109 9 19 2 1 0 5 1 0 12 36 .174 .256 .211 .467 5.8 0.0
1968 33 CLE AL 51 77 5 15 1 1 1 6 0 0 10 21 .195 .295 .273 .568 6.8 0.7
1969 34 DET AL 154 467 48 78 16 2 6 32 0 2 65 146 .167 .269 .248 .517 33.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 747 1779 175 382 61 13 13 126 8 4 217 461 .215 .303 .286 .588 162.7 17.1
8 Years AAA 699 2026 271 548 93 10 45 251 21 20 301 358 .270 .367 .393 .760 300.0  
4 Years AA 437 1612 219 424 78 11 36 171 21 27 321 253 .263 .387 .392 .779 259.2  
1 Years A 54 185 35 64 13 2 9 34 0 5 51 30 .346 .494 .584 1.078 48.5  
13 Years Minors 1190 3823 525 1036 184 23 90 456 42 52 673 641 .271 .382 .402 .784 607.7  
162 Game Average 385 37 82 13 2 2 27 1 0 47 99 .215 .303 .286 .588 35.3  
Career Highs 154 467 48 88 16 4 6 32 4 2 65 146 .249 .333 .325 .651 40.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   951 89 196 30 9 5 67 3 1 110 238 .206 .290 .272 .563 79.3
vs LH   828 86 186 31 4 8 59 5 3 107 223 .225 .317 .301 .617 84.2
Home 368 856 81 174 24 7 3 56 4 1 114 233 .203 .300 .258 .558 72.6
Away 379 923 94 208 37 6 10 70 4 3 103 228 .225 .306 .311 .617 90.9
RISP   346 0 76 14 2 2 104 0 0 45 84 .220 .307 .289 .596 33.4
Pinch Hitting   65 6 16 4 1 0 5 0 0 7 14 .246 .315 .338 .654 7.1
Close/Late   215 16 42 5 1 2 10 0 0 20 52 .195 .269 .256 .525 14.7
Mar/Apr 121 295 32 74 16 0 2 24 3 1 33 75 .251 .324 .325 .650 32.6
May 128 307 31 59 9 2 3 14 2 2 43 86 .192 .296 .264 .560 25.9
June 129 311 27 69 15 4 4 27 0 0 28 74 .222 .292 .334 .626 30.0
July 125 279 21 63 11 3 0 24 1 1 37 65 .226 .324 .287 .611 27.2
August 128 320 33 65 6 3 1 19 1 0 38 92 .203 .289 .250 .539 25.0
Sep/Oct 116 267 31 52 4 1 3 18 1 0 38 69 .195 .294 .251 .545 22.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 23 CLE AL 3B 43 20 211.3 13 62 0 5 1.000 3.19   1.2
    2B 30 12 129.0 33 59 2 8 .979 6.42   0.3
    SS 26 10 114.7 15 62 2 10 .975 6.04   0.7
1962 27 CLE AL 2B 75 69 573.0 126 245 10 57 .974 5.83   2.3
    SS 10 2 32.0 4 19 1 2 .958 6.47   0.2
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
1963 28 CLE AL SS 87 65 604.3 89 249 16 44 .955 5.03   2.4
    2B 33 29 246.0 49 127 1 23 .994 6.44   1.5
    3B 6 6 49.3 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.55   0.1
1964 29 CLE AL SS 98 98 788.3 107 322 12 46 .973 4.90   2.2
1966 31 CLE AL SS 27 13 155.7 22 73 5 14 .950 5.49   0.5
    2B 2 1 8.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 32 CLE AL SS 30 15 181.3 38 79 8 19 .936 5.81   0.5
    2B 11 4 57.0 15 25 3 2 .930 6.32   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 33 CLE AL SS 30 16 163.7 30 61 6 12 .938 5.00   0.6
    3B 6 0 13.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    2B 2 1 8.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1969 34 DET AL 3B 154 152 1275.0 105 291 10 32 .975 2.80   4.7
  SS 308 219 2040.0 305 865 50 147 .959 5.16   7.1
  3B 215 179 1564.7 120 373 10 38 .980 2.84   6.1
  2B 153 116 1021.0 227 465 16 92 .977 6.10   4.4
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   677 514 4626.6 652 1703 76 277 .969 4.58   17.6
Career Highs   154 152 1275.0 139 389 17 68 .984 5.95    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1969-8-146
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1953
Injured on 4/8/1955 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/9/1955 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/2/1957 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/19/1958, off Chuck Stobbs (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 6/13/1958, off Bob Grim (DET)
Injured on 7/15/1961 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/28/1961 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/13/1965 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1966 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/1/1967 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1969 to a minor league contract
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1969
 
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