Walter Schmidt

Walter Joseph Schmidt

Born: March 20, 1887 in London, AR
Died: July 4, 1973 in Modesto, CA
(86 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 159

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• Buried: St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery (Modesto, CA)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Compared to Contemporary Catchers (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Biz Mackey	C	24	1920-1947	✔	28.9	26.1	0.8	-0.7	2.7
2	Louis Santop	C	17	1910-1926	✔	17.0	15.7	0.0	0.0	1.3
3	Frank Duncan	C	26	1920-1946		16.9	6.1	8.2	0.0	2.6
4	Julio Rojo	C	17	1916-1941		15.0	5.5	7.0	-0.7	3.2
5	Bruce Petway	C	20	1906-1925		12.3	2.7	6.4	0.0	3.2
6	Miguel Angel González	C	12	1910-1928		11.0	6.9	2.5	0.0	1.6
7	Mitchell Murray	C	13	1919-1932		10.6	6.0	3.9	-0.6	1.3
8	Jim Brown	C	16	1919-1937		8.7	11.3	-2.5	0.1	-0.2
9	José María Fernández	C	29	1916-1947		5.1	2.7	0.3	0.1	2.0
10	Dan Kennard	C	12	1913-1925		4.7	5.1	-1.5	0.0	1.1
11	Doc Wiley	C	15	1909-1923		4.2	3.4	-0.2	0.2	0.7
12	Mack Eggleston	C	16	1919-1934		3.8	3.7	-0.9	0.1	0.8
13	George Dixon	C	16	1917-1934		3.6	3.2	-1.2	0.0	1.6
14	Charlie Spearman	C	10	1919-1929		2.4	2.4	-0.5	0.0	0.4
15	Russell Powell	C	7	1914-1921		2.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.8
16	Joe Lewis	C	17	1920-1937		2.2	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.7
17	Otto Ray	C	5	1920-1924		2.1	3.6	-1.8	0.0	0.3
18	Chappie Johnson	C	18	1899-1922		2.1	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.7
19	Buck Ewing	C	5	1920-1930		1.8	1.3	0.5	-0.3	0.3
20	Lorenza Cobb	C	8	1913-1920		1.3	1.4	-0.5	0.0	0.4
21	John Cason	C	11	1918-1928		1.3	-0.1	0.9	0.0	0.4
22	Bill Johnson	C	6	1920-1928		1.1	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
23	Jimmy Fuller	C	7	1912-1927		0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.1
24	Art Wilson	C	3	1912-1923		0.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1
25	James Forrest	C	2	1919-1921		0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
26	Rafael Figarola	C	16	1904-1923		0.4	-0.6	-1.3	1.0	1.3
27	Hank Severeid	C	2	1912-1923		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Red Eagle Smith	C	2	1920-1922		0.2	-0.5	0.6	0.0	0.2
29	J. Brown	C	3	1919-1921		0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
30	Albert McNeal	C	2	1918-1920		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	John Henry	C	1	1920		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Glenn Myatt	C	2	1920-1921		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
33	P. Burgett	C	1	1920		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Val Picinich	C	1	1920		0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Don Jefferson	C	2	1920-1921		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Goodman	C	1	1920		0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
37	Lew McCarty	C	2	1918-1921		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	Buddy Hayes	C	5	1916-1924		-0.1	0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.1
39	William Carter	C	1	1920		-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
40	Verne Clemons	C	2	1920-1921		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Mario Borroto	C	2	1920-1921		-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
42	Jack Watts	C	9	1911-1921		-0.1	-1.1	0.5	0.0	0.4
43	Charley Thomas	C	4	1920-1925		-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
44	Walter Schmidt	C	1	1920		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Walt Tragesser	C	1	1920		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Otto Miller	C	2	1914-1922		-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.1
47	Yank Deas	C	8	1917-1924		-0.3	-2.0	1.0	0.0	0.7
48	Earl Smith	C	1	1920		-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
49	O'Neal Pullen	C	2	1920-1924		-0.4	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1
50	Jim York	C	5	1918-1923		-0.5	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.1

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