Dick Schofield

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: November 21, 1962 in Springfield, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Griffin HS (Springfield, IL).

High School: Griffin HS (Springfield, IL)

Debut: September 8, 1983 (Age 20-291d, 14,829th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 33-313d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Dan Grigsby

Full Name: Richard Craig Schofield

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Relatives: Son of Dick Schofield; Uncle of Jayson Werth

1993 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

4299

989

.230

505

RBI

353

120

OBP

.308

SLG

.316

OPS

.624

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 56 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 11 go ahead

3 Tms
CAL	48
NYM	4
TOR	4

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	18

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	28

Outs
1	22
0	21
2	13

18 Opps
OAK	6
DET	6
SEA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BAL	4
TEX	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
BOS	3
CLE	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
CAL	1
CIN	1
PHI	1
LAD	1

51 Pitchers
Salomé Barojas	2
LaMarr Hoyt	2
Neal Heaton	2
Dave Stewart	2
Rick Rhoden	2
Bob Shirley	1
Bobby Witt	1
Mark Huismann	1
Rick Langford	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Mike Warren	1
Paul Gibson	1
Mark Ciardi	1
Don Cooper	1
Mike Smith	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Mike Morgan	1
Jeff Sellers	1
Tim Leary	1
Jack Morris	1
Mark Langston	1
Willie Hernández	1
Matt Young	1
Kip Gross	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Hipólito Pichardo	1
Jaime Cocanower	1
Stan Belinda	1
Tommy Greene	1
Mark Knudson	1
Keith Comstock	1
Frank Viola	1
Keith Atherton	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
Bill Campbell	1
Bill Swift	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Teddy Higuera	1
Dennis Rasmussen	1
Dan Spillner	1
Bob Stanley	1
Bryan Hickerson	1
Greg Swindell	1
Doyle Alexander	1
John Butcher	1
Ray Burris	1
Jimmy Key	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Mike Griffin	1
Jeff Ballard	1
Mike Armstrong	1

16 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	23
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
County Stad (MIL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	30
78	3
8	1
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	37
2	6
4	5
6	2
3	2
1	2
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	56

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
123	5
1--	5
12-	4
-2-	3
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

92 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	36
1 on	9
2 on	6
3 on	5
Any on	20

Inning
1	2
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	8
6	11
7	9
8	8
9	7

1-3	10
4-6	22
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	3
+2	1
+1	10
Tied	9
-1	6
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	10

Ahead	24
Tied	9
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	37
1-2	4
1-0	3
0-1	3
3-2	2
0-0	2
2-1	2
1-1	1
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	56

OrderPos
9th	20
8th	17
7th	7
1st	5
2nd	5
3rd	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-09-10	CAL	@	CHW	Salomé Barojas	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---		1	9	6	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1983-09-25	CAL		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 2-6	b 6	0	---		1	9	6	0.064	16%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1983-09-27	CAL		TOR	Don Cooper	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	---		1	9	6	0.013	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1984-04-18	CAL	@	MIN	Keith Comstock	ahead 7-1	t 8	1	1--		2	9	6	0.006	100%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores
5	5	2	1	1984-04-25	CAL	@	MIL	Jaime Cocanower	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	1-3		3	9	6	0.236	94%		Home Run; R. Jackson Scores/unER; B. Boone Scores/unER; D. Schofield Scores/unER
6	6	3	1	1984-06-04	CAL	@	CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	behind 1-4	t 5	0	1--		2	9	6	0.159	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Boone Scores
7	7	4	1	1984-09-07	CAL	@	CHW	Dan Spillner	ahead 13-2	t 7	0	---		1	2	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1985-04-12	CAL	@	OAK	Keith Atherton	behind 2-15	t 9	2	123		4	9	6	0.000	0%		Home Run; R. Wilfong Scores; R. Jones Scores; J. Narron Scores
9	9	2	1	1985-04-19	CAL		SEA	Salomé Barojas	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	1--		2	9	6	0.002	100%		Home Run; B. Grich Scores
10	10	3	1	1985-04-23	CAL		OAK	Mike Warren	behind 3-7	b 5	1	---		1	9	6	0.063	16%		Home Run
11	11	4	1	1985-04-27	CAL	@	SEA	Matt Young	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	---		1	8	6	0.116	70%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1985-05-21	CAL		DET	Jack Morris	behind 0-1	b 8	1	---		1	9	6	0.318	56%		Home Run
13	13	6	1	1985-07-10	CAL		MIL	Ray Burris	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---		1	9	6	0.114	87%		Home Run
14	14	7	1	1985-07-19	CAL	@	BOS	Oil Can Boyd	behind 0-2	t 3	1	1--		2	9	6	0.180	47%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores
15	15	8	1	1985-08-04	CAL		MIN	Frank Viola	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	9	6	0.122	53%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1986-04-19	CAL		MIN	John Butcher	tied 2-2	b 4	2	12-		3	8	6	0.291	84%		Home Run; R. Jones Scores; R. Wilfong Scores
17	17	2	1	1986-04-21	CAL		OAK	Steve Ontiveros	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---		1	8	6	0.056	13%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1986-04-22	CAL		OAK	Rick Langford	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---		1	8	6	0.119	65%		Home Run
19	19	4	1	1986-05-16	CAL	@	DET	Bill Campbell	ahead 8-0	t 7	0	---		1	8	6	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	5	1	1986-05-29	CAL		DET	Dave LaPoint	behind 0-6	b 7	0	123		4	8	6	0.125	22%		Home Run; G. Hendrick Scores; B. Grich Scores; R. Burleson Scores
21	21	6	1	1986-06-08	CAL	@	CLE	Neal Heaton	behind 1-11	t 8	0	---		1	8	6	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
22	22	7	1	1986-07-13	CAL	@	BOS	Jeff Sellers	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---		1	8	6	0.115	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	8	1	1986-07-29	CAL	@	OAK	Dave Stewart	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---		1	8	6	0.146	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	9	1	1986-08-02	CAL	@	SEA	Mark Huismann	behind 2-7	t 6	2	---		1	8	6	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	10	1	1986-08-04	CAL	@	MIN	Neal Heaton	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---		1	2	6	0.243	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	11	1	1986-08-08	CAL		SEA	Bill Swift	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	12-		3	8	6	0.174	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Jones Scores; R. Wilfong Scores
27	27	12	1	1986-08-29	CAL		DET	Willie Hernández	behind 9-12	b 9	2	123		4	9	6	0.902	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hendrick Scores; G. Pettis Scores; R. Jones Scores
28	28	13	1	1986-09-28	CAL		TEX	Bobby Witt	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---		1	8	6	0.114	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1987-04-15	CAL	@	SEA	Mike Morgan	ahead 3-0	t 7	1	---		1	7	6	0.055	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	1987-04-28	CAL		MIL	Mark Ciardi	behind 1-3	b 2	0	---		1	7	6	0.100	45%		Home Run
31	31	3	1	1987-05-02	CAL		BOS	Bob Stanley	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	-2-		2	7	6	0.172	89%		Home Run; D. DeCinces Scores
32	32	4	1	1987-05-24	CAL		NYY	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 2-8	b 6	1	12-		3	6	6	0.090	14%		Home Run; B. Downing Scores; D. DeCinces Scores
33	33	5	1	1987-06-02	CAL	@	NYY	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---		1	7	6	0.135	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	6	1	1987-06-14	CAL	@	KCR	Bob Shirley	ahead 8-0	t 9	1	123		4	2	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Joyner Scores; M. McLemore Scores; D. White Scores
35	35	7	1	1987-06-29	CAL	@	CLE	Mike Armstrong	ahead 5-2	t 7	0	---		1	3	6	0.049	94%		Home Run
36	36	8	1	1987-07-05	CAL		MIL	Mark Knudson	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---		1	7	6	0.103	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	9	1	1987-08-28	CAL	@	BAL	Mike Griffin	behind 3-5	t 6	2	--3		2	7	6	0.237	44%		Home Run; D. White Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1988-04-27	CAL	@	DET	Doyle Alexander	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	6	0.123	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1988-05-27	CAL		BAL	Jeff Ballard	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	1	1	6	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	3	1	1988-06-26	CAL		MIL	Teddy Higuera	behind 1-2	b 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	1	6	0.259	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Boone Scores
41	41	4	1	1988-07-05	CAL	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 0-4	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	6	0.024	5%		Home Run
42	42	5	1	1988-07-30	CAL	@	CHW	Jerry Reuss	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	6	0.112	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	1988-08-26	CAL		NYY	Rick Rhoden	behind 3-6	b 6	1	-2-	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	9	6	0.177	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Boone Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1989-07-13	CAL	@	BAL	Mike Smith	ahead 10-5	t 9	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	6	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores/unER; J. Howell Scores
45	45	2	1	1989-07-15	CAL	@	BAL	Dave Schmidt	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	6	0.103	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
46	46	3	1	1989-07-22	CAL		DET	Paul Gibson	behind 3-4	b 5	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	2	6	0.168	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
47	47	4	1	1989-07-25	CAL	@	OAK	Dave Stewart	ahead 3-0	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	6	0.019	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1990-06-09	CAL		TEX	Jamie Moyer	ahead 6-1	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	9	6	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1992-05-06	NYM	@	CIN	Greg Swindell	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	0.124	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Schofield Scores
50	50	2	1	1992-05-10	NYM		LAD	Kip Gross	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.054	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Schofield Scores
51	51	3	1	1992-07-19	NYM		SFG	Bryan Hickerson	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	-23	3,(2-0) BPX	3	8	6	0.063	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. O'Brien Scores; B. Pecota Scores; D. Schofield Scores
52	52	4	1	1992-09-29	NYM		PHI	Tommy Greene	tied 2-2	b 2	1	---	6,(3-2) BB.FSBX	1	8	6	0.123	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Schofield Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1994-05-28	TOR		CAL	Mark Langston	tied 0-0	b 2	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	9	6	0.155	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Sprague Scores; M. Huff Scores; R. Knorr Scores
54	54	2	1	1994-07-03	TOR	@	KCR	Hipólito Pichardo	behind 4-11	t 9	0	1--	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	9	6	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Borders Scores
55	55	3	1	1994-07-04	TOR	@	KCR	Stan Belinda	ahead 7-2	t 8	2	---	7,(1-2) CFFBFFX	1	8	6	0.014	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
56	56	4	1	1994-07-21	TOR		TEX	Tim Leary	ahead 4-3	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.111	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

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OAK	6
DET	6
SEA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BAL	4
TEX	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
BOS	3
CLE	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
CAL	1
CIN	1
PHI	1
LAD	1

OAK	6
DET	6
SEA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BAL	4
TEX	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
BOS	3
CLE	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
CAL	1
CIN	1
PHI	1
LAD	1

OAK	6
DET	6
SEA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
MIN	4
BAL	4
TEX	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
BOS	3
CLE	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
CAL	1
CIN	1
PHI	1
LAD	1