Mike Schmidt

In 1949, Mike Schmidt was born in Dayton, Ohio. In 1972, he became a third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. At the start of his career, he was not very good, but, starting in 1974, he could be called a decent player. In 1976, he hit four home runs in a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago against the Cubs. In that stadium, he would hit 50 homers. In '79 he broke the Phillies franchise record for home runs in a season, and the all-time record in '80, when the Phillies won the world series, he surpassed his previous years' homer mark, won the MVP award, a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger for the best offensive and defensive third baseman in the N.L., and also won World Series MVP award. He again won the MVP in '81, and in '86. In 1987, he hit his 500th home run, and retired the next year at 548 homers, 1,595 RBIs, and over 2,000 hits. Even though he retired before the all-star game and didn't have a good season, the fans voted him the all-star starting third baseman. Of course, he did not play.