Dick Schofield

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 163lb (175cm, 73kg)

Born: January 7, 1935 in Springfield, IL us

Died: July 11, 2022 in Springfield, IL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, IL)

Debut: July 3, 1953 (Age 18-177d, 11,035th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1971 (Age 36-266d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: John Richard Schofield

Nicknames: Ducky

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Relatives: Father of Dick Schofield; Grandfather of Jayson Werth

1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

3083

699

.227

394

RBI

211

OBP

.317

SLG

.297

OPS

.614

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 15	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
2	12 (6)	Apr 23	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
3	15 (2)	Apr 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
4	16	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 1	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
6	20	May 2	STL	@	HOU	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	22 (1)	May 4	STL	@	SFG	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
8	23	May 5	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	24	May 6	STL		NYM	W,2-1	GS	33	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
10	25	May 7	STL		NYM	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
11	28 (2)	May 12	STL		HOU	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	33 (4)	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	36 (2)	May 21	STL		LAD	L,2-9	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
14	37	May 22	STL		LAD	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
15	40 (2)	May 25	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	42 (1)	May 28	STL		SFG	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	46 (3)	Jun 1	STL	@	NYM	W,6-5	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
18	60 (13)	Jun 13	STL	@	ATL	W,3-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
19	64 (3)	Jun 18	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
20	67 (2)	Jun 21	STL		ATL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
21	68	Jun 22	STL		ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
22	69	Jun 23 (1)	STL		ATL	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	70	Jun 23 (2)	STL		ATL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	1	10	2	2B
24	73 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-3	GS	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B SS
25	75 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,8-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
26	76	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	78 (1)	Jul 2	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	79	Jul 3	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
29	80	Jul 4	STL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	SS
30	81	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	82	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
32	83	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
33	84	Jul 11 (1)	STL		HOU	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	85	Jul 11 (2)	STL		HOU	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	87 (1)	Jul 13	STL		HOU	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 2B
36	91 (3)	Jul 18	STL		SFG	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	94 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
38	97 (2)	Jul 23	STL		PHI	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
39	98	Jul 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
40	101 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	2	7	1	10	0	2B
41	102	Jul 27	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	107 (4)	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	24	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
43	109 (1)	Aug 3	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
44	110	Aug 4	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	113 (2)	Aug 7	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
46	114	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
47	118 (3)	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
48	119	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	GF	10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
49	121 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	GF	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
50	122	Aug 16	STL		ATL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
51	123	Aug 17	STL		ATL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	2B
52	126 (2)	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-8	GF	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	132 (5)	Aug 26	STL		NYM	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	136 (3)	Aug 30	STL	@	NYM	L,2-8	GF	11	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	144 (7)	Sep 7	STL		SFG	L,1-5	GS	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B SS
56	145	Sep 8	STL		SFG	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
57	146	Sep 9	STL		LAD	L,1-10	GF	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	152 (5)	Sep 17	STL	@	SFG	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
59	153	Sep 18	STL	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	154	Sep 19	STL	@	SFG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
61	155	Sep 20	STL	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	161 (5)	Sep 28	STL		HOU	L,2-3	GF	22	5.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
63	162	Sep 29	STL		HOU	W,11-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							66gm		344.2	109	116	6	231	22