Fred Worth wrote:
> Since Mike Schmidt hit 548 career HRs, and Sinin only returns a
> total of 515 for him here, it appears that he's accounted
> somehow for the fact that he also played a little bit of 1b, 2b
> and ss (also, presumably pinch hitting). I played with it a
> little and Sinin shows him with 0 HRs at 2b and ss and 33 at 1b.
For Retrosheet's take on this, based upon the play-by-play of every
game in Schmidt's career, see:
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Jschmm0010.htm
According to Retrosheet's PBP files, Schmidt hit 509 HR at 3B, 36 at
1B, 2 as PH and 1 at SS. The homer at SS came on August 22, 1975.
Schmidt started the game at 3B, moved to SS during a triple-switch in
the bottom of the sixth inning before moving back to 3B during another
triple-switch in the bottom of the ninth. The homer, in the top of
the ninth, came while Schmidt was still playing short. The box score
and play-by-play is at:
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08220SDN1975.htm
Tom Ruane