Augie Schmidt
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August Robert Schmidt IV(born June 28, 1961) is the currenthead coachof theCarthage Collegebaseball team. He was aminor league baseballshortstopfrom 1982 to 1986.
High school and college career
[edit]Schmidt attendedMary D. Bradford High SchoolinKenosha.He was drafted by theCincinnati Redsin the ninth round (230th overall) of the1979 Major League Baseball Draft,but he did not sign with the team.[1]Instead, he attended theUniversity of New Orleans,where he playedcollege baseball.
In 1981 he won a gold medal as a member of the United States national team inWorld Games I.
In 1982 he won theGolden Spikes Award,an award given to the top amateur baseball player in the United States.[2]
Minor league career
[edit]Schmidt was drafted second overall in the1982 Major League Baseball Draftby theToronto Blue Jays.After signing with the team, he spent the rest of the 1982 season with theKinston Blue Jays,hitting.297 in 50 games.[3]
The following season he was promoted to theKnoxville Blue Jays,where he played in 135 games with a batting average of.266 and 28 doubles.[3]
In 1984, he was again promoted, splitting time between Knoxville and theSyracuse Chiefsof the International League, although there he had problems with both his fielding and hitting and only had a batting average of.201 in 46 games.[4]
Despite advancing toTriple-Aby 1984, Schmidt never made the major leagues with the Blue Jays, because of issues with injuries and a logjam at shortstop in the Blue Jays organization.[5]At the end Schmidt was traded to theSan Francisco Giantsalong withJim Gottfor pitcherGary Lavelle;he began the season with thePhoenix Giants,getting a fresh start in 1985.[5]He played in 59 games for Phoenix and 12 more for theShreveport Captains,then spent the 1986 season with theKenosha Twinsof theMinnesota Twinsorganization, where he hit.226 in 71 games.[3]
Coach at Carthage College
[edit]He retired in 1986 and in 1987 was an assistant coach atCarthage Collegein his hometown ofKenosha, Wisconsin,where his father, Augie Schmidt III, had been head coach from 1962 to 1980. He became the head baseball coach in 1988, and has been the head coach since.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Schmidt's nephew,Gavin Lux,is an infielder and outfielder for theLos Angeles Dodgers.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"1979 Cincinnati Reds Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft".Baseball-Reference.Sports Reference, LLC.Retrieved2010-06-13.
- ^"Mancini to fight again".The Milwaukee Sentinel.November 30, 1982. p. 2-2. Archived fromthe originalon December 16, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 19,2016.
- ^abc"Augie Schmidt Minor League Statistics & History".Baseball-Reference.Sports Reference, LLC.Retrieved2010-06-13.
- ^Willenbrink, Dale (August 23, 1984)."Augie Schmidt: A case of too fast, too soon?".The Milwaukee Journal.pp. 3–8.
- ^abWillenbrink, Dale (May 8, 1985)."Schmidt starts over in Phoenix".The Milwaukee Journal.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
- ^"Carthage College Profile"(PDF).University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.RetrievedJune 13,2010.
- ^Pedro Moura (August 9, 2019)."Welcome to The Future: Gavin Lux destined to be the Dodgers' next big star".The Athletic.RetrievedAugust 9,2019.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromBaseball Reference (Minors)
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Kinston Blue Jays players
- Knoxville Blue Jays players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Phoenix Giants players
- Shreveport Captains players
- Kenosha Twins players
- Golden Spikes Award winners
- New Orleans Privateers baseball players
- Carthage Firebirds baseball coaches
- World Games gold medalists for the United States
- All-American college baseball players
- Mary D. Bradford High School alumni
- Baseball coaches from Wisconsin
- Medalists at the 1981 World Games