How Mike Schmidt's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Mike Schmidt posted a career Total Average of .968, well above the league average of .673 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1981, posting 1.24, well above the league average of .632 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at .593, near the league average of .619 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .964 in 1987 to .711 in 1988 and .608 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 18 seasons.
Mike Schmidt Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Mike Schmidt
| Mike Schmidt
Total Average |
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| Career | 0.968 |
| Season Avg. | 0.968 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.968 |
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Mike Schmidt Total Average Per Season
Mike Schmidt's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Schmidt Total Average by Team
Mike Schmidt's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Schmidt Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Schmidt's career Total Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Mike Schmidt Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mike Schmidt's seasonal Total Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mike Schmidt Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mike Schmidt's MLB career with Total Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
