Mike Schmidt

1980s Franchise Hits Leaders

From Robin Yount to Chili Davis, here are the hits leaders for every major league team in the 1980s.

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1980s Franchise Home Run Leaders

From Mike Schmidt to Carmelo Martinez, here is the home run leader for every major league team in the 1980s.

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December 7th

Happy Birthday to Johnny Bench, eight trades, and 14 free agent signings highlight December 7th in 1980s Baseball

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December 1st

Happy Birthday to George Foster, free-agent signings galore, and a couple of Tigers appear on Magnum, P.I. on December 1st…

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November 19th

Happy Birthday to Bob Boone, the Phillies, Cardinals, and Indians make a three-way trade, and another MVP for Schmitty highlight…

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November 17th

Bret Saberhagen becomes the highest-paid player in the game, Bill Virdon is manager of the Year and Mike Schmidt wins…

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October 28th

Mike Schmidt collects some hardware and the Dodgers and A's win World Championships on October 28th in 1980s Baseball.

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October 15th

Willie McGee has a huge day and the Yankees, Mets, and Red Sox punch their World Series tickets on October…

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October 4th

Happy Birthday to The Duke, Schmitty hits a huge dinger, and Greg Gagne pulls off a rarity on October 4th…

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October 2nd

Yaz's swansong, the Cubs go off, and lots of managerial comings and goings highlight October 2nd in 1980s Baseball.

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September 28th

Three teams clinch, Lance Parrish sets a record, and Orel Hershiser keeps rolling on September 28th in 1980s Baseball

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September 27th

Happy Birthday to Mike Schmidt, and three more teams clinch division titles on September 27th in 1980s Baseball.

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September 20th

Wade Boggs hits a milestone, Mike Schmidt hits a milestone, and the Padres clinch on September 20th in 1980s Baseball

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September 14th

Ernie Whitt goes off, two big days for Mike Scott, and Bob Brenly redeems himself on September 14th in 1980s…

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September 10th

Happy Birthday to The Big Unit. Bill Gullickson sets a record, and the Mets and Cardinals empty the benches on…

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August 28th

Happy Birthday to a Cy Young winner, Tommy has issues with The Phanatic, and a future Rookie of the Year…

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August 14th

Happy Birthday to The Bird, a future Cy Young winner makes his debut, and Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt hit…

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August 8th

Happy birthday to Jose Cruz, the Rangers end the Lee Mazzilli experiment and Doug DeCinces continues to swing a hot…

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May 31st

Gary Carter goes big fly and little fly in the same game, an interesting CG for Neil Allen and Prime…

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May 20th

Milestones for Schmitty and Lefty and a nightmare for John Wathan highlight Today in 1980s Baseball

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May 15th

Happy Birthday to two Hall of Famers and a big day for pitchers, both on the mound and at the…

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May 8th

Happy Birthday to an underrated pitcher and big days from three Hall of Famers highlight Today in 1980s Baseball

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May 2nd

Happy Birthday to Zonk, a big day for Tim Raines, and Schmitty's final dinger highlight May 2nd in 1980s Baseball

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April 24th

Happy Birthday to a former Rookie of the Year, John Franco makes his debut and a big day for Schmitty…

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April 22nd

Happy Birthday to a Golden Spikes winner, an unlucky day for Mike Torrez, and Morgan Fairchild distracts Gibby April 22nd…

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April 18th

The Reds run wild, a Rookie of the Year makes his debut, and a big day for Mike Schmidt highlight…

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April 13th

Pete Rose makes history, Rollie Fingers makes history and the game loses two legends on April 13th in 1980s Baseball

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March 4th

A big day for Tram, Straw and Mex make up, and Schmitty's outrageous salary highlight March 4th in 1980s Baseball.

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January 29th

Happy Birthday to Steve Sax, Gibby finds a new home and Bill Veeck sells the White Sox on January 29th…

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January 8th

Happy Birthday to Randy Ready, Bill Gullickson heads east and Mike Schmidt is one of ten '80s icons to get…

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Wild One at the Vet

Sometimes mistakes can work in your favor. That was certainly the case for Tommy Lasorda and the L.A. Dodgers when they…

8 years ago

Dream Season: Mike Schmidt

Every player longs for that dream season. The one where they stay healthy and just produce. I'm going to crunch…

8 years ago

Best Baseball Weekend EVER

It was January of 1995 and Mike Schmidt had just been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  I distinctly…

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The Best of 2016 on ’80s Baseball

I started this blog 364 days ago. Since then, I've published 64 posts, including guest posts, for which I'm very…

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Schmidt, Carlton and the 1980 Phillies

  The poster hung on the wall of my bedroom in southwest Ohio for years. MVP and CY. Mike Schmidt…

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Schmidt & Brett in 1971

The most important day of the 1980 baseball season may very well have taken place in June of 1971. June…

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Bad Blood at The Vet

"Green's Phillies Win Brawl Game" read one headline. "Phillies Wrestle First Place Away From Bucs" read another. On May 26th,…

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The 80’s are my 50’s

I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…

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