Red Schoendienst

Full Name: Albert Fred Schoendienst Primary Position: 2B Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: April 17, 1945 Birthdate: February 2, 1923 Final Game: July 7, 1963 Birthplace: Germantown, Illinois MLB Experience: 18 years Bat/Throw: Both/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989

Biography

Red Schoendienst (Albert Fred Schoendienst) was born on February 2, 1923 in Germantown, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1945 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1945, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 1 home run and 47 RBI. Schoendienst played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 18 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Red Schoendienst's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1953, when he slugged 15 home runs, hit for a .342 average and knocked in 79 runs. However, others believe that it was 1945, when he stole 26 bases and hit for a .278 average.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1945	STL	N	137	565	89	157	1	47	.278	.305	.343	22	6	21	17	1	10	26	0	6
1946	STL	N	142	606	94	170	0	34	.281	.322	.343	28	5	37	27	0	7	12	0	11
1947	STL	N	151	659	91	167	3	48	.253	.304	.332	25	9	48	27	0	3	6	0	16
1948	STL	N	119	408	64	111	4	36	.272	.319	.373	21	4	28	16	0	2	1	0	6
1949	STL	N	151	640	102	190	3	54	.297	.351	.356	25	2	51	18	2	9	8	0	10
1950	STL	N	153	642	81	177	7	63	.276	.313	.403	43	9	33	32	2	16	3	0	15
1951	STL	N	135	553	88	160	6	54	.289	.335	.405	32	7	35	23	3	11	0	0	13
1952	STL	N	152	620	91	188	7	67	.303	.347	.424	40	7	42	30	0	11	9	0	17
1953	STL	N	146	564	107	193	15	79	.342	.405	.502	35	5	60	23	0	3	3	0	19
1954	STL	N	148	610	98	192	5	79	.315	.366	.428	38	8	54	22	1	5	4	1	17
1955	STL	N	145	553	68	148	11	51	.268	.335	.376	21	3	54	28	4	0	7	5	9
1956	STL	N	40	153	22	48	0	15	.314	.365	.373	9	0	13	5	0	1	0	0	2
1956	NY	N	92	334	39	99	2	14	.296	.352	.368	12	3	28	10	2	2	1	1	11
1956	TOT	N	132	487	61	147	2	29	.302	.356	.370	21	3	41	15	2	3	1	1	13
1957	NY	N	57	254	35	78	9	33	.307	.337	.476	8	4	10	8	2	1	2	0	4
1957	MIL	N	93	394	56	122	6	32	.310	.348	.434	23	4	23	7	1	7	2	1	6
1957	TOT	N	150	648	91	200	15	65	.309	.344	.451	31	8	33	15	3	8	4	1	10
1958	MIL	N	106	427	47	112	1	24	.262	.313	.328	23	1	31	21	1	5	3	0	8
1959	MIL	N	5	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	MIL	N	68	226	21	58	1	19	.257	.311	.319	9	1	17	13	1	2	1	4	3
1961	STL	N	72	120	9	36	1	12	.300	.364	.400	9	0	12	6	0	1	1	2	1
1962	STL	N	98	143	21	43	2	12	.301	.346	.371	4	0	9	12	1	0	0	2	6
1963	STL	N	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total			2216	8479	1223	2449	84	773	.289	.337	.387	427	78	606	346	21	97	89	16	180

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1945	STL	N	OF	118	0	0	286	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1945	STL	N	SS	10	0	0	16	19	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1945	STL	N	2B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	STL	N	2B	128	0	0	340	354	11	87	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1946	STL	N	3B	12	0	0	18	19	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1946	STL	N	SS	4	0	0	5	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	STL	N	2B	142	0	0	357	404	19	109	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1947	STL	N	3B	5	0	0	6	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	STL	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	STL	N	2B	96	0	0	230	269	10	57	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1949	STL	N	3B	6	0	0	4	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1949	STL	N	2B	138	0	0	399	424	11	105	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1949	STL	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1949	STL	N	SS	14	0	0	21	33	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1950	STL	N	2B	143	0	0	393	403	12	124	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1950	STL	N	SS	10	0	0	30	33	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1950	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	STL	N	2B	124	0	0	339	386	7	113	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1951	STL	N	SS	8	0	0	15	33	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1952	STL	N	3B	11	0	0	15	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	STL	N	SS	3	0	0	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1952	STL	N	2B	142	0	0	399	424	19	108	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1953	STL	N	2B	140	0	0	365	430	14	109	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1954	STL	N	2B	144	144	1305.1	394	477	18	137	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1955	STL	N	2B	142	0	0	296	381	10	96	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1956	STL	N	2B	36	0	0	99	93	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1956	NY	N	2B	85	0	0	199	215	3	52	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1956	TOT	N	2B	121	0	0	298	308	4	79	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1957	NY	N	2B	57	57	519	141	166	5	41	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1957	MIL	N	CF	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	MIL	N	OF	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	MIL	N	2B	92	92	810.1	238	282	7	72	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1957	TOT	N	2B	149	149	1329.1	379	448	12	113	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1958	MIL	N	2B	105	103	906.2	233	301	7	77	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1959	MIL	N	2B	4	0	6.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1960	MIL	N	2B	62	60	486.2	120	148	10	34	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1961	STL	N	2B	32	14	164	43	42	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1962	STL	N	2B	21	13	110.1	30	42	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1962	STL	N	3B	4	3	30	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	39	3	30	48	82	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			SS	49	0	0	90	131	13	30	0	0	0	0	0	.944
Total			CF	2	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1834	483	4308.2	4616	5243	170	1368	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			OF	123	0	3.2	291	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1942).
• Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later to New York Giants in exchange for Al Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman (June 14, 1956); New York Giants received Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956).
• Traded by New York Giants to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Danny O'Connell, Ray Crone and Bobby Thomson (June 15, 1957).
• Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 14, 1960).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (March 15, 1961).
• Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 24, 1961).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1962).
• Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 5, 1962).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).