Butch Schmidt Baseball player

Charles John "Butch" Schmidt (July 19, 1886 in Baltimore, Maryland – September 4, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland), was a Major League Baseball player who played infielder from 1909-1915. He would play for the Boston Braves and New York Highlanders.In 1914, Schmidt was a member of the Braves team that went from last place to first place in two months, becoming the first team to win a pennant after being in last place on the Fourth of July. The team then went on to defeat Connie Mack's heavily favored Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series.

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Butch Schmidt
Birth dateJuly 19, 1886
Birth place
Baltimore
Date of deathSeptember 04, 1952
Place of death
Baltimore

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Baseball player

Career startMay 11, 1909
Career endSeptember 10, 1915
batting sideLeft
former teams
Atlanta Braves
New York Yankees
position
First baseman
teams
Atlanta Braves
New York Yankees
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