Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt, born September 27, 1949, is an American baseball third baseman; played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1972 through 1989, for the Philadelphia Phillies. Mike Schmidt was a three-time NL MVP, 12-time All-Star selection, ten-time Gold Glove Award winner, six-time Silver Slugger Award winner and 1980 World Series MVP. Retiring from major league baseball with 548 home runs, Schmidt was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, and elected as the third baseman on 1999's Major League Baseball All-Century team. Zenos Frudakis sculpted Mike Schmidt from life and the statue was installed outside the Third Base gate of Citizens Bank Park in 2004.

Monument
Size: 10-feet high
Media: Bronze
Installation: 2004
Location: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In the Media

• In Baseball’s Bronze Age, Statues Are Becoming Bigger Part of Landscape, The New York Times

• Legends awed by likenesses, The Intelligencer

• Despite defeat, new ballpark a hit, Philadelphia Metro

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