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Mike Schmidt League
7-2-2330
Mike Church Catcher
Retired (2007, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .293 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .837 Status Deceased (2052) Option Years 0  
H 2860 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 03-21-1969
HR 375 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1988)
Majors Svc Time 19 years
(0 games)
RBI 1465
SB 82
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B (2.0%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF (2.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 12
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1988 CLE
51
171
14
31
4
0
5
17
13
29 2 1
0
0 4
.538
.246
.292
.111
.181
1989 CLE
84
195
21
53
10
1
3
21
19
32 1 0
1
2 5
.719
.340
.379
.108
.272
1990 CLE-PIT
40
138
19
41
6
2
5
17
10
18 1 0
0
0 4
.827
.349
.478
.181
.297
1990 CLE
17
46
6
10
2
0
2
8
4
10 0 0
0
0 2
.671
.280
.391
.174
.217
1990 PIT
23
92
13
31
4
2
3
9
6
8 1 0
0
0 2
.906
.384
.522
.185
.337
1991 PIT
142
532
56
126
25
1
11
58
59
86 3 1
0
0 8
.666
.316
.350
.113
.237
1992 PIT
142
560
69
153
26
2
18
71
51
94 3 4
7
1 7
.758
.335
.423
.150
.273
1993 PIT
142
547
75
154
27
5
15
73
62
88 0 4
5
6 5
.784
.352
.431
.150
.282
1994 PIT
142
566
88
176
38
5
20
78
70
77 2 0
10
8 6
.890
.389
.502
.191
.311
1995 PIT
142
585
85
156
28
4
23
75
56
99 1 3
7
6 1
.776
.330
.446
.179
.267
1996 PIT-LAA
142
600
93
162
34
4
21
76
70
96 2 2
21
9 1
.792
.347
.445
.175
.270
1996 PIT
111
469
70
123
27
4
16
60
55
80 2 2
19
8 1
.780
.341
.439
.177
.262
1996 LAA
31
131
23
39
7
0
5
16
15
16 0 0
2
1 0
.836
.370
.466
.168
.298
1997 LAA
142
595
96
180
24
5
21
70
66
91 5 1
7
1 1
.842
.376
.466
.163
.303
1998 LAA
142
567
89
166
29
4
19
87
57
85 0 7
3
0 3
.812
.353
.459
.166
.293
1999 LAA
142
556
97
178
28
6
19
96
70
69 1 4
2
3 2
.889
.395
.495
.174
.320
2000 LAA
142
564
106
188
25
6
27
102
75
76 3 4
9
3 1
.954
.412
.543
.209
.333
2001 LAA
142
588
110
178
31
4
33
107
72
87 1 4
1
0 0
.915
.377
.537
.235
.303
2002 LAA
142
580
111
183
22
9
27
88
77
68 0 4
0
0 3
.917
.393
.524
.209
.316
2003 LAA
142
585
113
178
32
4
28
89
80
84 1 5
4
0 1
.902
.386
.516
.212
.304
2004 LAA
142
540
93
175
37
3
26
116
62
68 2 5
2
0 1
.941
.392
.548
.224
.324
2005 LAA
142
537
90
172
27
2
26
109
56
50 0 7
0
0 3
.903
.380
.523
.203
.320
2006 LAA
142
523
81
140
21
1
20
76
62
69 1 5
0
0 2
.770
.343
.426
.159
.268
2007 LAA
135
229
35
70
12
0
8
39
20
34 0 2
3
1 2
.821
.359
.463
.157
.306
Total
2582
9758
1541
2860
486
68
375
1465
1107
1400 29 63
82
40 60
.837
.365
.472
.179
.293
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2007-11-01Mike Church has retired from the Los Angeles Freeway
1996-08-23A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Freeway and the Pittsburgh Plunderers. The Pittsburgh Plunderers receive Bart Quinn, Don McCarver, Luther Lindblad, Draft Pick - 1997 Round 2 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1999 Round 1 (LAA), Draft Pick - 1997 Round 1 (LAA) from the Los Angeles Freeway in exchange for Mike Church, Billy Ward.
1993-10-23The Pittsburgh Plunderers have promoted Mike Church to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Plunderers have promoted Chris Meaney to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Plunderers have promoted Bill Smith to the major league team.
1993-10-20The Pittsburgh Plunderers have sent Mike Church down to the minors.
1990-09-03The Pittsburgh Plunderers have promoted Mike Church to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Plunderers have sent Luis Kluszewski to the minors.
1990-05-08A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Plunderers and the Cleveland Phoenix. The Cleveland Phoenix receive Tanyon Groom, Travis Terlecky, Jason Johnson, Fred Castilla, Draft Pick - 1991 Round 1 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1991 Round 1 (WAS) from the Pittsburgh Plunderers in exchange for Mike Church, Offa Padilla, Draft Pick - 1991 Round 1 (CLE).
1989-04-01The Cleveland Phoenix have promoted Mike Church to the major league team. The Cleveland Phoenix have sent Hal Christenbury to the minors.
1988-08-26The Cleveland Phoenix have promoted Dupee Cardona to the major league team. The Cleveland Phoenix have sent Mike Church to the minors.
1988-06-18The Cleveland Phoenix have promoted Mike Church to the major league team. The Cleveland Phoenix have designated Dupee Cardona for assignment.