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Richie Ashburn League
4-1-2013
Sparky Schmitz Center Field
Cincinnati Red
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating A-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .762 Status Active Option Years 0  
H 1965 Age 33 (OS 34) Date of Birth 11-27-1979
HR 144 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1997)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(57 games)
RBI 688
SB 355
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity C-   Mentor vR C+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B+ (75.3%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health A+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* 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
2000 CIN
30
120
14
22
5
0
1
6
16
31 1 2
2
0 0
.531
.281
.250
.067
.183
2001 CIN
122
440
61
116
24
4
5
35
40
72 2 3
13
4 3
.696
.326
.370
.107
.264
2002 CIN
121
485
67
114
19
2
5
25
60
94 0 1
15
4 3
.632
.319
.313
.078
.235
2003 CIN
161
531
66
132
22
8
6
41
44
89 2 5
9
6 3
.660
.306
.354
.105
.249
2004 CIN
161
666
85
180
33
8
9
58
70
112 6 1
17
7 5
.729
.345
.384
.114
.270
2005 CIN
161
653
102
168
34
3
7
53
90
133 4 0
35
25 1
.701
.351
.351
.093
.257
2006 CIN
161
678
111
197
27
9
18
68
88
116 3 0
32
21 2
.811
.375
.437
.146
.291
2007 CIN
161
662
110
196
23
11
17
72
79
112 3 1
42
16 3
.814
.373
.441
.145
.296
2008 CIN
153
634
119
195
33
6
14
70
76
115 2 3
35
19 4
.827
.382
.445
.137
.308
2009 CIN
161
656
114
186
30
10
20
72
97
106 0 1
47
17 2
.827
.375
.451
.168
.284
2010 CIN
161
618
104
174
23
11
17
76
80
97 3 2
39
18 4
.802
.366
.437
.155
.282
2011 CIN
161
574
104
163
28
6
13
54
82
94 3 2
39
15 4
.797
.375
.422
.138
.284
2012 CIN
99
405
81
122
20
6
12
58
51
68 2 0
30
14 1
.851
.382
.469
.168
.301
2013 CIN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
Total
1813
7122
1138
1965
321
84
144
688
873
1239 31 21
355
166 35
.762
.357
.405
.129
.276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2012-07-04Sparky Schmitz of the Cincinnati Red is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
2008-04-08Sparky Schmitz of the Cincinnati Red is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
2002-04-27Sparky Schmitz of the Cincinnati Red is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
2001-05-15The Cincinnati Red have promoted Sparky Schmitz to the major league team.
2000-05-16The Cincinnati Red have promoted George Bosio to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red have sent Sparky Schmitz to the minors.
2000-04-12The Cincinnati Red have promoted Sparky Schmitz to the major league team. The Cincinnati Red have sent George Bosio to the minors.
1994-08-12A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Schmidtheads and the Cincinnati Red. The Cincinnati Red receive Eddie Menendez, Roger Hines, Draft Pick 1997 Round 1 PHI (Sparky Schmitz) from the Philadelphia Schmidtheads in exchange for Tommy Swindells.