Box Score of 500th Home Run by Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt played the game with style. When Schmidt hit his five-hundredth career home run, his Phillies were losing 5-6 in the ninth inning with two outs. The long ball won the game and put Schmidt into another club adding to his excellence on the field.

"Mike Schmidt is the best player in the National League today. There's no question about that. He honestly doesn't realize how much ability he has." - Pete Rose
Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt Art by Ron Lewis

500th Home Run Box Score
April 18, 1987
Three Rivers Stadium

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Milt Thompson cf 5 1 2 0
Juan Samuel 2b 4 1 0 0
Von Hayes 1b 2 2 1 0
Mike Schmidt 3b-ss 4 2 1 3
Mike Easler lf 4 1 2 1
Chris James pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Kent Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish c 5 1 1 3
Glenn Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Luis Aguayo ss 4 0 1 0
Steve Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Rick Schu 3b 0 0 0 0
Don Carman p 3 0 0 0
Steve Jeltz ss 0 0 0 0
Greg Gross ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 7

Name Pos AB R H RBI
John Cangelosi cf 3 1 0 0
Rafael Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke rf 3 0 1 1
Johnny Ray 2b 4 1 1 3
Jim Morrison 3b 3 1 0 0
Mike Diaz 1b 4 1 1 1
Don Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Bobby Bonilla lf 4 0 1 0
Junior Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Mike LaValliere ph 1 0 1 0
Bill Almon ss 2 0 0 0
Barry Bonds ph-cf 1 1 0 0
Bob Walk p 0 0 0 0
Denny Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Logan Easley p 0 0 0 0
R.J. Reynolds ph 1 0 1 0
Brian Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Sid Bream ph-1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 6 7 5

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Double Play: Philadelphia 1.
Errors: Aguayo, Ortiz.
Game Winning RBI: Schmidt.
Home Runs: Parrish, Schmidt, Diaz, Ray.
Left on Base: Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 3.
Sacrifice Fly: Van Slyke.
Stolen Base: Thompson, Samuel 2, Hayes 2, Morrison.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 1
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 6 7 1

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Don Carman 7.0 4 2 1 1 2
Steve Bedrosian 1.0 2 4 4 2 0
Kent Tekulve 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Bob Walk 3.0 5 5 4 3 4
Logan Easley 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Brian Fisher 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Don Robinson 1.0 2 3 3 2 0

Pitching Notes

Losing Pitcher: Robinson.
Winning Pitcher: Tekulve.

Balk: Walk.
Wild Pitch: Walk, Robinson

Game Notes

Attendance: 19,361.
Length of Game
: 2:47.



When Mike Schmidt was still playing Triple-A baseball, Albuquerque manager Tommy Lasorda said, "I couldn't believe my eyes, the first time I saw him. He had that much potential!"

On September 16, 1972, Mike Schmidt hit his first Major League home run against Balor Moore of the Montreal Expos!

Did you know that on June 19, 1973, Mike Schmidt hit his first major league grand slam against Harry Parker of the New York Mets?