Jason Schmidt

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**Jason Schmidt**

Los Angeles Dodgers — No. 29
Starting Pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 28, 1995 for the Atlanta Braves
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Record	127-90
ERA	3.91
Strikeouts	1728
Former teams
Atlanta Braves (1995-1996) Pittsburgh Pirates (1996-2001) San Francisco Giants (2001-2006) Los Angeles Dodgers (2007-present)

Jason David Schmidt (born January 29, 1973 in Lewiston, Idaho) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. On December 6, 2006 he, signed with the LA Dodgers,and received a three-year, $47 million contract. ^[1] Before signing with the Dodgers, he played for the San Francisco Giants (2001-2006), Pittsburgh Pirates (1996-2001) and Atlanta Braves (1995-1996)

[edit] Career

Schmidt helped the Braves win the World Series in 1995 even though he only pitched in nine games the entire season. The Braves were also National League champions in 1996, but Jason was traded to the Pirates before his former club played and lost in the World Series to the New York Yankees.

As a member of the Pirates, Schmidt won 10, 11, and 13 games in 1997, 1998, and 1999, respectively. However, he was on a losing team each season in Pittsburgh. He was then acquired by the Giants in 2001 where he saw more success. Between his two stints in Pittsburgh and San Francisco during the 2001 season, Schmidt compiled 13 wins. He won 13 again in 2002 when the Giants made a World Series appearance, but lost to the Anaheim Angels. In 2003, he won 17 games, but his team lost once again in the playoffs, this time to the Florida Marlins. Jason was an All-Star this year as well as the league leader with a 2.34 earned run average.

On May 18, 2004, Jason Schmidt pitched a one-hitter against the Chicago Cubs and Matt Clement ^[2]. The Giants won the game, 1-0. This performance was overshadowed by Randy Johnson's perfect game the same day. Schmidt would go on to win 18 games in 2004 and be voted the TSN Pitcher of the Year in the National League.

On June 6, 2006, Schmidt struck out 16 batters against the Florida Marlins, which ties the all-time Giants Franchise record for most strikeouts in a single game, originally set by Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants on October 3, 1904, against the St. Louis Cardinals. On top of that, he now holds the record for most strikeouts by a San Francisco Giant, previously held by Gaylord Perry, who threw 15 strikeouts on July 22, 1966 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Schmidt pitched a complete game in the process. In a memorable ninth inning, when a wild pitch moved base runners onto second and third with no outs, and the Giants with a 2-1 lead, Schmidt proceeded to strike out the heart of the Marlins' lineup in order; cleanup hitter Miguel Cabrera, Josh Willingham, and then Jeremy Hermida.