What years did Jason Schmidt play?

Jason Schmidt played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.

Was Jason Schmidt a pitcher?

Yes. Jason Schmidt pitched in the major leagues, recording 130 wins and 1758 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jason Schmidt hit?

Jason Schmidt hit 7 career home runs with 63 hits.

What was Jason Schmidt's career batting average?

Jason Schmidt batted .106 over his career, with 63 hits in 597 at bats.

How many RBI did Jason Schmidt have?

Jason Schmidt drove in 21 runs in his career.

What was Jason Schmidt's career ERA?

Jason Schmidt finished with a 3.96 career ERA, going 130-96 with 1,758 strikeouts.

Jason Schmidt

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2009)

Jason Schmidt was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009 for 4 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 15 seasons. Across 323 career appearances, he went 130-96 with a 3.96 ERA and 1,758 strikeouts. He also batted .106 with 7 home runs. Jason Schmidt was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 34872.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 130–96

ERA 3.96

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,758

Pitcher PIV 34872.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 185 lb
Born: 1/29/1973 in Lewiston, ID, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-04-28
Last Game: 2009-08-05
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Jason David Schmidt

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jason Schmidt — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
130	96	323	314	20	9	0	1996.1	1,846	878	184	792	1,758	3.96	34872.8

Career ERA 3.96 vs. league average 4.47 across their career seasons — 11.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jason Schmidt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	ATL	NL	2	2	9	2	0	0	25.0	27	16	18	19	5.76	4.45 (-29%)	-282.6
1996	ATL	NL	3	4	13	11	0	0	58.2	69	44	32	48	6.75	4.61 (-46%)	-488.9
1996	PIT	NL	2	2	6	6	1	0	37.2	39	17	21	26	4.06	4.61 (+12%)	282.6
1997	PIT	NL	10	9	32	32	2	0	187.2	193	96	76	136	4.60	4.39 (-5%)	1279.0
1998	PIT	NL	11	14	33	33	0	0	214.1	228	97	71	158	4.07	4.43 (+8%)	1462.4
1999	PIT	NL	13	11	33	33	2	0	212.2	219	99	85	148	4.19	4.71 (+11%)	1431.1
2000	PIT	NL	2	5	11	11	0	0	63.1	71	38	41	51	5.40	4.77 (-13%)	39.9
2001	PIT	NL	6	6	14	14	1	0	84.0	81	43	28	77	4.61	4.42 (-4%)	532.7
2001	SFN	NL	7	1	11	11	0	0	66.1	57	25	33	65	3.39	4.42 (+23%)	2426.9
2002	SFN	NL	13	8	29	29	2	2	185.1	148	71	73	196	3.45	4.28 (+19%)	5603.3
2003	SFN	NL	17	5	29	29	5	3	207.2	152	54	46	208	2.34	4.40 (+47%)	9518.2
2004	SFN	NL	18	7	32	32	4	3	225.0	165	80	77	251	3.20	4.46 (+28%)	9062.6
2005	SFN	NL	12	7	29	29	0	0	172.0	160	84	85	165	4.40	4.29 (-2%)	1827.4
2006	SFN	NL	11	9	32	32	3	1	213.1	189	85	80	180	3.59	4.53 (+21%)	3220.9
2007	LAN	NL	1	4	6	6	0	0	25.2	32	18	14	22	6.31	4.47 (-41%)	-533.5
2009	LAN	NL	2	2	4	4	0	0	17.2	16	11	12	8	5.60	4.32 (-30%)	-509.1
Career · 16 seasons			130	96	323	314	20	9	1,996.1	1,846	878	792	1,758	3.96	—	34,873

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jason Schmidt — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
324	597	29	63	9	0	7	21	0	22	282	.106	.140	.156	.296	-4,973

Career AVG .106 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 60.4% below league average.

Career OBP .140 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 58.4% below league average.

Career SLG .156 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 63.3% below league average.

Career OPS .296 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — 61.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jason Schmidt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	ATL	NL	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	ATL	NL	13	19	1	0	0	0	1	2	9	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	PIT	NL	6	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	PIT	NL	32	56	2	6	2	0	2	2	26	.107	.266 (-60%)	.336 (-59%)	.419 (-66%)	.756 (-63%)	-588.0
1998	PIT	NL	33	62	1	6	2	0	2	2	25	.097	.266 (-64%)	.335 (-63%)	.420 (-69%)	.755 (-67%)	-702.0
1999	PIT	NL	33	60	2	5	0	0	1	5	33	.083	.271 (-69%)	.344 (-55%)	.433 (-81%)	.778 (-70%)	-709.7
2000	PIT	NL	11	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	PIT	NL	14	23	2	4	0	1	1	0	10	.174	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SFN	NL	11	26	3	4	0	1	3	1	12	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SFN	NL	29	56	3	7	2	0	2	2	28	.125	.261 (-52%)	.331 (-53%)	.416 (-61%)	.747 (-58%)	-533.6
2003	SFN	NL	29	61	2	4	0	0	0	2	30	.066	.264 (-75%)	.332 (-71%)	.422 (-84%)	.754 (-79%)	-791.2
2004	SFN	NL	32	66	4	9	0	2	3	4	30	.136	.266 (-49%)	.335 (-41%)	.427 (-47%)	.762 (-44%)	-489.6
2005	SFN	NL	29	53	2	5	0	1	2	0	32	.094	.264 (-64%)	.330 (-66%)	.418 (-64%)	.749 (-65%)	-565.9
2006	SFN	NL	32	66	4	9	3	1	1	0	26	.136	.269 (-49%)	.336 (-59%)	.431 (-47%)	.768 (-53%)	-593.0
2007	LAN	NL	6	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	LAN	NL	5	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			324	597	29	63	9	7	21	22	282	.106	—	—	—	—	-4,973

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jason Schmidt — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jason Schmidt — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2003	NLDS1	SFN	1	3	2	.000
2002	NLCS	SFN	1	2	2	.000
2002	NLDS1	SFN	1	2	1	.000
2002	WS	SFN	2	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jason Schmidt — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	5	5	0	32.1	26	11	9	32	3.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jason Schmidt — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2003	NLDS1	SFN	1	0	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	5	0.00
2002	NLCS	SFN	1	0	1	1	7.2	4	1	1	8	1.17
2002	NLDS1	SFN	0	1	1	1	5.1	3	4	4	5	6.75
2002	WS	SFN	1	0	2	2	10.1	16	6	4	14	5.23

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jason Schmidt — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	169	315	16	35	4	11	.111
Away	155	282	13	28	3	10	.099

Pitching — Home / Away

Jason Schmidt — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	169	1064.2	959	458	413	978	3.87
Away	154	931.2	887	420	379	780	4.06

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jason Schmidt — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO
2009-08-05	LAD	MIL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009-08-02	LAD	ATL	W	1	1	1	0	0	0
2009-07-31	LAD	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009-07-26	LAD	MIA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009-07-20	LAD	CIN	W	2	0	0	0	0	0
2007-06-16	LAD	LAA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-06-10	LAD	TOR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2007-06-05	LAD	SDP	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2007-04-14	LAD	SDP	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007-04-09	LAD	COL	L	2	1	1	1	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jason Schmidt — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-08-05	LAD	MIL	L	3.2	5	4	4	3	2	0
2009-07-31	LAD	ATL	W	6.0	1	0	0	5	3	0
2009-07-26	LAD	MIA	L	3.0	5	5	4	1	1	1
2009-07-20	LAD	CIN	W	5.0	5	3	3	3	2	0
2007-06-16	LAD	LAA	L	4.2	5	3	3	4	2	0
2007-06-10	LAD	TOR	L	4.0	9	6	6	2	3	1
2007-06-05	LAD	SDP	—	6.0	1	0	0	3	4	0
2007-04-14	LAD	SDP	L	2.0	7	6	5	2	2	2
2007-04-09	LAD	COL	L	4.0	7	4	3	0	6	1
2007-04-04	LAD	MIL	W	5.0	3	1	1	3	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jason Schmidt — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	323	314	91	163	11	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jason Schmidt — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	ATL	P	9	2	3	3	0	1
1996	ATL	P	13	11	2	5	1	0
1996	PIT	P	6	6	3	4	0	0
1997	PIT	P	32	32	13	19	0	0
1998	PIT	P	33	33	7	16	2	2
1999	PIT	P	33	33	10	16	2	0
2000	PIT	P	11	11	2	7	0	0
2001	PIT	P	14	14	3	7	0	0
2001	SFN	P	11	11	3	2	0	0
2002	SFN	P	29	29	5	15	0	0
2003	SFN	P	29	29	13	15	2	1
2004	SFN	P	32	32	5	22	3	1
2005	SFN	P	29	29	11	9	1	0
2006	SFN	P	32	32	10	19	0	1
2007	LAN	P	6	6	1	2	0	0
2009	LAN	P	4	4	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jason Schmidt Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	323

Awards & Honors

Jason Schmidt — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2006	Pitcher of the Month	May
2004	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2004	Pitcher of the Month	May
2004	TSN All-Star	P
2004	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2002	Player of the Week	Week of 2002-08-24

Salary History

Jason Schmidt — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	LAN	NL	$15,217,401
2008	LAN	NL	$15,217,401
2007	LAN	NL	$15,703,946
2006	SFN	NL	$10,500,000
2005	SFN	NL	$8,187,500
2004	SFN	NL	$7,937,500
2003	SFN	NL	$5,937,500
2002	SFN	NL	$4,937,500
2001	PIT	NL	$3,200,000
2000	PIT	NL	$2,750,000
1999	PIT	NL	$1,450,000
1998	PIT	NL	$500,000
1997	PIT	NL	$210,000
1996	ATL	NL	$111,500
1995	ATL	NL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$91,969,248

Award Voting History

Jason Schmidt — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2004	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	13.0	160	0
2003	Cy Young Award	NL	2nd	73.0	160	2
2003	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	7.0	448	0

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Jason Schmidt: the record in brief

April 28, 1995 and August 5, 2009 bracket Jason Schmidt's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Schmidt played for the Atlanta Braves (1995 through 1996), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1996 through 2001), the San Francisco Giants (2001 to 2006), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2007 through 2009). Schmidt is listed as a pitcher at 185 pounds on a 6-foot-5 frame. The bio says Schmidt batted and threw right-handed. Schmidt was born on January 29, 1973, in Lewiston, ID, USA. Schmidt's full given name, per the bio, is Jason David Schmidt.

Schmidt pitched in 323 games, starting 314, and finished with a 130-96 record and 3.96 ERA. Schmidt had 1,758 strikeouts, 20 complete games, and 9 shutouts. The leagues Schmidt pitched in allowed 4.47 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 11.4% better than average. The best win total was 18, in 2004. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.34 in 2003, when the league's was 4.40.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jason Schmidt

What years did Jason Schmidt play?: Jason Schmidt played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.
Was Jason Schmidt a pitcher?: Yes. Jason Schmidt pitched in the major leagues, recording 130 wins and 1758 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jason Schmidt hit?: Jason Schmidt hit 7 career home runs with 63 hits.
What was Jason Schmidt's career batting average?: Jason Schmidt batted .106 over his career, with 63 hits in 597 at bats.
How many RBI did Jason Schmidt have?: Jason Schmidt drove in 21 runs in his career.
What was Jason Schmidt's career ERA?: Jason Schmidt finished with a 3.96 career ERA, going 130-96 with 1,758 strikeouts.