| Dick Schofield | |
|---|---|
_(crop).jpg) Schofield with theDayton Dragons in 2016 | |
| Shortstop /Coach | |
| Born: (1962-11-21)November 21, 1962 (age 62) Springfield, Illinois, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 8, 1983, for the California Angels | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1996, for the California Angels | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .230 |
| Home runs | 56 |
| Runs batted in | 353 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Richard Craig Schofield (born November 21, 1962) is an American former professionalbaseballshortstop andcoach. He played 14 seasons inMajor League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 to 1996 for theCalifornia Angels,New York Mets,Toronto Blue Jays, andLos Angeles Dodgers. Schofield was with the1993 World Series champion Blue Jays, although did not play in the postseason after missing the bulk of the regular season when he suffered a bad break to his upper right arm.
He shares the record for most seasons having at least 400 at bats with fewer than 100 hits, having done that four times.[1]
On June 8, 1981, theCalifornia Angels drafted Schofield with the third overall pick in the 1st round of the1981 Major League Baseball draft.
On August 29, 1986, Schofield hit a walk-offgrand slam home run against theDetroit Tigers to give the Angels a 13–12 victory and culminate an eight-run rally in the last of the ninth inning.
On April 12, 1992, Schofield was traded by the Angels to theNew York Mets forJulio Valera and aplayer to be named later who would be minor league pitcher Julian Vasquez.[2][3]
On January 15, 1993, Schofield signed with theToronto Blue Jays where he played for two seasons.
On April 15, 1995, Schofield signed with theLos Angeles Dodgers but would be released the following month. He signed with the Angels on August 4th after an injury to theirall-star shortstopGary DiSarcina during the team's postseason push. He returned to the Angels the following season, playing his final game on September 29, 1996.
After retiring, Schofield took a couple of years off before venturing into coaching. He started as a coach for theRiver City Rascals in 1999. The next year he worked part-time as a special instructor with theSpringfield Capitals. He earned a promotion in 2001 to manager and Director of Baseball Operations with the Rascals. Both of these teams played in the independentFrontier League.
Schofield moved into affiliated ball in 2002 asmanager for theSouth Bend Silver Hawks in theArizona Diamondbacks chain. This gig only lasted one year followed by a four year absence from the game. When he resurfaced, Schofield joined theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. He was the hitting coach for theAZL Angels in 2007-2010. He was slated to return to that level in 2011 but was promoted to hitting coach of theInland Empire 66ers on May 31st following the resignation of Inland managerTom Gamboa. Schofield worked as a roving infield coordinator for the Angels in 2012.
He moved to theCincinnati Reds chain as a hitting coach for thePensacola Blue Wahoos in 2013 and managed theBillings Mustangs in 2014-2015. He moved up to manage theDayton Dragons in 2016. He was bench coach of the Blue Wahoos in 2017 and started the 2018 season as the bench coach for theLouisville Bats. When managerPat Kelly was promoted to bench coach of the parent Reds, Schofield took over as manager on April 19th. He returned to the bench coach role for Louisville in 2019. Schofield was scheduled to manage theDaytona Tortugas in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. He was then development coach for Daytona in 2021 and bench coach for Louisville in 2022. He returned to Daytona as a coach in 2023.
Schofield is the son of the late former MLB shortstopDucky Schofield, uncle of formerall-staroutfielderJayson Werth, and brother-in-law of formercatcherDennis Werth.
