On April 26, 1959, Schmidt became the first player in major league history to get hit by a pitch twice in the same inning by two different pitchers, when Bob Rush and Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves hit him in the third inning of an 11–10 Cinicinnati's victory.
Lew Wallace | Lew Grade | Lew Ayres | Lew Tabackin | Lew Irwin | Lew Hoad | Lew Brown | Jack Lew | Lew Stone | Lew Pollack | Lew Christensen | Lew Burdette | Richard Beebe in the original line-up of '''Lew Irwin and The Credibility Gap''' (left to right): John Gilliland | Mallory Burdette | Lew Perkins | LEW Hennigsdorf | Lew Hayman | Lew Dockstader | Lew Cody | Elizabeth Van Lew | River Lew | Peter Lew | Michael Lew | Lucky Lew | Lew Worsham | Lew Stringer | Lew Sapieha | Lew Rywin | Lew Lewis | Lew Leslie |
Following the end of his two years, he was sent to the minors to gain experience, but this failed to get him past the likes of Warren Spahn, Bob Buhl and Lew Burdette on the Braves' rotation.