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3 unusual facts about Willard Schmidt


Swanton, Nebraska

Home of Willard Schmidt, 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist in basketball at Berlin.

Willard Schmidt

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.

Willard Raymond Schmidt (May 29, 1928 – March 22, 2007) was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1952 and 1959.



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