Jeff Schmitt

# 5

Position: OF, C

Bats/Throws: R/R

Nicknames: Schmitty, Pepsodent

Single: Twin 18 yr old Girls (Crash stay away!)

If Schmitty were a cartoon character, who would he be? Answer below.

College: 1 yr at St. Cloud State, then finished at the University of Minnesota. Received an Electrical Engineering Degree. Spent most of my days in the library reading books or napping. Got through college by dancing at the "Gay 90's" (Don't Tell Sodergren - he'll pee his pants). After college, became a Digital Hardware Design Engineer for 15 years.

Current Profession: Carpentry - Ouch! *&$#@! hit my f*%$#ing thumb again! Looking for new profession, I am running out of fingers to hit.

Baseball Background: Grew up in St. Cloud and attended Tech High School. Started playing ball when I was in my diapers and I still don't understand this game. Played baseball in youth league, Bath Ruth league, Tech High School, American Legion, St. Cloud Amateur and Park National Amateur Leagues. No College ball, too busy in the library (see above). Played Legion and High School ball with Elvis. Started playing Park National in 1984 and retired in 1993. Made a brief comeback in 95 & 96 then retired again. Met Joe Perzel in a touch football league in the Fall of 1998 and he introduced me to the Saints in the Spring of 1999.

Favorite Baseball Players: Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Gary Gaetti

Favorite Pro Athlete: Myself of course! - I pay myself to play ball therefore, I am a pro athlete...right?

Favorite Coach: John Yeaman - My High School J.V. Coach.

Greatest Saints Memories: During the middle of a game, talking about women with Cookie on the the pitchers mound while Corny is trying to have a serious talk with Hadler about his torrid pitching performance. I do have many more favorite memories...but can not remember any of them... oh yeah...that triple in the Dome the other night.

Hobbies: Gardening, Watching my girls dance, photography, reading, model railroading and painting military figurines/vehicles

What I do in my Spare Time: What spare time?

The Roadrunner
If Schmitty were a cartoon character he would be the Road Runner.

Saints Lifetime Stats:

Seas	Gms	AB	Runs	Hits	RBI	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	Avg.	OBP
10	202	488	161	187	83	21	12	4	89	78	111	.383	.478