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- In 18 seasons with the
- Philadelphia Phillies,
- Mike Schmidt hit 548
- career home runs and
- won the National League
- MVP Award three times. He led the league in
- home runs eight times and in RBIs four
- times.
-
- Early in his career Mike struck out often. But
- he learned to swing at better pitches and
- worked hard on his defense. He eventually
- won 10 Gold Glove awards for fielding.
-
- Mike led the Phillies to the World Series
- victory in 1980. In addition to collecting the
- regular season MVP Award that year, he
- was named the World Series MVP,
- after he batted .381 with two home