In the long, vast history of Major League Baseball, there are countless examples of quirky stats that isolate singular players in the annals of history. With so many combinations and permutations possible given the array of statistical measures available to track on a daily basis, it’s amazing to see just how few players in the game’s 150+ year history have accomplished such feats of glory.
That brings us to Skip Schumaker, as all things should. The venerable Colonel of Grit scratched and clawed his way across 11 seasons in the big leagues as a player, in the process laying claim to one of the more successful two-way careers the game has ever seen.