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Article: Schmidt likes Wrigley Field, favors others
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 2, 1987
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A look at the numbers should convince nearly everyone that Mike
Schmidt would have a pretty good love affair going with Wrigley
Field.
After all, the Philadelphia Phillies' veteran by mid-season had
a career total of 75 homers against the Cubs - tops on his list of
personal targets - and 47 of those were hit at Wrigley Field. Among
opposing players, only Willie Mays (54) and Hank Aaron (50) hit more
homers at Wrigley. And both did it over a longer period of time.
Included in Schmidt's numbers at Wrigley Field were four on the
same day on April 17, 1976. In all, he has had eight multiple home
run days there.
But Schmidt says he isn't really a lover of Wrigley Field. On
many days, he'd ...