Augie Schmidt

August Robert Schmidt IV (born June 28, 1961 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is the current head coach of the Carthage College baseball team. He was a minor league baseball shortstop.

Schmidt was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth round (230th overall) of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign, opting to attend the University of New Orleans. He won the Golden Spikes Award in 1982.

Schmidt was drafted second overall in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. Schmidt never made the majors with the Blue Jays, despite advancing to Triple-A by 1984, due to issues with injuries and a logjam at shortstop in the Blue Jays organization.^[1] Schmidt was traded to the San Francisco Giants along with Jim Gott for pitcher Gary Lavelle.

He retired in 1986 and in 1987 was an assistant coach at Carthage College in his hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where his father, Augie Schmidt III, had been head coach from 1962 to 1980. He became the head baseball coach 1988.

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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