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Schofield led the Midwest League in hitting (.360 at Danville) in 1982 and hit .284 with 94 RBI with Edmonton (Pacific Coast League) the following year before earning the Angels starting shortstop job in 1984. He is extremely quick, and has surprising power for a 5'10" shortstop, but has never hit better than .251 in the ML. On August 29, 1986, his grand slam on an 0-2 pitch with two out in the ninth gave the Angels a 13-12 win over Detroit, after they had trailed 12-5 entering the inning. His father, Dick, was also a longtime ML shortstop. (SCL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 8, 1981: The Seattle Mariners take Oral Roberts University righthander Mike Moore with the first pick overall in the annual amateur draft. The Cubs take Wichita State's Joe Carter with the 2nd pick while the Angels take Dick Schofield, son of a former major leaguer, with the 3rd pick. The Mets take Terry Blocker with the 4th and Toronto takes Matt Williams with the #5. San Diego selects Kevin McReynolds with #6 and use their 3rd round pick to take San Diego State outfielder Tony Gwynn. Later in the day the San Diego Clippers will select Gwynn in the 10th round of the NBA draft. The Yankees use their first round pick to take Stanford QB John Elway while the Ranger pick Yale's Ron Darling with #9. Darling is the 4th Ivy Leaguer to be picked in the 1st round. The Braves fare worst in the draft as their #1 pick Jay Roberts will never hit above .208 in the minors, and no other picks make it to the bigs. » August 29, 1986: California scores eight runs in the bottom of the 9th inning, the final 4 coming on Dick Schofield's 2-out grand slam off Willie Hernandez, to beat Detroit 13-12. » April 12, 1992: The Angels trade SS Dick Schofield to the Mets in exchange for P Julio Valera and a player to be named later. » January 15, 1993: The Blue Jays sign free agent SS Dick Schofield to a contract.