Nevertheless, veteran Major League infielder “Ducky” Dick Schofield wound up a nice 19-year career in 1971, carving out a Big League tenure as a valuable glove to fill-in or platoon throughout the years:
Schofield would end up splitting the 1971 season, his last, between the St. Louis cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, finishing up with 1321 games played, 3083 at-bats and 699 hits, good for a .227 career average.
Over those 19 seasons he played for seven organizations, three in the American League and four in the National League, playing what we would consider a “full” season only twice, in 1963 with the Pittsburgh Pirates and 1965 when he split the season with the Pirates and San Francisco Giants.
Later on his son Dick Jr, as well as grandson Jayson Werth would play in the Big Leagues, making them one of the rare three-generation baseball families out there.