Alta. born man going into Sask. Baseball Hall of Fame

A baseball player whose presence was felt on both sides of the Saskatchewan-Alberta border will soon be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.

Harvey Schmidt was an all-star player as he traversed across the two provinces over multiple decades with the Burstall Braves in the Sask-Alta League.

According to a Hall of Fame biography, Schmidt was born on July 27, 1939, in Empress, Alta. right next to the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. He played baseball while attending high school in Medicine Hat and joined the Burstall Braves when he was 15.

In 1970, Burstall won the Sask-Alta League Championship for the first time and Schmidt was instrumental with a .400 batting average. He also added two wins as a pitcher with the league leading 36 strikeouts.

In 1976, Schimidt began his second baseball career playing 11 more years as an infielder and pitcher with the Sask-Alta Twilighters.

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Schmidt was awarded the Sask-Alta Baseball League Grant Ehniz Memorial Award in 2005 for outstanding dedication and sportsmanship to baseball.

He is part of the latest crop of players and builders being inducted into the Hall in Battleford on Aug. 20.

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