Editing Jason Schmidt (section)

===San Francisco Giants===
[[Image:Jason Schmidt.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Schmidt pitching for the San Francisco Giants in 2006]]
Schmidt was then acquired by the Giants in 2001 with [[John Vander Wal]] in exchange for [[Armando Ríos]] and [[Ryan Vogelsong]]. Schmidt saw more success in San Francisco. Between his stints in Pittsburgh and San Francisco during the 2001 season, Schmidt compiled thirteen wins. Schmidt re-signed as a free agent with San Francisco that winter, in what would become a five-year $41&nbsp;million deal. He went on to win thirteen again in 2002 when the Giants made a [[World Series]] appearance, but lost to the [[Anaheim Angels]]. Schmidt started Games 1 and 5 of the [[2002 World Series]], picking up the win in Game 1 and a [[no-decision]] in Game 5. In 2003, he won 17&nbsp;games. Schmidt threw a 2–0 shutout in Game 1 of the 2003 NLDS, beating [[Josh Beckett]], but his team lost once again in the playoffs, this time to the [[Florida Marlins]]. Schmidt was an [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] this year as well as the league leader with a 2.34 [[earned run average]]. He placed second to [[Éric Gagné]] in the 2003 National League [[Cy Young Award]] voting.

On May 18, 2004, Jason Schmidt pitched a one-hitter against the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Matt Clement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=240518116|title=San Francisco at Chi Cubs – 2004-05-18 – Major League Baseball|work=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> The Giants won the game, 1–0. This performance was overshadowed by [[Randy Johnson]]'s [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] against the [[Atlanta Braves]] the same day. Schmidt also pitched a one-hitter against the [[Boston Red Sox]] one month later on June 20, 2004. Schmidt would go on to win 18&nbsp;games in 2004 and be voted the [[Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award|TSN Pitcher of the Year]] in the National League, and fourth in Cy Young voting. He also set a San Francisco single-season record of 251 strikeouts, which was broken when [[Tim Lincecum]] struck out 265 in 2008.

[[Image:Jason Schmidt Plaque.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Plaque commemorating Schmidt's 16-strikeout game located on the public walkway behind right field at Oracle Park in San Francisco]]

On June 6, {{mlby|2006}} at [[AT&T Park]], in a 2–1 win over the [[Florida Marlins]], Schmidt pitched a complete game and struck out a career-high 16 batters. The game included a ninth-inning [[wild pitch]] that moved base runners to second and third with no outs. Schmidt struck out the final three batters of the game, starting with cleanup hitter [[Miguel Cabrera]], [[Josh Willingham]] and [[Jeremy Hermida]]. Not only did he tie the franchise all-time single-game strikeouts record originally set by [[Christy Mathewson]] of the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] on October 3, {{mlby|1904}}, against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], but he also surpassed [[Gaylord Perry]]'s San Francisco Giants single-game strikeouts record, when Perry struck out 15 batters on July 22, {{mlby|1966}}, against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. In addition, he set AT&T Park's individual single-game strikeout record in the short history of the ballpark.