 After his major league career ended, Schmidt continued to play in the minor leagues for another 15 years, including stints with the Providence Grays (1912), Mobile Sea Gulls (1913-1916), Vernon Tigers (1916), Memphis Chickasaws (1917), Sioux City Indians (1919), Tulsa Oilers (1919), Fort Smith Twins (1920-1921), Atlanta Crackers (1921-1922), Springfield Midgets (1924), and Kalamazoo Celery Pickers (1926).He served as a player-manager at Mobile (1915-1916), Sioux City (1917, 1919), Fort Smith (1920-1921), Springfield (1924), and Kalamazoo (1926).He also managed the Quincy Red Birds in 1927.