Michael Schemer (November 20, 1917 – April 22, 1983), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American professional baseball player whose eight-year (1940–1942; 1944–1948) career included 32 games played in Major League Baseball for the 1945–1946 New York Giants.

[2] Schemer served in the United States Army during the World War II era.

[3] Prior to his professional career, Mike played as an amateur on the United States team assembled by international baseball proponent Leslie Mann in the inaugural Amateur World Series held in England in 1938.

He hit his only MLB home run on August 20, a three-run blast against Hank Wyse, the 20-game-winner from the Chicago Cubs.

[5] However, with the return of Giants' slugger Johnny Mize from military service in 1946, Schemer would get into only one more game for New York.