Jared Michael "Skip" Schumaker (/ˈʃuːmɑːkər/ SHOO-mah-kər; born February 3, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and second baseman, coach, and manager, most recently of the Miami Marlins from 2023 to 2024.

[citation needed] The St. Louis Cardinals selected Schumaker in the fifth round of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft.

[citation needed] Schumaker spent the remainder of 2001 with the short-season New Jersey Cardinals, and in 2002 he had 158 hits for the Potomac Cannons.

After spending the first two months of the season in Memphis, Schumaker made his major-league debut on June 8 against the Boston Red Sox at Busch Stadium.

On August 10, Schumaker was called back up to the Cardinals and picked up his first major-league hit two days later in a pinch-hit appearance against the Chicago Cubs.

Schumaker, who played shortstop in high school and college[7] began working out with Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo in spring training to prepare.

On February 8, 2010, Schumaker signed a two-year deal with the Cardinals worth $4.7 million, buying out his final arbitration years.

[10] On December 12, 2012, the St. Louis Cardinals traded Schumaker to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league shortstop Jake Lemmerman.

[17] Schumaker left the Marlins shortly before the end of the 2024 season, due to a family emergency, but announced to his players that he would not be returning in 2025.

On November 5, 2024, Schumaker was hired by the Texas Rangers to serve as a senior advisor to president of baseball operations Chris Young.

[22] When Schumaker was five years old and living in southern California, he had a chance encounter with Tommy Lasorda and Orel Hershiser at a restaurant, both of whom signed his baseball glove with "To a future Dodger...".