| Wally Schang | |||
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Full Name: Walter Henry Schang Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 lbs. Born: Aug 22, 1889 in S.Wales, NY Major League Debut: May 09, 1913 Died: Mar 06, 1965 in St.Louis, MO |
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| Wally Schang | |||
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Full Name: Walter Henry Schang Bats: Both Throws: Right Height: 5-10 Weight: 180 lbs. Born: Aug 22, 1889 in S.Wales, NY Major League Debut: May 09, 1913 Died: Mar 06, 1965 in St.Louis, MO |
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CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 |
TM Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Bos Bos Bos NY NY NY NY NY StL StL StL StL Phi Det |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
POS C C 3B OF C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
G 79 107 116 110 118 88 113 122 134 124 84 114 73 103 97 91 94 45 30 |
AB 207 307 359 338 316 225 330 387 424 408 272 356 167 285 264 245 249 92 76 |
R 32 44 64 41 41 36 43 58 77 46 39 46 17 36 40 41 43 16 9 |
H 55 88 89 90 90 55 101 118 134 130 75 104 40 94 84 70 59 16 14 |
2B 16 11 9 15 14 7 16 30 30 21 8 19 8 19 15 10 10 4 2 |
3B 3 8 11 8 9 1 3 7 5 7 2 7 1 5 2 5 5 1 0 |
HR 3 3 1 7 3 0 0 4 6 1 2 5 2 8 5 3 5 1 0 |
RBI 30 45 44 38 36 20 55 51 55 53 29 52 24 50 42 39 36 9 2 |
TB 86 124 123 142 131 64 123 174 192 168 93 152 56 147 118 99 94 25 16 |
BB 34 32 66 38 29 46 71 64 78 53 27 48 17 32 41 68 74 17 14 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 1842 |
AB 5307 |
R 769 |
H 1506 |
2B 264 |
3B 90 |
HR 59 |
RBI 710 |
TB 2127 |
BB 849 |
IBB 0 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 |
TM Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Bos Bos Bos NY NY NY NY NY StL StL StL StL Phi Det |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
K 44 33 47 44 24 35 42 37 35 36 17 43 9 20 33 26 22 15 11 |
HBP 9 9 14 10 9 2 5 7 5 6 9 4 0 4 2 4 7 1 0 |
SH 2 7 12 13 12 9 7 8 6 23 7 13 7 11 4 8 4 6 1 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
GDP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB 4 7 18 14 6 4 15 7 7 12 5 2 2 5 3 8 1 0 1 |
CS 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 6 2 6 1 5 2 2 4 0 0 |
SB% 1.000 .500 .857 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .636 .667 .714 .250 .667 .500 .600 .800 .200 -.--- 1.000 |
AVG .266 .287 .248 .266 .285 .244 .306 .305 .316 .319 .276 .292 .240 .330 .318 .286 .237 .174 .184 |
OBP .392 .371 .385 .358 .362 .377 .436 .413 .428 .405 .360 .382 .310 .405 .414 .448 .424 .309 .311 |
SLG .415 .404 .343 .420 .415 .284 .373 .450 .453 .412 .342 .427 .335 .516 .447 .404 .378 .272 .211 |
AB/HR 69.0 102.3 359.0 48.3 105.3 --.- --.- 96.8 70.7 408.0 136.0 71.2 83.5 35.6 52.8 81.7 49.8 92.0 --.- |
AB/K 4.7 9.3 7.6 7.7 13.2 6.4 7.9 10.5 12.1 11.3 16.0 8.3 18.6 14.3 8.0 9.4 11.3 6.1 6.9 |
| Totals | K 573 |
HBP 107 |
SH 160 |
SF 0 |
GDP 0 |
SB 121 |
CS 49 |
SB% .712 |
BAVG .284 |
OBP .393 |
SLG .401 |
AB/HR 89.9 |
AB/K 9.3 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1913 1914 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1918 1919 1920 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 |
Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Phi Bos Bos Bos Bos Bos Bos Bos NYY NYY NYY NYY NYY StL StL StL StL Phi Det |
AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL AL |
C C C OF 3B C OF OF 3B C SS 3B OF C C OF C C C C C C C C C C C C |
72 100 26 41 43 36 61 6 12 80 1 5 16 57 103 40 73 132 119 81 108 58 82 75 82 85 36 30 |
428 682 165 91 163 217 145 9 45 386 3 13 17 264 504 101 377 620 572 363 527 233 309 293 314 328 148 115 |
317 498 110 66 64 136 130 8 18 267 1 2 16 202 359 92 285 500 456 292 423 172 224 213 263 268 126 91 |
97 154 46 12 81 67 10 1 24 102 1 8 0 52 131 7 76 101 102 60 89 55 75 73 46 56 18 20 |
14 30 9 13 18 14 5 0 3 17 1 3 1 10 14 2 16 19 14 11 15 6 10 7 5 4 4 4 |
9 11 1 2 9 6 0 1 1 11 0 1 0 4 15 0 8 13 12 6 9 8 7 10 5 6 2 6 |
0.967 0.956 0.945 0.857 0.890 0.935 0.966 1.000 0.933 0.956 0.667 0.769 0.941 0.962 0.972 0.980 0.958 0.969 0.976 0.970 0.972 0.974 0.968 0.976 0.984 0.988 0.973 0.965 |
| Totals | G 1660 |
Ch 7432 |
PO 5599 |
A 1564 |
E 269 |
DP 163 |
FPCT 0.964 |
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| BATTING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||||||
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| YR 1913 1914 1918 1921 1922 1923 |
TM Phi Phi Bos NY NY NY |
LG AL AL AL AL AL AL |
G 4 4 5 8 5 6 |
AB 14 12 9 21 16 22 |
R 2 1 1 1 0 3 |
H 5 2 4 6 3 7 |
2B 0 1 0 1 1 1 |
3B 1 0 0 1 0 0 |
HR 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
RBI 6 0 1 1 0 0 |
TB 10 3 4 9 4 8 |
BB 2 1 2 5 0 1 |
K 4 4 3 4 3 2 |
SB 0 0 1 0 0 0 |
BAVG .357 .167 .444 .286 .188 .318 |
SLG .714 .250 .444 .429 .250 .364 |
AB/HR 14.0 --.- --.- --.- --.- --.- |
AB/K 3.5 3.0 3.0 5.3 5.3 11.0 |
| Totals | G 32 |
AB 94 |
R 8 |
H 27 |
2B 4 |
3B 2 |
HR 1 |
RBI 8 |
TB 38 |
BB 11 |
K 20 |
SB 1 |
AVG .287 |
SLG .404 |
AB/HR 94.0 |
AB/K 4.7 |
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| WORLD SERIES FIELDING |
| YEAR | TEAM | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1913 1914 1918 1921 1922 1923 |
Oak Oak Bos NYY NYY NYY |
C C C C C C |
4 4 5 8 5 6 |
21 22 13 49 23 24 |
16 17 9 39 19 21 |
4 4 4 10 4 2 |
1 1 0 0 0 1 |
1 0 0 2 0 0 |
0.952 0.955 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.958 |
| Totals | G 32 |
Ch 152 |
PO 121 |
A 28 |
E 3 |
DP 3 |
FPCT 0.980 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
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| YEARS 1913-1930 1918-1920 1921-1925 1926-1929 1931 |
TM Phi Bos NY StL Det |
LG AL AL AL AL AL |
TEAM NAME Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox New York Yankees St. Louis Browns Detroit Tigers |
LEAGUE NAME American League American League American League American League American League |
One of baseball's best catchers throughout most of his 18-year ML career, Schang
played for top teams and caught most of the leading AL pitchers of his time, including
Hall of Famers Herb Pennock, Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, Babe Ruth, Waite Hoyt, and
Lefty Grove. A strong hitter (six seasons over .300) and good baserunner (one of
the few catchers to steal more than 100 bases), his defensive work was also outstanding,
although he holds the AL career record for most errors by a catcher, 218. When not
catching, managers sometimes played him in the outfield or at third base to keep
his bat in the lineup.
Many historians feel that Wally Schang should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame instead of Ray Schalk. For a discussion on this issue, see Schalk-Schang Redemption. Wally and his brother Bobby Schang are in a select group of just a couple dozen catching brothers.
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