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Wally Schang
Wally Schang
| Full name Walter Henry Schang |
| Born August 22, 1889, South Wales, New York |
| Died March 6, 1965, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Buried at Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Missouri |
| First Game: May 9, 1913; Final Game: June 22, 1931 |
| Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 |
| Brother of Bobby Schang |
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| Ejections as player: 1921 (1) |
| SABR Biography |
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1913 PHI A Daily Splits 79 207 32 55 16 3 3 30 34 44 9 2 0 4 .266 .392 .415 1.6 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A Daily Splits 107 307 44 88 11 8 3 45 32 33 9 7 0 7 7 .287 .371 .404 2.6 1914 PHI A
1915 PHI A Daily Splits 116 359 64 89 9 11 1 44 66 0i 47 14 12 0 6i 0i 18 3 .248 .385 .343 2.7 1915 PHI A
1916 PHI A Daily Splits 110 338 41 90 15 8 7 38 38 0i 44 10 13 0i 5i 2i 14 0 .266 .358 .420 1.9 1916 PHI A
1917 PHI A Daily Splits 118 316 41 90 14 9 3 36 29 5i 24 9 12 0i 7i 2i 6 7i .285 .362 .415 1.4 1917 PHI A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 88 225 36 55 7 1 0 20 46 2i 35 2 9 0i 4i 4i 4 3i .244 .377 .284 0.1 1918 BOS A
1919 BOS A Daily Splits 113 330 43 101 16 3 0 52 71 0i 42 5 7 0i 4i 0i 15 4i .306 .436 .373 3.3 1919 BOS A
1920 BOS A Daily Splits 122 387 58 118 30 7 4 51 64 2i 37 7 8 0 3i 1i 7 7 .305 .413 .450 2.1 1920 BOS A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 134 424 77 134 30 5 6 53 78 5i 35 5 6 0 11i 7i 7 4 .316 .428 .453 2.3 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 124 408 46 130 21 7 1 52 53 6i 36 6 23 0 6i 2i 12 6 .319 .405 .412 2.0 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 84 272 39 75 8 2 2 29 27 0i 17 9 7 0 4i 8i 5 2 .276 .360 .342 -0.4 1923 NY A
1924 NY A Daily Splits 114 356 46 104 19 7 5 51 48 2 43 4 13 0 9 5 2 6 .292 .382 .427 1.0 1924 NY A
1925 NY A Daily Splits 73 167 17 40 8 1 2 24 17 0 9 0 7 0 5 1 2 1 .240 .310 .335 -0.5 1925 NY A
1926 STL A Daily Splits 103 285 36 94 19 5 8 51 32 0 20 4 11 0 7 5 5 5 .330 .405 .516 1.9 1926 STL A
1927 STL A Daily Splits 97 264 40 84 15 2 5 42 41 0 33 2 4 0 5 2 3 2 .318 .414 .447 0.8 1927 STL A
1928 STL A Daily Splits 91 245 41 70 10 5 3 39 68 6 26 4 8 0 5 7 8 2 .286 .448 .404 0.9 1928 STL A
1929 STL A Daily Splits 94 249 43 59 10 5 5 36 74 8 22 7 4 0 4 9 1 4 .237 .424 .378 0.6 1929 STL A
1930 PHI A Daily Splits 45 92 16 16 4 1 1 9 17 0 15 1 6 0 3 1 0 0 .174 .309 .272 -0.5 1930 PHI A
1931 DET A Daily Splits 30 76 9 14 2 0 0 3 14 1 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 .184 .311 .211 -0.7 1931 DET A
Total (19 Years) Splits 1842 5307 769 1506 264 90 59 705 849 37i 573 107 160 0i 91i 56i 121 63i .284 .393 .401 23.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1913 PHI A Daily Splits 4 14 2 5 0 1 1 7 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .438 .714 1913 PHI A
1914 PHI A Daily Splits 4 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .250 1914 PHI A
1918 BOS A Daily Splits 5 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .545 .444 1918 BOS A
1921 NY A Daily Splits 8 21 1 6 1 1 0 1 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .423 .429 1921 NY A
1922 NY A Daily Splits 5 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .188 .188 .250 1922 NY A
1923 NY A Daily Splits 6 22 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .318 .348 .364 1923 NY A
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 32 94 8 27 4 2 1 9 11 0 20 0 6 0 0 2 1 1 1 .287 .362 .404 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1913 PHI A Daily Splits C 72 59 55 509 i 317 97 14 9 0 8 61i 0 .967
1914 PHI A Daily Splits C 100 90 82 751 i 498 154 30 11 1 17 85i 0 .956
1915 PHI A Daily Splits 3B 43 43 39 355.1i 64 81 18 9 0 .890
1915 PHI A OF 42 41 40 361 66 12 13 2 0 .857 21 21 0
1915 PHI A C 26 24 16 163 i 110 46 9 1 0 2 27 13 1i .945
1915 PHI A LF 21 21 21 178 39 5 7 1 0 .863
1915 PHI A CF 21 20 19 183 27 7 6 1 0 .850
1916 PHI A Daily Splits OF 62 62 61 550.2 130 10 5 0 0 .966 60 2 0
1916 PHI A LF 60 60 59 532.2 129 9 5 0 0 .965
1916 PHI A C 34 32 27 252.2i 136 67 14 6 0 3 51i 27 4i .935
1916 PHI A CF 2 2 2 18 4 2 0 0 0 1.000
1917 PHI A Daily Splits C 80 70 60 565 i 267 102 17 11 0 10 81i 35 2i .956
1917 PHI A 3B 12 11 11 99 18 24 3 1 0 .933
1917 PHI A OF 7 6 6 54 8 1 0 1 0 1.000 3 0 4
1917 PHI A RF 4 4 4 34 5 1 0 1 0 1.000
1917 PHI A LF 3 2 2 20 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 BOS A Daily Splits C 58 41 39 383.2i 202 52 10 4 0 1 42i 14 2i .962
1918 BOS A OF 16 14 14 135.1 31 1 3 0 0 .914 14 2 0
1918 BOS A LF 14 12 12 117.1 23 1 2 0 0 .923
1918 BOS A 3B 6 4 4 34 i 2 8 3 1 0 .769
1918 BOS A CF 2 2 2 18 8 0 1 0 0 .889
1918 BOS A SS 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .667
1919 BOS A Daily Splits C 102 97 87 801.2i 359 131 14 16 0 14 66i 22 5i .972
1920 BOS A Daily Splits C 73 68 66 613.1i 285 76 16 12 0 3 54i 34i 3i .958
1920 BOS A OF 41 37 37 344 92 7 2 1 0 .980 1 39 1
1920 BOS A CF 39 35 35 327 i 88 6 2 1 0 .979
1920 BOS A RF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 -
1920 BOS A LF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 NY A Daily Splits C 132 128 118 1111.1i 500 101 19 12 0 9 64 46 3i .969
1922 NY A Daily Splits C 119 118 110 1059.1 456 102 14 13 0 11 51 62 10i .976
1923 NY A Daily Splits C 80 74 69 662.1i 292 60 11 6 0 9 39 31 0i .970
1924 NY A Daily Splits C 107 100 93 897.2 423 89 15 9 0 10 63 49 6 .972
1925 NY A Daily Splits C 57 40 36 395 172 55 6 8 0 6 36 27 2 .974
1926 STL A Daily Splits C 82 71 67 631.2 224 75 10 7 0 7 37 41 2 .968
1926 STL A LF 3 3 3 28 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 STL A OF 3 3 3 28 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
1927 STL A Daily Splits C 76 70 67 615.2 213 73 7 10 0 9 48 47 2 .976
1928 STL A Daily Splits C 82 77 72 682 263 46 5 5 0 1 44 24 2 .984
1929 STL A Daily Splits C 85 81 76 706 268 56 4 6 0 5 38 30 3 .988
1930 PHI A Daily Splits C 36 21 16 220 126 18 4 2 0 4 22 7 2 .973
1931 DET A Daily Splits C 30 27 18 221.2 91 20 4 6 0 2 20 13 0 .965
Total (19 Years) Splits C 1431 1288 1174 11242 i 5202 1420 223 154 1 131 929i 522i 49i .967
Total ( 6 Years) OF 171 163 161 1473 335 31 23 4 0 .941 102 64 5
Total ( 6 Years) LF 102 99 98 885 203 15 14 1 0 .940
Total ( 4 Years) CF 64 59 58 546 i 127 15 9 2 0 .940
Total ( 3 Years) 3B 61 58 54 488.1i 84 113 24 11 0 .891
Total ( 2 Years) RF 5 5 5 42 5 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) SS 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .667
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1913 PHI A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 16 4 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 .952
1914 PHI A Daily Splits C 4 4 3 34 17 4 1 0 0 2 6 2 0 .955
1918 BOS A Daily Splits C 5 2 2 21 9 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1.000
1921 NY A Daily Splits C 8 8 7 69 39 11 0 3 0 0 6 8 0 1.000
1922 NY A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43 19 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1.000
1923 NY A Daily Splits C 6 6 6 54 21 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .958
Total ( 6 Years) Splits C 32 29 27 257 121 32 3 4 0 4 21 19 1 .981
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1936 CLE A 4-14 9-27
1937 CLE A 4-20 10- 3
1938 CLE A 4-19 10- 2
Total ( 3 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-24-1921 BOX NY A Ollie Chill Balls and strikes
Transaction Information
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Buffalo (International) in the major league draft (@September, 1912).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Amos Strunk and Bullet Joe Bush to Boston Red
Sox in exchange for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60000 (December 14,
1917).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Waite Hoyt, Harry Harper and Mike McNally to New York
Yankees in exchange for Muddy Ruel, Del Pratt, Sammy Vick and Hank Thormahlen
(December 15, 1920).
Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for George Mogridge and
cash (February 6, 1926).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Sammy Hale and
$2500 (December 11, 1929).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (November 10, 1930).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 10, 1930).
Released by Detroit Tigers (June 29, 1931).
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