Wally Roettger

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: August 28, 1902 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: September 14, 1951 in Champaign, IL

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Streator, IL

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: May 1, 1927 (Age 24-246d, 6,550th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 32-033d)
vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Roettger

Pronunciation: \RUTT-gur\

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Relatives: Brother of Oscar Roettger

1931 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

1949

556

.285

192

RBI

245

OBP

.324

SLG

.387

OPS

.711

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CIN		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CIN		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	CIN		PIT	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 20	CIN		PIT	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 22	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
9	9	Apr 29	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	53	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
12	15 (3)	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	16	May 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	17	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	52	10.2	5	0	0	5	0
15	18	May 9	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	19	May 12 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	20	May 12 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	21	May 15 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	22	May 15 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	23	May 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
21	24	May 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	25	May 18	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	26	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-9	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	27	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	28	May 23	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	29	May 24 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	30	May 24 (2)	CIN		STL	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	31	May 26 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	38 (6)	May 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	39	May 31 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	40	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	55	11.1	3	0	0	3	0
32	41	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	42	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	43	Jun 4	CIN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	44	Jun 5	CIN		PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	45	Jun 6	CIN		BSN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	46	Jun 7 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	47	Jun 7 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	48	Jun 9	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	49	Jun 10	CIN		BRO	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	50	Jun 11	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	51	Jun 12	CIN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	52	Jun 13	CIN		BRO	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	53	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals
45	57	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	63 (5)	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
47	65 (1)	Jun 29	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	66	Jun 30	STL	@	NYG	W,11-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	67	Jul 1	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	68	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	69	Jul 3 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	52	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
53	73 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
54	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	75	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	76	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	81 (4)	Jul 12 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	83 (1)	Jul 13	STL		CHC	W,12-5	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	84	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	85	Jul 15	STL		BRO	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	88 (2)	Jul 18	STL		NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	89	Jul 19 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	92 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	STL		PHI	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	95 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	97 (1)	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	98	Jul 29	STL		BSN	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	99	Jul 30	STL		CHC	W,10-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	105 (5)	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,16-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	109 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	113 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	114	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	116 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	122 (5)	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	125	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	126	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	130 (3)	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	139 (8)	Sep 12	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	140	Sep 13 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	142 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	145 (2)	Sep 16	STL		PHI	W,6-3	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	146	Sep 17	STL		NYG	L,2-7	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	147	Sep 18	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	148	Sep 19	STL		NYG	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	149	Sep 20	STL		BRO	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	150	Sep 21	STL		BRO	W,11-10	GF	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							89gm			160	4	3	167	1