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Wally Roettger

Walter Henry Roettger

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 28, 1902 in St. Louis, MO
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1927
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Giants/Pirates 1927-1934

Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: September 14, 1951 in Champaign, IL
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Streator, IL
Relatives: Brother of Oscar Roettger
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1927 STL NL 24 LF 3 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.67 .970 2.27
1927 STL NL 24 OF 3 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 .500 0.67 .970 2.50
1928 STL NL 25 OF 66 66 64 157 152 2 3 1 .981 2.33 .972 2.47
1928 STL NL 25 LF 34 33 33 87 84 2 1 1 .989 2.53 .972 2.24
1928 STL NL 25 RF 33 33 31 70 68 0 2 0 .971 2.06 .968 2.26
1929 STL NL 26 OF 69 63 59 142 137 4 1 0 .993 2.04 .973 2.47
1929 STL NL 26 RF 57 51 47 125 122 3 0 0 1.000 2.19 .971 2.37
1929 STL NL 26 LF 12 12 12 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.33 .971 2.10
1930 NYG NL 27 OF 114 111 101 244 233 9 2 1 .992 2.12 .968 2.40
1930 NYG NL 27 CF 84 82 75 189 182 6 1 1 .995 2.24 .971 2.78
1930 NYG NL 27 LF 31 27 24 50 46 3 1 0 .980 1.58 .968 2.01
1930 NYG NL 27 RF 4 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 .966 2.40
1931 TOT NL 28 OF 86 79 74 175 168 4 3 1 .983 2.00 .973 2.48
1931 TOT NL 28 RF 53 50 45 103 98 4 1 1 .990 1.92 .969 2.33
1931 TOT NL 28 LF 28 25 25 54 52 0 2 0 .963 1.86 .976 2.21
1931 TOT NL 28 CF 8 4 4 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .974 2.89
1931 CIN NL 28 OF 44 44 42 99 95 3 1 1 .990 2.23 .973 2.48
1931 CIN NL 28 RF 25 25 23 55 52 3 0 1 1.000 2.20 .969 2.33
1931 CIN NL 28 LF 19 17 17 38 37 0 1 0 .974 1.95 .976 2.21
1931 CIN NL 28 CF 2 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .973 2.90
1931 STL NL 28 OF 42 35 32 76 73 1 2 0 .974 1.76 .973 2.48
1931 STL NL 28 RF 28 25 22 48 46 1 1 0 .979 1.68 .969 2.33
1931 STL NL 28 LF 9 8 8 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.67 .976 2.21
1931 STL NL 28 CF 6 2 2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .974 2.88
1932 CIN NL 29 OF 94 81 79 219 214 3 2 2 .991 2.31 .976 2.52
1932 CIN NL 29 LF 89 75 75 195 191 2 2 1 .990 2.17 .975 2.28
1932 CIN NL 29 CF 5 5 3 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 .982 2.96
1932 CIN NL 29 RF 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .970 2.30
1933 CIN NL 30 OF 55 44 42 131 124 4 3 2 .977 2.33 .977 2.43
1933 CIN NL 30 RF 28 24 22 73 72 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 .975 2.23
1933 CIN NL 30 LF 26 19 19 56 51 2 3 0 .946 2.04 .976 2.29
1933 CIN NL 30 CF 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .980 2.80
1934 PIT NL 31 OF 23 18 18 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.26 .973 2.37
1934 PIT NL 31 LF 20 16 16 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 .969 2.19
1934 PIT NL 31 RF 3 2 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .970 2.23
8 Seasons OF 510 462 437 1124 1081 27 16 7 .986 2.17 .973 2.46
8 Seasons LF 243 207 204 506 483 11 12 2 .976 2.03 .973 2.22
7 Seasons RF 179 163 150 389 378 8 3 2 .992 2.16 .971 2.31
4 Seasons CF 98 92 83 229 220 8 1 3 .996 2.33 .972 2.80
8 Seasons TOT 510 462 437 1124 1081 27 16 7 .986 2.17 .973 2.46
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1927 STL NL 24 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1
1928 STL NL 25 68 66 68 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 33 66 0 2 0
1929 STL NL 26 79 63 79 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 57 69 0 10 0
1930 NYG NL 27 121 111 121 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 84 4 114 0 7 0
1931 STL NL 28 45 35 45 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 28 42 0 3 0
1931 CIN NL 28 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 25 44 0 0 0
1932 CIN NL 29 106 81 106 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 5 1 93 0 13 0
1933 CIN NL 30 84 44 84 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 28 55 0 29 0
1934 PIT NL 31 47 18 47 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 3 23 0 24 0
8 Seasons 599 462 599 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 243 98 179 509 0 89 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  89 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  2.17 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  .990 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1930 NL  .995 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1930 NL  .992 (2nd)
1931 NL  .983 (3rd)
1932 NL  .991 (2nd)

                                         

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