Germany Schaefer

William Herman Schaefer (Liberty)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 4, 1876 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: October 5, 1901
Final Game: April 25, 1918
Died: May 16, 1919 in Saranac Lake, NY
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1901	25	CHC	NL	2	7	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		2		.600	.714	.800	1.514	346	4		0	0			/45
1902	26	CHC	NL	81	323	291	32	57	2	3	0	14	12		19		.196	.250	.223	.473	48	65		2	11			5/3O6

1905	29	DET	AL	153	629	554	64	135	17	9	2	47	19		45		.244	.302	.318	.619	96	176		1	29			*4/6
1906	30	DET	AL	124	498	446	48	106	14	3	2	42	31		32		.238	.290	.296	.586	81	132		1	19			*4/6
1907	31	DET	AL	109	419	372	45	96	12	3	1	32	21		30		.258	.313	.315	.628	98	117		0	17			465/O
1908	32	DET	AL	153	665	584	96	151	20	10	3	52	40		37		.259	.304	.342	.646	106	200		1	43			645
1909	33	TOT	AL	124	448	408	39	101	17	1	1	26	14		20		.248	.284	.301	.586	84	123		1	19			*4/5O
1909	33	DET	AL	87	308	280	26	70	12	0	0	22	12		14		.250	.286	.293	.579	80	82		0	14			4/O
1909	33	WSH	AL	37	140	128	13	31	5	1	1	4	2		6		.242	.281	.320	.602	94	41		1	5			4/5
1910	34	WSH	AL	74	265	229	27	63	6	5	0	14	17		25		.275	.352	.345	.697	123	79		2	9			4O/5
1911	35	WSH	AL	125	516	440	74	147	14	7	0	45	22		57		.334	.412	.398	.809	128	175		1	18			*3/O
1912	36	WSH	AL	60	194	166	21	41	7	3	0	19	11		23		.247	.342	.325	.667	90	54		1	4			O34/1
1913	37	WSH	AL	54	119	100	17	32	1	1	0	7	6		15	12	.320	.419	.350	.769	124	35		2	2			4/35O1
1914	38	WSH	AL	30	33	29	6	7	1	0	0	2	4	1	3	5	.241	.313	.276	.588	74	8		0	1			/4O
1915	39	NEW	FL	59	183	154	26	33	5	3	0	8	3		25	11	.214	.328	.286	.613	86	44		1	3			O3/54
1916	40	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0			/O

1918	42	CLE	AL	1	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0			/4
15 Seasons				1150	4305	3784	497	972	117	48	9	308	201	1	333	28	.257	.319	.320	.639	97	1212		13	175
162 Game Avg.				162	606	533	70	137	16	7	1	43	28		47		.257	.319	.320	.639	97	171		2	25
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
WSH (6 yrs)				380	1267	1092	158	321	34	17	1	91	62	1	129	17	.294	.372	.359	.731	116	392		7	39
DET (5 yrs)				626	2519	2236	279	558	75	25	8	195	123		158		.250	.300	.316	.616	94	707		3	122
CHC (2 yrs)				83	330	296	32	60	3	3	0	14	12		21		.203	.260	.233	.493	54	69		2	11
NEW (1 yr)				59	183	154	26	33	5	3	0	8	3		25	11	.214	.328	.286	.613	86	44		1	3
CLE (1 yr)				1	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0

AL (12 yrs)				1008	3792	3334	439	879	109	42	9	286	186	1	287	17	.264	.324	.330	.654	101	1099		10	161
NL (2 yrs)				83	330	296	32	60	3	3	0	14	12		21		.203	.260	.233	.493	54	69		2	11
FL (1 yr)				59	183	154	26	33	5	3	0	8	3		25	11	.214	.328	.286	.613	86	44		1	3

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH
1907	31	DET	AL	WS	CHC	L	5	22	21	1	3	0	2	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	1	1
1908	32	DET	AL	WS	CHC	L	5	18	16	0	2	1	1	1	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	0	1
2 Seasons (2 Series)							10	40	37	1	5	1	3	1	7	.135	.158	.135	.293	5	1	2
2 WS							10	40	37	1	5	1	3	1	7	.135	.158	.135	.293	5	1	2

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9
1912	36	WSH	AL	0.00	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	3		1.500	13.5	0.0
1913	37	WSH	AL	54.00	1	0.1	2	2	2	1	3	6	6.000	54.0	27.0
2 Seasons				18.00	2	1.0	3	2	2	1	6	18	3.000	27.0	9.0
162 Game Avg.				18.00	68	34	102	68	68	34	204	18	3.000	27.0	9.0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards
1901	CHC	NL	25	2B	1			5	3	2	0	1	1.000		5.00	.940		5.10
1901	CHC	NL	25	3B	1			5	3	2	0	0	1.000		5.00	.880		3.20
1902	CHC	NL	26	3B	75			295	103	152	40	11	.864		3.40	.918		3.46
1902	CHC	NL	26	1B	3			37	35	1	1	2	.973		12.00	.981		10.43
1902	CHC	NL	26	OF	2			5	4	1	0	1	1.000		2.50	.940		1.95	0-0-2
1902	CHC	NL	26	SS	1			5	1	2	2	0	.600		3.00	.940		5.40
1905	DET	AL	29	2B	151			829	403	389	37	35	.955		5.25	.952		4.91
1905	DET	AL	29	SS	3			12	7	5	0	0	1.000		4.00	.925		5.20
1906	DET	AL	30	2B	114			713	348	328	37	42	.948		5.93	.954		5.19
1906	DET	AL	30	SS	7			50	20	24	6	3	.880		6.29	.938		5.41
1907	DET	AL	31	2B	74			410	188	206	16	23	.961		5.32	.954		5.30
1907	DET	AL	31	SS	18			88	36	48	4	0	.955		4.67	.934		5.44
1907	DET	AL	31	3B	14			56	21	32	3	0	.946		3.79	.909		3.10
1907	DET	AL	31	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.80	0-0-1
1908	DET	AL	32	SS	68			453	162	254	37	35	.918		6.12	.928		5.42
1908	DET	AL	32	2B	58			297	122	160	15	22	.949		4.86	.951		5.11
1908	DET	AL	32	3B	29			105	35	65	5	1	.952		3.45	.930		3.20
1909	TOT	AL	33	2B	118			621	232	364	25	42	.960		5.05	.953		4.83
1909	DET	AL	33	2B	86			469	180	273	16	26	.966		5.27	.952		4.83
1909	DET	AL	33	OF	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.900		1.80	0-0-1
1909	WSH	AL	33	2B	32			152	52	91	9	16	.941		4.47	.953		4.83
1909	WSH	AL	33	3B	1			5	2	2	1	0	.800		4.00	.940		3.30
1910	WSH	AL	34	2B	35			172	60	104	8	15	.953		4.69	.945		4.91
1910	WSH	AL	34	OF	26			36	29	4	3	1	.917		1.27	.956		1.77	8-13-5
1910	WSH	AL	34	3B	2			6	1	5	0	0	1.000		3.00	.933		3.40
1911	WSH	AL	35	1B	108			1132	1038	71	23	57	.980		10.27	.978		9.26
1911	WSH	AL	35	OF	7			10	10	0	0	0	1.000		1.43	.950		1.93	7-0-0
1912	WSH	AL	36	OF	19			20	14	4	2	0	.900		0.95	.955		1.98	0-0-19
1912	WSH	AL	36	1B	15			129	125	2	2	5	.984		8.47	.983		10.17
1912	WSH	AL	36	2B	15			58	30	24	4	2	.931		3.60	.947		4.75
1912	WSH	AL	36	P	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
1913	WSH	AL	37	2B	16			68	26	37	5	5	.926		3.94	.956		4.82
1913	WSH	AL	37	1B	6			60	57	1	2	1	.967		9.67	.987		10.48
1913	WSH	AL	37	3B	2			3	2	1	0	0	1.000		1.50	.933		3.10
1913	WSH	AL	37	OF	1			3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.967		2.00	0-0-1
1913	WSH	AL	37	P	1			1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.900		1.80
1914	WSH	AL	38	2B	3			4	3	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		4.77
1914	WSH	AL	38	OF	3			4	3	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		1.93	0-0-3
1915	NEW	FL	39	OF	17			21	17	3	1	0	.952		1.18	.962		1.99	3-0-14
1915	NEW	FL	39	1B	13			116	109	6	1	6	.991		8.85	.987		10.07
1915	NEW	FL	39	3B	9			41	19	17	5	4	.878		4.00	.946		3.16
1915	NEW	FL	39	2B	2			6	1	5	0	2	1.000		3.00	.950		4.75
1916	NYY	AL	40	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00	0-0-0
1918	CLE	AL	42	2B	1			6	3	3	0	0	1.000		6.00	.950		5.30
12 Seasons				2B	588			3189	1419	1623	147	189	.954		5.17	.952		5.01
5 Seasons				1B	145			1474	1364	81	29	71	.980		9.97	.980		9.50
8 Seasons				3B	133			516	186	276	54	16	.895		3.47	.922		3.34
5 Seasons				SS	97			608	226	333	49	38	.919		5.76	.929		5.42
10 Seasons				OF	78			100	81	13	6	2	.940		1.21	.955		1.90	18-13-46
2 Seasons				P	2			1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.50	.900		1.90
15 Seasons				TOT	1043			5888	3276	2327	285	316	.952		5.37	.906		5.22	18-13-46
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%) 1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Batting Average s c a p y 1911 AL .334 (8th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1911 AL .412 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1905 AL 153 (5th) 1908 AL 153 (5th)
At Bats s c a p y 1908 AL 584 (3rd)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1908 AL 665 (3rd)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1908 AL 96 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1908 AL 151 (9th)
Total Bases s c a p y 1908 AL 200 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 1908 AL 10 (9th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1908 AL 40 (3rd)	Runs Created s c a p y 1908 AL 61 (10th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1905 AL 29 (6th) 1908 AL 43 (3rd) Career 175 (112th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1908 AL 5.6 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1905 AL 448 (4th) 1908 AL 476 (1st)	Oldest s c a p y 1913 AL born 1876-02-04 (8th) 1914 AL born 1876-02-04 (7th) 1915 FL born 1876-02-04 (4th) 1916 AL born 1876-02-04 (6th) 1918 AL born 1876-02-04 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 6 (1443), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1515), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September, 1901: Purchased by the Chicago Orphans from St. Paul (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July, 1904: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from Milwaukee (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 13, 1909: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Red Killefer to the Washington Senators for Jim Delahanty.

Before 1915 Season: Jumped from the Washington Senators to the Newark Pepper.

January 21, 1916: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Newark Pepper.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1443), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1515), Average HOFer ≈ 50