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Wally Schang
Walter Henry Schang
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 22, 1889 in South Wales, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1913
Final Game: June 22, 1931
Died: March 6, 1965 in St.Louis, MO
Relatives: Brother of Bobby Schang
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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
1913 23 PHA AL 79 252 207 32 55 16 3 3 30 4 34 44 .266 .392 .415 .807 138 86 9 2 2 MVP-8
1914 24 PHA AL 107 355 307 44 88 11 8 3 45 7 7 32 33 .287 .371 .404 .775 137 124 9 7 2 MVP-10
1915 25 PHA AL 116 451 359 64 89 9 11 1 44 18 3 66 47 .248 .385 .343 .728 122 123 14 12 5O2
1916 26 PHA AL 110 399 338 41 90 15 8 7 38 14 38 44 .266 .358 .420 .778 139 142 10 13 O2
1917 27 PHA AL 118 366 316 41 90 14 9 3 36 6 29 24 .285 .362 .415 .776 139 131 9 12 25/O
1918 28 BOS AL 88 282 225 36 55 7 1 0 20 4 46 35 .244 .377 .284 .662 101 64 2 9 2O/56
1919 29 BOS AL 113 413 330 43 101 16 3 0 55 15 71 42 .306 .436 .373 .809 134 123 5 7 *2
1920 30 BOS AL 122 466 387 58 118 30 7 4 51 7 7 64 37 .305 .413 .450 .862 132 174 7 8 2O
1921 31 NYY AL 134 513 424 77 134 30 5 6 55 7 4 78 35 .316 .428 .453 .881 123 192 5 6 *2
1922 32 NYY AL 124 490 408 46 130 21 7 1 53 12 6 53 36 .319 .405 .412 .816 111 168 6 23 *2 MVP-13
1923 33 NYY AL 84 315 272 39 75 8 2 2 29 5 2 27 17 .276 .360 .342 .702 84 93 9 7 2
1924 34 NYY AL 114 421 356 46 104 19 7 5 52 2 6 48 43 .292 .382 .427 .809 108 152 4 13 *2 MVP-11
1925 35 NYY AL 73 191 167 17 40 8 1 2 24 2 1 17 9 .240 .310 .335 .645 65 56 0 7 2
1926 36 SLB AL 103 332 285 36 94 19 5 8 50 5 5 32 20 .330 .405 .516 .921 134 147 4 11 2/O
1927 37 SLB AL 97 311 264 40 84 15 2 5 42 3 2 41 33 .318 .414 .447 .861 121 118 2 4 2 MVP-18
1928 38 SLB AL 91 325 245 41 70 10 5 3 39 8 2 68 26 .286 .448 .404 .852 122 99 4 8 2
1929 39 SLB AL 94 334 249 43 59 10 5 5 36 1 4 74 22 .237 .424 .378 .802 105 94 7 4 2
1930 40 PHA AL 45 116 92 16 16 4 1 1 9 0 0 17 15 .174 .309 .272 .581 46 25 1 6 2
1931 41 DET AL 30 91 76 9 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 14 11 .184 .311 .211 .522 38 16 0 1 2
19 Seasons 1842 6423 5307 769 1506 264 90 59 710 121 49 849 573 .284 .393 .401 .794 117 2127 107 160
162 Game Avg. 162 565 467 68 132 23 8 5 62 11 75 50 .284 .393 .401 .794 117 187 9 14
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
PHA (6 yrs) 575 1939 1619 238 428 69 40 18 202 49 10 216 207 .264 .369 .390 .759 128 631 52 52
NYY (5 yrs) 529 1930 1627 225 483 86 22 16 213 28 19 223 140 .297 .390 .406 .796 104 661 24 56
SLB (4 yrs) 385 1302 1043 160 307 54 17 21 167 17 13 215 101 .294 .423 .439 .862 121 458 17 27
BOS (3 yrs) 323 1161 942 137 274 53 11 4 126 26 7 181 114 .291 .412 .383 .796 126 361 14 24
DET (1 yr) 30 91 76 9 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 14 11 .184 .311 .211 .522 38 16 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 23 PHA AL WS NYG W 4 16 14 2 5 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 4 .357 .438 .714 1.152 10 0 0 0 0 0
1914 24 PHA AL WS BSN L 4 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 3 0 0 0 0 0
1918 28 BOS AL WS CHC W 5 11 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 .444 .545 .444 .990 4 0 0 0 0 0
1921 31 NYY AL WS NYG L 8 27 21 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 .286 .423 .429 .852 9 0 0 1 0 0
1922 32 NYY AL WS NYG L 5 19 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .250 .438 4 0 0 3 0 0
1923 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 22 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .318 .348 .364 .711 8 1 0 2 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Series) 32 111 94 8 27 4 2 1 9 1 1 11 20 .287 .362 .404 .766 38 1 0 6 0 0
6 WS 32 111 94 8 27 4 2 1 9 1 1 11 20 .287 .362 .404 .766 38 1 0 6 0 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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1913 PHA AL 23 C 72 428 317 97 14 9 .967 5.75 .967 5.59 8 MVP-8
1914 PHA AL 24 C 100 682 498 154 30 11 .956 6.52 .967 5.70 17 MVP-10
1915 PHA AL 25 3B 43 163 64 81 18 9 .890 3.37 .928 3.01
1915 PHA AL 25 OF 41 91 66 12 13 2 .857 1.90 .963 1.98 20-21-0
1915 PHA AL 25 C 26 165 110 46 9 1 .945 6.00 .965 5.46 2
1916 PHA AL 26 OF 61 145 130 10 5 0 .966 2.30 .963 2.03 58-3-0
1916 PHA AL 26 C 36 217 136 67 14 6 .935 5.64 .975 5.21 3
1917 PHA AL 27 C 80 386 267 102 17 11 .956 4.61 .972 4.98 10
1917 PHA AL 27 3B 12 45 18 24 3 1 .933 3.50 .942 3.23
1917 PHA AL 27 OF 6 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 .967 2.13 2-0-4
1918 BOS AL 28 C 57 264 202 52 10 4 .962 4.46 .970 4.96 1
1918 BOS AL 28 OF 16 35 31 1 3 0 .914 2.00 .963 2.17 14-2-0
1918 BOS AL 28 3B 5 13 2 8 3 1 .769 2.00 .962 3.24
1918 BOS AL 28 SS 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.20
1919 BOS AL 29 C 103 504 359 131 14 15 .972 4.76 .974 4.96 14
1920 BOS AL 30 C 73 377 285 76 16 8 .958 4.95 .973 4.58 3
1920 BOS AL 30 OF 40 101 92 7 2 0 .980 2.48 .961 2.16 0-39-1
1921 NYY AL 31 C 132 620 500 101 19 13 .969 4.55 .971 4.33 9
1922 NYY AL 32 C 119 572 456 102 14 12 .976 4.69 .977 4.24 11 MVP-13
1923 NYY AL 33 C 81 363 292 60 11 6 .970 4.35 .975 4.20 9
1924 NYY AL 34 C 108 527 423 89 15 9 .972 4.74 .972 4.02 10 MVP-11
1925 NYY AL 35 C 58 233 172 55 6 8 .974 3.91 .977 3.82 6
1926 SLB AL 36 C 82 309 224 75 10 7 .968 3.65 .979 3.95 7
1926 SLB AL 36 OF 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 .962 2.23 3-0-0
1927 SLB AL 37 C 75 293 213 73 7 10 .976 3.81 .974 3.91 9 MVP-18
1928 SLB AL 38 C 82 314 263 46 5 5 .984 3.77 .976 4.03 1
1929 SLB AL 39 C 85 328 268 56 4 6 .988 3.81 .976 4.04 5
1930 PHA AL 40 C 36 148 126 18 4 2 .973 4.00 .984 4.19 4
1931 DET AL 41 C 30 115 91 20 4 6 .965 3.70 .982 4.34 2
19 Seasons C 1435 6845 5202 1420 223 149 .967 4.61 .973 4.51 131
6 Seasons OF 167 389 335 31 23 3 .941 2.19 .962 2.07 97-65-5
3 Seasons 3B 60 221 84 113 24 11 .891 3.28 .933 3.07
1 Season SS 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 5.20
19 Seasons TOT 1663 7458 5622 1565 271 163 .964 4.32 .935 4.21 97-65-5 131
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1960 BBWAA ( 4.1%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 AL (8, 17%)
1914 AL (10, 16%)
1922 AL (13, 11%)
1924 AL (11, 11%)
1927 AL (18, 5%)
0.60 Career Shares (377th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1914 AL  .371 (9th)
1915 AL  .385 (8th)
1919 AL  .436 (2nd)
1920 AL  .413 (8th)
1921 AL  .428 (6th)
1922 AL  .405 (9th)
Career  .393 (83rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1914 AL  .404 (10th)
1916 AL  .420 (8th)
1917 AL  .415 (8th)
1926 AL  .516 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1914 AL  .775 (9th)
1916 AL  .778 (7th)
1917 AL  .776 (9th)
1926 AL  .921 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
Career  90 (208th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 AL  7 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1919 AL  71 (8th)
1921 AL  78 (5th)
1929 AL  74 (8th)
Career  849 (194th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1924 AL  43 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1914 AL  137 (9th)
1916 AL  139 (6th)
1917 AL  139 (7th)
1919 AL  134 (8th)
1926 AL  134 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1919 AL  22 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1919 AL  2.3 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1914 AL  .680 (9th)
1917 AL  .680 (10th)
1926 AL  .694 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 AL  9 (5th)
1914 AL  9 (4th)
1915 AL  14 (2nd)
1916 AL  10 (3rd)
1917 AL  9 (1st)
1920 AL  7 (6th)
1923 AL  9 (5th)
1929 AL  7 (1st)
Career  107 (57th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  160 (144th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1916 AL  9.3 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1914 AL  102.3 (7th)
1916 AL  48.3 (3rd)
1917 AL  105.3 (9th)
1926 AL  35.6 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1928 AL  born 1889-08-22 (7th)
1929 AL  born 1889-08-22 (8th)
1930 AL  born 1889-08-22 (5th)
1931 AL  born 1889-08-22 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (935), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 58 (332), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (225), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September, 1912: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from Buffalo (International) in the 1912 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 14, 1917: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Joe Bush and Amos Strunk to the Boston Red Sox for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60,000.

December 15, 1920: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Harry Harper, Waite Hoyt and Mike McNally to the New York Yankees for Del Pratt, Muddy Ruel, Hank Thormahlen and Sammy Vick.

February 6, 1926: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Browns for George Mogridge and cash.

December 11, 1929: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Sammy Hale.

June 29, 1931: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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