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Wally Roettger
Walter Henry Roettger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 190 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut May 1, 1927
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born August 28, 1902 in St. Louis, MO
Died September 14, 1951 in Champaign, IL

Brother of Oscar Roettger

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 24 STL NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .500  .000   42    0   0           0    
 1928 25 STL NL  68  261   27   89  17  4   6   44   2     10  22  .341  .372  .506  126  132   9           3    
 1929 26 STL NL  79  269   27   68  11  3   3   42   0     13  27  .253  .287  .349   56   94   7           0    
 1930 27 NYG NL 121  420   51  119  15  5   5   51   1     25  29  .283  .330  .379   72  159   8           4    
 1931 28 TOT NL  89  336   41  108  23  6   1   37   1     16  23  .321  .360  .435  114  146  11           4    
         CIN NL  44  185   25   65  11  4   1   20   1      7   9  .351  .378  .470  133   87   5           1    
         STL NL  45  151   16   43  12  2   0   17   0      9  14  .285  .337  .391   92   59   6           3    
 1932 29 CIN NL 106  347   26   96  18  3   3   43   0     23  24  .277  .323  .372   89  129   7           1    
 1933 30 CIN NL  84  209   13   50   7  1   1   17   0      8  10  .239  .267  .297   62   62   4           0  10
 1934 31 PIT NL  47  106    7   26   5  1   0   11   0      3   8  .245  .266  .311   53   33   0           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      599 1949  192  556  96 23  19  245   4  0  99 143  .285  .324  .387   85  755  46   0   0  12  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        527   52  150  26  6   5   66   1  0  27  39  .285  .324  .387   85  204  12   0   0   3   4
 Career High    121  420   51  119  23  6   6   51   2  0  25  29  .341  .372  .506  126  159  11   0   0   4  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 24 STL NL    2    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .294| .500  .352| .000  .405| .500  .758|  42  .000   0.0   0.0     
 1928 25 STL NL  283  181   48   7.1   111| .341  .292| .372  .358| .506  .416| .878  .774| 126  .672   8.7   0.8     
 1929 26 STL NL  289  208   27   3.5   122| .253  .306| .287  .370| .349  .445| .636  .815|  56  .301 -19.8  -1.8     
 1930 27 NYG NL  457  309   51   4.4   125| .283  .309| .330  .367| .379  .460| .709  .827|  72  .370 -19.4  -1.7     
 1931 28 TOT NL  367  239   52   5.8   102| .321  .283| .360  .342| .435  .400| .795  .742| 114  .604   6.4   0.6     
         CIN NL  198  125   33   7.0    98| .351  .278| .378  .336| .470  .392| .848  .728| 133  .684   8.0   0.8     
         STL NL  169  114   19   4.4   107| .285  .290| .337  .349| .391  .409| .728  .759|  92  .483  -1.6  -0.2     
 1932 29 CIN NL  378  258   41   4.3   101| .277  .281| .323  .333| .372  .406| .695  .739|  89  .457  -5.2  -0.5     
 1933 30 CIN NL  221  173   17   2.6    90| .239  .272| .267  .324| .297  .372| .564  .696|  62  .310 -10.5  -1.1     
 1934 31 PIT NL  109   83    9   2.9   106| .245  .290| .266  .345| .311  .412| .577  .757|  53  .288  -7.4  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2106 1452  245   4.5   110| .285  .292| .324  .350| .387  .420| .711  .770|  85  .453 -47.1  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 24 STL NL OF 3 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 0.67 2.33 3 0 0 1928 25 STL NL OF 66 152 2 3 1 .981 .972 2.33 2.31 33 0 34 1929 26 STL NL OF 69 137 4 1 0 .993 .973 2.04 2.38 7 0 62 1930 27 NYG NL OF 114 233 9 2 1 .992 .968 2.12 2.28 28 85 4 1931 28 TOT NL OF 86 168 4 3 1 .983 .973 2.00 2.38 26 9 51 CIN NL OF 44 95 3 1 1 .990 .973 2.23 2.38 18 2 24 STL NL OF 42 73 1 2 0 .974 .972 1.76 2.38 8 7 27 1932 29 CIN NL OF 94 214 3 2 2 .991 .976 2.31 2.41 89 5 0 1933 30 CIN NL OF 55 124 4 3 2 .977 .977 2.33 2.35 26 1 28 1934 31 PIT NL OF 23 51 1 0 0 1.000 .974 2.26 2.26 19 0 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 24 STL NL OF 3 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 0.67 2.33 3 0 0 1928 25 STL NL OF 66 152 2 3 1 .981 .972 2.33 2.31 33 0 34 1929 26 STL NL OF 69 137 4 1 0 .993 .973 2.04 2.38 7 0 62 1930 27 NYG NL OF 114 233 9 2 1 .992 .968 2.12 2.28 28 85 4 1931 28 TOT NL OF 86 168 4 3 1 .983 .973 2.00 2.38 26 9 51 CIN NL OF 44 95 3 1 1 .990 .973 2.23 2.38 18 2 24 STL NL OF 42 73 1 2 0 .974 .972 1.76 2.38 8 7 27 1932 29 CIN NL OF 94 214 3 2 2 .991 .976 2.31 2.41 89 5 0 1933 30 CIN NL OF 55 124 4 3 2 .977 .977 2.33 2.35 26 1 28 1934 31 PIT NL OF 23 51 1 0 0 1.000 .974 2.26 2.26 19 0 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 510 1081 27 16 7 .986 .973 2.17 2.35 231 100 183 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 510 1081 27 16 7 .986 .973 2.17 2.35
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   3  14   1   4  1  0  0   0   0   3  .286  .286  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

April 10, 1930: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Showboat Fisher and Doc Farrell.

October 29, 1930: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Giants.

June 15, 1931: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Taylor Douthit.

December, 1931: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 17, 1933: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Red Lucas to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Adam Comorosky and Tony Piet.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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