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Wally Schang
Walter Henry Schang

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 9, 1913
Final Game June 22, 1931
Born August 22, 1889 in South Wales, NY
Died March 6, 1965 in St.Louis, MO

Brother of Bobby Schang

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 23 PHA AL  79  207   32   55  16  3   3   30   4     34  44  .266  .392  .415  138   86   2           9     MVP-8
 1914 24 PHA AL 107  307   44   88  11  8   3   45   7  7  32  33  .287  .371  .404  137  124   7           9     MVP-10
 1915 25 PHA AL 116  359   64   89   9 11   1   44  18  3  66  47  .248  .385  .343  122  123  12          14    
 1916 26 PHA AL 110  338   41   90  15  8   7   38  14     38  44  .266  .358  .420  139  142  13          10    
 1917 27 PHA AL 118  316   41   90  14  9   3   36   6     29  24  .285  .362  .415  139  131  12           9    
 1918 28 BOS AL  88  225   36   55   7  1   0   20   4     46  35  .244  .377  .284  101   64   9           2    
 1919 29 BOS AL 113  330   43  101  16  3   0   55  15     71  42  .306  .436  .373  134  123   7           5    
 1920 30 BOS AL 122  387   58  118  30  7   4   51   7  7  64  37  .305  .413  .450  132  174   8           7    
 1921 31 NYY AL 134  424   77  134  30  5   6   55   7  4  78  35  .316  .428  .453  123  192   6           5    
 1922 32 NYY AL 124  408   46  130  21  7   1   53  12  6  53  36  .319  .405  .412  111  168  23           6     MVP-13
 1923 33 NYY AL  84  272   39   75   8  2   2   29   5  2  27  17  .276  .360  .342   84   93   7           9    
 1924 34 NYY AL 114  356   46  104  19  7   5   52   2  6  48  43  .292  .382  .427  108  152  13           4     MVP-11
 1925 35 NYY AL  73  167   17   40   8  1   2   24   2  1  17   9  .240  .310  .335   65   56   7           0    
 1926 36 SLB AL 103  285   36   94  19  5   8   50   5  5  32  20  .330  .405  .516  134  147  11           4    
 1927 37 SLB AL  97  264   40   84  15  2   5   42   3  2  41  33  .318  .414  .447  121  118   4           2     MVP-18
 1928 38 SLB AL  91  245   41   70  10  5   3   39   8  2  68  26  .286  .448  .404  122   99   8           4    
 1929 39 SLB AL  94  249   43   59  10  5   5   36   1  4  74  22  .237  .424  .378  105   94   4           7    
 1930 40 PHA AL  45   92   16   16   4  1   1    9   0  0  17  15  .174  .309  .272   46   25   6           1    
 1931 41 DET AL  30   76    9   14   2  0   0    2   1  0  14  11  .184  .311  .211   38   16   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons    1842 5307  769 1506 264 90  59  710 121 49 849 573  .284  .393  .401  117 2127 160   0   0 107   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        467   68  132  23  8   5   62  11  4  75  50  .284  .393  .401  117  187  14   0   0   9   0
 Career High    134  424   77  134  30 11   8   55  18  7  78  47  .330  .448  .516  139  192  23   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 23 PHA AL  252  154   32   5.6    86| .266  .262| .392  .333| .415  .344| .807  .678| 138  .685  12.4   1.4     
 1914 24 PHA AL  355  233   43   4.9    79| .287  .252| .371  .324| .404  .330| .775  .654| 137  .680  13.8   1.6  50%
 1915 25 PHA AL  451  285   48   4.5    80| .248  .251| .385  .328| .343  .329| .728  .657| 122  .624  13.4   1.5  85%
 1916 26 PHA AL  399  261   48   5.0    79| .266  .251| .358  .324| .420  .327| .778  .652| 139  .662  15.6   1.8     
 1917 27 PHA AL  366  238   45   5.1    78| .285  .253| .362  .323| .415  .327| .777  .650| 139  .680  14.2   1.6     
 1918 28 BOS AL  282  179   24   3.6    80| .244  .258| .377  .329| .284  .329| .661  .658| 101  .519   3.8   0.4     
 1919 29 BOS AL  413  236   53   6.0    90| .306  .269| .436  .334| .373  .361| .809  .695| 134  .673  21.7   2.3     
 1920 30 BOS AL  466  284   69   6.5   103| .305  .286| .413  .350| .450  .393| .863  .743| 132  .655  22.0   2.2  50%
 1921 31 NYY AL  513  300   81   7.2   116| .316  .302| .428  .368| .453  .424| .881  .792| 123  .656  19.7   1.8  63%
 1922 32 NYY AL  490  307   67   5.9   111| .319  .295| .405  .361| .412  .415| .817  .776| 111  .594   9.4   0.9  66%
 1923 33 NYY AL  315  206   32   4.2   109| .276  .292| .360  .363| .342  .404| .702  .767|  84  .445  -5.7  -0.6  71%
 1924 34 NYY AL  421  271   55   5.4   112| .292  .298| .382  .368| .427  .409| .809  .776| 108  .547   5.1   0.5  25%
 1925 35 NYY AL  191  135   17   3.4   114| .240  .297| .310  .367| .335  .416| .645  .783|  65  .317  -9.1  -0.9  66%
 1926 36 SLB AL  332  207   57   7.3   114| .330  .296| .405  .368| .516  .415| .921  .784| 134  .694  14.4   1.4  50%
 1927 37 SLB AL  311  186   48   6.9   113| .318  .297| .414  .365| .447  .417| .861  .782| 121  .655   9.9   0.9  60%
 1928 38 SLB AL  325  185   45   6.5   111| .286  .292| .448  .358| .404  .415| .852  .773| 122  .640  13.3   1.3  80%
 1929 39 SLB AL  334  198   38   5.1   116| .237  .297| .424  .364| .378  .429| .802  .793| 105  .515   6.4   0.6  20%
 1930 40 PHA AL  116   82    8   2.6   119| .174  .300| .309  .365| .272  .441| .581  .806|  46  .215  -7.6  -0.7   0%
 1931 41 DET AL   91   63    5   2.1   110| .184  .290| .311  .358| .211  .415| .522  .772|  38  .176  -6.6  -0.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     6423 4010  815   5.4   100| .284  .280| .393  .349| .401  .383| .794  .732| 117  .604 166.1  17.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 23 PHA AL C 72 317 97 14 9 .967 .967 5.75 5.59 8 1914 24 PHA AL C 100 498 154 30 11 .956 .967 6.52 5.70 17 1915 25 PHA AL 3B 43 64 81 18 9 .890 .925 3.37 3.01 OF 41 66 12 13 2 .857 .958 1.90 1.98 20 21 0 C 26 110 46 9 1 .945 .965 6.00 5.46 2 1916 26 PHA AL OF 61 130 10 5 0 .966 .963 2.30 2.03 58 3 0 C 36 136 67 14 6 .935 .974 5.64 5.21 3 1917 27 PHA AL C 80 267 102 17 11 .956 .971 4.61 4.98 10 3B 12 18 24 3 1 .933 .942 3.50 3.23 OF 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 2.13 2 0 4 1918 28 BOS AL C 57 202 52 10 4 .962 .970 4.46 4.96 1 OF 16 31 1 3 0 .914 .961 2.00 2.17 14 2 0 3B 5 2 8 3 1 .769 .952 2.00 3.24 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 5.20 1919 29 BOS AL C 103 359 131 14 15 .972 .974 4.76 4.96 14 1920 30 BOS AL C 73 285 76 16 8 .958 .973 4.95 4.58 3 OF 40 92 7 2 0 .980 .962 2.48 2.16 0 39 1 1921 31 NYY AL C 132 500 101 19 13 .969 .971 4.55 4.33 9 1922 32 NYY AL C 119 456 102 14 12 .976 .977 4.69 4.24 11 1923 33 NYY AL C 81 292 60 11 6 .970 .975 4.35 4.20 9 1924 34 NYY AL C 108 423 89 15 9 .972 .972 4.74 4.02 10 1925 35 NYY AL C 58 172 55 6 8 .974 .977 3.91 3.82 6 1926 36 SLB AL C 82 224 75 10 7 .968 .979 3.65 3.95 7 OF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 2.67 2.23 3 0 0 1927 37 SLB AL C 75 213 73 7 10 .976 .974 3.81 3.91 9 1928 38 SLB AL C 82 263 46 5 5 .984 .976 3.77 4.03 1 1929 39 SLB AL C 85 268 56 4 6 .988 .976 3.81 4.04 5 1930 40 PHA AL C 36 126 18 4 2 .973 .984 4.00 4.19 4 1931 41 DET AL C 30 91 20 4 6 .965 .981 3.70 4.34 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 25 PHA AL 3B 43 64 81 18 9 .890 .925 3.37 3.01 1917 27 PHA AL 3B 12 18 24 3 1 .933 .942 3.50 3.23 1918 28 BOS AL 3B 5 2 8 3 1 .769 .952 2.00 3.24 1913 23 PHA AL C 72 317 97 14 9 .967 .967 5.75 5.59 8 1914 24 PHA AL C 100 498 154 30 11 .956 .967 6.52 5.70 17 1915 25 PHA AL C 26 110 46 9 1 .945 .965 6.00 5.46 2 1916 26 PHA AL C 36 136 67 14 6 .935 .974 5.64 5.21 3 1917 27 PHA AL C 80 267 102 17 11 .956 .971 4.61 4.98 10 1918 28 BOS AL C 57 202 52 10 4 .962 .970 4.46 4.96 1 1919 29 BOS AL C 103 359 131 14 15 .972 .974 4.76 4.96 14 1920 30 BOS AL C 73 285 76 16 8 .958 .973 4.95 4.58 3 1921 31 NYY AL C 132 500 101 19 13 .969 .971 4.55 4.33 9 1922 32 NYY AL C 119 456 102 14 12 .976 .977 4.69 4.24 11 1923 33 NYY AL C 81 292 60 11 6 .970 .975 4.35 4.20 9 1924 34 NYY AL C 108 423 89 15 9 .972 .972 4.74 4.02 10 1925 35 NYY AL C 58 172 55 6 8 .974 .977 3.91 3.82 6 1926 36 SLB AL C 82 224 75 10 7 .968 .979 3.65 3.95 7 1927 37 SLB AL C 75 213 73 7 10 .976 .974 3.81 3.91 9 1928 38 SLB AL C 82 263 46 5 5 .984 .976 3.77 4.03 1 1929 39 SLB AL C 85 268 56 4 6 .988 .976 3.81 4.04 5 1930 40 PHA AL C 36 126 18 4 2 .973 .984 4.00 4.19 4 1931 41 DET AL C 30 91 20 4 6 .965 .981 3.70 4.34 2 1915 25 PHA AL OF 41 66 12 13 2 .857 .958 1.90 1.98 20 21 0 1916 26 PHA AL OF 61 130 10 5 0 .966 .963 2.30 2.03 58 3 0 1917 27 PHA AL OF 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 2.13 2 0 4 1918 28 BOS AL OF 16 31 1 3 0 .914 .961 2.00 2.17 14 2 0 1920 30 BOS AL OF 40 92 7 2 0 .980 .962 2.48 2.16 0 39 1 1926 36 SLB AL OF 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 .964 2.67 2.23 3 0 0 1918 28 BOS AL SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1435 5202 1420 223 149 .967 .973 4.61 4.51 131 OF 167 335 31 23 3 .941 .962 2.19 2.07 97 65 5 3B 60 84 113 24 11 .891 .930 3.28 3.07 SS 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1663 5622 1565 271 163 .964 .971 4.32 4.21
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   4  14   2   5  0  1  1   7   2   4  .357  .438  .714   0  0   0   0   0 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   4  12   1   2  1  0  0   0   1   4  .167  .231  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1918   WS    BOS CHC     W   5   9   1   4  0  0  0   1   2   3  .444  .545  .444   1  1   0   0   0 
 1921   WS    NYY NYG     L   8  21   1   6  1  1  0   1   5   4  .286  .423  .429   0  0   1   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   5  16   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   3  .188  .188  .250   0  0   3   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  22   3   7  1  0  0   0   1   2  .318  .348  .364   0  0   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        3-3  32  94   8  27  4  2  1   9  11  20  .287  .362  .404   1  1   6   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-AL-8-0.17
1914-AL-10-0.16
1922-AL-13-0.11
1924-AL-11-0.11
1927-AL-18-0.05
Car-369-0.60 shares

On-base %
1914 AL-.371-9
1915 AL-.385-8
1919 AL-.436-2
1920 AL-.413-8
1921 AL-.428-6
1922 AL-.405-9
Car-.393-83

Slugging %
1914 AL-.404-10
1916 AL-.420-8
1917 AL-.415-8
1926 AL-.516-7

OPS
1914 AL-.775-9
1916 AL-.778-7
1917 AL-.776-9
1926 AL-.921-8

Home Runs
1916 AL-7-3

Bases on Balls
1919 AL-71-8
1921 AL-78-5
1929 AL-74-8

Strikeouts
1924 AL-43-10

Adjusted OPS+
1914 AL-137-9
1916 AL-139-6
1917 AL-139-7
1919 AL-134-8
1926 AL-134-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1919 AL-22-8

Batting Wins
1916 AL-1.8-9
1919 AL-2.3-7

Offensive Win%
1914 AL-.680-9
1917 AL-.680-10
1921 AL-.656-10
1926 AL-.694-10

Hit By Pitch
1913 AL-9-5
1914 AL-9-4
1915 AL-14-2
1916 AL-10-3
1917 AL-9-1
1920 AL-7-6
1923 AL-9-5
1929 AL-7-1
Car-107-54

Power/Speed Number
1916 AL-9.3-3

At Bats per Home Run
1914 AL-102.3-7
1916 AL-48.3-3
1917 AL-105.3-9
1926 AL-35.6-7

Oldest Player
1928 AL-38-7
1929 AL-39-8
1930 AL-40-5
1931 AL-41-3

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 22 (926) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 25.9 (389) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 57.5 (322) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1912: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the 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 Muddy Ruel, Del Pratt, Sammy Vick, and Hank Thormahlen.

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.


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