Wally Schang

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: August 22, 1889 in South Wales, NY us

Died: March 6, 1965 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, MO

Debut: May 9, 1913 (Age 23-260d, 3,902nd in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: June 22, 1931 (Age 41-304d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Schang

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Bobby Schang

4x World Series

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.0

5307

1506

.284

769

RBI

705

121

OBP

.393

SLG

.401

OPS

.794

OPS+

117

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 59 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead, 9 lacking some details

4 Tms
SLB	21
PHA	18
NYY	16
BOS	4

Platoon
vs RHP	50
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	23

Outs
1	21
0	18
2	15
Unk	5

8 Opps
CHW	15
NYY	9
WSH	7
CLE	7
SLB	7
DET	6
BOS	5
PHA	3

48 Pitchers
Red Faber	4
Bullet Joe Bush	3
Ted Blankenship	2
Lil Stoner	2
Hollis Thurston	2
Allen Russell	2
Jim Scott	2
George Uhle	2
Johnny Miljus	1
Rasty Wright	1
Jack Russell	1
Tom Hughes	1
Willie Mitchell	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Hooks Dauss	1
Tommy Thomas	1
George Murray	1
Bob Groom	1
Scott Perry	1
Ownie Carroll	1
Eddie Rommel	1
Grady Adkins	1
Rube Walberg	1
Emil Levsen	1
General Crowder	1
Hank Johnson	1
Elmer Jacobs	1
Firpo Marberry	1
Alex Ferguson	1
Eddie Plank	1
Russ Ford	1
Benn Karr	1
Dixie Davis	1
George Pipgras	1
Carl Mays	1
Ad Liska	1
Carl Holling	1
Al Schacht	1
James Edwards	1
Myles Thomas	1
Ray Collins	1
Allen Sothoron	1
Red Oldham	1
Slim Love	1
Bob Shawkey	1
Urban Shocker	1
Dickey Kerr	1
Andrew Messenger	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	22
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	10
Polo Grounds (NYC)	8
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
League Pk II (CLE)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
9	36
89	3
7	3
8	2
78	2

6 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	10
-2-	5
123	2
12-	2
-23	1
1-3	1

94 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	29
1 on	15
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	21

Inning
1	2
2	11
3	7
4	7
5	4
6	8
7	6
8	8
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	20
4-6	19
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	5
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	9
-1	8
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	11
Unk	9

Ahead	15
Tied	9
Behind	26
Unk	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	50
LF	5
3B	2
PH	1
CF	1

OrderPos
8th	24
7th	11
6th	9
4th	8
5th	3
Unk	2
3rd	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1913-06-27 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	Tom Hughes		t 2	0		1	8	2
2	2	2	1	1913-07-02	PHA	@	NYY	Russ Ford	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	---	1	8	2	0.137	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1913-07-09	PHA	@	CLE	Willie Mitchell		t 6			3		2			IPHR
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1914-06-30	PHA		BOS	Ray Collins		b 3			1		2
5	5	2	1	1914-08-28	PHA		CHW	Jim Scott	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.077	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	3	2	1914-08-28	PHA		CHW	Jim Scott	behind 4-6	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.127	37%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1915	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1915-07-14	PHA	@	CHW	Red Faber	behind 2-5	t 5	1	---	1	4	5	0.079	20%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1916	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1916-05-02	PHA		NYY	Bob Shawkey	behind 0-9	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1916-07-04 (2)	PHA		BOS	Carl Mays	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---	1	4	8	0.043	9%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
10	10	3	1	1916-08-17 (1)	PHA		SLB	Eddie Plank		b 3			2	4	7
11	11	4	1	1916-09-06	PHA		BOS	Dutch Leonard		b 2			1	4	7
12	12	5	1	1916-09-08	PHA		NYY	Allen Russell		b 1	0		4	4	7
13	13	6	2	1916-09-08	PHA		NYY	Slim Love		b 2	1		1	4	7			Bounced
14	14	7	1	1916-09-23	PHA	@	SLB	Bob Groom		t 8	1		1	4	7
1917	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1917-04-25	PHA	@	NYY	Allen Russell	behind 1-2	t 9	1	12-	3	8	2	0.673	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. McInnis Scores; R. Bates Scores
16	16	2	1	1917-06-25 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	Urban Shocker	behind 3-6	t 8	2	-2-	2	4	5	0.101	14%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Strunk Scores
17	17	3	1	1917-08-08	PHA		SLB	Allen Sothoron	behind 4-5	b 10	0	1--	2	7	2	0.706	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (LF-CF); S. McInnis Scores
1920	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1920-05-31 (2)	BOS		PHA	Scott Perry	behind 2-9	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.002	0%		Home Run
19	19	2	1	1920-06-10	BOS	@	CHW	Dickey Kerr	ahead 7-1	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.002	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (CF-RF)
20	20	3	1	1920-08-07	BOS	@	CHW	Red Faber	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	5	2	0.159	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1920-08-09	BOS	@	SLB	Dixie Davis	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.108	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1921	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1921-04-26	NYY		WSH	Al Schacht	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.092	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1921-05-12	NYY	@	DET	Carl Holling	ahead 7-5	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.091	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	3	1	1921-07-04 (2)	NYY		PHA	Eddie Rommel		b 2			1	8	2
25	25	4	1	1921-08-05	NYY		DET	Hooks Dauss	ahead 4-2	b 8	2	-23	3	8	2	0.059	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Pipp Scores; A. Ward Scores
26	26	5	1	1921-09-19	NYY		DET	Red Oldham	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.090	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1921-09-26	NYY		CLE	George Uhle	ahead 6-5	b 6	0	1--	2	8	2	0.137	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. McNally Scores
1922	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1922-07-27	NYY	@	SLB	Rasty Wright	tied 5-5	t 11	2	---	1	5	2	0.404	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1923	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1923-05-20	NYY	@	CHW	Red Faber	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.137	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1923-09-16 (1)	NYY		CLE	George Uhle	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.193	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1924	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1924-07-08 (1)	NYY		CHW	Hollis Thurston	behind 1-3	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.112	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1924-07-28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	Red Faber	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.191	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Pipp Scores
33	33	3	1	1924-07-29	NYY	@	CHW	Hollis Thurston	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	1	6	2	0.125	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1924-08-08	NYY	@	CLE	Andrew Messenger	behind 2-3	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.244	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Meusel Scores
35	35	5	1	1924-09-02 (2)	NYY		BOS	Alex Ferguson	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	5	2	0.078	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1925	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1925-05-08	NYY	@	SLB	Bullet Joe Bush	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1-3	3	7	2	0.137	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Pipp Scores; A. Ward Scores
37	37	2	1	1925-05-11	NYY	@	SLB	Bullet Joe Bush	behind 8-15	t 7	1	1--	2	7	2	0.018	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Pipp Scores
1926	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1926-04-24	SLB		CHW	James Edwards	behind 2-7	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.036	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	2	1	1926-06-17	SLB		WSH	Bullet Joe Bush	ahead 5-0	b 3	1	---	1	7	2	0.029	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1926-08-01	SLB		WSH	Firpo Marberry	behind 5-7	b 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.377	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Robertson Scores
41	41	4	1	1926-08-03	SLB		WSH	General Crowder	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.039	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	5	1	1926-08-12	SLB		DET	Lil Stoner	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.103	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	6	1	1926-08-15 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	Benn Karr	behind 2-3	t 3	0	123	4	6	2	0.207	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Williams Scores; B. Miller Scores; M. McManus Scores
44	44	7	1	1926-09-06 (1)	SLB		CLE	Emil Levsen	behind 0-7	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.021	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	8	1	1926-09-22	SLB		WSH	George Murray	behind 2-6	b 8	2	---	1	6	2	0.026	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1927-04-18	SLB		CHW	Ted Blankenship	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.175	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Gerber Scores
47	47	2	1	1927-05-15	SLB		PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 1-2	b 3	2	123	4	7	2	0.333	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Miller Scores; H. Rice Scores; K. Williams Scores
48	48	3	1	1927-06-18	SLB	@	NYY	Myles Thomas	behind 2-6	t 6	0	1--	2	7	2	0.111	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Schulte Scores
49	49	4	1	1927-06-22 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Tommy Thomas	behind 3-7	t 8	2	1--	2	7	2	0.056	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Rice Scores
50	50	5	1	1927-07-01	SLB		CHW	Elmer Jacobs	tied 9-9	b 6	2	12-	3	7	2	0.321	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Rice Scores; O. Melillo Scores
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1928-06-21 (2)	SLB		DET	Lil Stoner	ahead 8-4	b 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	2	1	1928-08-24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	George Pipgras	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.111	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	3	1	1928-09-01	SLB		DET	Ownie Carroll	behind 3-4	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.131	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1929-05-12	SLB		BOS	Jack Russell	ahead 5-0	b 1	1	1--	2	8	2	0.053	95%		Home Run; O. Melillo Scores/unER; W. Schang Scores/unER
55	55	2	1	1929-05-14	SLB		WSH	Ad Liska	behind 5-9	b 9	2	1--	2	8	2	0.012	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Brannan Scores
56	56	3	1	1929-05-17	SLB		CLE	Johnny Miljus	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	-2-	2	8	2	0.106	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Melillo Scores
57	57	4	1	1929-05-21	SLB		CHW	Ted Blankenship	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.100	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
58	58	5	1	1929-06-23	SLB		CHW	Grady Adkins	behind 2-4	b 4	0	-2-	2	8	2	0.161	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Melillo Scores
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1930-07-09	PHA	@	NYY	Hank Johnson	behind 4-12	t 7	1	1--	2	3	2	0.009	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Haas Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

More Schang Pages

Wally Schang Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Wally Schang Pages at Baseball Reference

Wally Schang

Summary of 59 Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 14 go ahead, 9 lacking some details

Play By Play

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

More Schang Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks