Wally Roettger

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: August 28, 1902 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: September 14, 1951 in Champaign, IL

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Streator, IL

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: May 1, 1927 (Age 24-246d, 6,550th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 32-033d)
vs. CHC 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Roettger

Pronunciation: \RUTT-gur\

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Relatives: Brother of Oscar Roettger

1931 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

1949

556

.285

192

RBI

245

OBP

.324

SLG

.387

OPS

.711

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-46 / in Starts: 28-35
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	1 in 12 bases loaded PA and 12 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 289 PAs	42
Actual Runners on Base	209 (96-68-45) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 289 PAs	35
Avg. Runners on Base	195 (97-60-37)

Most Driven In
J Bottomley	12
F Frisch	8
E Orsatti	5
A High	5
C Hafey	4
Self	3
T Douthit	2
J Wilson	1

Most Driven In By
J Wilson	11
C Gelbert	4
Self	3
H Haid	1
B Southworth	1
E Smith	1
P Alexander	1
J Haines	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	74	1	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	.48	-0.051	1.23	-0.08%	-1.06	RF
2	75	2	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.53	-0.004	1.51	-0.01%	0.74	RF
3	76	3	Apr 18	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.76	0.051	2.07	0.08%	0.19	RF
4	77	8 (4)	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,9-2	3-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	6	.28	-0.001	.79	0.00%	-0.38	PH RF
5	78	11 (2)	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	6	1.41	-0.020	4.15	-0.04%	-0.86	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	79	16 (4)	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	4.24	-0.125	14.74	-0.26%	-0.56	PH
7	80	22 (5)	May 12	STL	@	BRO	W,13-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6						RF
8	81	23	May 13	STL	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.250	.530	6	.55	0.049	2.32	0.13%	0.38	RF
9	82	26 (2)	May 17	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.269	.240	.509	9	.07	-0.002	.34	-0.01%	-0.13	PH
10	83	27	May 18	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.259	.231	.490	9	.45	-0.015	2.04	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
11	84	31 (3)	May 23	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.226	.200	.426	5	1.05	-0.117	6.33	-0.43%	-1.60	LF
12	85	32	May 24	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.229	.182	.410	5	1.22	-0.144	7.58	-0.54%	-1.56	LF
13	86	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.220	.179	.399	6	2.17	0.089	12.66	0.31%	0.04	LF
14	87	34	May 26 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-12	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.239	.186	.425	6	.63	-0.030	3.62	-0.10%	-0.21	RF
15	88	36 (1)	May 27	STL		PIT	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.220	.170	.390	6	.25	-0.028	1.29	-0.09%	-0.91	RF
16	89	41 (4)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.236	.212	.448	6	1.12	0.237	4.52	0.58%	1.89	RF
17	90	42	May 31	STL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.237	.214	.452	6	.22	0.012	.93	0.03%	-0.48	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	91	43	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,9-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.233	.211	.444	6	3.55	-0.136	15.84	-0.36%	-0.73	RF
19	92	44	Jun 4 (1)	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.217	.467	6	1.16	0.093	5.45	0.26%	0.57	RF
20	93	45	Jun 4 (2)	STL		BRO	L,8-11	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.261	.262	.522	6	1.66	0.058	7.66	0.16%	0.91	RF
21	94	46	Jun 5	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.247	.246	.493	6	1.28	-0.146	6.56	-0.45%	-1.42	RF
22	95	47	Jun 6	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.247	.247	.493	6	2.03	-0.271	10.12	-0.81%	-1.61	RF
23	96	55 (7)	Jun 16 (1)	STL		BSN	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.244	.243	.487	8	1.99	-0.053	9.27	-0.15%	-0.20	PH
24	97	56	Jun 16 (2)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.213	.253	.253	.506	9						PH
25	98	60 (3)	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.253	.253	.506	6	.60	-0.065	3.60	-0.23%	-0.55	RF
26	99	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.264	.265	.529	6	1.05	-0.035	5.52	-0.11%	0.01	RF
27	100	66 (4)	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.261	.262	.523	7	.61	-0.020	2.29	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	101	74 (7)	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.264	.264	.528	6	.82	-0.025	.64	-0.01%	-0.13	RF
29	102	78 (3)	Jul 10	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.261	.522	9	.28	-0.007	.17	0.00%	-0.39	PH
30	103	82 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,6-7	GS-0	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.228	.260	.283	.543	6						RF
31	104	83	Jul 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.263	.284	.547	6	1.08	0.022	.21	0.00%	0.00	RF
32	105	84	Jul 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.252	.273	.525	5	.59	-0.065	.19	-0.01%	-1.11	LF
33	106	85	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.250	.262	.512	5	.94	-0.152	.16	-0.02%	-2.50	LF
34	107	87 (1)	Jul 18	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.241	.252	.493	5	1.89	0.169	.51	0.03%	0.12	LF
35	108	88	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.250	.261	.511	6	.76	0.104	.24	0.02%	1.00	RF
36	109	89	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	6	1.29	-0.024	.32	0.00%	-0.10	RF
37	110	90	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.250	.261	.511	6	1.43	0.011	.26	0.00%	-0.58	RF
38	111	91	Jul 23	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.213	.250	.254	.504	6	.94	0.017	.08	0.00%	-0.06	RF
39	112	92	Jul 24	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.250	.278	.528	6	2.31	0.062	.28	0.01%	1.06	RF
40	113	93	Jul 25	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.257	.285	.542	6	.83	0.045	.12	0.00%	1.40	RF
41	114	94	Jul 26	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.250	.276	.526	6	1.47	-0.188	.25	-0.02%	-1.66	RF
42	115	95	Jul 27	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.271	.299	.570	6	.88	0.131	.18	0.02%	0.82	RF
43	116	96	Jul 28	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.264	.291	.554	6	.85	-0.123	.08	-0.01%	-1.79	RF
44	117	97	Jul 29	STL		NYG	L,2-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.270	.292	.561	6	.25	0.022	.01	0.00%	-0.12	RF
45	118	98	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,10-9	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.276	.293	.568	6	1.14	-0.021	.03	0.00%	-0.49	RF
46	119	99	Jul 31 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.270	.287	.557	6	.71	-0.020	.03	0.00%	-1.14	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	120	101 (1)	Aug 1	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.240	.282	.305	.587	6	.70	0.150	.02	0.00%	1.85	RF
48	121	102	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,14-7	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.233	.274	.296	.569	6	.42	-0.071	.01	0.00%	-1.26	RF
49	122	103	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.273	.301	.574	6	.88	0.087	.04	0.00%	1.11	RF
50	123	104	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.273	.295	.568	6	.88	-0.140	.04	0.00%	-2.02	RF
51	124	105	Aug 5	STL		BSN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.278	.296	.574	6	.46	0.043	.01	0.00%	0.12	RF
52	125	106	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.277	.306	.584	6	.49	-0.011	.02	0.00%	-0.34	RF
53	126	107	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.282	.316	.598	6	1.40	-0.097	.03	0.00%	-1.20	RF
54	127	108	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.276	.309	.585	6	.26	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.02	RF
55	128	109	Aug 10 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-9	CG(11)	6	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.237	.279	.328	.607	6	1.15	-0.069	.01	0.00%	-0.59	RF
56	129	114 (4)	Aug 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.326	.604	2	1.08	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
57	130	117 (2)	Aug 21	STL	@	BRO	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.274	.321	.595	6	1.68	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.51	RF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	131	124 (6)	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.278	.330	.608	5	.97	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.44	LF
59	132	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.276	.327	.603	5	.72	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.52	LF
60	133	126	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,10-12	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.284	.343	.627	5	1.64	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.23	LF
61	134	127	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,14-8	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.286	.356	.642	5	1.76	0.056	.00	0.00%	1.69	LF
62	135	128	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG(8)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.290	.358	.649	5	.33	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.24	LF
63	136	129	Sep 7	STL		PHI	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.356	.646	5	1.01	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.64	LF
64	137	130	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.289	.352	.640	5	1.54	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-1.08	RF
65	138	131	Sep 8 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.248	.289	.351	.641	5						RF
66	139	132	Sep 9	STL		PHI	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.289	.350	.638	5	.99	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.64	RF
67	140	135 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.249	.289	.349	.639	6	1.41	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.38	RF
68	141	136	Sep 13 (2)	STL		BSN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.293	.352	.645	6	1.36	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.75	RF
69	142	137	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.292	.350	.642	6	.65	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.62	RF
70	143	138	Sep 15 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.291	.349	.640	6	.64	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
71	144	139	Sep 15 (2)	STL		NYG	W,6-4	0-GF	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.256	.294	.355	.649	1						RF
72	145	140	Sep 16	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.253	.291	.351	.642	5	2.03	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.78	RF
73	146	141	Sep 21	STL		BRO	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.290	.350	.639	9	.83	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
74	147	148 (6)	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,4-2	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.287	.347	.634	4	.27	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.49	RF
75	148	149	Sep 28	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.249	.286	.348	.634	5	1.31	0.292	.00	0.00%	2.30	RF
76	149	150	Sep 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.281	.342	.624	6	.99	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-2.08	RF
77	150	151	Sep 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.277	.337	.615	6	.36	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-1.33	RF
78	151	153 (1)	Oct 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.249	.284	.343	.628	6	.56	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.66	RF
79	152	154	Oct 6	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.287	.349	.637	3	.85	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.89	RF
							33-46		289	269	27	68	11	3	3	42	13	1	27	0	4		4		0	1	.253	.287	.349	.637		1.03	-1.007	1.63	-2.18%	-19.57

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