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Wally
Schang		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 22, 1889 in Usa, NY, SOUTH WALES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1917   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 23 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
1914 24 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
1915 25 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1916 26 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1917 27 DET AL $ 2,807,143   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1918 28 DET AL $ 3,721,429   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1919 29 DET AL $ 3,721,429   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1920 30 DET AL $ 4,150,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
1921 31 DET AL $ 4,150,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1922 32 DET AL $ 4,150,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1923 33 DET AL $ 2,420,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
1924 34 DET AL $ 2,420,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5
1925 35 DET AL $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,150,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1913 23 CLE AL 24 79 10 16 2 0 0 5 3 1 11 13 .203 .344 .228 .572 7.9 0.9
    AAA   89 312 51 85 10 1 10 51 4 3 65 52 .272 .398 .407 .805 54.7  
1914 24 DET AL 133 468 67 137 11 4 4 46 27 10 65 69 .293 .383 .359 .742 69.4 15.3
1915 25 DET AL 140 534 72 135 17 4 7 56 28 13 71 75 .253 .345 .339 .684 67.0 15.3
1916 26 DET AL 136 494 74 139 19 3 3 64 24 12 65 52 .281 .370 .350 .720 67.5 16.1
1917 27 DET AL 137 546 92 167 20 10 8 62 15 11 59 55 .306 .376 .423 .800 85.3 22.4
1918 28 DET AL 98 349 39 86 10 3 4 34 8 6 44 35 .246 .334 .327 .661 42.0 9.4
1919 29 DET AL 101 371 47 98 11 5 4 41 14 7 34 37 .264 .328 .353 .682 44.5 9.7
1920 30 DET AL 130 492 71 131 19 5 7 46 14 7 58 40 .266 .350 .368 .718 66.0 11.7
1921 31 DET AL 104 375 63 118 24 4 2 50 14 6 27 24 .315 .365 .416 .781 53.0 9.2
1922 32 DET AL 107 306 39 70 13 1 1 35 5 9 33 14 .229 .307 .288 .595 27.1 0.6
1923 33 DET AL 70 147 14 44 6 0 0 18 3 2 8 10 .299 .340 .340 .680 16.2 2.5
1924 34 DET AL 52 136 14 30 4 1 0 26 4 7 14 9 .221 .305 .265 .570 9.0 0.0
1925 35 DET AL 35 92 11 20 4 1 0 16 2 0 4 13 .217 .255 .283 .538 6.5 0.0
13 Years Sim 1267 4389 613 1191 160 41 40 499 161 91 493 446 .271 .350 .354 .704 561.4 113.0
1 Years AAA 89 312 51 85 10 1 10 51 4 3 65 52 .272 .397 .407 .804 54.7  
162 Game Average 561 78 152 20 5 5 63 20 11 63 57 .271 .350 .354 .704 71.8  
Career Highs 140 546 92 167 24 10 8 64 28 13 71 75 .315 .383 .423 .800 85.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3481 487 957 124 33 34 388 121 78 398 311 .275 .354 .359 .713 445.4
vs LH   908 126 234 36 8 6 111 40 13 95 135 .258 .335 .335 .670 105.5
Home 630 2162 306 583 64 22 26 224 79 45 251 207 .270 .349 .356 .704 275.5
Away 637 2227 307 608 96 19 14 275 82 46 242 239 .273 .351 .352 .703 275.4
RISP   1079 0 309 43 9 12 438 0 0 155 105 .286 .376 .376 .753 158.9
Pinch Hitting   106 7 34 7 1 2 14 3 1 8 9 .321 .368 .462 .831 17.0
Close/Late   608 72 174 23 2 5 62 0 0 72 51 .286 .370 .355 .725 80.7
Mar/Apr 131 467 61 120 14 6 3 62 17 8 54 60 .257 .341 .332 .673 54.7
May 228 807 97 223 32 8 4 92 20 13 85 76 .276 .354 .351 .704 98.9
June 224 764 105 217 29 7 9 88 36 21 81 67 .284 .357 .376 .732 101.9
July 252 864 129 221 27 8 6 73 33 15 82 96 .256 .327 .326 .653 93.7
August 215 756 117 201 31 6 8 101 28 19 91 75 .266 .344 .354 .699 94.7
Sep/Oct 217 731 104 209 27 6 10 83 27 15 100 72 .286 .376 .380 .757 107.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1913 23 CLE AL CF 17 17 153.7 50 2 1 0 .981 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 4 4 34.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 1 9.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1914 24 DET AL C 126 126 1118.0 525 103 16 2 .975 5.06 258 79 .306 3 5.6
    CF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1915 25 DET AL C 102 99 905.7 451 89 17 2 .969 5.37 193 64 .332 3 4.9
    3B 35 35 305.3 18 61 11 4 .878 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1916 26 DET AL C 121 120 1081.0 576 111 12 1 .983 5.72 212 74 .349 4 8.1
    CF 3 3 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1917 27 DET AL C 133 133 1200.0 573 116 17 0 .976 5.17 209 79 .378 4 9.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1918 28 DET AL C 89 89 811.0 410 76 13 1 .974 5.39 141 50 .355 5 5.2
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1919 29 DET AL C 97 95 849.3 340 86 8 0 .982 4.51 142 56 .394 4 5.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1920 30 DET AL C 130 130 1157.3 480 102 19 3 .968 4.53 180 66 .367 7 6.8
1921 31 DET AL C 91 87 776.7 303 54 14 2 .962 4.14 102 33 .324 5 4.9
    CF 3 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1922 32 DET AL C 91 88 775.7 293 59 17 0 .954 4.08 117 48 .410 7 4.8
    3B 5 1 12.7 0 3 1 0 .750 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1923 33 DET AL C 29 25 233.0 67 21 2 0 .978 3.40 31 15 .484 1 1.8
    CF 8 4 36.7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 8.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1924 34 DET AL C 42 37 326.0 95 25 5 0 .960 3.31 46 18 .391 2 2.0
    3B 4 0 8.3 1 3 2 0 .667 4.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1925 35 DET AL C 27 23 206.3 66 12 4 1 .951 3.40 30 7 .233 0 0.8
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1079 1052 9441.0 4179 854 144 12 .972 4.80 1662 589 .354 45 59.6
  3B 57 38 362.0 23 82 14 5 .882 2.61 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  CF 38 24 239.6 74 3 1 0 .987 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  LF 16 4 60.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1192 1118 10105.6 4292 939 159 17 .971 4.66 1662 589 .354 45 62.4
Career Highs   137 134 1211.0 585 150 28 6 .985 5.65 258 79 .484 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 27 DET AL 4 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 .133 .381 .200 .581
Career Post-Season Batting 4 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 .133 .381 .200 .581
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1914-10-.293
 On-Base Pct
1914-4-.383
1916-9-.370
1917-10-.376
 OPS
1917-10-.800
 XR
1917-6-85.3
 Runs
1917-8-92
 Total Bases
1917-5-231
Triples
1917-10-10
 Homeruns
1915-3-7
1917-4-8
1918-8-4
1920-6-7
 Walks
1914-9-65
1915-7-71
1916-10-65
1920-7-58
 Strikeouts
1915-6-75
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1913
Had first career hit on 6/10/1913, off Hi West (WAS)
Traded from Cleveland to Detroit on 7/31/1913 (Going to CLE: P Ed Reulbach. Going to DET: P Gus Dorner, CF Wally Schang)
Injured on 8/30/1913 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/8/1914, off Ernie Groth (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Chicago (A) on 8/9/1916
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1917
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/17/1918 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6 weeks
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
5/31/1919: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,150,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1919, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 9/4/1921 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5 weeks
7/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years
6/16/1924: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,550,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Detroit on 4/29/1926
 
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