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	41-27 / in Starts: 40-26
Longest Hitting Streak	16 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 281 PAs	44
Actual Runners on Base	170 (84-49-37) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 281 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	186 (93-58-34)

Most Driven In
J Bottomley	13
F Frisch	9
C Hafey	7
Self	6
G Harper	3
W Holm	2
B O'Farrell	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
R Maranville	5
T Thevenow	4
J Wilson	3
J Haines	2
R Blades	1
G Mancuso	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	6	1	Apr 11	STL		PIT	W,14-7	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	6	.63	0.135	1.58	0.21%	3.30	LF
2	7	2	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.625	1.000	6	.38	-0.031	.96	-0.05%	-0.16	LF
3	8	3	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	6	1.15	-0.122	3.42	-0.22%	-0.98	LF
4	9	4	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	6	1.40	0.067	3.77	0.11%	0.70	LF
5	10	5	Apr 16	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.368	.474	.842	6	.71	-0.023	1.99	-0.04%	-0.23	LF
6	11	6	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.304	.391	.696	6	1.20	-0.123	3.29	-0.20%	-0.57	LF
7	12	7	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		1	0	.321	.321	.393	.714	7	1.12	0.116	2.75	0.17%	-0.05	LF
8	13	8	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.344	.406	.750	7	1.10	-0.065	2.88	-0.10%	-0.81	LF
9	14	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	7	1.38	0.106	4.03	0.19%	0.60	LF
10	15	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.350	.366	.450	.816	7	.43	-0.052	1.20	-0.09%	-0.67	LF
11	16	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(17)	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.362	.375	.447	.822	7	1.80	0.208	5.33	0.37%	1.01	LF
12	17	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.367	.392	.449	.841	7	1.27	0.025	3.68	0.04%	0.06	LF
13	18	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.358	.382	.434	.816	7	1.09	-0.081	3.41	-0.15%	-1.01	LF
14	19	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.333	.367	.404	.770	7						LF
15	20	15	Apr 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.359	.410	.769	6	1.60	0.060	4.96	0.11%	0.13	LF
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
16	21	16	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.353	.400	.753	6	.92	-0.067	2.58	-0.11%	-0.45	RF
17	22	17	May 2	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.375	.435	.810	6	1.41	0.027	3.85	0.04%	0.60	RF
18	23	18	May 3	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.387	.444	.831	6	.60	0.027	1.41	0.04%	0.41	RF
19	24	19	May 5	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.392	.447	.840	6	1.79	-0.052	4.48	-0.08%	0.09	RF
20	25	20	May 6 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.367	.390	.481	.871	6	1.32	0.072	2.98	0.10%	0.87	RF
21	26	21	May 6 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.395	.500	.895	6	1.07	0.080	2.67	0.12%	0.67	RF
22	27	22	May 7	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.400	.512	.912	6	1.69	0.174	3.63	0.22%	1.28	RF
23	28	28 (5)	May 13	STL		BSN	L,5-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.368	.396	.506	.901	9						PH
24	29	29	May 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.402	.511	.914	9	3.56	0.135	9.93	0.23%	0.39	PH
25	30	32 (2)	May 19	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.380	.406	.554	.961	6	1.59	0.186	4.92	0.34%	1.58	RF
26	31	33	May 20 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.375	.400	.542	.942	6	1.10	-0.075	3.23	-0.13%	-0.67	RF
27	32	34	May 20 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0	0	.374	.398	.535	.933	6						RF
28	33	35	May 21	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.396	.559	.955	6	.91	-0.021	2.77	-0.04%	0.44	RF
29	34	36	May 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.368	.391	.547	.938	6	1.76	0.204	5.81	0.40%	0.89	RF
30	35	37	May 24	STL		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.386	.545	.931	6	.51	-0.023	1.77	-0.05%	-0.75	RF
31	36	38	May 25	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.376	.531	.907	6	.84	-0.064	3.26	-0.15%	-0.54	RF
32	37	39	May 26	STL		CIN	L,7-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.364	.513	.876	6	.63	-0.068	2.18	-0.14%	-0.78	RF
33	38	40	May 27	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.368	.521	.889	6	1.45	-0.085	4.25	-0.15%	-0.34	LF
34	39	41	May 29	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.347	.372	.516	.888	6	.55	0.002	1.18	0.00%	-0.19	LF
35	40	42	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.376	.516	.892	6	.46	0.002	1.21	0.00%	0.14	LF
36	41	43	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.372	.508	.880	6	.86	-0.013	2.23	-0.02%	-0.08	LF
37	42	44	May 31	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.369	.500	.869	6	1.37	-0.013	3.79	-0.02%	-0.73	LF
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
38	43	45	Jun 1	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.375	.511	.886	6	.74	0.052	1.84	0.08%	0.51	RF
39	44	46	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,13-12	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.357	.383	.531	.914	6	.70	-0.064	1.82	-0.10%	0.01	LF
40	45	47	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.377	.520	.897	6	.96	-0.093	3.58	-0.21%	-1.10	LF
41	46	48	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.355	.380	.520	.899	6	1.89	0.256	7.83	0.64%	0.93	LF
42	47	49	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.359	.383	.545	.928	6	.38	0.094	1.46	0.22%	2.39	LF
43	48	50	Jun 9	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.365	.392	.547	.939	6	.71	0.082	2.99	0.21%	0.57	LF
44	49	51	Jun 10	STL	@	BRO	W,15-7	CG	5	5	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.398	.567	.965	6	.64	-0.021	2.33	-0.05%	1.78	LF RF
45	50	52	Jun 11	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.373	.398	.562	.960	6	.55	0.010	1.95	0.02%	-0.11	LF
46	51	53	Jun 12	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.374	.398	.580	.978	6	.27	0.066	1.01	0.15%	0.53	LF
47	52	54	Jun 13	STL	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.371	.395	.573	.968	6	.29	-0.038	1.20	-0.10%	0.34	RF
48	53	55	Jun 14	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.370	.397	.569	.966	6	.72	0.041	3.11	0.11%	0.56	RF
49	54	56	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.358	.385	.551	.935	6	1.35	-0.220	6.50	-0.64%	-1.18	RF
50	55	57	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.380	.542	.922	6	.94	-0.088	4.85	-0.27%	-1.26	RF
51	56	58	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG(5)	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.379	.544	.923	6	1.11	0.116	7.89	0.49%	1.01	RF
52	57	59	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.373	.537	.911	6	1.94	-0.204	13.89	-0.87%	-0.38	RF
53	58	60	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.351	.376	.537	.912	6	.96	0.030	6.88	0.13%	-0.16	RF
54	59	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.381	.538	.919	6	.71	-0.001	4.68	0.00%	1.19	RF
55	60	62	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.374	.528	.902	6	1.19	-0.141	7.89	-0.56%	-1.00	RF
56	61	63	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.367	.518	.886	6	.36	-0.036	2.38	-0.15%	-0.90	RF
57	62	64	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.344	.367	.516	.883	6	1.25	0.013	8.08	0.05%	0.05	RF
58	63	65	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.369	.516	.885	6	.41	0.034	2.57	0.13%	1.01	RF
59	64	66	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.351	.373	.522	.895	6	1.63	0.189	12.09	0.84%	0.87	RF
60	65	67	Jun 25	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.349	.373	.517	.891	6	2.65	0.064	18.73	0.27%	-0.36	RF
61	66	68	Jun 28	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.376	.525	.901	6	1.45	0.132	8.50	0.47%	1.63	RF
62	67	69	Jun 29	STL		PIT	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.378	.531	.909	6	.34	0.020	1.92	0.07%	0.72	LF
63	68	70	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.375	.527	.902	6	1.49	0.061	8.65	0.21%	-0.22	LF
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
64	69	71	Jul 1 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.344	.370	.518	.888	6						LF
65	70	72	Jul 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.339	.364	.510	.874	6						LF
66	71	73	Jul 3	STL		CHC	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.366	.510	.876	6	1.68	0.011	11.33	0.04%	0.64	LF
67	72	74	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0				0	0	.341	.368	.508	.876	6						LF
68	73	75	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-16	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.341	.368	.506	.873	6						RF
							41-27		281	261	27	89	17	4	6	44	8	2	22	3	4		4		2	5	.341	.368	.506	.873		1.06	1.013	4.34	2.13%	12.21

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