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Wally Shaner

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: May 24, 1900 in Lynchburg, VA us

Died: November 13, 1992 in Las Vegas, NV

Buried: Davis Memorial Park, Las Vegas, NV

School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)

Debut: May 4, 1923 (Age 22-345d, 5,737th in major league history)
vs. SLB 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 14, 1929 (Age 29-021d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1926 season

Full Name: Walter Dedaker Shaner

Nicknames: Skinny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

629

175

.278

RBI

OBP

.327

SLG

.394

OPS

.722

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-14	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (10)	May 2	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GF	21	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
6	17	May 3	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	18	May 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	20 (1)	May 8	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	28 (7)	May 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	30 (1)	May 22	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	43 (12)	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
12	44	Jun 7	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	45	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	46	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	47	Jun 10	BOS		DET	L,5-10	CG	0	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	48	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	49	Jun 12	BOS	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	49	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
18	50	Jun 13	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	52 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	53	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
21	54	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	55	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	56	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	59 (2)	Jun 23	BOS		NYY	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	60	Jun 24	BOS		WSH	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	61	Jun 25	BOS		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	62	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	63	Jun 27	BOS		WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	64	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
31	66	Jun 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	67	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	68	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	69	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	70	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	71	Jul 5	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	72	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	73	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	74	Jul 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	75	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	76	Jul 9 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	77	Jul 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	78	Jul 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
44	79	Jul 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
45	80	Jul 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-14	CG	45	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
46	81	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	83 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	84	Jul 16 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	85	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-5	GF	17	4.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	86	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	87	Jul 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	88	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	89	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	90	Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	91	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	93	Jul 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	94	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	95	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	96	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	97	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	98	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	99	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	100	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	101	Aug 3	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	102	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	103	Aug 5	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	104	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	105	Aug 8	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	106	Aug 10	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	107	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
72	108	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	109	Aug 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	113	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	114	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,7-14	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	115	Aug 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	116	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	117	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	118	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	119	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	120	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	GS	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	121	Aug 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	122	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	123	Aug 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	124	Aug 31	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	125	Sep 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	55	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
90	126	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	50	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	127	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,12-11	CG	88	18.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	128	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	CG	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	129	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-14	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	130	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	131	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,10-12	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	132	Sep 8	BOS		CLE	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
97	133	Sep 9	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	134	Sep 10	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	135	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	46	13.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	136	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	137	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
102	138	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	139	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	142 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	149 (6)	Sep 26 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	11	3	1	15	2
106	151 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	GF	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	152	Sep 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	153	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	154	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							111gm		9.0	226	15	12	253	3