Germany Schaefer
1901–1918 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, NEW, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,157G
.257AVG
.319OBP
.320SLG
More career statistics
972H
9HR
308RBI
201SB
1.0IP
0K
18.00ERA
0GS
10Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,157 | 1,156 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,784 | 3,788 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 83 |
| Batting · Doubles | 117 | 118 |
| Batting · Hits | 972 | 971 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 28 | 389 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,305 | 4,336 |
| Batting · Runs | 497 | 499 |
| Batting · RBI | 308 | 319 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 201 | 205 |
| Batting · Triples | 48 | 49 |
| Batting · Walks | 333 | 356 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6 | 7 |
| Pitching · p er | 2 | 3 |
| Pitching · p h | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3 | 2 |
| Pitching · p r | 2 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,157 | 4,305 | 3,784 | 497 | 972 | 117 | 48 | 9 | 308 | 333 | 28 | 201 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1,212 | .257 | .319 | .320 | .639 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.000 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1911-09-16 to 1912-04-11
36longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1906-10-07 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1908-07-17 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1908-04-17 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 607 | 2253 | 501 | 2 | 155 | 205 | 171 | .259 | .313 | .324 |
| Away | 549 | 2083 | 470 | 7 | 164 | 151 | 218 | .254 | .298 | .317 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 120 | 485 | 104 | 0 | 34 | 48 | 49 | .249 | .313 | .324 |
| May | 203 | 744 | 166 | 0 | 66 | 65 | 54 | .255 | .310 | .316 |
| June | 187 | 653 | 130 | 4 | 47 | 59 | 71 | .230 | .289 | .282 |
| July | 233 | 885 | 210 | 3 | 51 | 63 | 86 | .269 | .308 | .335 |
| August | 187 | 714 | 154 | 2 | 43 | 57 | 71 | .247 | .296 | .326 |
| September | 181 | 672 | 152 | 0 | 58 | 47 | 48 | .256 | .296 | .315 |
| October | 45 | 183 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 10 | .346 | .393 | .396 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 157 | 576 | 125 | 1 | 43 | 61 | 33 | .257 | .323 | .312 |
| chicago-white-sox | 150 | 560 | 148 | 2 | 48 | 27 | 62 | .289 | .312 | .371 |
| new-york-yankees | 146 | 572 | 119 | 0 | 43 | 43 | 62 | .235 | .283 | .300 |
| cleveland-guardians | 144 | 516 | 117 | 1 | 47 | 44 | 47 | .260 | .312 | .324 |
| boston-red-sox | 144 | 534 | 116 | 2 | 50 | 39 | 37 | .246 | .290 | .312 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 141 | 569 | 122 | 1 | 33 | 53 | 71 | .253 | .308 | .317 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 84 | 340 | 80 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 12 | .271 | .312 | .329 |
| detroit-tigers | 48 | 159 | 51 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 9 | .372 | .428 | .467 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | .600 | – | – |
| 1902 | Chicago Cubs | 81 | 288 | 57 | – | 14 | 12 | .198 | – | – |
| 1905 |  Detroit Tigers | 153 | 552 | 133 | 2 | 48 | 19 | .241 | – | – |
| 1906 | Detroit Tigers | 124 | 445 | 106 | 2 | 43 | 31 | .238 | – | – |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 112 | 373 | 96 | 1 | 34 | 21 | .257 | – | – |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 585 | 151 | 3 | 50 | 42 | .258 | – | – |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 124 | 408 | 101 | 1 | 29 | 16 | .248 | – | – |
| 1910 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 76 | 236 | 65 | – | 16 | 17 | .275 | – | – |
| 1911 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 442 | 146 | – | 46 | 22 | .330 | – | – |
| 1912 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 62 | 166 | 41 | – | 22 | 11 | .247 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 54 | 99 | 32 | – | 7 | 6 | .323 | – | – |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 29 | 29 | 7 | – | 2 | 4 | .241 | – | – |
| 1915 | NEW | 59 | 154 | 33 | – | 8 | 3 | .214 | – | – |
| 1916 |  New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1918 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | .000 | – | – |