Wally Roettger
1927–1934 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
599G
.285AVG
.324OBP
.387SLG
More career statistics
556H
19HR
245RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · Plate appearances | 2,106 | 2,104 |
| Batting · RBI | 245 | 247 |
| Batting · Walks | 99 | 97 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 599 | 2,106 | 1,949 | 192 | 556 | 96 | 23 | 19 | 245 | 99 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 755 | .285 | .324 | .387 | .711 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1928-05-27 to 1928-06-14
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1931-04-16 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1931-06-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1928-04-11 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 317 | 1060 | 260 | 8 | 133 | 54 | 65 | .266 | .296 | .370 |
| Away | 282 | 1044 | 296 | 11 | 114 | 43 | 78 | .305 | .325 | .405 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 55 | 221 | 69 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 22 | .332 | .339 | .394 |
| May | 89 | 293 | 77 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 15 | .279 | .300 | .373 |
| June | 123 | 471 | 135 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 33 | .312 | .340 | .451 |
| July | 137 | 479 | 126 | 5 | 55 | 26 | 30 | .284 | .317 | .397 |
| August | 91 | 301 | 65 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 17 | .236 | .266 | .322 |
| September | 101 | 327 | 78 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 26 | .258 | .281 | .341 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .583 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 90 | 295 | 84 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 19 | .300 | .319 | .389 |
| chicago-cubs | 84 | 297 | 76 | 5 | 39 | 14 | 29 | .277 | .303 | .372 |
| new-york-giants | 82 | 252 | 62 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 17 | .271 | .310 | .380 |
| boston-braves | 81 | 276 | 79 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 17 | .316 | .333 | .404 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 302 | 81 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 19 | .287 | .315 | .418 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 71 | 254 | 62 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 15 | .259 | .272 | .356 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 62 | 244 | 60 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 16 | .267 | .311 | .351 |
| cincinnati-reds | 50 | 184 | 52 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 11 | .306 | .321 | .435 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1928 | St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 261 | 89 | 6 | 44 | 2 | .341 | – | – |
| 1929 | St. Louis Cardinals | 79 | 269 | 68 | 3 | 42 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1930 |  New York Giants | 121 | 420 | 119 | 5 | 52 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 336 | 108 | 1 | 36 | 1 | .321 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Cincinnati Reds | 106 | 347 | 96 | 3 | 43 | – | .277 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cincinnati Reds | 84 | 209 | 50 | 1 | 17 | – | .239 | – | – |
| 1934 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 47 | 106 | 26 | – | 13 | – | .245 | – | – |