Wally Schang

1913–1931 · bats B / throws R · ALS, ASG, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns

1,842G

.284AVG

.393OBP

.401SLG

More career statistics

1,506H

59HR

710RBI

121SB

2Rare 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	1,842	1,841
Batting · Caught stealing	49	93
Batting · Doubles	264	266
Batting · Hit by pitch	107	106
Batting · Strikeouts	573	577
Batting · Plate appearances	6,423	6,440
Batting · RBI	710	725
Batting · Stolen bases	121	129
Batting · Walks	849	863

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,842	6,423	5,307	768	1,506	264	90	59	710	849	573	121	49	107	0	2,127	.284	.393	.401	.794

Streaks

20longest hitting streak · 1916-06-16 to 1916-07-07

24longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
82	Hit Three Times	1923-05-15	1 in 5,324 games	box score ↗
48	Six Times On Base	1923-05-22	1 in 214 games	box score ↗
41	4 walks	1915-07-21	1 in 2,226 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	938	3193	753	36	366	436	297	.286	.372	.413
Away	903	3247	753	23	359	427	280	.282	.363	.389

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	160	542	94	4	52	68	56	.208	.299	.299
May	354	1184	286	11	112	179	100	.299	.393	.419
June	300	1037	236	9	126	140	99	.273	.363	.391
July	371	1348	335	11	175	185	106	.306	.386	.426
August	352	1254	297	13	136	137	117	.280	.346	.390
September	288	1030	248	11	120	147	96	.295	.383	.425
October	16	45	10	0	4	7	3	.270	.378	.459

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	285	995	226	6	103	130	74	.277	.358	.385
chicago-white-sox	284	999	244	15	123	140	77	.299	.384	.447
cleveland-guardians	264	932	219	7	107	118	104	.279	.362	.383
washington-senators-1901-60	248	875	202	7	93	118	91	.279	.366	.385
st-louis-browns	219	789	185	7	85	103	74	.288	.365	.410
boston-red-sox	192	669	142	5	66	73	57	.253	.321	.356
philadelphia-athletics	178	629	148	3	80	106	46	.295	.404	.393
new-york-yankees	171	552	140	9	68	75	54	.303	.389	.459

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1913	Philadelphia Athletics	79	208	55	3	28	4	.264	–	–
1914	Philadelphia Athletics	107	305	88	3	50	8	.289	–	–
1915	Philadelphia Athletics	116	359	89	1	44	19	.248	–	–
1916	Philadelphia Athletics	110	338	90	7	41	14	.266	–	–
1917	Philadelphia Athletics	118	317	91	3	41	7	.287	–	–
1918	Boston Red Sox	88	225	56	–	24	4	.249	–	–
1919	Boston Red Sox	113	330	101	–	52	18	.306	–	–
1920	Boston Red Sox	122	388	118	4	56	7	.304	–	–
1921	New York Yankees	134	424	134	6	53	8	.316	–	–
1922	New York Yankees	124	408	130	1	53	12	.319	–	–
1923	New York Yankees	84	272	75	2	29	5	.276	–	–
1924	New York Yankees	113	356	102	5	51	3	.287	–	–
1925	New York Yankees	73	167	40	2	23	2	.240	–	–
1926	St. Louis Browns	103	285	94	8	52	5	.330	–	–
1927	St. Louis Browns	97	264	84	5	43	3	.318	–	–
1928	St. Louis Browns	91	245	70	3	38	8	.286	–	–
1929	St. Louis Browns	94	248	59	5	36	1	.238	–	–
1930	Philadelphia Athletics	45	92	16	1	8	–	.174	–	–
1931	Detroit Tigers	30	76	14	–	3	1	.184	–	–