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Germany Schaefer
William Herman Schaefer (Liberty)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut October 5, 1901
Final Game April 25, 1918
Born February 4, 1876 in Chicago, IL
Died May 16, 1919 in Saranac Lake, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 25 CHC NL   2    5    0    3   1  0   0    0   0      2      .600  .714  .800  346    4   0           0    
 1902 26 CHC NL  81  291   32   57   2  3   0   14  12     19      .196  .250  .223   48   65  11           2    
 1905 29 DET AL 153  554   64  135  17  9   2   47  19     45      .244  .302  .318   96  176  29           1    
 1906 30 DET AL 124  446   48  106  14  3   2   42  31     32      .238  .290  .296   81  132  19           1    
 1907 31 DET AL 109  372   45   96  12  3   1   32  21     30      .258  .313  .315   98  117  17           0    
 1908 32 DET AL 153  584   96  151  20 10   3   52  40     37      .259  .304  .342  106  200  43           1    
 1909 33 TOT AL 124  408   39  101  17  1   1   26  14     20      .248  .284  .301   84  123  19           1    
         DET AL  87  280   26   70  12  0   0   22  12     14      .250  .286  .293   80   82  14           0    
         WSH AL  37  128   13   31   5  1   1    4   2      6      .242  .281  .320   94   41   5           1    
 1910 34 WSH AL  74  229   27   63   6  5   0   14  17     25      .275  .352  .345  123   79   9           2    
 1911 35 WSH AL 125  440   74  147  14  7   0   45  22     57      .334  .412  .398  128  175  18           1    
 1912 36 WSH AL  60  166   21   41   7  3   0   19  11     23      .247  .342  .325   90   54   4           1    
 1913 37 WSH AL  54  100   17   32   1  1   0    7   6     15  12  .320  .419  .350  124   35   2           2    
 1914 38 WSH AL  30   29    6    7   1  0   0    2   4  1   3   5  .241  .313  .276   74    8   1           0    
 1915 39 NEW FL  59  154   26   33   5  3   0    8   3     25  11  .214  .328  .286   86   44   3           1    
 1916 40 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 42 CLE AL   1    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   1      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1150 3784  497  972 117 48   9  308 201  1 333  28  .257  .319  .320   97 1212 175   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        533   70  137  16  7   1   43  28  0  47   4  .257  .319  .320   97  171  25   0   0   2   0
 Career High    153  584   96  151  20 10   3   52  40  1  57  12  .334  .412  .398  128  200  43   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 25 CHC NL    7    2    3  40.0    85| .600  .271| .714  .325| .800  .353|1.514  .678| 346  .986   2.0   0.2     
 1902 26 CHC NL  323  245   16   1.7    76| .196  .263| .250  .318| .223  .324| .473  .641|  48  .223 -18.0  -2.1     
 1905 29 DET AL  629  448   53   3.2    73| .244  .249| .302  .308| .318  .325| .620  .634|  96  .506  -3.4  -0.4     
 1906 30 DET AL  498  359   38   2.8    77| .238  .259| .290  .315| .296  .332| .586  .647|  81  .438  -9.8  -1.2     
 1907 31 DET AL  419  293   37   3.4    74| .258  .257| .313  .313| .315  .322| .628  .635|  98  .537  -0.8  -0.1     
 1908 32 DET AL  665  476   61   3.4    71| .259  .250| .304  .308| .342  .318| .646  .626| 106  .571   2.7   0.3     
 1909 33 TOT AL  448  326   34   2.8    74| .248  .254| .284  .315| .301  .322| .585  .637|  84  .456  -8.0  -0.9     
         DET AL  308  224   23   2.7    76| .250  .257| .286  .318| .293  .326| .579  .644|  80  .450  -6.8  -0.8     
         WSH AL  140  102   11   2.9    70| .242  .247| .281  .307| .320  .313| .601  .620|  94  .472  -1.2  -0.1     
 1910 34 WSH AL  265  175   27   4.2    71| .275  .244| .352  .310| .345  .316| .697  .625| 123  .618   6.5   0.8     
 1911 35 WSH AL  516  311   72   6.2    94| .334  .279| .412  .345| .398  .366| .810  .711| 128  .676  19.2   2.0     
 1912 36 WSH AL  194  129   18   3.7    92| .247  .274| .342  .342| .325  .360| .667  .702|  90  .475  -1.5  -0.2     
 1913 37 WSH AL  119   70   14   5.3    89| .320  .267| .419  .339| .350  .350| .769  .689| 124  .670   4.0   0.4     
 1914 38 WSH AL   33   24    3   3.4    85| .241  .261| .313  .335| .276  .342| .589  .677|  74  .511  -0.9  -0.1  80%
 1915 39 NEW FL  183  124   14   3.0    81| .214  .255| .328  .321| .286  .342| .614  .663|  86  .418  -0.6  -0.1     
 1916 40 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    84| .000  .259| .000  .333| .000  .338| .000  .671|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1918 42 CLE AL    5    5    0   0.0    89| .000  .271| .000  .343| .000  .345| .000  .688|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4305 2988  390   3.5    78| .257  .258| .319  .319| .320  .331| .639  .650|  97  .523 -10.0  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 36 WSH AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  3.38  inf 1.500
 1913 37 WSH AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.3    2    2    2   1    0    0   0   0     3       0 54.00  2.97    6 6.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    3    2    2   1    0    0   0   0     6       0 18.00  3.24   18 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0   34.0  102   68   68  34    0    0   0   0   204   0   0 18.00  3.24   18 3.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 25 CHC NL 2B 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .943 5.00 5.10 3B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .893 5.00 3.20 1902 26 CHC NL 3B 75 103 152 40 11 .864 .913 3.40 3.46 1B 3 35 1 1 2 .973 .981 12.00 10.43 OF 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 1.95 0 0 2 SS 1 1 2 2 0 .600 .909 3.00 5.40 1905 29 DET AL 2B 151 403 389 37 35 .955 .952 5.25 4.91 SS 3 7 5 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1906 30 DET AL 2B 114 348 328 37 42 .948 .954 5.93 5.19 SS 7 20 24 6 3 .880 .934 6.29 5.41 1907 31 DET AL 2B 74 188 206 16 23 .961 .954 5.32 5.30 SS 18 36 48 4 0 .955 .935 4.67 5.44 3B 14 21 32 3 0 .946 .912 3.79 3.10 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1908 32 DET AL SS 68 162 254 37 35 .918 .927 6.12 5.42 2B 58 122 160 15 22 .949 .951 4.86 5.11 3B 29 35 65 5 1 .952 .932 3.45 3.20 1909 33 TOT AL 2B 118 232 364 25 42 .960 .953 5.05 4.83 DET AL 2B 86 180 273 16 26 .966 .953 5.27 4.83 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 WSH AL 2B 32 52 91 9 16 .941 .953 4.47 4.83 3B 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .930 4.00 3.30 1910 34 WSH AL 2B 35 60 104 8 15 .953 .945 4.69 4.91 OF 26 29 4 3 1 .917 .954 1.27 1.77 8 13 5 3B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.40 1911 35 WSH AL 1B 108 1038 71 23 57 .980 .978 10.27 9.26 OF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.43 1.93 7 0 0 1912 36 WSH AL OF 19 14 4 2 0 .900 .952 0.95 1.98 0 0 19 1B 15 125 2 2 5 .984 .983 8.47 10.17 2B 15 30 24 4 2 .931 .946 3.60 4.75 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1913 37 WSH AL 2B 16 26 37 5 5 .926 .955 3.94 4.82 1B 6 57 1 2 1 .967 .986 9.67 10.48 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.10 OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.00 0 0 1 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 30.00 3.00 0 0.3 1914 38 WSH AL 2B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 4.77 OF 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.93 0 0 3 1915 39 NEW FL OF 17 17 3 1 0 .952 .962 1.18 1.99 3 0 14 1B 13 109 6 1 6 .991 .987 8.85 10.07 3B 9 19 17 5 4 .878 .942 4.00 3.16 2B 2 1 5 0 2 1.000 .952 3.00 4.75 1916 40 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1918 42 CLE AL 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 26 CHC NL 1B 3 35 1 1 2 .973 .981 12.00 10.43 1911 35 WSH AL 1B 108 1038 71 23 57 .980 .978 10.27 9.26 1912 36 WSH AL 1B 15 125 2 2 5 .984 .983 8.47 10.17 1913 37 WSH AL 1B 6 57 1 2 1 .967 .986 9.67 10.48 1915 39 NEW FL 1B 13 109 6 1 6 .991 .987 8.85 10.07 1901 25 CHC NL 2B 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 .943 5.00 5.10 1905 29 DET AL 2B 151 403 389 37 35 .955 .952 5.25 4.91 1906 30 DET AL 2B 114 348 328 37 42 .948 .954 5.93 5.19 1907 31 DET AL 2B 74 188 206 16 23 .961 .954 5.32 5.30 1908 32 DET AL 2B 58 122 160 15 22 .949 .951 4.86 5.11 1909 33 TOT AL 2B 118 232 364 25 42 .960 .953 5.05 4.83 DET AL 2B 86 180 273 16 26 .966 .953 5.27 4.83 WSH AL 2B 32 52 91 9 16 .941 .953 4.47 4.83 1910 34 WSH AL 2B 35 60 104 8 15 .953 .945 4.69 4.91 1912 36 WSH AL 2B 15 30 24 4 2 .931 .946 3.60 4.75 1913 37 WSH AL 2B 16 26 37 5 5 .926 .955 3.94 4.82 1914 38 WSH AL 2B 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 4.77 1915 39 NEW FL 2B 2 1 5 0 2 1.000 .952 3.00 4.75 1918 42 CLE AL 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.30 1901 25 CHC NL 3B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .893 5.00 3.20 1902 26 CHC NL 3B 75 103 152 40 11 .864 .913 3.40 3.46 1907 31 DET AL 3B 14 21 32 3 0 .946 .912 3.79 3.10 1908 32 DET AL 3B 29 35 65 5 1 .952 .932 3.45 3.20 1909 33 WSH AL 3B 1 2 2 1 0 .800 .930 4.00 3.30 1910 34 WSH AL 3B 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.40 1913 37 WSH AL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.10 1915 39 NEW FL 3B 9 19 17 5 4 .878 .942 4.00 3.16 1902 26 CHC NL OF 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 1.95 0 0 2 1907 31 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1909 33 DET AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 1910 34 WSH AL OF 26 29 4 3 1 .917 .954 1.27 1.77 8 13 5 1911 35 WSH AL OF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.43 1.93 7 0 0 1912 36 WSH AL OF 19 14 4 2 0 .900 .952 0.95 1.98 0 0 19 1913 37 WSH AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.00 0 0 1 1914 38 WSH AL OF 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.93 0 0 3 1915 39 NEW FL OF 17 17 3 1 0 .952 .962 1.18 1.99 3 0 14 1916 40 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1912 36 WSH AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1913 37 WSH AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 30.00 3.00 0 0.3 1902 26 CHC NL SS 1 1 2 2 0 .600 .909 3.00 5.40 1905 29 DET AL SS 3 7 5 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.20 1906 30 DET AL SS 7 20 24 6 3 .880 .934 6.29 5.41 1907 31 DET AL SS 18 36 48 4 0 .955 .935 4.67 5.44 1908 32 DET AL SS 68 162 254 37 35 .918 .927 6.12 5.42
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 588 1419 1623 147 189 .954 .952 5.17 5.01 1B 145 1364 81 29 71 .980 .980 9.97 9.50 3B 133 186 276 54 16 .895 .920 3.47 3.34 SS 97 226 333 49 38 .919 .929 5.76 5.42 OF 78 81 13 6 2 .940 .954 1.21 1.90 18 13 46 P* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.90 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1043 3276 2327 285 316 .952 .954 5.37 5.22
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   5  21   1   3  0  0  0   0   0   3  .143  .143  .143   0  2   1   0   0 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   5  16   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   4  .125  .176  .125   1  1   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  10  37   1   5  0  0  0   0   1   7  .135  .158  .135   1  3   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1911 AL-.334-8

On-base %
1911 AL-.412-7

Games
1905 AL-153-5
1908 AL-153-5

At Bats
1908 AL-584-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1908 AL-665-3

Runs
1908 AL-96-3

Hits
1908 AL-151-9

Total Bases
1908 AL-200-8

Triples
1908 AL-10-9

Stolen Bases
1908 AL-40-3

Runs Created
1908 AL-61-10

Sac. Hits
1905 AL-29-6
1908 AL-43-3

Power/Speed Number
1908 AL-5.6-10

Outs
1905 AL-448-4
1908 AL-476-1

Oldest Player
1913 AL-37-8
1914 AL-38-7
1915 FL-39-4
1916 AL-40-6
1918 AL-42-2

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 16 (1124) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.8 (1452) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1421) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July, 1904: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Milwaukee (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 13, 1909: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Red Killefer to the Washington Senators for Jim Delahanty.

Before 1915 Season: Jumped from the Washington Senators to the Newark Pepper.

January 21, 1916: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Newark Pepper.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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