Bobby Wallace

Full Name: Rhoderick John Wallace Primary Position: SS,3B Height/Weight: 5' 8"/170 First Game: September 15, 1894 Birthdate: November 4, 1873 Final Game: September 2, 1918 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 25 years Died: November 3, 1960 Deathplace: Torrance, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953

Biography

Bobby Wallace (Rhoderick John Wallace) was born on November 4, 1873 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 15, 1894 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1896, his rookie year, he hit .235 with 1 home run and 17 RBI. Wallace played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos, St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 25 year career.

Most people believe that Bobby Wallace's best season was 1899, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 108 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1894	CLE	N	4	13	0	2	0	1	.154	.154	.231	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1895	CLE	N	30	98	16	21	0	10	.214	.274	.296	2	3	6	17	2	6	0	0	0
1896	CLE	N	45	149	19	35	1	17	.235	.287	.336	6	3	11	21	0	4	2	0	0
1897	CLE	N	130	516	99	173	4	112	.335	.394	.504	33	21	48	0	2	14	14	0	0
1898	CLE	N	154	593	81	160	3	99	.270	.344	.371	25	13	63	0	4	11	7	0	0
1899	STL	N	151	577	91	170	12	108	.295	.357	.454	28	14	54	0	2	5	17	0	0
1900	STL	N	126	485	70	130	4	70	.268	.328	.381	25	9	40	0	3	4	7	0	0
1901	STL	N	134	550	69	178	2	91	.324	.351	.451	34	15	20	0	3	10	15	0	0
1902	STL	A	133	494	71	141	1	63	.285	.350	.393	32	9	45	0	4	6	18	0	0
1903	STL	A	135	511	63	136	1	54	.266	.309	.341	21	7	28	0	4	9	10	0	0
1904	STL	A	139	541	57	149	2	69	.275	.330	.355	29	4	42	0	2	8	20	0	0
1905	STL	A	156	587	67	159	1	59	.271	.324	.349	25	9	45	0	1	8	13	0	0
1906	STL	A	139	476	64	123	2	67	.258	.344	.345	21	7	58	0	4	13	24	0	0
1907	STL	A	147	538	56	138	0	70	.257	.328	.320	20	7	54	0	3	9	16	0	0
1908	STL	A	137	487	59	123	1	60	.253	.327	.324	24	4	52	0	2	19	5	0	0
1909	STL	A	116	403	36	96	0	35	.238	.310	.278	12	2	38	0	4	6	7	0	0
1910	STL	A	138	508	47	131	0	37	.258	.324	.323	19	7	49	0	1	10	12	0	0
1911	STL	A	125	410	35	95	0	31	.232	.312	.271	12	2	46	0	2	6	8	0	0
1912	STL	A	100	323	39	78	0	31	.241	.332	.316	14	5	43	0	1	5	3	0	0
1913	STL	A	55	147	11	31	0	21	.211	.293	.245	5	0	14	16	3	8	1	0	0
1914	STL	A	26	73	3	16	0	5	.219	.269	.274	2	1	5	13	0	4	1	0	0
1915	STL	A	9	13	1	3	0	4	.231	.444	.385	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	STL	A	14	18	0	5	0	1	.278	.350	.278	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0
1917	STL	N	8	10	0	1	0	2	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
1918	STL	N	32	98	3	15	0	4	.153	.202	.163	1	0	6	9	0	4	1	0	0
Total	NL		814	3089	448	885	26	514	.287	.343	.412	155	78	248	49	16	60	63	0	0
Total	AL		1569	5529	609	1424	8	607	.258	.326	.328	236	65	526	30	31	113	138	0	0
Total			2383	8618	1057	2309	34	1121	.268	.332	.358	391	143	774	79	47	173	201	0	0

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1894	CLE	N	P	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1895	CLE	N	P	30	0	0	15	66	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.910
1896	CLE	N	P	22	0	0	7	32	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1896	CLE	N	1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1896	CLE	N	OF	23	0	0	35	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1897	CLE	N	OF	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1897	CLE	N	3B	130	0	0	190	249	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	.928
1898	CLE	N	3B	141	0	0	201	329	36	19	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1898	CLE	N	2B	13	0	0	47	36	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1899	STL	N	SS	100	0	0	238	386	55	40	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1899	STL	N	3B	52	0	0	84	150	18	13	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1900	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1900	STL	N	SS	126	0	0	327	447	55	31	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1901	STL	N	SS	134	0	0	326	542	66	67	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1902	STL	A	SS	131	0	0	299	474	42	64	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1902	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	STL	A	OF	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1903	STL	A	SS	135	0	0	282	468	62	53	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1904	STL	A	SS	139	0	0	303	482	44	37	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1905	STL	A	SS	156	0	0	385	506	62	40	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1906	STL	A	SS	138	0	0	309	461	41	47	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1907	STL	A	SS	147	0	0	338	517	54	52	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1908	STL	A	SS	137	0	0	286	510	41	45	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1909	STL	A	SS	87	0	0	193	279	27	34	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1909	STL	A	3B	29	0	0	49	57	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1910	STL	A	3B	39	0	0	58	100	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1910	STL	A	SS	99	0	0	258	344	33	37	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1911	STL	A	SS	124	0	0	280	417	42	47	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1911	STL	A	2B	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	STL	A	SS	87	0	0	185	271	28	29	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1912	STL	A	3B	10	0	0	15	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1912	STL	A	2B	2	0	0	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1913	STL	A	SS	39	0	0	67	96	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1913	STL	A	3B	7	0	0	8	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	STL	A	3B	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	STL	A	SS	19	0	0	26	46	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1915	STL	A	SS	9	0	0	11	17	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1916	STL	A	SS	5	0	0	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1916	STL	A	3B	9	0	0	3	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1917	STL	N	3B	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	STL	N	SS	2	0	0	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1918	STL	N	2B	17	0	0	40	54	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1918	STL	N	SS	12	0	0	20	27	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.904
1918	STL	N	3B	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
Total			3B	426	0	0	613	956	107	60	0	0	0	0	0	.936
Total			SS	1826	0	0	4142	6303	685	642	0	0	0	0	0	.938
Total			1B	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	25	0	0	38	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.933
Total			2B	33	0	0	99	94	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	.960
Total			P	57	0	0	24	108	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	.923

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1894	CLE	N	4	3	2	1	5.19	10	25	15	2	0	0	26	28	1	20	0	4	0
1895	CLE	N	30	28	12	14	4.09	63	166	104	22	1	1	228.2	271	3	87	0	9	0
1896	CLE	N	22	16	10	7	3.34	46	75	54	13	2	0	145.1	167	2	49	0	3	0
1902	STL	A	1	1	0	0	.00	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		56	47	24	22	3.89	119	266	173	37	3	1	400	466	6	156	0	16	0
Total	AL		1	1	0	0	.00	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			57	48	24	22	3.87	120	268	173	37	3	1	402	469	6	156	0	16	0

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Spiders (@September, 1894).
• Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (July 11, 1917).