Wally Shaner (Walter Dedaker Shaner) was born on May 24, 1900 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1923 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1926, his rookie year, he hit .283 with 0 home runs and 21 RBI. Shaner played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 4 year career.
Hit 30 triples for the Lincoln Links in the Western League in 1925 - the second most in minor league history and third most in all of Organized Baseball. This feat tweaked the interest of the Sox and soon he was a regular at Fenway.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1923
CLE
A
3
4
1
1
0
0
.250
.400
.250
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1926
BOS
A
69
191
20
54
0
21
.283
.348
.366
12
2
17
13
2
2
1
0
0
1927
BOS
A
122
406
54
111
3
49
.273
.311
.406
33
6
21
35
1
7
11
0
0
1929
CIN
N
13
28
5
9
1
4
.321
.406
.429
0
0
4
5
0
0
1
0
0
Total
NL
13
28
5
9
1
4
.321
.406
.429
0
0
4
5
0
0
1
0
0
Total
AL
194
601
75
166
3
70
.276
.323
.393
45
8
39
49
3
9
12
0
0
Total
207
629
80
175
4
74
.278
.327
.394
45
8
43
54
3
9
13
0
0
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1923
CLE
A
OF
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1923
CLE
A
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1926
BOS
A
OF
48
0
0
106
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.965
1927
BOS
A
OF
108
0
0
220
13
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1927
BOS
A
1B
1
0
0
11
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1929
CIN
N
OF
2
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1929
CIN
N
1B
8
0
0
74
1
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
OF
160
0
0
334
16
15
3
0
0
0
0
0
.959
Total
1B
9
0
0
85
4
1
11
0
0
0
0
0
.989
Total
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Chattanooga (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1928).