- Wally Mayer
Walter A. Mayer (
July 8 ,1890 -November 18 ,1951 ) was a backupcatcher inMajor League Baseball who played from by|1911 through by|1919 for theChicago White Sox (1911-1912, 1914-1915),Boston Red Sox (1917-1918) and St. Louis Browns (1919). Listed at 5' 11", 168 lb., Mayer batted and threwright-handed . He was born inCincinnati, Ohio .In a seven-season career, Mayer was a .193 hitter (53-for-274) with 22 runs and 20 RBI in 132 games, including 14 doubles, one triple, one
stolen base , and a .303on-base percentage . He did no hit ahome run . In 112 catching appearances, he committed 17 errors in 553 chances for a .968fielding percentage .Mayer died in
Minnetonka, Minnesota at age 61.ee also
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*Chicago White Sox all-time roster External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayerwa01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmayew101.htm Retrosheet]
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