Germany Schaefer
[edit] Biography
Germany Schaefer (William Herman Schaefer) was born on February 4, 1876 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on October 5, 1901 for the Chicago Orphans. In 1902, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Schaefer played for the Chicago Orphans, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Peppers, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Germany Schaefer's best season was 1908, when he stole 40 bases and knocked in 52 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .600
| .714
| .800
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 81
| 291
| 32
| 57
| 0
| 14
| .196
| .250
| .223
| 2
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 153
| 554
| 64
| 135
| 2
| 47
| .244
| .302
| .318
| 17
| 9
| 45
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 124
| 446
| 48
| 106
| 2
| 42
| .238
| .290
| .296
| 14
| 3
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 109
| 372
| 45
| 96
| 1
| 32
| .258
| .313
| .315
| 12
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| 153
| 584
| 96
| 151
| 3
| 52
| .259
| .304
| .342
| 20
| 10
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 43
| 40
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 37
| 128
| 13
| 31
| 1
| 4
| .242
| .281
| .320
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 87
| 280
| 26
| 70
| 0
| 22
| .250
| .286
| .293
| 12
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| 124
| 408
| 39
| 101
| 1
| 26
| .248
| .284
| .301
| 17
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| WAS
| A
| 74
| 229
| 27
| 63
| 0
| 14
| .275
| .352
| .345
| 6
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| WAS
| A
| 125
| 440
| 74
| 147
| 0
| 45
| .334
| .412
| .398
| 14
| 7
| 57
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| 60
| 166
| 21
| 41
| 0
| 19
| .247
| .342
| .325
| 7
| 3
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| 54
| 100
| 17
| 32
| 0
| 7
| .320
| .419
| .350
| 1
| 1
| 15
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| WAS
| A
| 30
| 29
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .241
| .313
| .276
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 59
| 154
| 26
| 33
| 0
| 8
| .214
| .328
| .286
| 5
| 3
| 25
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CLE
| A
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 83
| 296
| 32
| 60
| 0
| 14
| .203
| .260
| .233
| 3
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 59
| 154
| 26
| 33
| 0
| 8
| .214
| .328
| .286
| 5
| 3
| 25
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 1008
| 3334
| 439
| 879
| 9
| 286
| .264
| .324
| .330
| 109
| 42
| 287
| 17
| 10
| 161
| 186
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1150
| 3784
| 497
| 972
| 9
| 308
| .257
| .319
| .320
| 117
| 48
| 333
| 28
| 13
| 175
| 201
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 103
| 152
| 40
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| 1902
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 403
| 389
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 24
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 348
| 328
| 37
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 188
| 206
| 16
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| SS
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 48
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| SS
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 254
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .918
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 160
| 15
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 65
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1909
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 91
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 180
| 273
| 16
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1909
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 232
| 364
| 25
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1910
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 104
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1910
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1911
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 1038
| 71
| 23
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1911
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 24
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 37
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 1B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 6
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 17
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .878
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1915
| NEW
| F
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1918
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 13
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 588
| 0
| 0
| 1419
| 1623
| 147
| 189
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 186
| 276
| 54
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 226
| 333
| 49
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 1364
| 81
| 29
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| WAS
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.00
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18.00
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Milwaukee (American Association) to Detroit Tigers (@July, 1904).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Red Killefer to Washington Senators in exchange for Jim Delahanty (August 13, 1909).
- Sold by Newark Peppers to New York Yankees (January 21, 1916).
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