Germany Schaefer
William Herman Schaefer
Born: February 4, 1876
Chicago, IL USA
Deceased: 1919
Saranac Lake, NY USA
Primary Position: 2B
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175
Career: 1901-1918
Minor League Statistics
Germany Schaefer compiled a career batting average of .257 with 9 home runs and 309 RBI in his 1155-game career with the Chicago Orphans, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Pepper, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He began playing during the 1901 season and last took the field during the 1918 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .714 | .800 | 1.514 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 81 | 323 | 291 | 32 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 47 | .196 | .250 | .223 | .473 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 629 | 554 | 64 | 135 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 91 | .244 | .302 | .318 | .619 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 124 | 498 | 446 | 48 | 106 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 57 | .238 | .290 | .296 | .586 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 109 | 419 | 372 | 44 | 96 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 34 | .258 | .313 | .315 | .628 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 665 | 584 | 96 | 151 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 52 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 75 | .259 | .304 | .342 | .646 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 87 | 308 | 280 | 26 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 48 | .250 | .286 | .293 | .579 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | AL | Washington Senators | 37 | 140 | 128 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .242 | .281 | .320 | .602 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | AL | Washington Senators | 74 | 265 | 229 | 27 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 44 | .275 | .352 | .345 | .697 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | AL | Washington Senators | 125 | 516 | 440 | 74 | 147 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 0 | 57 | 0 | .334 | .412 | .398 | .809 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 60 | 194 | 166 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | .247 | .342 | .325 | .667 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 54 | 119 | 100 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .320 | .419 | .350 | .769 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 30 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .241 | .313 | .276 | .588 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | FL | Newark Pepper | 59 | 183 | 154 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | .214 | .328 | .286 | .613 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1150 | 4305 | 3784 | 496 | 972 | 117 | 48 | 9 | 309 | 201 | 1 | 333 | 438 | .257 | .319 | .320 | .639 | 1212 | 0 | 13 | 175 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 3B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.091 | 5.000 |
| 1901 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 |
| 1902 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 3B | 75 | 0 | 686.0 | 103 | 152 | 40 | 11 | .864 | 3.345 | 3.400 |
| 1902 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 1B | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.800 | 12.000 |
| 1902 | NL | Chicago Orphans | OF | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.045 | 2.500 |
| 1902 | NL | Chicago Orphans | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.857 | 3.000 |
| 1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 151 | 151 | 1298.0 | 403 | 389 | 37 | 35 | .955 | 5.492 | 5.245 |
| 1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 |
| 1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 114 | 112 | 976.0 | 348 | 328 | 37 | 42 | .948 | 6.234 | 5.930 |
| 1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 7 | 7 | 66.0 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | .880 | 6.000 | 6.286 |
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 74 | 76 | 703.0 | 188 | 206 | 16 | 23 | .961 | 5.044 | 5.324 |
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 18 | 15 | 120.0 | 36 | 48 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 6.300 | 4.667 |
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 14 | 14 | 110.0 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 4.336 | 3.786 |
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 68 | 66 | 597.0 | 162 | 254 | 37 | 35 | .918 | 6.271 | 6.118 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 58 | 60 | 509.0 | 122 | 160 | 15 | 22 | .949 | 4.986 | 4.862 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 3B | 29 | 27 | 259.0 | 35 | 65 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 3.475 | 3.448 |
| 1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 86 | 84 | 747.0 | 180 | 273 | 16 | 26 | .966 | 5.458 | 5.267 |
| 1909 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 32 | 32 | 273.0 | 52 | 91 | 9 | 16 | .941 | 4.714 | 4.469 |
| 1909 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| 1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 |
| 1910 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 35 | 34 | 306.0 | 60 | 104 | 8 | 15 | .953 | 4.824 | 4.686 |
| 1910 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 26 | 24 | 201.0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.478 | 1.269 |
| 1910 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 2 | 4 | 33.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 3.000 |
| 1911 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 1038 | 71 | 23 | 57 | .980 | 1.269 | |
| 1911 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .984 | 8.467 | |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .931 | 3.600 | |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .947 | |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 9.667 | |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | .926 | 3.938 | |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | |
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | |
| 1915 | FL | Newark Pepper | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .991 | 8.846 | |
| 1915 | FL | Newark Pepper | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | |
| 1915 | FL | Newark Pepper | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 4 | .878 | 4.000 | |
| 1915 | FL | Newark Pepper | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | |
| 1916 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1918 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | |
| Totals | 1043 | 710 | 7000.0 | 3276 | 2327 | 285 | 316 | .952 | 7.204 | 5.372 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 5 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .135 | .158 | .135 | .293 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2B | 5 | 5 | 46.0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.674 | 5.800 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2B | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 |
| 1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 3B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.118 | 2.000 |
| Totals | 10 | 10 | 90.0 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 5.100 | 5.100 |
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