Harry Wolter
Harry Wolter | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Monterey, California | July 11, 1884|
Died: July 6, 1970 Palo Alto, California | (aged 85)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 14, 1907, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 23, 1917, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .270 |
Home runs | 12 |
Runs batted in | 167 |
Teams | |
Harry Meiggs Wolter (July 11, 1884 – July 7, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds (1907), Pittsburgh Pirates (1907), St. Louis Cardinals (1907), Boston Red Sox (1909), New York Highlanders/Yankees (1910–13) and Chicago Cubs (1917), primarily as an outfielder.
Playing career
Wolter began his playing career after graduating from Santa Clara University in 1906.[1]In seven major league seasons, Wolter played in 588 games and had 1,907 at bats, 286 runs, 514 hits, 69 doubles, 42 triples, 12 home runs, 167 RBI, 95 stolen bases, 268 walks, .270 batting average, .365 on-base percentage, .369 slugging percentage, 703 total bases and 56 sacrifice hits.
On April 20, 1912 he got the first ever hit at Fenway Park.[2]
As a pitcher, Wolter had a 4–6 win-loss record in 15 games, 9 as a starter, with 1 complete game, 5 games finished, 84 innings pitched, 96 hits allowed, 40 runs allowed, 35 earned runs allowed, 1 home run allowed, 50 walks allowed, 29 strikeouts, 6 hit batsmen, 3 wild pitches, 338 batters faced, a 3.75 ERA and a 1.738 WHIP.
Following his playing career, he coached baseball at Stanford University for 26 years, in 1916, from 1923 to 1943, and again from 1946 to 1949.[3]
He died in Palo Alto, California at the age of 85.
References
- ^ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c4eab0b8
- ^ The Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2002. The Sporting News. 2002. p. 354. ISBN 0-89204-670-8.
- ^ Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 106. ISBN 1-57167-116-1. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1884 births
- 1970 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Boston Red Sox players
- New York Highlanders players
- New York Yankees players
- Chicago Cubs players
- San Jose (minor league baseball) players
- Seattle Siwashes players
- Fresno Raisin Eaters players
- San Jose Prune Pickers players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Sacramento Senators players
- Salt Lake City Bees players
- San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
- Seattle Rainiers players
- Logan Collegians players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Santa Clara Broncos baseball coaches
- Stanford Cardinal baseball coaches
- Sportspeople from Monterey, California
- Baseball players from California
- American baseball outfielder, 1880s birth stubs