{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Wally Mayer |position=Catcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1890|7|8}} |birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1951|11|18|1890|7|8}} |death_place=Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 28 |debutyear=1911 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 2 |finalyear=1919 |finalteam=St. Louis Browns |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.193 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=20 |teams= * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1911}}–{{mlby|1912}}, {{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1915}}) * Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1917}}–{{mlby|1918}}) * St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1919}}) |highlights= * World Series champion ({{wsy|1918}}) |image=Wally Mayer catchers - LCCN2014690249 (cropped).jpg}} '''Walter A. Mayer''' (July 8, 1890 – November 18, 1951) was an American backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from {{mlby|1911}} through {{mlby|1919}} for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1912, 1914–1915), Boston Red Sox (1917–1918) and St. Louis Browns (1919). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}}, 168 lb., Mayer batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cincinnati.
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 .303 on-base percentage. He did not hit a home run. In 112 catching appearances, he committed 17 errors in 553 chances for a .968 fielding percentage.
Mayer died in Minnetonka, Minnesota at age 61.
==External links== {{commonscat|Wally Mayer}} {{baseballstats | br=m/mayerwa01 }} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmayew101.htm Retrosheet]
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