# Wally Mayer

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Wally Mayer
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1890|7|8}}
|birth_place=[Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1951|11|18|1890|7|8}}
|death_place=[Minnetonka, Minnesota](/source/Minnetonka%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.193
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=20
|teams=
* [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) ({{mlby|1911}}–{{mlby|1912}}, {{mlby|1914}}–{{mlby|1915}})
* [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) ({{mlby|1917}}–{{mlby|1918}})
* [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) ({{mlby|1919}})
|highlights=
* [World Series](/source/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](/source/catcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played from {{mlby|1911}} through {{mlby|1919}} for the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) (1911–1912, 1914–1915), [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) (1917–1918) and [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) (1919). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}}, 168 lb., Mayer batted and threw [right-handed](/source/right-handed). He was born in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati).

In a seven-season career, Mayer was a .193 hitter (53-for-274) with 22 [runs](/source/run_(baseball)) and 20 [RBI](/source/run_batted_in) in 132 games, including 14 [doubles](/source/double_(baseball)), one [triple](/source/triple_(baseball)), one [stolen base](/source/stolen_base), and a .303 [on-base percentage](/source/on-base_percentage). He did not hit a [home run](/source/home_run). In 112 catching appearances, he committed 17 [errors](/source/error_(baseball)) in 553 chances for a .968 [fielding percentage](/source/fielding_percentage).

Mayer died in [Minnetonka, Minnesota](/source/Minnetonka%2C_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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Category:1890 births
Category:1951 deaths
Category:Boston Red Sox players
Category:Chicago White Sox players
Category:St. Louis Browns players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Baseball players from Cincinnati
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:St. Paul Saints (AA) players
Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Category:Providence Grays (minor league) players
Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
Category:Little Rock Travelers players
Category:Greenville Spinners players
Category:Spartanburg Spartans players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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