Hal Schumacher

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1931-1946)

Hal Schumacher was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1946 for the New York Giants, a span of 16 seasons. Across 391 career appearances, he went 158-121 with a 3.36 ERA and 906 strikeouts. He also batted .202 with 15 home runs. Hal Schumacher was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 346.9.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 158–121
ERA 3.36
WHIP 1.34
SO 906
Pitcher PIV 346.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'0" / 190 lb
Born
11/23/1910 in Hinckley, NY, USA
Died
4/21/1993 in Cooperstown, NY, USA
MLB Debut
1931-04-15
Last Game
1946-09-25
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Harold Henry Schumacher

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Career Pitching Statistics

Hal Schumacher — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
158 121 391 329 138 27 7 2482.1 2,424 926 139 902 906 3.36 346.9

Career ERA 3.36 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 18.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Hal Schumacher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1931 NY1 NL 1 1 8 2 1 0 1 18.1 31 22 14 11 10.80 4.10 (-163%) -1034.6
1932 NY1 NL 5 6 27 13 2 1 0 101.1 119 40 39 38 3.55 4.13 (+14%) 390.8
1933 NY1 NL 19 12 35 33 21 7 1 258.2 199 62 84 96 2.16 3.86 (+44%) 1700.8
1934 NY1 NL 23 10 41 36 18 2 0 297.0 299 105 89 112 3.18 4.29 (+26%) 1624.3
1935 NY1 NL 19 9 33 33 19 3 0 261.2 235 84 70 79 2.89 4.35 (+34%) 2448.8
1936 NY1 NL 11 13 35 30 9 3 1 215.1 234 83 69 75 3.47 4.59 (+24%) 253.0
1937 NY1 NL 13 12 38 29 10 1 1 217.2 222 87 89 100 3.60 4.34 (+17%) 975.0
1938 NY1 NL 13 8 28 28 12 3 0 185.0 178 72 50 54 3.50 4.35 (+19%) 730.9
1939 NY1 NL 13 10 29 27 8 0 0 181.2 199 97 89 58 4.81 4.28 (-12%) -3029.2
1940 NY1 NL 13 13 34 30 12 1 1 227.0 218 82 96 123 3.25 4.21 (+23%) 1328.4
1941 NY1 NL 12 10 30 26 12 3 1 206.0 187 77 79 63 3.36 3.94 (+15%) -898.0
1942 NY1 NL 12 13 29 29 12 3 0 216.0 208 73 82 49 3.04 3.57 (+15%) -2470.9
1946 NY1 NL 4 4 24 13 2 0 1 96.2 95 42 52 48 3.91 3.59 (-9%) -1672.4
Career · 13 seasons 158 121 391 329 138 27 7 2,482.1 2,424 926 902 906 3.36 — 347

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Hal Schumacher — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
450 896 100 181 23 4 15 102 0 32 196 .202 .233 .287 .520 -3,666

Career AVG .202 vs. league average .271 across their career seasons — 25.5% below league average.

Career OBP .233 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 30.9% below league average.

Career SLG .287 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — 25.5% below league average.

Career OPS .520 vs. league average .722 across their career seasons — 28.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Hal Schumacher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1931 NY1 NL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .143 — — — — 0.0
1932 NY1 NL 30 31 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 .226 — — — — 0.0
1933 NY1 NL 39 98 8 21 1 0 0 10 0 2 20 .214 .270 (-21%) .329 (-30%) .377 (-41%) .707 (-36%) -545.1
1934 NY1 NL 44 117 19 28 5 1 6 15 0 2 26 .239 .278 (-14%) .340 (-24%) .392 (+15%) .733 (-3%) -112.6
1935 NY1 NL 38 107 8 21 3 0 2 21 0 1 25 .196 .279 (-30%) .342 (-38%) .399 (-30%) .742 (-34%) -606.7
1936 NY1 NL 46 74 9 16 3 0 1 10 0 3 18 .216 .283 (-24%) .349 (-29%) .404 (-26%) .753 (-28%) -352.9
1937 NY1 NL 45 81 9 18 2 0 2 7 0 3 16 .222 .276 (-20%) .342 (-27%) .398 (-19%) .740 (-23%) -314.6
1938 NY1 NL 36 67 12 16 1 0 2 6 0 4 14 .239 .272 (-12%) .341 (-15%) .392 (-13%) .734 (-14%) -147.8
1939 NY1 NL 30 69 4 14 3 0 0 5 0 3 14 .203 .274 (-26%) .342 (-31%) .393 (-37%) .735 (-34%) -391.2
1940 NY1 NL 35 78 11 15 1 2 1 8 0 3 18 .192 .267 (-28%) .335 (-31%) .387 (-24%) .722 (-27%) -359.7
1941 NY1 NL 38 66 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 6 13 .152 .262 (-42%) .332 (-33%) .373 (-55%) .705 (-45%) -458.2
1942 NY1 NL 37 75 10 13 3 0 1 10 0 3 16 .173 .253 (-32%) .323 (-37%) .349 (-28%) .672 (-32%) -377.4
1946 NY1 NL 24 26 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 .038 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 450 896 100 181 23 4 15 102 0 32 196 .202 — — — — -3,666

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Hal Schumacher — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
5 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 .167

Playoff Batting by Year

Hal Schumacher — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1937 WS NY1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1936 WS NY1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
1933 WS NY1 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 .286

Playoff Career Pitching

Hal Schumacher — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 2 5 5 0 32.2 35 15 19 17 4.13

Playoff Pitching by Year

Hal Schumacher — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1937 WS NY1 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 9 4 4 3 6.00
1936 WS NY1 1 1 2 2 0 12.0 13 7 10 11 5.25
1933 WS NY1 1 0 2 2 0 14.2 13 4 5 3 2.45

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Hal Schumacher — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home2194204382843.195
Away2324765799759.208

Pitching — Home / Away

Hal Schumacher — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1861260.211834584574923.27
Away2051219.012414644444143.43

Last 10 Games — Batting

Hal Schumacher — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1946-09-25 NY1BSNL 000000010
1946-09-22 NY1PHIL 000000000
1946-09-18 NY1CHCL 000000000
1946-09-13 NY1CINL 000000000
1946-09-10 NY1PITL 000000000
1946-09-08 NY1BROL 000000000
1946-09-05 NY1PHIW 100000001
1946-09-02 NY1BSNW 200000000
1946-08-30 NY1PHIL 000000000
1946-08-28 NY1STLL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Hal Schumacher — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1946-09-25 NY1BSN — 5.0511500
1946-09-22 NY1PHI — 2.0100000
1946-09-18 NY1CHC — 1.1000000
1946-09-13 NY1CIN — 3.0200220
1946-09-10 NY1PIT — 0.1000000
1946-09-08 NY1BRO — 1.0211001
1946-09-05 NY1PHI — 3.1331410
1946-09-02 NY1BSN W 6.0533231
1946-08-30 NY1PHI — 2.0100020
1946-08-28 NY1STL — 0.2211200

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Hal Schumacher — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
P 391 0 154 646 24 34

Season-by-Season Fielding

Hal Schumacher — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1931 NY1 P 8 0 2 7 1 1
1932 NY1 P 27 0 9 31 3 1
1933 NY1 P 35 0 15 70 1 3
1934 NY1 P 41 0 21 71 3 4
1935 NY1 P 33 0 14 89 0 4
1936 NY1 P 35 0 12 63 4 6
1937 NY1 P 38 0 17 46 2 2
1938 NY1 P 28 0 9 49 2 1
1939 NY1 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NY1 P 29 0 4 37 3 4
1940 NY1 P 34 0 14 61 1 2
1941 NY1 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 NY1 P 30 0 12 39 2 2
1942 NY1 P 29 0 13 56 1 3
1946 NY1 P 24 0 12 27 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Hal Schumacher Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 391
Center Field 2

Awards & Honors

Hal Schumacher — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1934 Baseball Magazine All-Star P4

College History

Hal Schumacher — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
St. Lawrence University Canton NY 1929, 1930

Award Voting History

Hal Schumacher — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1934 Most Valuable Player NL 9th 16.0 80 0
1933 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 11.0 80 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Hal Schumacher (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Thornton Lee
    117-124, 3.56 ERA
  2. 92
    Ned Garver
    129-157, 3.73 ERA
  3. 89
    Bill Lee
    169-157, 3.54 ERA
  4. 88
    Dutch Ruether
    137-95, 3.50 ERA
  5. 88
    Joaquin Andujar
    127-118, 3.58 ERA
  6. 87
    Rip Sewell
    143-97, 3.48 ERA

Hal Schumacher: the record in brief

The profile opens with Hal Schumacher's first major league game on April 15, 1931; the last one listed came on September 25, 1946. The team column never changes: it is the New York Giants from 1931 to 1946. Schumacher, born on November 23, 1910, in Hinckley, NY, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Schumacher's listed size is 6'0" and 190 pounds. The bio records the death on April 21, 1993, in Cooperstown, NY, USA. Schumacher's full given name, per the bio, is Harold Henry Schumacher.

Schumacher went 158-121 with a 3.36 ERA in 391 games, 329 of them starts. Schumacher had 906 strikeouts, 138 complete games, and 27 shutouts. The leagues Schumacher pitched in allowed 4.12 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 18.5% better than average. No season topped the 23 wins of 1934. The strikeout high was 123 in 1940. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.16 in 1933, when the league's was 3.86.

Frequently Asked Questions about Hal Schumacher

What years did Hal Schumacher play?
Hal Schumacher played in Major League Baseball from 1931 to 1946.
Was Hal Schumacher a pitcher?
Yes. Hal Schumacher pitched in the major leagues, recording 158 wins and 906 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Hal Schumacher hit?
Hal Schumacher hit 15 career home runs with 181 hits.
What teams did Hal Schumacher play for?
Hal Schumacher played for one team, the New York Giants (1931–1942, 1946).
What awards did Hal Schumacher win?
Hal Schumacher was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Hal Schumacher's career stats?
In 391 games, Hal Schumacher went 158-121 with a 3.36 ERA, 906 strikeouts, 2,482.1 innings pitched, and 7 saves. At the plate he had 181 hits and 15 home runs.
What position did Hal Schumacher play?
Hal Schumacher played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Hal Schumacher and how much did he weigh?
Hal Schumacher was listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds.
What was Hal Schumacher's career ERA?
Hal Schumacher finished with a 3.36 career ERA, going 158-121 with 906 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Hal Schumacher have?
Hal Schumacher recorded 906 career strikeouts.
Is Hal Schumacher in the Hall of Fame?
No. Hal Schumacher has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Hal Schumacher make?
Hal Schumacher was selected to 2 All-Star Games.