What years did Bobby Wallace play?

Bobby Wallace played in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1918.

Was Bobby Wallace a pitcher?

Both. Bobby Wallace pitched in 57 games, going 24-22 with a 3.87 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Shortstop.

How many home runs did Bobby Wallace hit?

Bobby Wallace hit 34 career home runs with 2309 hits.

What was Bobby Wallace's career batting average?

Bobby Wallace batted .268 over his career, with 2,309 hits in 8,618 at bats.

How many RBI did Bobby Wallace have?

Bobby Wallace drove in 1,121 runs in his career.

Bobby Wallace

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1894-1918)

Bobby Wallace was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1918 for the Cleveland Spiders, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the St. Louis Browns, a span of 25 seasons. In 2,383 career games, he hit .268 with 2,309 hits, 34 home runs, and 1,121 RBI. He also pitched in 57 games, going 24-22 with a 3.87 ERA. Bobby Wallace was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 7,343.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1953

AVG .268

HR 34

RBI 1,121

H 2,309

OPS .690

PIV 7,343

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'8" / 170 lb
Born: 11/4/1873 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Died: 11/3/1960 in Torrance, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1894-09-15
Last Game: 1918-09-02
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1953 (Veterans)

Full name: Roderick John Wallace

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Career Batting Statistics

Bobby Wallace — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,383	8,618	1,057	2,309	391	143	34	1,121	201	774	560	.268	.332	.358	.690	7,343

Career AVG .268 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .332 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .358 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .690 vs. league average .666 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bobby Wallace 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
1894	CL4	NL	4	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1895	CL4	NL	30	98	16	21	2	3	0	10	0	6	17	.214	.296 (-28%)	.361 (-24%)	.399 (-26%)	.761 (-25%)	-433.8
1896	CL4	NL	45	149	19	35	6	3	1	17	2	11	21	.235	.290 (-19%)	.354 (-19%)	.387 (-13%)	.741 (-16%)	-425.3
1897	CL4	NL	130	516	99	173	33	21	4	112	14	48	32	.335	.291 (+15%)	.354 (+11%)	.387 (+30%)	.741 (+21%)	2099.3
1898	CL4	NL	154	593	81	160	25	13	3	99	7	63	14	.270	.270 (avg)	.333 (+3%)	.347 (+7%)	.680 (+5%)	568.6
1899	SLN	NL	151	577	91	170	28	14	12	108	17	54	20	.295	.282 (+4%)	.343 (+4%)	.366 (+24%)	.710 (+14%)	1518.3
1900	SLN	NL	126	485	70	130	25	9	4	70	7	40	17	.268	.279 (-4%)	.338 (-3%)	.366 (+4%)	.705 (+1%)	-24.6
1901	SLN	NL	134	550	69	178	34	15	2	91	15	20	35	.324	.271 (+19%)	.326 (+7%)	.359 (+25%)	.686 (+17%)	1539.9
1902	SLA	AL	133	494	71	141	32	9	1	63	18	45	12	.285	.266 (+7%)	.321 (+9%)	.343 (+14%)	.665 (+12%)	1080.0
1903	SLA	AL	135	511	63	136	21	7	1	54	10	28	42	.266	.261 (+2%)	.316 (-2%)	.345 (-2%)	.662 (-2%)	-179.3
1904	SLA	AL	139	541	57	149	29	4	2	69	20	42	45	.275	.246 (+12%)	.300 (+10%)	.321 (+10%)	.622 (+10%)	1006.4
1905	SLA	AL	156	587	67	159	25	9	1	59	13	45	34	.271	.248 (+9%)	.307 (+5%)	.322 (+8%)	.629 (+7%)	684.7
1906	SLA	AL	139	476	64	123	21	7	2	67	24	58	24	.258	.247 (+4%)	.307 (+12%)	.315 (+9%)	.622 (+11%)	1059.4
1907	SLA	AL	147	538	56	138	20	7	0	70	16	54	32	.257	.245 (+5%)	.304 (+8%)	.308 (+3%)	.613 (+6%)	626.7
1908	SLA	AL	137	487	59	123	24	4	1	60	5	52	47	.253	.240 (+5%)	.298 (+10%)	.306 (+6%)	.605 (+8%)	770.9
1909	SLA	AL	116	403	36	96	12	2	0	35	7	38	25	.238	.244 (-2%)	.306 (+1%)	.312 (-11%)	.618 (-5%)	-194.7
1910	SLA	AL	138	508	47	131	19	7	0	37	12	49	38	.258	.249 (+3%)	.317 (+2%)	.326 (-1%)	.644 (avg)	51.6
1911	SLA	AL	125	410	35	95	12	2	0	31	8	46	37	.232	.266 (-13%)	.336 (-7%)	.356 (-24%)	.693 (-16%)	-921.1
1912	SLA	AL	100	323	39	78	14	5	0	31	3	43	27	.241	.268 (-10%)	.335 (-1%)	.358 (-12%)	.694 (-7%)	-272.4
1913	SLA	AL	55	147	11	31	5	0	0	21	1	14	16	.211	.259 (-19%)	.325 (-10%)	.345 (-29%)	.670 (-20%)	-397.8
1914	SLA	AL	26	73	3	16	2	1	0	5	1	5	13	.219	.255 (-14%)	.322 (-16%)	.339 (-19%)	.661 (-18%)	-201.5
1915	SLA	AL	9	13	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
1916	SLA	AL	14	18	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.278	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	SLN	NL	8	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	SLN	NL	32	98	3	15	1	0	0	4	1	6	9	.153	.255 (-40%)	.318 (-37%)	.326 (-50%)	.645 (-43%)	-612.0
Career · 25 seasons			2,383	8,618	1,057	2,309	391	143	34	1,121	201	774	560	.268	—	—	—	—	7,343

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 Pitching Statistics

Bobby Wallace — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
24	22	57	48	37	3	1	402.0	469	173	6	156	120	3.87	3144.2

Career ERA 3.87 vs. league average 4.29 across their career seasons — 9.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bobby Wallace — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1894	CL4	NL	2	1	4	3	2	0	0	26.0	28	15	20	10	5.19	5.33 (+3%)	-417.6
1895	CL4	NL	12	14	30	28	22	1	1	228.2	271	104	87	63	4.09	4.77 (+14%)	1961.0
1896	CL4	NL	10	7	22	16	13	2	0	145.1	167	54	49	46	3.34	4.36 (+23%)	1600.8
1902	SLA	AL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 4 seasons			24	22	57	48	37	3	1	402.0	469	173	156	120	3.87	—	3,144

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.

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Bobby Wallace — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1092	3851	489	1038	17	429	.270
Away	1080	3991	432	1040	12	441	.261

Pitching — Home / Away

Bobby Wallace — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	2.0	3	0	0	1	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bobby Wallace — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	SO
1918-09-02	STL	CIN	L	4	0	0	1
1918-09-02	STL	CIN	L	4	0	0	0
1918-09-01	STL	CIN	L	4	1	1	0
1918-09-01	STL	CIN	L	1	0	0	1
1918-08-26	STL	NY1	L	4	0	0	1
1918-08-26	STL	NY1	L	3	0	1	0
1918-08-17	STL	BSN	L	1	0	1	0
1918-08-06	STL	BSN	L	1	0	0	0
1918-07-21	STL	NY1	L	4	0	1	0
1918-07-17	STL	BSN	W	0	0	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Bobby Wallace — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1902-09-28	SLA	CHW	—	2.0	3	2	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bobby Wallace — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
2B	33	0	99	94	8	14
3B	426	68	613	956	107	60
OF	25	0	38	4	3	0
P	57	0	24	108	11	6
SS	1826	896	4142	6303	685	642

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bobby Wallace — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1894	CL4	P	4	0	2	9	0	0
1895	CL4	P	30	0	15	66	8	2
1896	CL4	1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
1896	CL4	OF	23	0	35	3	2	0
1896	CL4	P	22	0	7	32	3	4
1897	CL4	3B	130	0	190	249	34	10
1897	CL4	OF	1	0	1	1	1	0
1898	CL4	2B	13	0	47	36	3	4
1898	CL4	3B	141	0	201	329	36	19
1899	SLN	3B	52	0	84	150	18	13
1899	SLN	SS	100	0	238	386	55	40
1900	SLN	3B	1	0	2	2	0	0
1900	SLN	SS	126	0	327	447	55	31
1901	SLN	SS	134	0	326	542	66	67
1902	SLA	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0
1902	SLA	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1902	SLA	SS	131	0	299	474	42	64
1903	SLA	SS	135	0	282	468	62	53
1904	SLA	SS	139	139	303	482	44	37
1905	SLA	SS	156	156	385	506	62	40
1906	SLA	SS	138	137	309	461	41	47
1907	SLA	SS	147	143	338	517	54	52
1908	SLA	SS	137	137	286	510	41	45
1909	SLA	3B	29	29	49	57	5	5
1909	SLA	SS	87	85	193	279	27	34
1910	SLA	3B	39	39	58	100	10	6
1910	SLA	SS	99	99	258	344	33	37
1911	SLA	2B	1	0	2	0	0	2
1911	SLA	SS	124	0	280	417	42	47
1912	SLA	2B	2	0	10	4	1	0
1912	SLA	3B	10	0	15	21	2	6
1912	SLA	SS	87	0	185	271	28	29
1913	SLA	3B	7	0	8	23	0	0
1913	SLA	SS	39	0	67	96	12	8
1914	SLA	3B	2	0	1	3	0	0
1914	SLA	SS	19	0	26	46	9	2
1915	SLA	SS	9	0	11	17	5	4
1916	SLA	3B	9	0	3	20	1	1
1916	SLA	SS	5	0	5	7	1	0
1917	SLN	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0
1917	SLN	SS	2	0	4	6	1	0
1918	SLN	2B	17	0	40	54	4	8
1918	SLN	3B	1	0	1	2	1	0
1918	SLN	SS	12	0	20	27	5	5

Career Games by Position

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Bobby Wallace Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	57
First Base	1
Second Base	34
Third Base	430
Shortstop	1817
Left Field	4
Center Field	6
Right Field	16

Awards & Honors

Bobby Wallace — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS

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Bobby Wallace: the record in brief

September 15, 1894 and September 2, 1918 bracket Bobby Wallace's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. By club, Wallace's seasons break down as the Cleveland Spiders (1894 to 1898), the St. Louis Perfectos (1899), the St. Louis Cardinals (1900 through 1918), and the St. Louis Browns (1902 through 1916). Wallace is listed as a shortstop at 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds. The bio says Wallace batted and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is November 4, 1873, in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Wallace died on November 3, 1960, in Torrance, CA, USA. Wallace's full given name, per the bio, is Roderick John Wallace.

In 2,383 games and 8,618 at bats, Wallace batted .268 with 2,309 hits, plus 34 homers, 1,121 RBI, and 201 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .332 clip and slugging .358, Wallace finished with a .690 OPS. The .268 career average is close to the .261 the league hit across the same seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bobby Wallace

What years did Bobby Wallace play?: Bobby Wallace played in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1918.
Was Bobby Wallace a pitcher?: Both. Bobby Wallace pitched in 57 games, going 24-22 with a 3.87 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Shortstop.
How many home runs did Bobby Wallace hit?: Bobby Wallace hit 34 career home runs with 2309 hits.
Is Bobby Wallace in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Bobby Wallace was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.
What was Bobby Wallace's career batting average?: Bobby Wallace batted .268 over his career, with 2,309 hits in 8,618 at bats.
How many RBI did Bobby Wallace have?: Bobby Wallace drove in 1,121 runs in his career.