Bobby Wallace (baseball)

Wallace was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his major league debut in 1894 as a starting pitcher with the Cleveland Spiders. After a 12–14 record in 1895, Wallace played outfield and pitcher in 1896. In 1897, Wallace was an everyday player as he became the team's full-time third baseman, batted .335 and drove in 112 runs.

In 1899, Wallace moved to the St. Louis Perfectos (renamed the Cardinals in 1900) and changed position to shortstop. He hit .295 with 108 RBI and 12 home runs (second in the league behind Buck Freeman's 25). Wallace changed teams again in 1902, when he joined the St. Louis Browns.

His playing time began decreasing a decade later, with his last season as a regular coming in 1912. Wallace played in just 55 games in 1913, and never played that much again for the rest of his career. In July 1917, he returned to the National League and the Cardinals, and played in just eight games that season. After batting .153 in 32 games in 1918, Wallace retired with a .268 career batting average, 1059 runs, 34 home runs, 1121 RBI and 201 stolen bases. He played his last game on September 2, 1918 at the age of 44 years and 312 days, making him the oldest shortstop to play in a regular-season game.^[1] The record was broken by Omar Vizquel on May 7, 2012.

Wallace was generally recognized as the AL's best shortstop from 1902 to 1911, when he served briefly as Browns player-manager.

He played for 24 seasons, and holds the record for the longest career by a player who never played in a World Series.

When his playing time diminished, Wallace managed and umpired. He managed the St. Louis Browns in 1911 and 1912 and the Cincinnati Reds during part of the 1937 season. He compiled 62 wins and 154 losses for a .287 winning percentage as a major league manager. He also managed the minor league Wichita Witches in 1917. He umpired in the American League in 1915, working 111 games. Upon retiring, he also became a scout.

Wallace was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.

References

↑ "Omar Vizquel turns 45 with a chance to become the all-time elder statesman among shortstops". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

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Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1953

BBWAA Vote	Dizzy Dean (79.2%) Al Simmons (75.4%)

Veterans Committee	Ed Barrow Chief Bender Tom Connolly Bill Klem Bobby Wallace Harry Wright

Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Pitchers	Alexander Bender Blyleven M. Brown R. Brown Bunning Carlton Chesbro Clarkson Cooper Coveleski Cummings Day Dean Dihigo Drysdale Eckersley Faber Feller Fingers Ford B. Foster Galvin B. Gibson Glavine Gomez Gossage Grimes Grove Haines Hoyt Hubbell Hunter Jenkins R. Johnson W. Johnson Joss Keefe Koufax Lemon Lyons Maddux Marichal Marquard Martínez Mathewson McGinnity Méndez Newhouser Nichols Niekro Paige Palmer Pennock Perry Plank Radbourn Rixey Roberts Rogan Ruffing Rusie Ryan Seaver H. Smith Smoltz Spahn Sutter Sutton Vance Waddell Walsh Welch Wilhelm J. Williams Willis Wynn Young

Catchers	Bench Berra Bresnahan Campanella Carter Cochrane Dickey Ewing Ferrell Fisk J. Gibson Hartnett Lombardi Mackey Piazza Santop Schalk D. White

First basemen	Anson Beckley Bottomley Brouthers Cepeda Chance Connor Foxx Gehrig Greenberg G. Kelly Killebrew Leonard McCovey Mize Murray Pérez Sisler Suttles Taylor Terry Thomas

Second basemen	Alomar Biggio Carew E. Collins Doerr Evers Fox Frisch Gehringer Gordon Grant Herman Hornsby Lajoie Lazzeri Mazeroski McPhee Morgan J. Robinson Sandberg Schoendienst

Third basemen	Baker Boggs Brett J. Collins Dandridge J. Johnson Kell Lindstrom Mathews Molitor B. Robinson Santo Schmidt Traynor J. Wilson

Shortstops	Aparicio Appling Bancroft Banks Boudreau Cronin Davis T. Jackson Jennings Larkin Lloyd Maranville Reese Ripken Rizzuto Sewell O. Smith Tinker Vaughan Wagner Wallace Ward Wells Yount

Outfielders	Aaron Ashburn Averill Bell Brock W. Brown Burkett Carey Charleston Clarke Clemente Cobb Combs Crawford Cuyler Dawson Delahanty DiMaggio Doby Duffy Flick Goslin Griffey Gwynn Hafey Hamilton Heilmann Henderson Hill Hooper Irvin R. Jackson Kaline Keeler Kelley K. Kelly Kiner Klein Mantle Manush Mays McCarthy Medwick Musial O'Rourke Ott Puckett J. Rice S. Rice F. Robinson Roush Ruth Simmons Slaughter Snider Speaker Stargell Stearnes Thompson Torriente L. Waner P. Waner Wheat B. Williams T. Williams H. Wilson Winfield Yastrzemski Youngs

Managers	Alston Anderson Cox Durocher Hanlon Harris Herzog Huggins La Russa Lasorda López Mack McCarthy McGraw McKechnie W. Robinson Selee Southworth Stengel Torre Weaver D. Williams

Executives / pioneers	Barrow Bulkeley Cartwright Chadwick Chandler Comiskey Dreyfuss R. Foster Frick Giles Gillick Griffith Harridge Hulbert B. Johnson Kuhn Landis La. MacPhail Le. MacPhail Manley O'Malley Pompez Posey Rickey Ruppert Spalding Veeck Weiss S. White Wilkinson G. Wright H. Wright Yawkey

Umpires	Barlick Chylak Conlan Connolly Evans Harvey Hubbard Klem McGowan O'Day

St. Louis Cardinals in the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Inducted as a Cardinal	Jim Bottomley Lou Brock Dizzy Dean Frankie Frisch Bob Gibson Chick Hafey Jesse Haines Rogers Hornsby Whitey Herzog Joe Medwick Johnny Mize Stan Musial Red Schoendienst Enos Slaughter Ozzie Smith Billy Southworth Bruce Sutter

Inductees who played for the Cardinals	Grover Cleveland Alexander Walter Alston Jake Beckley Roger Bresnahan Mordecai Brown Jesse Burkett Steve Carlton Orlando Cepeda Charles Comiskey Leo Durocher Dennis Eckersley Burleigh Grimes Miller Huggins Rabbit Maranville John McGraw Kid Nichols Wilbert Robinson Joe Torre Dazzy Vance Bobby Wallace Hoyt Wilhelm Vic Willis Cy Young

Cardinals managers	Roger Bresnahan Charles Comiskey Frankie Frisch Whitey Herzog Miller Huggins Tony La Russa Bill McKechnie Kid Nichols Branch Rickey Red Schoendienst Billy Southworth Joe Torre

Cardinals executives	Stan Musial Branch Rickey

Frick Award	Jack Buck Harry Caray

Spink Award	Bob Broeg (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) J. G. Taylor Spink (The Sporting News) J. Roy Stockton (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Baltimore Orioles managers

Hugh Duffy (1901)
Jimmy McAleer (1902–1909)
Jack O'Connor (1910)
Bobby Wallace (1911–1912)
George Stovall (1912–1913)
Jimmy Austin (1913)
Branch Rickey (1913–1915)
Fielder Jones (1916–1918)
Jimmy Austin (1918)
Jimmy Burke (1918–1920)
Lee Fohl (1921–1923)
Jimmy Austin (1923)
George Sisler (1924–1926)
Dan Howley (1927–1929)
Bill Killefer (1930–1933)
Allen Sothoron (1933)
Rogers Hornsby (1933–1937)
Jim Bottomley (1937)
Gabby Street (1938)
Ski Melillo (1938)
Fred Haney (1939–1941)
Luke Sewell (1941–1946)
Zack Taylor (1946)
Muddy Ruel (1947)
Zack Taylor (1948–1951)
Rogers Hornsby (1952)
Marty Marion (1952–1953)
Jimmy Dykes (1954)
Paul Richards (1955–1961)
Lum Harris (1961)
Billy Hitchcock (1962–1963)
Hank Bauer (1964–1968)
Earl Weaver (1968–1982)
Joe Altobelli (1983–1985)
Cal Ripken (1985)
Earl Weaver (1985–1986)
Cal Ripken (1987–1988)
Frank Robinson (1988–1991)
Johnny Oates (1991–1994)
Phil Regan (1995)
Davey Johnson (1996–1997)
Ray Miller (1998–1999)
Mike Hargrove (2000–2003)
Lee Mazzilli (2004–2005)
Sam Perlozzo (2005–2007)
Dave Trembley (2007–2010)
Juan Samuel (2010)
Buck Showalter (2010–)

Cincinnati Reds managers

Pop Snyder (1882–1884)
Will White (1884)
O. P. Caylor (1885–1886)
Gus Schmelz (1887–1889)
Tom Loftus (1890–1891)
Charles Comiskey (1892–1894)
Buck Ewing (1895–1899)
Bob Allen (1900)
Bid McPhee (1901–1902)
Frank Bancroft (1902)
Joe Kelley (1902–1905)
Ned Hanlon (1906–1907)
John Ganzel (1908)
Clark Griffith (1909–1911)
Hank O'Day (1912)
Joe Tinker (1913)
Buck Herzog (1914–1916)
Ivey Wingo (1916)
Christy Mathewson (1916–1918)
Heinie Groh (1918)
Pat Moran (1919–1923)
Jack Hendricks (1924–1929)
Dan Howley (1930–1932)
Donie Bush (1933)
Bob O'Farrell (1934)
Burt Shotton (1934)
Chuck Dressen (1934–1937)
Bobby Wallace (1937)
Bill McKechnie (1938–1946)
Hank Gowdy (1946)
Johnny Neun (1947–1948)
Bucky Walters (1948–1949)
Luke Sewell (1949–1952)
Earle Brucker (1952)
Rogers Hornsby (1952–1953)
Buster Mills (1953)
Birdie Tebbetts (1954–1958)
Jimmy Dykes (1958)
Mayo Smith (1959)
Fred Hutchinson (1959–1964)
Dick Sisler (1964–1965)
Don Heffner (1966)
Dave Bristol (1966–1969)
Sparky Anderson (1970–1978)
John McNamara (1979–1982)
Russ Nixon (1982–1983)
Vern Rapp (1984)
Pete Rose (1984–1989)
Tommy Helms (1988–1989)
Lou Piniella (1990–1992)
Tony Pérez (1993)
Davey Johnson (1993–1995)
Ray Knight (1996–1997)
Jack McKeon (1997–2000)
Bob Boone (2001–2003)
Ray Knight (2003)
Dave Miley (2003–2005)
Jerry Narron (2005–2007)
Pete Mackanin (2007)
Dusty Baker (2008–2013)
Bryan Price (2014–)

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