:Wally Mayer

{{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 a 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.