Walt Tragesser

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Walt Tragesser

|position=Catcher

|image=Walt Tragesser 1913-15.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1887|6|14}}

|birth_place=Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1970|12|14|1887|6|14}}

|death_place=Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 30

|debutyear=1913

|debutteam= Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1920

|finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.215

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=6

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=66

|teams=

• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1913}}, {{baseball year|1915}}–{{baseball year|1919}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1919}}–{{baseball year|1920}})

}}

Walter Joseph Tragesser (June 14, 1887 – October 2, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of seven seasons (1913, 1915–1920) with the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a .215 batting average, with six home runs and 66 runs batted in.

An alumnus of Purdue University, where he played college baseball for the Boilermakers from 1908–1909,{{cite web|title=Purdue University Baseball Players Who Played in the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/purdue_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=20 July 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612022507/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/purdue_university_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=live|archivedate=2004-06-12}} he was born and later died in Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 83.