George Scharein
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 174 lb
BornNovember 21, 1914 · Decatur, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1937
Final gameApril 28, 1940
Seasons4 (1937–1940)
Philadelphia Phillies 1937–1940
Percentile snapshot
1937 season — qualified batters
of 100 qualified 1937 batters (min 480 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 146 | 560 | 511 | 44 | 123 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 36 | 47 | 13 | 0 | .241 | .293 | .284 | .577 | 47.9 | 51.3 | .274 | -1.0 |
| 1938 | 117 | 415 | 390 | 47 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 0 | .238 | .268 | .308 | .576 | 48.0 | 55.0 | .267 | -0.8 |
| 1939 | 118 | 425 | 399 | 35 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 40 | 4 | 0 | .238 | .262 | .293 | .555 | 40.9 | 48.8 | .257 | -1.1 |
| 1940 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 56.7 | 63.3 | .271 | 0.0 |
Career totals
G
388
PA
1,417
AB
1,317
R
126
H
316
2B
53
3B
6
HR
2
RBI
119
BB
65
SO
123
SB
28
BA
.2399
OBP
.2767
SLG
.2938
OPS
.5705
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-05-19 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1937-07-31 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1939-07-16 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1939-08-04 | PHI @ STL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1939-08-18 | SF @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-04-19 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-04-19 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-04-23 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-04-24 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937-04-25 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.