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John Shelby
John T. Shelby
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 23, 1958 in Lexington, KY
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1981
Final Game: August 11, 1991
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

John Shelby: 70 Career Home Runs

4 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead
3 Tms
LAD32
BAL31
DET7
 
vs RHP37
vs LHP33
 
Away40
Home30
 
Leverage
High Lev10
Medium Lev28
Low Lev32
23 Opps
ATL9
SDP6
CAL6
MIL5
OAK4
CIN4
NYY4
BOS4
MIN3
DET3
KCR3
HOU3
CHC2
SEA2
NYM2
PHI2
MON2
SFG1
TEX1
PIT1
60 Pitchers
Mark Langston3
Guy Hoffman2
Mike Witt2
Tommy John2
Ed Whitson2
Randy O'Neal2
Ron Guidry2
Dennis Rasmussen2
Zane Smith2
Ted Power1
Todd Burns1
Bill Scherrer1
John Tudor1
Dana Kiecker1
Tim Leary1
Pete Filson1
David Palmer1
Dave Righetti1
Mike Jones1
Ricky Wright1
21 Parks
Dodger Stad13
Memor. Stad12
Tiger Stad6
Angel Stad5
Atl-Fulton4
Cinergy Fld4
Qualcomm St4
Fenway Pk3
Yankee Stad2
County Stad2
Shea Stad2
Astrodome2
Wrigley Fld2
KauffmanStad2
Metrodome1
Comiskey Pk1
Arlington1
Stade Olymp.1
ClevelandStd1
Exhibit Stad1
Where Hit
Unk20
920
715
86
786
893
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Pitches
Unk52
56
24
43
33
62
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms62
2·HR gms4
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
1st15
2nd14
5th12
7th7
6th7
8th5
3rd4
9th4
4th2
Outs
025
223
122
 
DefPos
CF50
RF9
LF5
PH4
DH2
Bases
---41
1--17
12-5
-2-4
-232
1231
 
108 RBI
RISP12
0 on41
1 on21
2 on7
3 on1
Any on29
Inning
19
25
38
48
56
610
78
87
98
Extra1
 
1-322
4-624
7-end24
RelScore
+4..8
+34
+25
+15
Tied17
-19
-26
-38
-4..8
 
Ahead22
Tied17
Behind31
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk52
1-04
1-23
3-22
1-12
2-12
3-12
2-22
2-01

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1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1982-10-01 (2) BAL MIL Mike Caldwell ahead 4-1 b 7 1 --- 1 1 8 3% 97% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1983-04-12 BAL @ CHW Floyd Bannister ahead 3-0 t 2 1 --- 1 1 8 7% 83% Home Run
3 3 2 1 1983-06-01 BAL @ MIN Pete Filson tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run
4 4 3 1 1983-06-12 BAL @ BOS John Tudor behind 2-5 t 7 1 12- 3 1 8 30% 46% Home Run; Hernandez Scores; Dempsey Scores
5 5 4 1 1983-07-25 BAL @ CAL Tommy John behind 1-4 t 8 1 --- 1 1 8 5% 10% Home Run (LF-CF)
6 6 5 1 1983-08-29 BAL @ KCR Keith Creel ahead 5-2 t 9 2 123 4 5 8 3% 100% Home Run; Bumbry Scores; Ripken Scores; Murray Scores
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1984-05-05 BAL @ TEX Ricky Wright behind 3-5 t 6 2 --- 1 1 PH 11% 28% Home Run
8 8 2 1 1984-05-29 BAL @ SEA Mark Langston behind 0-2 t 5 2 --- 1 1 8 11% 30% Home Run
9 9 3 1 1984-06-12 BAL @ MIL Rollie Fingers tied 3-3 t 8 1 1-- 2 1 8 36% 86% Home Run; Rayford Scores
10 10 4 1 1984-07-16 BAL MIN Mike Smithson behind 0-1 b 3 1 --- 1 2 9 12% 53% Home Run
11 11 5 1 1984-07-21 BAL @ KCR Mike Jones tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 8 10% 58% Home Run
12 12 6 1 1984-09-24 (1) BAL NYY Ron Guidry behind 0-1 b 3 2 -23 3 2 8 30% 75% Home Run; Dempsey Scores; Young Scores
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
13 13 1 1 1985-06-16 BAL MIL Pete Ladd ahead 7-0 b 8 0 1-- 2 7 7 0% 100% Home Run; Sheets Scores
14 14 2 1 1985-06-18 BAL NYY Dave Righetti behind 1-4 b 6 2 1-- 2 6 10 20% 32% Home Run; Ripken Scores
15 15 3 1 1985-08-26 BAL @ CAL John Candelaria ahead 4-2 t 2 0 --- 1 8 8 8% 78% Home Run
16 16 4 1 1985-09-03 BAL OAK Jose Rijo behind 0-2 b 6 0 --- 1 9 8 14% 39% Home Run
17 17 5 1 1985-09-10 (1) BAL @ BOS Bruce Kison ahead 5-1 t 8 2 1-- 2 1 8 3% 99% Home Run; Dempsey Scores
18 18 6 1 1985-09-16 BAL @ DET Randy O'Neal ahead 5-4 t 6 1 1-- 2 1 9 19% 85% Home Run; Dauer Scores
19 19 7 1 1985-09-18 BAL MIL Tim Leary tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 9 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (LF-CF)
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
20 20 1 1 1986-05-18 BAL OAK Chris Codiroli behind 1-2 b 3 0 --- 1 2 9 12% 56% Home Run
21 21 2 1 1986-06-01 BAL @ CAL Mike Witt behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1 8 8 11% 50% Home Run
22 22 3 2 1986-06-01 BAL @ CAL Mike Witt behind 3-7 t 9 0 --- 1 8 8 2% 3% Home Run
23 23 4 1 1986-06-06 BAL @ NYY Ron Guidry tied 1-1 t 2 2 -2- 2 8 8 19% 67% Home Run; Rayford Scores
24 24 5 1 1986-06-07 BAL @ NYY Tommy John ahead 4-0 t 4 1 1-- 2 7 7 7% 95% Home Run; Young Scores
25 25 6 1 1986-07-17 BAL MIN Frank Viola tied 1-1 b 6 0 --- 1 9 7 17% 74% Home Run
26 26 7 1 1986-08-04 BAL @ TOR Stan Clarke ahead 5-0 t 4 0 --- 1 7 PH 3% 95% Home Run
27 27 8 1 1986-09-01 BAL @ CAL Doug Corbett ahead 8-3 t 9 2 --- 1 1 9 0% 100% Home Run
28 28 9 1 1986-09-07 BAL SEA Mark Langston tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run
29 29 10 1 1986-10-04 BAL DET Bryan Kelly tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 9 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run
30 30 11 2 1986-10-04 BAL DET Randy O'Neal behind 3-11 b 9 1 --- 1 1 9 0% 0% Home Run
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
31 31 1 1 1987-04-11 BAL @ CLE Steve Carlton ahead 5-3 t 9 2 -2- 2 2 9 7% 98% Home Run; Gerhart Scores
32 32 2 1 1987-05-26 LAD MON Bob Sebra behind 2-6 b 5 2 --- 1 2 8 6% 14% Home Run
33 33 3 1 1987-05-31 LAD PHI Shane Rawley tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 1 2 8 10% 63% Home Run
34 34 4 1 1987-06-06 LAD @ CIN Ted Power behind 1-5 t 9 1 --- 1 2 8 1% 1% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
35 35 5 1 1987-06-09 LAD @ ATL Zane Smith ahead 3-2 t 7 2 1-- 2 2 8 21% 87% Home Run; Sax Scores
36 36 6 1 1987-06-17 LAD @ SDP Ed Whitson behind 1-3 t 3 2 1-- 2 3 8 21% 46% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Stubbs Scores
37 37 7 2 1987-06-17 LAD @ SDP Ed Whitson behind 3-4 t 5 2 1-- 2 3 8 28% 60% Home Run; Stubbs Scores
38 38 8 1 1987-06-18 LAD @ HOU Bob Knepper behind 0-3 t 4 1 --- 1 3 8 8% 24% Home Run
39 39 9 1 1987-06-25 LAD ATL Doyle Alexander tied 0-0 b 7 0 --- 1 3 8 20% 79% Home Run
40 40 10 1 1987-07-09 LAD @ CHC Rick Sutcliffe behind 1-9 t 5 2 1-- 2 2 8 2% 2% Home Run; Anderson Scores/unER; Shelby Scores/unER
41 41 11 1 1987-07-12 LAD @ CHC Les Lancaster tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 2 8 12% 57% Home Run
42 42 12 1 1987-07-29 LAD SFG Mike Krukow behind 0-3 b 1 1 --- 1 2 8 8% 32% Home Run (CF-RF)
43 43 13 1 1987-08-01 LAD @ ATL David Palmer tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 8 10% 57% Home Run
44 44 14 1 1987-08-03 LAD @ CIN Bill Scherrer ahead 6-0 t 8 0 --- 1 5 8 0% 100% Home Run
45 45 15 1 1987-08-04 LAD @ CIN Guy Hoffman behind 1-4 t 4 0 --- 1 6 8 8% 27% Home Run
46 46 16 2 1987-08-04 LAD @ CIN Guy Hoffman behind 2-10 t 6 1 --- 1 6 8 0% 1% Home Run
47 47 17 1 1987-08-07 LAD ATL Zane Smith behind 1-4 b 7 1 --- 1 6 8 8% 17% Home Run (CF-RF)
48 48 18 1 1987-08-09 LAD ATL Charlie Puleo tied 0-0 b 2 2 --- 1 6 8 11% 62% Home Run (LF-CF)
49 49 19 1 1987-08-25 LAD @ NYM David Cone tied 0-0 t 1 2 -2- 2 4 8 18% 67% Home Run; Stubbs Scores
50 50 20 1 1987-09-18 LAD ATL Paul Assenmacher behind 3-4 b 6 0 12- 3 5 8 30% 85% Home Run; Guerrero Scores; Marshall Scores
51 51 21 1 1987-09-19 LAD ATL Tom Glavine ahead 5-2 b 5 1 1-- 2 5 8 7% 96% Home Run; Guerrero Scores
52 52 22 1 1987-10-02 LAD @ SDP Dave Leiper ahead 6-2 t 6 0 1-- 2 2 8 4% 98% Home Run; Sax Scores
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
53 53 1 1 1988-05-29 LAD @ MON John Dopson ahead 1-0 t 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 8 11% 75% Home Run (Deep RF)
54 54 2 1 1988-05-30 LAD @ NYM Ron Darling behind 1-3 t 9 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 8 2% 3% Home Run
55 55 3 1 1988-06-14 LAD @ ATL Pete Smith ahead 2-0 t 3 0 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 5 8 12% 88% Home Run (Deep LF); Marshall Scores
56 56 4 1 1988-06-17 (2) LAD SDP Dennis Rasmussen behind 1-2 b 4 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 4 8 16% 53% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57 57 5 1 1988-07-08 LAD PIT Doug Drabek behind 0-4 b 6 2 12- 2,(1-0)  3 5 8 23% 30% Home Run; Gibson Scores; Marshall Scores
58 58 6 1 1988-08-17 LAD PHI Mike Maddux ahead 3-2 b 3 2 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 5 8 19% 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Gibson Scores
59 59 7 1 1988-09-07 LAD HOU Mike Scott tied 1-1 b 8 2 -23 2,(1-0)  3 5 8 37% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Sax Scores; Gibson Scores
60 60 8 1 1988-09-19 LAD @ HOU Danny Darwin tied 0-0 t 7 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 8 22% 72% Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
61 61 9 1 1988-09-22 LAD SDP Eric Show behind 3-4 b 7 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 5 8 25% 58% Home Run
62 62 10 1 1988-09-26 LAD @ SDP Dennis Rasmussen behind 0-2 t 4 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 5 8 11% 33% Home Run (LF-CF)
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 1989-06-05 (2) LAD @ ATL John Smoltz tied 2-2 t 7 0 1-- 5,(1-2)  2 7 8 27% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Hamilton Scores
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
64 64 1 1 1990-06-18 DET OAK Todd Burns ahead 4-2 b 6 0 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 7 7 8% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Moseby Scores
65 65 2 1 1990-07-08 DET KCR Mark Davis behind 2-3 b 4 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 8 14% 56% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66 66 3 1 1990-08-05 DET @ BOS Dana Kiecker ahead 4-2 t 9 1 12- 5,(1-2)  3 6 PH 6% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Sheets Scores; Moseby Scores
67 67 4 1 1990-08-25 DET OAK Curt Young ahead 5-4 b 5 0 12- 5,(2-2)  3 8 9 14% 94% Home Run; Fryman Scores; Coles Scores
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
68 68 1 1 1991-05-24 DET BOS Tony Fossas behind 7-10 b 8 2 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 9 PH 14% 20% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Moseby Scores; Shelby Scores
69 69 2 1 1991-05-27 DET @ MIL Chuck Crim ahead 13-8 t 14 1 -2- 3,(1-1)  2 9 7 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Allanson Scores; Shelby Scores
70 70 3 1 1991-06-22 DET CAL Mark Langston behind 0-4 b 2 2 --- 6,(3-2)  1 7 10 7% 21% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Shelby Scores

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