Howie Shanks

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL us

Died: July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA

Buried: Union Cemetery, Monaca, PA

Debut: May 9, 1912 (Age 21-293d, 3,676th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1925 (Age 35-074d)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Howard Samuel Shanks

Nicknames: Hawk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

5699

1440

.253

604

RBI

620

185

OBP

.308

SLG

.337

OPS

.644

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
5	7 (2)	Apr 20	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	10 (2)	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,8-2	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	12 (1)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	14 (1)	Apr 29	WSH		BOS	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15	May 1	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	17 (1)	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	20 (2)	May 9	WSH		SLB	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	21	May 10	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
13	22	May 11	WSH		SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	23	May 12	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	24	May 13	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	25	May 15	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	26	May 16	WSH		DET	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	27	May 17	WSH		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	28	May 18	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	29	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	30	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	31	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	32	May 22	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	33	May 24	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	34	May 25	WSH		CHW	T,3-3	CG	50	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	35	May 26	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	36	May 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	37	May 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	38	May 29	WSH		PHA	T,5-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
30	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	41	May 31	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	42	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	43	Jun 3	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	44	Jun 4	WSH	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
36	45	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	46	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	T,5-5		0		3	0	1	4	0
38	47	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	49 (1)	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
40	50	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
41	51	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	53 (1)	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	54	Jun 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	58 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	59	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	18	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
46	60	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	61	Jun 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	62	Jun 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	63	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	64	Jun 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	65	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	66	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	67	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	68	Jul 1	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
55	69	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	70	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	71	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
58	72	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	74 (1)	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	L,0-5	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
60	76 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
61	77	Jul 11 (2)	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	78	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	79	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	80	Jul 14	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
65	81	Jul 15	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	82	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	83	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
68	84	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
69	85	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	86	Jul 19 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	87	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	88	Jul 20 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	0	2	0	2	1
73	89	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	90	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	91	Jul 25	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
76	92	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
77	93	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	96 (2)	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	98 (1)	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-6	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
80	101 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
81	103 (1)	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	104	Aug 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
83	105	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
84	106	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-9	GS	0		3	1	0	4	1
85	107	Aug 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	108	Aug 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	12	1	1	14	1
87	109	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
88	110	Aug 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
89	111	Aug 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	12.2	4	0	0	4	0
90	112	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-11	CG	0	10.0	9	0	1	10	1
91	113	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
92	114	Aug 18	WSH		DET	W,2-1	GS	0		8	0	1	9	0
93	115	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	116	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
95	117	Aug 22	WSH		SLB	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	118	Aug 23 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	1
97	119	Aug 23 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	120	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	121	Aug 25	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	122	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
101	123	Aug 28	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	124	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	125	Aug 30	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	126	Aug 31	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	127	Sep 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	128	Sep 1 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	129	Sep 2	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	130	Sep 4 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	131	Sep 4 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	132	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	133	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	134	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
113	135	Sep 8	WSH		BOS	T,0-0	CG	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	136	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	137	Sep 9 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	138	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	139	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	140	Sep 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	141	Sep 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
120	142	Sep 16	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	143	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	144	Sep 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	145	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
124	146	Sep 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	151 (4)	Sep 25	WSH	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
126	152	Sep 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	3	9	0	12	1
127	153	Sep 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
128	154	Sep 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
129	155	Sep 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	0	8.1	1	2	1	4	1
130	156	Oct 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	2	7	1
131	157	Oct 3	WSH	@	NYY	T,9-9	CG	52	11.0	1	1	1	3	0
132	158	Oct 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
133	159	Oct 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							132gm		431.0	286	87	17	390	14

1916 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1916 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1916 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1916 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1916 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1916 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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