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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 4	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	21 (5)	May 11	WSH		DET	L,3-5	GF	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	29 (7)	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	GF	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	31 (1)	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,13-9	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	33 (1)	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-5	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	38 (4)	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-14	GF	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	39	Jun 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
8	40	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
9	41	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
10	42	Jun 6	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
11	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
12	44	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
13	45	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-15	CG	46	8.0	9	1	1	11	1
14	46	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
15	47	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS	39	8.2	10	0	0	10	0
16	48	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	49	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	50	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
19	51	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	52	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	53	Jun 22	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	54	Jun 23	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	55	Jun 25	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	56	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	57	Jun 27	WSH		PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	58	Jun 28	WSH		PHA	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
27	59	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	0	0	1	1	0
28	60	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	61	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	62	Jul 2	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-10	GS	46	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
31	63	Jul 4	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	64	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
33	65	Jul 5 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	66	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,0-17	CG	55	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	67	Jul 8 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	68	Jul 8 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	69	Jul 9	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	70	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
39	71	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	72	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
41	73	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	74	Jul 14	WSH		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	75	Jul 16 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
44	76	Jul 16 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
45	77	Jul 17 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	78	Jul 17 (2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
47	79	Jul 18	WSH		DET	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
48	80	Jul 20 (1)	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	66	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	81	Jul 20 (2)	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	82	Jul 22	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	83	Jul 23	WSH		SLB	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	84	Jul 24	WSH		SLB	T,1-1	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	85	Jul 25	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
54	86	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
55	87	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,19-6	GS	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	88	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	89	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	90	Jul 29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
59	91	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	92	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	93	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
62	94	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
63	95	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	96	Aug 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
65	97	Aug 5	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	98	Aug 6	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-14	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	99	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	100	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
69	101	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	102	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	103	Aug 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
72	104	Aug 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
73	105	Aug 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
74	106	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	107	Aug 15	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
76	108	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	GS	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	109	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,10-9	GS	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	110	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	111	Aug 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
80	112	Aug 22	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	113	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,8-5	GS	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
82	114	Aug 26 (1)	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	4	2	0	6	0
83	115	Aug 26 (2)	WSH		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	116	Aug 27	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	117	Aug 29	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
86	118	Aug 30	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	119	Aug 31	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	120	Sep 1	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	121	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,14-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	122	Sep 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	49	12.2	6	1	3	10	0
91	123	Sep 5	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	124	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	125	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	126	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	127	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
96	128	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	129	Sep 9 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	130	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-13	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	131	Sep 11 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-17	GF	29	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	132	Sep 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	133	Sep 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-15	CG	49	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	135 (1)	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	136	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	137	Sep 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	138	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	139	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	140	Sep 20	WSH	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	141	Sep 21	WSH	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	49	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
109	142	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	143	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	144	Sep 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	145	Sep 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	146	Sep 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
114	147	Sep 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	148	Sep 28 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	149	Sep 28 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	150	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	151	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	152	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							125gm		713.0	299	154	17	470	12

1920 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)

1920 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1920 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1920 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1920 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1920 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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