Bobby Shantz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-6, 139lb (168cm, 63kg)

Born: September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA us

High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)

Debut: May 1, 1949 (Age 23-217d, 10,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1964 (Age 39-003d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz

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Relatives: Brother of Billy Shantz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.7

119

ERA

3.38

537

171

1935.2

1072

WHIP

1.260

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-9 / in Starts: 25-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	80 (46-24-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (38-23-11)

Most Driven In
P Suder	4
B Hitchcock	2
J Astroth	1
E Valo	1
S Kell	1
K Thomas	1

Most Driven In By
E Joost	3
F Fain	3
D Philley	2
G Zernial	1
P Suder	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	107	2 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.10	0.077	2.57	0.11%	0.44	P
2	108	7 (4)	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.90	-0.041	1.46	-0.04%	-0.47	P
3	109	10 (2)	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.04	-0.103	1.27	-0.08%	-0.84	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	110	14 (3)	May 4 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.11	-0.012	.15	-0.01%	-0.89	P
5	111	19 (4)	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.54	-0.032	.80	-0.03%	0.32	P
6	112	22 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.263	.474	.737	9						P
7	113	25 (2)	May 18 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.429	.667	9	.85	-0.053	1.48	-0.06%	-0.75	P
8	114	28 (2)	May 25 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.458	.750	9	.43	0.029	.57	0.02%	0.27	P
9	115	33 (4)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.393	.643	9	2.38	-0.270	2.75	-0.19%	-1.46	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	116	37 (3)	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.355	.581	9	.75	-0.055	1.27	-0.06%	-0.63	P
11	117	41 (3)	Jun 8 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-4	CG	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.314	.537	9	.34	-0.018	.57	-0.02%	-1.41	P
12	118	46 (4)	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.189	.250	.297	.547	9	.84	0.069	.99	0.05%	0.60	P
13	119	51 (4)	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.205	.262	.308	.570	9	1.48	0.045	1.46	0.03%	1.20	P
14	120	56 (4)	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.286	.530	9	2.10	-0.243	2.21	-0.15%	-1.11	P
15	121	59 (2)	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-0	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.265	.326	.591	9	.18	0.012	.17	0.01%	0.73	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	122	62 (2)	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.306	.556	9	.70	-0.054	.46	-0.02%	-0.75	P
17	123	67 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.245	.300	.545	9	.37	-0.010	.20	0.00%	-0.10	P
18	124	70 (2)	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.245	.300	.545	3						PR
19	125	72 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.204	.246	.296	.542	9	.64	-0.063	.18	-0.01%	-1.24	P
20	126	78 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.246	.293	.539	9	.66	-0.021	.17	0.00%	-1.17	P
21	127	83 (4)	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.200	.250	.283	.533	9	1.02	-0.041	.32	-0.01%	-0.28	P
22	128	89 (5)	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.250	.281	.531	9	.96	-0.032	.46	-0.01%	-0.53	P
23	129	94 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.236	.265	.501	9	.94	-0.098	.81	-0.05%	-0.82	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	130	100 (5)	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.183	.227	.254	.480	9	.74	-0.067	.81	-0.04%	-1.54	P
25	131	103 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.178	.221	.247	.467	9	1.63	-0.093	1.84	-0.06%	-0.66	P
26	132	111 (7)	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.232	.269	.501	9	1.19	0.013	.63	0.00%	0.58	P
27	133	119 (7)	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.268	.501	9	.08	-0.004	.08	0.00%	-0.10	P
28	134	123 (3)	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.195	.250	.268	.518	9	2.12	0.054	2.41	0.04%	0.55	P
29	135	128 (4)	Aug 31 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.262	.506	9	.86	-0.045	.93	-0.03%	-0.38	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	136	135 (6)	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	L,2-12	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.250	.267	.517	9	.72	0.027	.39	0.01%	0.16	P
31	137	140 (4)	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.193	.245	.261	.506	9	1.09	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
32	138	145 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.196	.245	.261	.506	9						P
33	139	149 (3)	Sep 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.245	.260	.506	9	.58	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
34	140	152 (2)	Sep 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.252	.260	.513	9	.23	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
							25-9		116	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	5	0	11	2	13		0	0	0	2	.198	.252	.260	.513		.91	-1.026	.90	-0.60%	-10.87

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