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John Shaffer

John W. Shaffer (Cannon Ball)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10"

Born: February 18, 1864 in Lock Haven, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1886
Team: Metropolitans 1886-1887

Final Game: June 30, 1887
Died: November 21, 1926 in Endicott, NY
Buried: Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:39AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1886 22 NYP AA 5 3 .625 1.96 8 8 0 8 1 0 69.0 40 29 15 0 29 36 1 0 4 274 177 1.000 5.2 0.0 3.8 4.7 1.24
1887 23 NYP AA 2 11 .154 6.19 13 13 0 13 0 0 112.0 148 119 77 3 53 22 11 0 14 542 70 1.795 11.9 0.2 4.3 1.8 0.42
2 Seasons 7 14 .333 4.57 21 21 0 21 1 0 181.0 188 148 92 3 82 58 12 0 18 816 87 1.492 9.3 0.1 4.1 2.9 0.71
162 Game Avg. 11 23 .333 4.57 34 34 0 34 2 0 293 304 240 149 5 133 94 19 0 29 1321 87 1.492 9.3 0.1 4.1 2.9 0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1886 22 NYP AA 69.0 8 29 51 0 1.0 22 1.9 $
1887 23 NYP AA 112.0 13 119 95 -5 1.0 -24 -1.5 $
2 Seasons 181.0 21 148 146 -5 1.0 -2 0.4 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1886 22 NYP AA 8 29 25 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 .240 .345 .240 .585 88 6 0 /1
1887 23 NYP AA 13 49 48 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 1 .167 .184 .229 .413 16 11 0 1
2 Seasons 21 78 73 7 14 1 1 0 4 1 5 .192 .244 .233 .476 41 17 0
162 Game Avg. 162 602 563 54 108 8 8 0 31 8 39 .192 .244 .233 .476 41 131 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1886 22 NYP AA 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1887 23 NYP AA 49 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
2 Seasons 78 -6 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.2 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1886 NYP AA 22 P 8 69.0 11 2 7 2 1 .818 1.17 1.13 .885 2.00 1.95
1887 NYP AA 23 P 13 112.0 43 7 32 4 0 .907 3.13 3.00 .883 2.27 2.18
2 Seasons P 21 181.0 54 9 39 6 1 .889 2.39 2.29 .884 2.16 2.09
2 Seasons TOT 21 181.0 54 9 39 6 1 .889 2.39 2.29 .884 2.16 2.09
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1886 AA  11 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1886 AA  1.0 (9th)

                           

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