Art Shamsky
Arthur Louis Shamsky
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 14, 1941 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City (University City, MO)
School: University of Missouri
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965
Final Game: July 18, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 CIN NL 23 OF 18 11 111.0 29 26 2 1 0 .966 -2.2 -23.8 -1.2 0.1 -1.3 -1 2.27 1.56 .976 2.00 1.75
1965 CIN NL 23 RF 15 9 91.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -34.3 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 -1 1.88 1.27 .974 1.96 1.73
1965 CIN NL 23 LF 3 2 20.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 0.4 24.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 2.70 2.00 .971 1.71 1.37
1965 CIN NL 23 1B 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 5.62 5.00 .980 10.01 8.60
1966 CIN NL 24 OF 74 63 540.2 110 104 3 3 1 .973 -0.9 -2.0 1.1 -2.8 3.8 -2 1.78 1.45 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 CIN NL 24 LF 41 34 301.1 68 63 3 2 1 .971 1.9 7.6 2.9 0.0 2.8 -1 1.97 1.61 .963 1.74 1.35
1966 CIN NL 24 RF 34 29 239.1 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -2.8 -14.0 -1.8 -2.8 1.0 -1 1.62 1.26 .977 1.96 1.68
1967 CIN NL 25 OF 40 29 271.1 62 59 2 1 1 .984 0.3 1.3 0.3 -1.0 1.4 0 2.02 1.53 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 CIN NL 25 RF 27 18 165.2 41 39 1 1 1 .976 0.3 2.2 0.3 -0.5 0.9 0 2.17 1.48 .976 2.04 1.76
1967 CIN NL 25 LF 18 11 105.2 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.5 0 2.04 1.33 .967 1.75 1.50
1968 NYM NL 26 OF 82 75 616.0 135 128 6 1 2 .993 3.9 7.6 4.9 3.2 1.7 -1 1.96 1.63 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 NYM NL 26 LF 71 64 526.2 112 107 4 1 1 .991 4.0 9.1 5.0 2.6 2.4 -1 1.90 1.56 .962 1.64 1.38
1968 NYM NL 26 1B 17 13 128.1 119 111 6 2 6 .983 -0.5 -4.7 -0.5 0.2 -0.8 0 8.21 6.88 .992 10.08 8.91
1968 NYM NL 26 RF 12 11 89.1 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 0 2.22 1.83 .982 2.01 1.77
1969 NYM NL 27 OF 78 76 599.1 120 117 2 1 2 .992 -4.2 -8.4 -2.2 -3.6 1.5 -2 1.79 1.53 .972 2.02 1.75
1969 NYM NL 27 RF 63 61 486.1 90 88 1 1 1 .989 -4.2 -10.4 -3.2 -3.7 0.5 -1 1.65 1.41 .974 1.89 1.60
1969 NYM NL 27 LF 16 15 113.0 28 27 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 -1 2.23 1.75 .961 1.67 1.30
1969 NYM NL 27 1B 9 7 62.0 76 75 0 1 5 .987 -0.5 -9.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 10.89 8.33 .992 9.83 8.84
1970 NYM NL 28 OF 58 53 431.1 106 104 2 0 1 1.000 3.5 9.7 2.5 0.8 1.7 1 2.21 1.83 .975 2.07 1.78
1970 NYM NL 28 1B 56 55 444.1 415 378 35 2 29 .995 2.3 6.2 2.3 -0.3 2.6 0 8.37 7.38 .992 9.68 8.37
1970 NYM NL 28 RF 54 49 398.1 97 95 2 0 1 1.000 4.4 13.3 3.4 0.8 2.6 1 2.19 1.80 .975 2.00 1.68
1970 NYM NL 28 LF 4 4 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -32.7 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.64 1.50 .967 1.75 1.38
1971 NYM NL 29 OF 38 34 253.1 64 57 6 1 1 .984 0.3 1.4 1.3 -1.1 2.4 -1 2.24 1.66 .978 2.19 1.92
1971 NYM NL 29 RF 27 24 174.0 39 34 4 1 0 .974 -1.1 -7.6 -0.1 -0.9 0.8 -1 1.97 1.41 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 NYM NL 29 LF 12 10 79.1 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 1.4 21.2 1.4 -0.2 1.6 0 2.72 2.00 .971 1.87 1.53
1971 NYM NL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1972 CHC NL 30 1B 4 2 21.0 31 30 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.29 7.75 .994 9.73 8.43
7 Seasons OF 388 341 2823.0 626 595 23 8 8 .987 0.7 0.3 6.7 -4.4 11.2 -6 1.97 1.59 .975 2.05 1.80
7 Seasons RF 232 201 1644.0 352 337 11 4 4 .989 -6.1 -4.5 -3.1 -6.7 3.7 -3 1.91 1.50 .976 1.97 1.69
7 Seasons LF 165 140 1179.0 269 253 12 4 4 .985 6.8 6.9 9.8 2.3 7.5 -3 2.02 1.61 .964 1.70 1.39
6 Seasons 1B 88 78 665.2 648 601 42 5 42 .992 0.7 1.3 0.7 -0.7 1.3 0 8.69 7.31 .992 9.78 8.53
8 Seasons TOT 476 419 3488.2 1274 1196 65 13 50 .990 1.4 0.5 7.4 -5.1 12.5 -6 0 3.25 2.65 .973 3.52 3.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 CIN NL 23 64 12 64 64 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 15 18 50 0
1966 CIN NL 24 96 63 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 34 74 28 0
1967 CIN NL 25 76 29 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 27 40 44 0
1968 NYM NL 26 116 88 116 116 0 0 17 0 0 0 71 0 12 82 26 0
1969 NYM NL 27 100 83 100 100 0 0 9 0 0 0 16 0 63 78 16 0
1970 NYM NL 28 122 108 122 122 0 0 56 0 0 0 4 0 54 58 13 0
1971 NYM NL 29 68 34 68 68 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 27 38 33 0
1972 CHC NL 30 15 2 15 15 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 OAK AL 30 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
8 Seasons 665 419 665 665 0 0 88 0 0 0 165 0 232 388 229 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 3 25.0% 8 1 8.3% 0 420 62% 71% 21% 36 53%
1966 CIN NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 1075 64% 72% 27% 77 56%
1967 CIN NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 14 5 35.7% 8 1 7.1% 0 747 58% 74% 27% 68 57%
1968 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 5 1 12.5% 1 386 68% 76% 25% 43 49%
1969 NYM NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 8 0 11 3 0 7 3 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 52 22 42.3% 30 0 0.0% 1 2094 67% 77% 26% 185 48%
1970 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 17 8 0 14 6 0 4 3 0 5 2 1 8 3 0 48 22 45.8% 25 1 2.1% 1 1731 65% 75% 27% 186 52%
1971 NYM NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 8 2 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 20 5 25.0% 14 1 5.0% 3 758 68% 73% 25% 68 54%
7 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 11 0 4 1 4 67 25 1 40 12 1 22 10 0 19 3 3 22 15 0 170 65 38.2% 100 5 2.9% 6 7211 65% 74% 26% 663 52%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 77% 25% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CIN NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 92 62% 72% 26% 7 86%
1966 CIN NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 10 7 1 9 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 7 5 0 31 15 48.4% 15 1 3.2% 2 1297 66% 75% 27% 123 53%
1967 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 1 470 61% 75% 25% 44 55%
1968 NYM NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 19 13 0 12 2 1 6 1 1 4 0 0 7 6 1 48 22 45.8% 23 3 6.3% 1 2201 65% 76% 25% 225 49%
1969 NYM NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 1 473 62% 77% 25% 43 63%
1970 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 154 52% 67% 23% 13 46%
1971 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% 1 341 61% 73% 26% 50 46%
7 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 12 0 4 2 5 44 31 1 29 2 1 15 8 2 12 0 1 22 19 1 122 60 49.2% 56 6 4.9% 6 5028 64% 75% 26% 505 52%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 CIN NL 23 46 57% 67% 13% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 26 537 62% 74% 25% 32 91% 1 113 7 106 0 13 9 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 12 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 5 80%
1969 NYM NL 27 247 57% 80% 30% 12 92% 0 72 4 68 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1970 NYM NL 28 1915 65% 73% 24% 99 95% 0 373 33 339 1 27 37 29 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 28 1 0 1 28 2 0 0 0 5 100%
1971 NYM NL 29 9 67% 78% 33% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 30 88 59% 82% 41% 5 100% 0 30 1 28 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 2842 63% 74% 25% 148 94% 1 595 45 548 2 50 47 37 7 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 47 1 0 1 47 3 0 0 0 13 85%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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