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Art Shamsky

Arthur Louis Shamsky

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 14, 1941 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Cubs/Athletics 1965-1972

Final Game: July 18, 1972 (Age 30)
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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
1965 23 CIN NL 64 106 96 13 25 4 3 2 10 1 0 10 29 .260 .330 .427 .757 106 41 0 0 0 0 0 9/73
1966 24 CIN NL 96 271 234 41 54 5 0 21 47 0 2 32 45 .231 .321 .521 .842 121 122 5 0 3 2 1 79
1967 25 CIN NL 76 164 147 6 29 3 1 3 13 0 1 15 34 .197 .274 .293 .567 55 43 1 1 0 1 5 97
1968 26 NYM NL 116 381 345 30 82 14 4 12 48 1 0 21 58 .238 .292 .406 .698 108 140 6 7 4 4 6 739
1969 27 NYM NL 100 349 303 42 91 9 3 14 47 1 2 36 32 .300 .375 .488 .863 139 148 5 3 2 5 2 97/3
1970 28 NYM NL 122 458 403 48 118 19 2 11 49 1 1 49 33 .293 .371 .432 .803 115 174 11 3 0 3 13 39/7
1971 29 NYM NL 68 157 135 13 25 6 2 5 18 1 1 21 18 .185 .299 .370 .670 91 50 6 1 0 0 2 97/3
1972 30 TOT MLB 23 27 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .087 .222 .087 .309 -10 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1972 30 CHC NL 15 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .125 .263 .125 .388 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1972 30 OAK AL 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 665 1913 1686 194 426 60 15 68 233 5 7 188 254 .253 .330 .427 .757 110 720 34 15 9 15 29
162 Game Avg. 162 466 411 47 104 15 4 17 57 1 2 46 62 .253 .330 .427 .757 110 175 8 4 2 4 7
NYM (4 yrs) 406 1345 1186 133 316 48 11 42 162 4 4 127 141 .266 .341 .432 .773 117 512 28 14 6 12 23
CIN (3 yrs) 236 541 477 60 108 12 4 26 70 1 3 57 108 .226 .309 .432 .740 98 206 6 1 3 3 6
OAK (1 yr) 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 15 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .125 .263 .125 .388 10 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 657 1905 1679 194 426 60 15 68 233 5 7 187 252 .254 .331 .429 .760 110 720 34 15 9 15 29
AL (1 yr) 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 23 CIN NL 64 106 0 0 0 -3 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .495 .498 0.4 -0.4 4 9/73
1966 24 CIN NL 96 271 6 1 -0 -1 -4 1 0.2 10 11 1.2 .502 .501 1.2 -0.4 12 79
1967 25 CIN NL 76 164 -11 -1 0 0 -2 -13 -1.5 6 -7 -0.9 .480 .491 -1.0 -0.1 -7 97
1968 26 NYM NL 116 381 2 1 1 3 -5 2 0.4 13 15 1.7 .502 .501 1.1 -0.1 11 739
1969 27 NYM NL 100 349 15 -2 1 -5 -4 6 0.7 12 18 1.9 .506 .504 2.3 -0.9 22 97/3
1970 28 NYM NL 122 458 6 1 -1 6 -6 6 0.7 16 22 2.3 .505 .504 1.6 0.1 16 39/7
1971 29 NYM NL 68 157 -1 -1 -1 0 -2 -5 -0.6 5 0 -0.0 .491 .496 -0.1 -0.2 -0 97/3
1972 30 CHC NL 15 19 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /3
1972 30 OAK AL 8 8 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $25,000
8 Seasons 665 1913 15 -1 -0 1 -24 -9 -0.7 66 58 6.0 .498 .500 5.4 -2.1 56 $25,000
NYM (4 yrs) 406 1345 22 -1 -0 5 -17 8 1.2 46 54 5.9 .502 .502 4.9 -1.1 49
CIN (3 yrs) 236 541 -5 0 0 -3 -7 -14 -1.6 20 5 0.4 .493 .497 0.6 -1.0 9
OAK (1 yr) 8 8 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $25,000
CHC (1 yr) 15 19 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 27 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 3 13 13 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .538 .538 .538 1.077 7 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 NYM NL WS BAL W 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 6 19 19 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .368 .368 .368 .737 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 13 13 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .538 .538 .538 1.077 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 CIN NL 23 OF 18 11 6 111.0 29 26 2 1 0 .966 -2 -24 2.27 1.56 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 CIN NL 23 RF 15 9 5 91.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -34 1.88 1.27 .975 1.95 1.95
1965 CIN NL 23 LF 3 2 1 20.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 0 24 2.70 2.00 .966 1.71 1.70
1965 CIN NL 23 1B 1 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 5.62 5.00 .990 10.01 10.00
1966 CIN NL 24 OF 74 63 34 540.2 110 104 3 3 1 .973 -1 -2 1.78 1.45 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 CIN NL 24 LF 41 34 20 301.1 68 63 3 2 1 .971 2 8 1.97 1.61 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 CIN NL 24 RF 34 29 14 239.1 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -3 -14 1.62 1.26 .978 1.95 1.95
1967 CIN NL 25 OF 40 29 20 271.1 62 59 2 1 1 .984 0 1 2.02 1.53 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 CIN NL 25 RF 27 18 12 165.2 41 39 1 1 1 .976 0 2 2.17 1.48 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 CIN NL 25 LF 18 11 8 105.2 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.04 1.33 .969 1.74 1.74
1968 NYM NL 26 OF 82 75 35 616.0 135 128 6 1 2 .993 4 8 1.96 1.63 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 NYM NL 26 LF 71 64 29 526.2 112 107 4 1 1 .991 4 9 1.90 1.56 .963 1.64 1.65
1968 NYM NL 26 1B 17 13 10 128.1 119 111 6 2 6 .983 -0 -5 8.21 6.88 .992 10.08 10.12
1968 NYM NL 26 RF 12 11 6 89.1 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 2.22 1.83 .981 2.00 2.01
1969 NYM NL 27 OF 78 76 29 599.1 120 117 2 1 2 .992 -4 -8 1.79 1.53 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 NYM NL 27 RF 63 61 26 486.1 90 88 1 1 1 .989 -4 -10 1.65 1.41 .975 1.84 1.82
1969 NYM NL 27 LF 16 15 3 113.0 28 27 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 2.23 1.75 .963 1.69 1.68
1969 NYM NL 27 1B 9 7 4 62.0 76 75 0 1 5 .987 -0 -10 10.89 8.33 .992 9.83 9.76
1970 NYM NL 28 OF 58 53 18 431.1 106 104 2 0 1 1.000 4 10 2.21 1.83 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 NYM NL 28 1B 56 55 28 444.1 415 378 35 2 29 .995 2 6 8.37 7.38 .992 9.68 9.64
1970 NYM NL 28 RF 54 49 16 398.1 97 95 2 0 1 1.000 4 13 2.19 1.80 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 NYM NL 28 LF 4 4 2 33.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -33 1.64 1.50 .972 1.75 1.75
1971 NYM NL 29 OF 38 34 12 253.1 64 57 6 1 1 .984 0 1 2.24 1.66 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 NYM NL 29 RF 27 24 10 174.0 39 34 4 1 0 .974 -1 -8 1.97 1.41 .982 2.07 2.06
1971 NYM NL 29 LF 12 10 2 79.1 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 1 21 2.72 2.00 .970 1.87 1.87
1971 NYM NL 29 1B 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -60 9.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.90
1972 CHC NL 30 1B 4 2 2 21.0 31 30 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 13.29 7.75 .992 9.73 9.75
7 Seasons OF 388 341 154 2823.0 626 595 23 8 8 .987 1 0 1.97 1.59 .975 2.05 2.04
7 Seasons RF 232 201 89 1644.0 352 337 11 4 4 .989 -6 -4 1.91 1.50 .977 1.95 1.95
7 Seasons LF 165 140 65 1179.0 269 253 12 4 4 .985 7 7 2.02 1.61 .964 1.70 1.70
6 Seasons 1B 88 78 45 665.2 648 601 42 5 42 .992 1 1 8.69 7.31 .992 9.78 9.76
8 Seasons TOT 476 419 199 3488.2 1274 1196 65 13 50 .990 1 0 3.25 2.65 .984 3.52 3.47
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  7 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  13 (7th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  1 (2nd)
1968 NL  1 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 NL  1 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  4 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1823), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (234th), 6.0 career WAR/6.9 7yr-peak WAR/6.5 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197230Oakland Athletics$25,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$25,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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