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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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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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Season (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

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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 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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 9, 1959: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent.

November 8, 1967: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Bob Johnson.

October 18, 1971: Traded by the New York Mets with Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers and Charlie Hudson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Beauchamp, Chip Coulter, Harry Parker and Chuck Taylor.

April 9, 1972: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 14, 1972: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 28, 1972: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Chicago Cubs.

July 19, 1972: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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