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Howie Shanks

Howard Samuel Shanks (Hawk)

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1912
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Yankees 1912-1925

Final Game: October 3, 1925
Died: July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA
Buried: Old Monaca Cemetery, Monaca, PA
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Standard Batting

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
1912 21 WSH AL 116 461 399 52 92 14 7 1 48 21 17 40 64 .231 .305 .308 .614 75 123 3 19 *O
1913 22 WSH AL 109 416 390 38 99 11 5 1 37 24 15 40 .254 .287 .315 .602 75 123 3 8 *O
1914 23 WSH AL 143 561 500 44 112 22 10 4 64 18 16 29 51 .224 .269 .332 .601 78 166 2 30 *O
1915 24 WSH AL 141 546 492 52 123 19 8 0 47 12 14 30 42 .250 .297 .321 .618 83 158 3 21 O54
1916 25 WSH AL 140 540 471 51 119 15 7 1 48 23 12 41 34 .253 .317 .321 .637 92 151 3 25 O5/63
1917 26 WSH AL 126 496 430 45 87 15 5 0 28 15 33 37 .202 .269 .260 .529 62 112 6 27 6O/3
1918 27 WSH AL 120 488 436 42 112 19 4 1 56 23 31 21 .257 .312 .326 .638 94 142 4 17 O749/58
1919 28 WSH AL 135 551 491 33 122 8 7 1 54 13 25 48 .248 .289 .299 .588 66 147 3 32 *64/7O
1920 29 WSH AL 128 492 444 56 119 16 7 4 37 11 6 29 43 .268 .316 .363 .678 82 161 2 14 57O3/9486
1921 30 WSH AL 154 647 562 81 170 24 18 7 69 11 10 57 38 .302 .370 .447 .816 112 251 3 24 *5/4
1922 31 WSH AL 84 315 272 35 77 10 9 1 32 6 0 25 25 .283 .352 .397 .749 98 108 4 13 5O7/9
1923 32 BOS AL 131 499 464 38 118 19 5 3 57 6 6 19 37 .254 .285 .336 .621 63 156 1 15 54/O786
1924 33 BOS AL 72 224 193 22 50 16 3 0 25 1 0 21 12 .259 .332 .373 .705 82 72 0 9 65/O934
1925 34 NYY AL 66 184 155 15 40 3 1 1 18 1 0 20 15 .258 .343 .310 .653 68 48 0 9 54/O79
14 Yrs 1665 6420 5699 604 1440 211 96 25 620 185 81 415 507 .253 .308 .337 .644 82 1918 37 263
162 Game Avg. 162 625 554 59 140 21 9 2 60 18 40 49 .253 .308 .337 .644 82 187 4 26
WSH (11 yrs) 1396 5513 4887 529 1232 173 87 21 520 177 75 355 443 .252 .308 .336 .643 84 1642 36 230
BOS (2 yrs) 203 723 657 60 168 35 8 3 82 7 6 40 49 .256 .299 .347 .646 69 228 1 24
NYY (1 yr) 66 184 155 15 40 3 1 1 18 1 0 20 15 .258 .343 .310 .653 68 48 0 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1912 21 WSH AL 116 461 -14 -1 0 1 -6 -20 -2.1 16 -4 -0.5 .482 .487 -0.7 -0.5 -5 $ *O
1913 22 WSH AL 109 416 -13 1 0 6 -6 -11 -1.3 15 4 0.1 .488 .492 -0.5 0.0 -3 $ *O
1914 23 WSH AL 143 561 -14 -0 0 3 -6 -18 -2.3 19 1 -0.4 .485 .486 -0.6 -0.5 -2 $ *O
1915 24 WSH AL 141 546 -11 -2 0 4 -3 -11 -1.3 19 8 0.6 .491 .492 0.1 0.1 4 $ O54
1916 25 WSH AL 140 540 -4 1 0 3 -3 -3 -0.4 18 16 1.4 .498 .498 1.1 -0.1 13 $ O5/63
1917 26 WSH AL 126 496 -18 0 0 1 5 -12 -1.5 17 4 0.2 .488 .491 0.0 0.7 4 $ 6O/3
1918 27 WSH AL 120 488 -3 1 0 2 -3 -3 -0.4 16 14 1.3 .497 .498 1.1 -0.1 12 $ O749/58
1919 28 WSH AL 135 551 -22 -0 0 -19 7 -35 -3.8 19 -16 -2.0 .471 .476 0.1 -1.3 2 $ *64/7O
1920 29 WSH AL 128 492 -12 1 0 -2 -0 -14 -1.4 16 2 0.2 .489 .492 0.4 -0.2 4 $ 57O3/9486
1921 30 WSH AL 154 647 11 -1 0 1 5 16 1.5 20 36 3.6 .510 .509 3.4 0.6 35 $ *5/4
1922 31 WSH AL 84 315 -1 2 0 3 0 5 0.4 10 15 1.4 .506 .503 1.2 0.3 12 $ 5O7/9
1923 32 BOS AL 131 499 -26 -0 0 -4 4 -27 -2.7 16 -11 -1.1 .480 .484 -0.7 -0.0 -7 $ 54/O786
1924 33 BOS AL 72 224 -6 1 0 -4 3 -6 -0.5 7 1 0.2 .493 .497 0.6 -0.1 5 $ 65/O934
1925 34 NYY AL 66 184 -7 1 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 6 -0 0.0 .491 .496 0.1 0.0 0 $ 54/O79
14 Seasons 1665 6420 -140 3 0 -6 -1 -145 -16.4 213 68 5.0 .490 .493 5.6 -0.8 74 $
WSH (11 yrs) 1396 5513 -101 2 0 3 -10 -106 -12.6 185 78 5.9 .491 .493 5.6 -0.8 75 $
BOS (2 yrs) 203 723 -32 0 0 -8 7 -32 -3.2 23 -9 -0.9 .484 .490 -0.1 -0.1 -2 $
NYY (1 yr) 66 184 -7 1 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 6 -0 0.0 .491 .496 0.1 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1912 21 WSH AL 461 343 35 2.7 92 .272 .231 .274 .305 .343 .308 .360 .614 .703 75 .348 -13.4 -1.5 .525 .188 .078 1.9
1913 22 WSH AL 416 299 35 3.1 89 .281 .254 .267 .287 .339 .315 .350 .602 .689 75 .433 -14.6 -1.6 .567 .162 .062 1.9
1914 23 WSH AL 561 434 42 2.6 85 .243 .224 .261 .269 .335 .332 .342 .601 .677 78 .395 -16.9 -2.0 .493 .170 .108 6.5
1915 24 WSH AL 546 404 44 2.9 85 .273 .250 .258 .297 .336 .321 .338 .618 .674 83 .427 -12.3 -1.4 .493 .128 .071 .0
1916 25 WSH AL 540 389 47 3.3 82 .271 .253 .255 .317 .329 .321 .334 .637 .663 92 .464 -5.3 -0.6 .566 .178 .068 1.9
1917 26 WSH AL 496 370 29 2.1 79 .221 .202 .254 .269 .325 .260 .328 .529 .653 62 .298 -19.9 -2.3 .484 .170 .058 .0
1918 27 WSH AL 488 341 43 3.4 80 .268 .257 .258 .312 .329 .326 .329 .638 .658 94 .491 -4.0 -0.4 .617 .193 .069 1.9
1919 28 WSH AL 551 401 42 2.8 94 .274 .248 .275 .289 .341 .299 .370 .588 .711 66 .338 -24.2 -2.6 .509 .128 .051 1.9
1920 29 WSH AL 492 345 50 3.9 104 .290 .268 .288 .316 .352 .363 .395 .678 .747 82 .425 -12.9 -1.3 .595 .171 .095 5.9
1921 30 WSH AL 647 426 90 5.7 110 .315 .302 .293 .370 .358 .447 .412 .816 .770 112 .549 9.3 0.9 .776 .247 .144 8.6
1922 31 WSH AL 315 208 38 4.9 106 .309 .283 .288 .352 .352 .397 .404 .749 .757 98 .514 -0.9 -0.1 .733 .228 .114 1.7
1923 32 BOS AL 499 367 43 3.1 108 .271 .254 .290 .285 .360 .336 .401 .621 .761 63 .324 -27.2 -2.7 .500 .123 .082 4.0
1924 33 BOS AL 224 152 24 4.2 111 .276 .259 .297 .332 .366 .373 .407 .705 .773 82 .433 -5.0 -0.5 .657 .228 .114 .0
1925 34 NYY AL 184 124 17 3.7 114 .281 .258 .297 .343 .367 .310 .416 .653 .784 68 .352 -7.3 -0.7 .600 .187 .052 1.0
14 Yrs 6420 4603 579 3.4 94 .274 .253 .273 .308 .343 .337 .366 .644 .709 82 .419 -154.5 -16.8 .570 .175 .084 44.0
162 Game Avg. 625 448 56 3.4 94 .274 .253 .273 .308 .343 .337 .366 .644 .709 82 .419 -154.5 -16.8 .570 .175 .084 4
WSH (11 yrs) 5513 3960 495 3.4 91 .274 .252 .270 .308 .340 .336 .360 .643 .700 84 .431 -115.0 -12.9 .572 .177 .084 37.5
BOS (2 yrs) 723 519 67 3.5 109 .273 .256 .292 .299 .362 .347 .403 .646 .765 69 .358 -32.3 -3.2 .545 .154 .091 4.2
NYY (1 yr) 184 124 17 3.7 114 .281 .258 .297 .343 .367 .310 .416 .653 .784 68 .352 -7.3 -0.7 .600 .187 .052 1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 27 WSH AL 488 0.2% 4.3% 6.4% 4.9% 21% 0.68 20.8 436.0 7.8 85%
1919 28 WSH AL 551 0.2% 8.7% 4.5% 2.9% 13% 1.92 10.2 491.0 9.1 80%
1920 29 WSH AL 492 0.8% 8.7% 5.9% 5.5% 23% 1.48 10.3 111.0 12.0 81%
1921 30 WSH AL 647 1.1% 5.9% 8.8% 7.6% 29% 0.67 14.8 80.3 8.1 80%
1922 31 WSH AL 315 0.3% 7.9% 7.9% 6.4% 26% 1.00 10.9 272.0 8.5 78%
1923 32 BOS AL 499 0.6% 7.4% 3.8% 5.4% 23% 1.95 12.5 154.7 8.1 85%
1924 33 BOS AL 224 0.0% 5.4% 9.4% 8.5% 38% 0.57 16.1 7.7 81%
1925 34 NYY AL 184 0.5% 8.2% 10.9% 2.7% 13% 0.75 10.3 155.0 8.6 76%
14 Yrs 3400 0.7% 14.9% 12.2% 9.8% 23% 1.22 11.2 228.0 9.2 152%
MLB Averages 1.3% 16.4% 14.5% 10.6% 24% 1.13 10.2 131.2 9.1 149%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 21 116 461 399 52 92 14 7 1 48 21 17 40 64 .231 .305 .308 .614 75 123 3 19
1913 22 225 877 789 90 191 25 12 2 85 45 17 55 104 .242 .296 .312 .608 75 246 6 27
1914 23 368 1438 1289 134 303 47 22 6 149 63 33 84 155 .235 .286 .320 .606 76 412 8 57
1915 24 509 1984 1781 186 426 66 30 6 196 75 47 114 197 .239 .289 .320 .609 78 570 11 78
1916 25 649 2524 2252 237 545 81 37 7 244 98 59 155 231 .242 .295 .320 .615 81 721 14 103
1917 26 775 3020 2682 282 632 96 42 7 272 113 59 188 268 .236 .291 .311 .601 78 833 20 130
1918 27 895 3508 3118 324 744 115 46 8 328 136 59 219 289 .239 .294 .313 .606 80 975 24 147
1919 28 1030 4059 3609 357 866 123 53 9 382 149 59 244 337 .240 .293 .311 .604 78 1122 27 179
1920 29 1158 4551 4053 413 985 139 60 13 419 160 65 273 380 .243 .296 .317 .612 78 1283 29 193
1921 30 1312 5198 4615 494 1155 163 78 20 488 171 75 330 418 .250 .305 .332 .637 83 1534 32 217
1922 31 1396 5513 4887 529 1232 173 87 21 520 177 75 355 443 .252 .308 .336 .643 84 1642 36 230
1923 32 1527 6012 5351 567 1350 192 92 24 577 183 81 374 480 .252 .306 .336 .642 82 1798 37 245
1924 33 1599 6236 5544 589 1400 208 95 24 602 184 81 395 492 .253 .307 .337 .644 82 1870 37 254
1925 34 1665 6420 5699 604 1440 211 96 25 620 185 81 415 507 .253 .308 .337 .644 82 1918 37 263

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 21 121 480 416 53 95 14 7 1 49 22 41 67 .228 .302 .303 .605 38 116
1913 22 115 444 416 44 110 12 6 1 43 27 17 42 .264 .298 .329 .627 40 109
1914 23 147 588 523 52 125 25 11 4 76 20 32 52 .239 .285 .352 .637 52 143
1915 24 147 580 522 60 136 21 9 0 54 13 33 44 .261 .308 .335 .643 53 141
1916 25 145 581 504 64 138 17 8 1 60 27 48 35 .274 .341 .345 .686 59 140
1917 26 131 532 458 58 102 18 6 0 36 18 39 38 .223 .294 .288 .582 37 126
1918 27 153 649 576 67 163 28 6 1 89 33 45 27 .283 .341 .358 .699 69 120
1919 28 156 648 576 42 149 10 9 1 69 16 31 56 .259 .301 .313 .614 53 135
1920 29 135 511 464 56 122 16 7 4 37 11 30 45 .263 .310 .353 .664 50 128
1921 30 162 666 581 78 169 24 18 7 66 11 57 40 .291 .357 .430 .788 88 154
1922 31 88 327 283 36 79 10 9 1 32 6 26 26 .279 .348 .389 .737 38 84
1923 32 138 519 483 37 119 19 5 3 56 6 19 39 .246 .276 .325 .601 43 131
1924 33 76 229 199 20 49 16 3 0 23 1 21 13 .246 .318 .357 .675 22 72
1925 34 69 187 159 13 38 3 1 1 16 1 19 16 .239 .320 .289 .610 15 66
14 Yrs 1783 6941 6160 680 1594 233 105 25 706 212 458 540 .259 .314 .343 .657 657 1665
162 Game Avg. 162 631 560 62 145 21 10 2 64 19 42 49 .259 .314 .343 .657 60 1665

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1921 AL  154 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1921 AL  18 (1st)
Career  96 (175th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  4 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1918 AL  56 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1912 AL  64 (7th)
1919 AL  48 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1918 AL  23 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 AL  6 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1914 AL  30 (6th)
1919 AL  32 (7th)
Career  263 (30th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
Career  81 (213th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1914 AL  6.5 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1919 AL  401 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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