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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1531. Ty Wigginton… #1532. Rod Barajas… #1533. Brad Hawpe… #1534. HOWIE SHANKS… #1535. Dick Siebert… #1536. Pop Snyder… #1537. Jamey Carroll… 

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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
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 93 142 4 17 O4/5
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/O
1920 29 WSH AL 128 489 444 56 119 16 7 4 37 11 6 29 43 .268 .316 .363 .678 82 161 2 14 5O3/46
1921 30 WSH AL 154 646 562 81 170 24 18 7 69 11 10 57 38 .302 .370 .447 .816 112 251 3 24 *5/4
1922 31 WSH AL 84 314 272 35 77 10 9 1 32 6 0 25 25 .283 .352 .397 .749 99 108 4 13 5O
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/O6
1924 33 BOS AL 72 223 193 22 50 16 3 0 25 1 0 21 12 .259 .332 .373 .705 82 72 0 9 65/O34
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/O
14 Seasons 1665 6414 5699 604 1440 211 96 25 620 185 81 415 507 .253 .308 .337 .644 82 1918 37 263
162 Game Avg. 162 624 554 59 140 21 9 2 60 18 40 49 .253 .308 .337 .644 82 187 4 26
WSH (11 yrs) 1396 5508 4887 529 1232 173 87 21 520 177 75 355 443 .252 .308 .336 .643 84 1642 36 230
BOS (2 yrs) 203 722 657 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: 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
1912 21 WSH AL 461 -11 1 0 0 1 -6 16 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ *O
1913 22 WSH AL 416 -12 1 0 0 6 -6 14 3 0.2 -3 -0.3 0.5 $ *O
1914 23 WSH AL 561 -16 -1 0 0 3 -6 19 -1 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ *O
1915 24 WSH AL 546 -12 -2 0 0 4 -3 18 5 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ O54
1916 25 WSH AL 540 -5 -2 0 0 3 -3 18 11 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ O5/63
1917 26 WSH AL 496 -19 1 0 0 1 5 17 5 0.1 4 0.4 -0.3 $ 6O/3
1918 27 WSH AL 488 -4 1 0 0 2 -3 17 13 1.2 11 1.1 0.1 $ O4/5
1919 28 WSH AL 551 -22 -1 0 0 -19 6 18 -18 -2.0 1 0.1 -2.1 $ *64/O
1920 29 WSH AL 489 -13 1 0 0 -2 0 16 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ 5O3/46
1921 30 WSH AL 646 8 0 0 0 1 5 21 35 3.4 34 3.3 0.1 $ *5/4
1922 31 WSH AL 314 0 2 0 0 3 1 10 16 1.6 13 1.3 0.3 $ 5O
1923 32 BOS AL 499 -25 -2 0 0 -4 4 16 -11 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $ 54/O6
1924 33 BOS AL 223 -6 0 0 0 -4 3 7 0 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $ 65/O34
1925 34 NYY AL 184 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 6 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 54/O
14 Seasons 6414 -145 -1 0 0 -6 -2 213 59 4.3 65 6.4 -2.1 $
WSH (11 yrs) 5508 -106 1 0 0 3 -10 184 72 5.6 69 6.8 -1.2 $
BOS (2 yrs) 722 -31 -2 0 0 -8 7 23 -11 -1.1 -3 -0.3 -0.8 $
NYY (1 yr) 184 -8 0 0 0 -1 1 6 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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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 G Awards
1912 WSH AL 21 OF 114 211 189 14 8 2 .962 1.78 .951 2.04 112-0-2
1913 WSH AL 22 OF 109 225 207 13 5 3 .978 2.02 .953 2.01 109-0-0
1914 WSH AL 23 OF 139 304 276 14 14 3 .954 2.09 .956 2.00 94-43-2
1915 WSH AL 24 OF 80 167 151 13 3 1 .982 2.05 .958 2.05 75-1-4
1915 WSH AL 24 3B 49 165 57 94 14 10 .915 3.08 .925 3.16
1915 WSH AL 24 2B 10 40 18 21 1 4 .975 3.90 .956 5.14
1916 WSH AL 25 OF 88 225 203 19 3 4 .987 2.52 .963 2.12 72-3-13
1916 WSH AL 25 3B 31 98 45 49 4 3 .959 3.03 .939 3.40
1916 WSH AL 25 SS 8 39 11 22 6 4 .846 4.13 .938 5.18
1916 WSH AL 25 1B 7 60 54 2 4 4 .933 8.00 .988 10.99
1917 WSH AL 26 SS 90 495 205 255 35 44 .929 5.11 .931 5.08
1917 WSH AL 26 OF 26 87 73 12 2 3 .977 3.27 .967 2.22 21-5-0
1917 WSH AL 26 1B 2 19 18 0 1 2 .947 9.00 .989 11.05
1918 WSH AL 27 OF 64 163 149 7 7 4 .957 2.44 .962 2.26 54-2-8
1918 WSH AL 27 2B 48 280 130 136 14 17 .950 5.54 .958 5.48
1918 WSH AL 27 3B 3 17 5 11 1 2 .941 5.33 .948 3.37
1919 WSH AL 28 SS 94 540 238 260 42 38 .922 5.30 .942 5.24
1919 WSH AL 28 2B 34 184 72 98 14 7 .924 5.00 .961 5.35
1919 WSH AL 28 OF 6 21 19 1 1 1 .952 3.33 .958 2.27
1919 WSH AL 28 LF 6 6 6 21 19 1 1 1 .952 3.33 .961 2.22
1920 WSH AL 29 3B 63 245 102 131 12 5 .951 3.70 .946 3.59
1920 WSH AL 29 OF 35 76 74 2 0 0 1.000 2.17 .962 2.25
1920 WSH AL 29 1B 14 121 112 6 3 6 .975 8.43 .990 10.82
1920 WSH AL 29 2B 5 18 5 11 2 1 .889 3.20 .962 5.70
1920 WSH AL 29 SS 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 .944 5.20
1920 WSH AL 29 LF 35 28 28 77 76 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 .962 2.30
1920 WSH AL 29 RF 6 4 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .958 1.92
1920 WSH AL 29 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
1921 WSH AL 30 3B 154 571 218 330 23 35 .960 3.56 .952 3.41
1921 WSH AL 30 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1922 WSH AL 31 3B 54 188 61 112 15 13 .920 3.20 .950 3.45
1922 WSH AL 31 OF 27 70 65 3 2 2 .971 2.52 .964 2.31
1922 WSH AL 31 LF 21 20 20 60 57 2 1 1 .983 2.81 .969 2.40
1922 WSH AL 31 RF 7 6 6 17 15 1 1 1 .941 2.29 .954 1.86
1923 BOS AL 32 3B 83 279 89 173 17 16 .939 3.16 .945 3.45
1923 BOS AL 32 2B 38 181 92 82 7 18 .961 4.58 .965 5.68
1923 BOS AL 32 OF 6 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 .965 2.38
1923 BOS AL 32 SS 1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00 .947 5.00
1923 BOS AL 32 LF 4 3 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .966 2.35
1923 BOS AL 32 CF 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.70
1924 BOS AL 33 SS 41 141 62 75 4 15 .972 3.34 .949 5.14
1924 BOS AL 33 3B 22 99 37 58 4 9 .960 4.32 .951 3.26
1924 BOS AL 33 OF 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .970 2.40
1924 BOS AL 33 1B 2 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 8.50 .989 10.50
1924 BOS AL 33 2B 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 .967 5.75
1924 BOS AL 33 RF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 2.02
1925 NYY AL 34 3B 26 65 32 29 4 2 .938 2.35 .947 3.21
1925 NYY AL 34 2B 21 92 32 58 2 11 .978 4.29 .962 5.76
1925 NYY AL 34 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .965 2.42
1925 NYY AL 34 LF 3 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .958 2.33
1925 NYY AL 34 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
13 Seasons OF 702 1567 1423 99 45 23 .971 2.17 .958 2.10 606-57-47
9 Seasons 3B 485 1727 646 987 94 95 .946 3.37 .946 3.40
6 Seasons SS 235 1226 518 620 88 101 .928 4.84 .938 5.16
8 Seasons 2B 159 801 353 407 41 58 .949 4.78 .961 5.53
5 Seasons (incomplete) LF 69 59 59 171 165 4 2 2 .988 2.45 .964 2.33
4 Seasons 1B 25 217 200 9 8 13 .963 8.36 .989 10.86
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 18 13 12 26 23 2 1 1 .962 1.39 .957 1.93
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 2.67
14 Seasons TOT 1606 5538 3140 2122 276 290 .950 3.28 .952 3.41 606-57-47
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G 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-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

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
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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1919 AL  57 (1st)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  154 (1st)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  218 (1st)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  330 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  23 (3rd)
1923 AL  17 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1919 AL  42 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  3.56 (3rd)
1923 AL  3.16 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1921 AL  .960 (1st)
1923 AL  .939 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1917 AL  5.11 (4th)
1919 AL  5.30 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1916 AL  2.52 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1913 AL  .978 (2nd)
1915 AL  .982 (2nd)
1916 AL  .987 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1777), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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