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Mike Shannon
Thomas Michael Shannon (Moonman)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 15, 1939 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Christian Brothers (St. Louis, MO)
School: University of Missouri
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1962
Final Game: August 12, 1970
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Mike Shannon
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Standard Batting

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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
1962	22	STL	NL	10	16	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	-16	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1963	23	STL	NL	32	28	26	3	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	6	.308	.333	.423	.756	108	11	1	1	1	0	0	79/8
1964	24	STL	NL	88	279	253	30	66	8	2	9	43	4	0	19	54	.261	.310	.415	.725	96	105	7	0	5	2	1	9/78
1965	25	STL	NL	124	280	244	32	54	17	3	3	25	2	1	28	46	.221	.305	.352	.658	78	86	8	2	5	1	1	98/27
1966	26	STL	NL	137	501	459	61	132	20	6	16	64	8	4	37	106	.288	.339	.462	.801	121	212	11	0	3	2	0	*97/82
1967	27	STL	NL	130	528	482	53	118	18	3	12	77	2	4	37	89	.245	.302	.369	.672	93	178	12	4	2	3	6	*5/987
1968	28	STL	NL	156	625	576	62	153	29	2	15	79	1	2	37	114	.266	.309	.401	.710	113	231	11	2	4	6	5	*5	MVP-7
1969	29	STL	NL	150	606	551	51	140	15	5	12	55	1	4	49	87	.254	.315	.365	.679	90	201	9	1	2	3	7	*5
1970	30	STL	NL	55	193	174	18	37	9	2	0	22	1	1	16	20	.213	.275	.287	.562	49	50	3	0	0	3	4	5
9 Seasons				882	3056	2780	313	710	116	23	68	367	19	17	224	525	.255	.311	.387	.698	96	1076	62	10	22	20	24
162 Game Avg.				162	561	511	57	130	21	4	12	67	3	3	41	96	.255	.311	.387	.698	96	198	11	2	4	4	4

Advanced Batting

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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
1962	22	STL	NL	16	13	0	0.0	112	.167	.133	.283	.188	.351	.133	.429	.321	.780	-16	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.231	.067	.000
1963	23	STL	NL	28	21	3	3.8	97	.368	.308	.265	.333	.328	.423	.396	.756	.724	108	.492	0.1	0.0	.550	.077	.115	.0
1964	24	STL	NL	279	201	32	4.3	101	.297	.261	.273	.310	.332	.415	.406	.725	.738	96	.520	-2.2	-0.2	.660	.245	.154	5.5
1965	25	STL	NL	280	205	26	3.4	101	.260	.221	.269	.305	.334	.352	.407	.658	.741	78	.415	-7.0	-0.7	.588	.250	.131	2.4
1966	26	STL	NL	501	347	70	5.4	96	.342	.288	.265	.339	.323	.462	.399	.801	.722	121	.613	12.1	1.2	.740	.264	.174	10.7
1967	27	STL	NL	528	385	52	3.6	90	.276	.245	.257	.302	.319	.369	.377	.672	.696	93	.462	-5.2	-0.6	.571	.197	.124	3.4
1968	28	STL	NL	625	446	70	4.2	81	.305	.266	.251	.309	.309	.401	.354	.710	.663	113	.578	8.8	1.0	.617	.198	.135	1.9
1969	29	STL	NL	606	429	63	3.9	94	.281	.254	.259	.315	.330	.365	.384	.679	.714	90	.474	-8.3	-0.9	.585	.194	.111	1.8
1970	30	STL	NL	193	144	14	2.6	106	.236	.213	.270	.275	.344	.287	.413	.562	.757	49	.258	-12.6	-1.2	.468	.167	.075	.0
9 Seasons				3056	2191	330	4.1	93	.291	.255	.261	.311	.324	.387	.385	.698	.709	96	.502	-16.9	-1.6	.611	.213	.132	29.7
162 Game Avg.				561	402	61	4.1	93	.291	.255	.261	.311	.324	.387	.385	.698	.709	96	.502	-16.9	-1.6	.611	.213	.132	5

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
1964	24	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	7	29	28	6	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	9	.214	.214	.321	.536	9	2	0	1	0	0

1967	27	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	7	25	24	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.208	.240	.375	.615	9	0	0	0	0	0
1968	28	STL	NL	WS	DET	L	7	30	29	3	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.276	.300	.414	.714	12	2	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							21	84	81	12	19	2	0	3	8	1	0	2	18	.235	.253	.370	.623	30	4	0	1	0	0
3 WS							21	84	81	12	19	2	0	3	8	1	0	2	18	.235	.253	.370	.623	30	4	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	22	STL	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.0			3.50	75%
1963	23	STL	NL	28	3.6%	21.4%	0.0%	3.6%	13%		4.3	26.0	13.0	2.25	68%
1964	24	STL	NL	279	3.2%	19.4%	6.8%	6.8%	29%	2.84	4.7	28.1	5.9	1.20	69%
1965	25	STL	NL	280	1.1%	16.4%	10.0%	8.2%	43%	1.64	5.3	81.3	9.8	1.23	70%
1966	26	STL	NL	501	3.2%	21.2%	7.4%	8.4%	32%	2.86	4.3	28.7	7.2	1.03	68%
1967	27	STL	NL	528	2.3%	16.9%	7.0%	6.3%	28%	2.41	5.4	40.2	6.3	1.10	73%
1968	28	STL	NL	625	2.4%	18.2%	5.9%	7.4%	30%	3.08	5.1	38.4	7.3	1.07	72%
1969	29	STL	NL	606	2.0%	14.4%	8.1%	5.3%	23%	1.78	6.3	45.9	10.0	1.05	75%
1970	30	STL	NL	193	0.0%	10.4%	8.3%	5.7%	30%	1.25	8.7		7.9	0.65	81%
9 Seasons				3056	2.2%	17.2%	7.3%	6.8%	29%	2.34	5.3	40.9	7.6	1.06	72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	22	STL	NL	1	0	100%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1963	23	STL	NL	1	0	25%	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
1964	24	STL	NL	7	0	28%	116	4	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	39%	21	14	7	2	2	0	8	3	5
1965	25	STL	NL	10	0	36%	105	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	44%	14	8	5	3	3	0	8	1	6
1966	26	STL	NL	4	0	29%	152	8	4	67%	5	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	8	8	42%	26	16	9	8	3	5	14	7	6
1967	27	STL	NL	6	0	28%	160	2	4	33%	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	7	51%	25	13	11	8	4	4	14	4	9
1968	28	STL	NL	9	0	27%	215	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	15	56%	36	18	18	4	2	2	23	6	15
1969	29	STL	NL	6	0	22%	245	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	10	39%	41	26	15	8	5	3	13	6	6
1970	30	STL	NL	2	0	34%	73	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	47%	6	4	1	1	1	0	8	2	6
9 Seasons				46	0	28%	1102	19	17	53%	13	16	4	0	2	1	5	1	53	59	46%	172	101	67	34	20	14	92	30	55
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	22	STL	NL	16	69%	2			0	0	0	0	1.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1963	23	STL	NL	28	82%	8			4	1	0	0	1.38	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	5	1	20%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1964	24	STL	NL	279	33%	66			2	0	0	0	3.06	9	0	11	5	4	3	6	0	5	5	100%	60	7	12%	23	11	48%	215	45	21%	20	12	60%	14	5	36%	0
1965	25	STL	NL	280	55%	54			19	2	0	0	1.37	3	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	6	5	83%	56	8	14%	23	8	35%	189	24	13%	19	8	42%	15	2	13%	0
1966	26	STL	NL	501	37%	132			9	2	0	1	1.68	16	0	9	7	9	5	11	0	3	3	100%	96	11	11%	45	8	18%	303	48	16%	22	7	32%	33	13	39%	0
1967	27	STL	NL	528	31%	118			2	1	0	0	0.17	12	0	15	6	6	4	8	0	3	2	67%	117	12	10%	52	15	29%	391	66	17%	37	19	51%	28	7	25%	0
1968	28	STL	NL	625	28%	153			0	0	0	0		15	1	15	11	4	7	8	0	4	4	100%	123	11	9%	52	16	31%	397	66	17%	33	18	55%	28	11	39%	0
1969	29	STL	NL	606	31%	140			2	1	0	0	1.73	12	0	14	9	3	4	8	0	2	2	100%	111	9	8%	61	11	18%	385	46	12%	42	12	29%	35	10	29%	0
1970	30	STL	NL	193	35%	37			5	1	0	1	1.39	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	43	3	7%	20	6	30%	147	22	15%	18	9	50%	16	3	19%	0
9 Seasons				3056	35%	710			43	8	0	2	1.48	68	1	77	39	29	26	42	0	26	22	85%	614	62	10%	285	77	27%	2053	318	15%	193	85	44%	174	54	31%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1962	22	10	16	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	-16	2	0	0	0	0	0
1963	23	42	44	41	6	10	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	9	.244	.279	.317	.596	61	13	1	1	1	0	0
1964	24	130	323	294	36	76	8	2	10	45	4	1	20	63	.259	.306	.401	.707	91	118	8	1	6	2	1
1965	25	254	603	538	68	130	25	5	13	70	6	2	48	109	.242	.306	.379	.685	85	204	16	3	11	3	2
1966	26	391	1104	997	129	262	45	11	29	134	14	6	85	215	.263	.321	.417	.738	101	416	27	3	14	5	2
1967	27	521	1632	1479	182	380	63	14	41	211	16	10	122	304	.257	.315	.402	.717	99	594	39	7	16	8	8
1968	28	677	2257	2055	244	533	92	16	56	290	17	12	159	418	.259	.313	.401	.715	102	825	50	9	20	14	13
1969	29	827	2863	2606	295	673	107	21	68	345	18	16	208	505	.258	.314	.394	.707	100	1026	59	10	22	17	20
1970	30	882	3056	2780	313	710	116	23	68	367	19	17	224	525	.255	.311	.387	.698	96	1076	62	10	22	20	24

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	22	10	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	10
1963	23	32	27	26	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	.000	.037	.000	.037	3	32
1964	24	88	274	253	31	66	8	2	9	44	4	19	54	.261	.310	.415	.725	33	88
1965	25	123	274	243	32	54	17	3	3	25	2	28	46	.222	.307	.354	.660	26	124
1966	26	137	503	463	66	136	21	6	16	69	8	38	106	.294	.346	.469	.815	76	137
1967	27	130	538	491	62	127	19	3	13	89	2	40	89	.259	.318	.389	.707	60	130
1968	28	155	648	597	81	177	34	2	17	103	1	43	113	.296	.343	.446	.788	91	156
1969	29	150	613	558	56	147	16	5	13	60	1	51	87	.263	.325	.380	.705	69	150
1970	30	55	192	173	17	36	9	2	0	20	1	16	20	.208	.271	.283	.554	13	55
9 Seasons		880	3085	2819	348	743	124	23	71	412	19	236	524	.264	.321	.399	.720	371	882
162 Game Avg.		162	568	519	64	137	23	4	13	76	3	43	96	.264	.321	.399	.720	68	882

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (7, 20%)
0.20 Career Shares (724th)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 NL 29 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL 114 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 NL 6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Carl Everett (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Thomas (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carl Everett (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Glenn Braggs (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Johnstone (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Ward (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50