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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Standard Fielding

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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1962 STL NL 22 OF 7 4 40.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 45.0 0.5 0.9 -0.4 1 1.80 1.14 .975 2.07 1.79
1962 STL NL 22 LF 5 2 24.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 45.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1 1.50 0.80 .975 1.80 1.36
1962 STL NL 22 RF 2 2 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 45.0 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 2.81 2.50 .980 1.91 1.65
1963 STL NL 23 OF 26 4 77.0 18 15 2 1 0 .944 1.2 18.7 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1 1.99 0.65 .978 2.01 1.75
1963 STL NL 23 LF 13 1 25.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 38.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1 2.16 0.46 .967 1.80 1.38
1963 STL NL 23 RF 12 3 48.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.7 17.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 1.88 0.83 .982 1.84 1.61
1963 STL NL 23 CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.10
1964 STL NL 24 OF 88 61 612.1 119 110 7 2 2 .983 -1.8 -3.5 -5.8 -2.9 -2.9 4 1.72 1.33 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 STL NL 24 RF 79 59 583.2 113 104 7 2 2 .982 -1.6 -3.3 -4.6 -3.0 -1.6 3 1.71 1.41 .973 1.90 1.62
1964 STL NL 24 LF 9 0 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -26.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 0.66 0.11 1.000 1.71 1.34
1964 STL NL 24 CF 3 2 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 1 1.20 0.67 1.000 2.34 2.10
1965 STL NL 25 OF 101 57 598.2 176 170 5 1 1 .994 10.9 21.8 7.9 8.3 -0.5 3 2.63 1.73 .974 2.00 1.75
1965 STL NL 25 RF 86 45 490.2 137 135 2 0 0 1.000 11.6 28.4 9.6 7.8 1.7 2 2.51 1.59 .975 1.96 1.73
1965 STL NL 25 CF 15 11 99.0 29 25 3 1 0 .966 -0.4 -4.8 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 1 2.55 1.87 .983 2.30 2.00
1965 STL NL 25 C 4 2 32.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -36.7 -1 6.61 6.00 .987 6.97 5.80 0 5 0 0
1965 STL NL 25 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.70 1.40
1966 STL NL 26 OF 129 118 1089.2 261 247 10 4 4 .985 6.2 6.8 7.2 -1.9 9.1 -1 2.12 1.99 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 STL NL 26 RF 113 110 1001.1 242 230 10 2 4 .992 10.2 12.2 10.2 0.6 9.6 0 2.16 2.12 .978 1.96 1.68
1966 STL NL 26 LF 14 3 48.1 12 10 0 2 0 .833 -1.8 -44.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 -1 1.86 0.71 .967 1.73 1.35
1966 STL NL 26 CF 6 5 40.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -66.0 -2.2 -1.7 -0.5 0 1.58 1.17 .986 2.38 2.12
1966 STL NL 26 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 7.20 5.80 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 27 3B 122 121 1082.2 356 88 239 29 18 .919 -12.4 -13.7 -11.4 -3.0 -8.4 -1 2.72 2.68 .952 2.96 2.75
1967 STL NL 27 OF 6 6 54.1 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -30.9 -1.4 -0.5 -1.0 0 1.99 2.00 .975 2.02 1.82
1967 STL NL 27 RF 4 2 20.1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -29.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0 2.66 1.50 .983 2.04 1.75
1967 STL NL 27 CF 3 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.06 0.67 1.000 2.28 2.03
1967 STL NL 27 LF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -28.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.06 1.00 .950 1.75 1.50
1968 STL NL 28 3B 156 155 1398.2 441 110 310 21 25 .952 -4.2 -3.6 -3.2 -1.4 -1.8 -1 2.70 2.69 .954 2.93 2.72 MVP-7
1969 STL NL 29 3B 149 147 1324.0 403 123 258 22 22 .945 -7.0 -6.3 -6.0 -2.4 -3.6 -1 2.59 2.56 .946 2.92 2.63
1970 STL NL 30 3B 51 45 422.2 99 32 59 8 4 .919 -14.4 -40.9 -14.4 -5.5 -8.9 0 1.94 1.78 .946 2.91 2.58
4 Seasons 3B 478 468 4228.0 1299 353 866 80 69 .938 -38.0 -10.8 -35.0 -12.3 -22.7 -3 2.59 2.55 .950 2.93 2.68
6 Seasons OF 357 250 2472.0 594 559 27 8 7 .987 16.6 8.1 8.6 4.6 3.8 8 2.13 1.64 .974 2.01 1.76
6 Seasons RF 296 221 2160.0 514 489 20 5 6 .990 21.0 11.7 16.0 6.5 9.3 5 2.12 1.72 .976 1.94 1.68
6 Seasons LF 44 9 137.0 26 21 3 2 0 .923 -1.1 -9.6 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 1 1.58 0.55 .969 1.75 1.37
5 Seasons CF 28 20 175.0 41 37 3 1 0 .976 -3.3 -22.6 -5.3 -1.2 -4.1 2 2.06 1.43 .985 2.32 2.04
2 Seasons C 5 2 33.2 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -35.6 -1 6.68 5.00 .988 6.98 5.80 0 5 0 0
9 Seasons TOT 840 720 6733.2 1918 936 894 88 77 .954 -22.4 -4.0 -26.4 -7.7 -18.9 8 -3 -1 2.45 2.18 .912 2.62 2.31 0 5 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 STL NL 22 10 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 1 4
1963 STL NL 23 32 4 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 12 26 4 6
1964 STL NL 24 88 61 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 79 88 3 6
1965 STL NL 25 124 59 124 124 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 15 86 101 22 8
1966 STL NL 26 137 118 137 137 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 6 113 129 9 1
1967 STL NL 27 130 127 130 130 0 0 0 0 122 0 2 3 4 6 3 0
1968 STL NL 28 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 STL NL 29 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1970 STL NL 30 55 45 55 55 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
9 Seasons 882 720 882 882 0 5 0 0 478 0 44 28 296 357 49 26
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 STL NL 27 4622 68% 77% 25% 364 82% 4 88 67 10 11 240 191 33 6 7 29 0 29 0 24 17 11 0 14 3 3 0 11 73%
1968 STL NL 28 5816 67% 78% 26% 452 87% 4 111 83 12 16 309 255 42 4 7 21 0 20 1 18 25 16 1 21 3 2 1 26 69%
1969 STL NL 29 5699 62% 75% 25% 385 90% 7 121 92 14 15 254 205 34 4 9 22 0 18 4 15 22 13 3 18 3 2 1 20 45%
1970 STL NL 30 1867 64% 75% 25% 103 81% 2 34 23 5 6 56 49 6 1 2 8 0 8 0 6 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 8 50%
4 Seasons 18004 65% 76% 25% 1304 86% 17 354 265 41 48 859 700 115 15 25 80 0 75 5 63 68 43 4 56 10 7 3 65 60%
MLB Averages 61% 76% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 63 38% 76% 37% 9 56%
1963 STL NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 55% 74% 23% 10 100%
1964 STL NL 24 2 0 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 3 20 8 0 20 9 3 9 6 0 3 1 0 12 9 0 64 33 51.6% 28 3 4.7% 4 2526 67% 78% 27% 251 43%
1965 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 13 6 0 5 2 0 9 8 0 4 1 0 15 13 0 46 30 65.2% 16 0 0.0% 2 2151 57% 78% 25% 194 70%
1966 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 10 0 4 2 1 37 15 0 13 3 0 7 5 1 8 0 0 14 12 0 79 35 44.3% 43 1 1.3% 9 4261 66% 79% 27% 379 62%
1967 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100 59% 82% 25% 10 50%
6 Seasons 5 0 4 1 0 20 0 7 2 6 72 30 0 39 14 3 25 19 1 16 2 0 43 36 0 195 101 51.8% 90 4 2.1% 16 9312 63% 78% 26% 853 59%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.2% 61% 76% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 115 59% 74% 23% 10 40%
1963 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 1 105 51% 74% 30% 5 100%
1964 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 59 63% 80% 36% 4 25%
1965 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 62% 88% 18% 2 50%
1966 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 229 71% 79% 27% 23 43%
1967 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 67% 84% 26% 5 40%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 55.6% 3 1 11.1% 2 618 64% 79% 27% 49 47%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.6% 61% 76% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 68% 68% 27% 1 100%
1964 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 72 54% 89% 29% 10 20%
1965 STL NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 2 451 67% 78% 22% 35 80%
1966 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 188 71% 81% 22% 13 54%
1967 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 68 66% 84% 29% 6 33%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 7 5 1 5 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 20 13 65.0% 6 1 5.0% 2 801 66% 80% 23% 65 62%
MLB Averages 40.2% 2.0% 61% 76% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1965 STL NL 25 147 5.51 5.51 1 100% 0 0 23 1 0 1 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 26 5 0.00 9.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 152 5.35 5.61 1 100% 0 0 24 1 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.55 4.03 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1965 STL NL 25 0 5 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 STL NL 26 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 0 5 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages 38% 1.26 1.22

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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