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Mike Shannon

Thomas Michael Shannon (Moonman)

Positions: Third Baseman and Rightfielder
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
Team: Cardinals 1962-1970

Final Game: August 12, 1970
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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

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
1962 22 STL NL 16 -3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /79
1963 23 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ 79/8
1964 24 STL NL 279 -2 2 2 1 -2 -4 10 7 0.7 9 1.0 -0.3 $ 9/78
1965 25 STL NL 280 -6 -1 3 -1 10 -3 10 13 1.2 2 0.2 1.0 $12,000 98/27
1966 26 STL NL 501 9 0 -1 -1 6 -7 17 23 2.4 17 1.7 0.7 $ *97/82
1967 27 STL NL 528 -5 -2 0 0 -14 3 18 0 -0.1 14 1.5 -1.6 $25,000 *5/987
1968 28 STL NL 625 7 0 1 -1 -4 4 22 29 3.1 33 3.5 -0.4 $40,000 *5 MVP-7
1969 29 STL NL 606 -11 -3 -1 1 -7 4 21 4 0.2 11 1.1 -0.9 $55,000 *5
1970 30 STL NL 193 -13 -1 0 1 -14 1 6 -20 -2.1 -6 -0.6 -1.5 $50,000 5
9 Seasons 3056 -24 -5 4 0 -22 -2 106 59 5.6 79 8.3 -2.7 $182,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1962 STL NL 22 OF 7 4 3 40.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2 45 1.80 1.14 .974 2.07 2.04
1962 STL NL 22 LF 5 2 2 24.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1 45 1.50 0.80 .968 1.80 1.80
1962 STL NL 22 RF 2 2 1 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 45 2.81 2.50 .976 1.91 1.90
1963 STL NL 23 OF 26 4 3 77.0 18 15 2 1 0 .944 1 19 1.99 0.65 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 STL NL 23 LF 13 1 1 25.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1 38 2.16 0.46 .972 1.80 1.79
1963 STL NL 23 RF 12 3 2 48.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1 17 1.88 0.83 .976 1.84 1.82
1963 STL NL 23 CF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -90 2.25 1.00 .980 2.48 2.40
1964 STL NL 24 OF 88 61 53 612.1 119 110 7 2 2 .983 -2 -4 1.72 1.33 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 STL NL 24 RF 79 59 53 583.2 113 104 7 2 2 .982 -2 -3 1.71 1.41 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 STL NL 24 LF 9 0 0 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -26 0.66 0.11 .960 1.71 1.69
1964 STL NL 24 CF 3 2 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 1.20 0.67 .975 2.34 2.33
1965 STL NL 25 OF 101 57 47 598.2 176 170 5 1 1 .994 11 22 2.63 1.73 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 STL NL 25 RF 86 45 39 490.2 137 135 2 0 0 1.000 12 28 2.51 1.59 .975 1.95 1.95
1965 STL NL 25 CF 15 11 7 99.0 29 25 3 1 0 .966 -0 -5 2.55 1.87 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 STL NL 25 C 4 2 1 32.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -37 6.61 6.00 .988 6.97 6.98 0 5 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 25 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.00 1.00 .970 1.70 1.70
1966 STL NL 26 OF 129 118 114 1089.2 261 247 10 4 4 .985 6 7 2.12 1.99 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 STL NL 26 RF 113 110 109 1001.1 242 230 10 2 4 .992 10 12 2.16 2.12 .978 1.95 1.95
1966 STL NL 26 LF 14 3 3 48.1 12 10 0 2 0 .833 -2 -45 1.86 0.71 .963 1.73 1.74
1966 STL NL 26 CF 6 5 2 40.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -66 1.58 1.17 .980 2.38 2.37
1966 STL NL 26 C 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 7.20 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 27 3B 122 121 115 1082.2 356 88 239 29 18 .919 -12 -14 2.72 2.68 .950 2.96 2.96
1967 STL NL 27 OF 6 6 2 54.1 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -31 1.99 2.00 .976 2.02 2.03
1967 STL NL 27 RF 4 2 1 20.1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 2.66 1.50 .977 2.04 2.02
1967 STL NL 27 CF 3 2 0 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -35 1.06 0.67 .980 2.28 2.30
1967 STL NL 27 LF 2 2 1 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -28 1.06 1.00 .970 1.75 1.75
1968 STL NL 28 3B 156 155 151 1398.2 441 110 310 21 25 .952 -4 -4 2.70 2.69 .954 2.93 2.94 MVP-7
1969 STL NL 29 3B 149 147 143 1324.0 403 123 258 22 22 .945 -7 -6 2.59 2.56 .946 2.92 2.90
1970 STL NL 30 3B 51 45 43 422.2 99 32 59 8 4 .919 -14 -41 1.94 1.78 .945 2.91 2.90
4 Seasons 3B 478 468 452 4228.0 1299 353 866 80 69 .938 -38 -11 2.59 2.55 .950 2.93 2.93
6 Seasons OF 357 250 222 2472.0 594 559 27 8 7 .987 17 8 2.13 1.64 .974 2.01 2.01
6 Seasons RF 296 221 205 2160.0 514 489 20 5 6 .990 21 12 2.12 1.72 .976 1.93 1.92
6 Seasons LF 44 9 8 137.0 26 21 3 2 0 .923 -1 -10 1.58 0.55 .967 1.75 1.75
5 Seasons CF 28 20 9 175.0 41 37 3 1 0 .976 -3 -23 2.06 1.43 .980 2.32 2.32
2 Seasons C 5 2 1 33.2 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -36 6.68 5.00 .988 6.98 6.94 0 5 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT 840 720 675 6733.2 1918 936 894 88 77 .954 -22 -4 2.45 2.18 .958 2.62 2.56 0 5 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (7, 20%)
0.20 Career Shares (738th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 NL  1.0 (10th)
1966 NL  0.7 (8th)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1967 NL  29 (4th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1968 NL  156 (3rd)
1969 NL  149 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1968 NL  110 (4th)
1969 NL  123 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  239 (5th)
1968 NL  310 (4th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1967 NL  29 (2nd)
1968 NL  21 (2nd)
1969 NL  22 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  21 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.51 (1st)
1966 NL  2.16 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  2.12 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  1.000 (1st)
1966 NL  .992 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1965 NL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1965 NL  2.63 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1965 NL  .994 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2356), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Pete Ward (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196525St. Louis Cardinals$12,0002/27/65 TSN
196727St. Louis Cardinals$25,0003/25/67 TSN
196828St. Louis Cardinals$40,000D. Halberstam, October 1964, p. 361
196929St. Louis Cardinals$55,0003/15/69 TSN
197030St. Louis Cardinals$50,0003/7/70 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$182,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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