Wally Shannon

Walter Charles Shannon

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 23, 1933 in Cleveland, OH
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1959
Team: Cardinals 1959-1960

Final Game: May 26, 1960
Died: February 8, 1992 in Creve Coeur, MO
Buried: Forever Bellerive Cemetery, Creve Coeur, MO
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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
1951	18	STL-min	D	81	322	322		104	16	5	1						.323	.323	.413	.736		133							HAM · PONY
1952	19	STL-min	D,C	136	546	546		167	26	4	1						.306	.306	.374	.679		204							ABY,FRE · GAFL,CALL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	22	STL-min	B,A	120	504	504		141	22	3	7						.280	.280	.377	.657		190							PEO,CBS · IIIL,SALL
1956	23	STL-min	AAA	119	441	405	52	121	15	4	3	53	0		30	44	.299	.346	.378	.723		153	6	0	4	2			OMA · AA
1957	24	STL-min	AA	143	572	522	73	135	15	2	3	29	1	2	35	37	.259	.305	.312	.617		163		0	14	1			HSN · TL
1958	25	STL-min	AA,AAA	131	529	493	71	135	13	6	5	37	1	2	28	43	.274	.313	.355	.668		175		0	8	0	0		HSN,OMA · TL,AA
1959	26	STL-min	AAA	88	361	320	55	93	14	5	13	50	1		37	40	.291	.366	.488	.853		156		1	3	0	4		ROC · IL
1959	26	STL	NL	47	95	95	5	27	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	12	.284	.292	.337	.629	63	32	0	1	0	0	0	64
1960	27	STL-min	AAA	114	433	387	42	97	12	0	15	58	3	2	37	50	.251	.319	.398	.717		154		3	4	2			ROC · IL
1960	27	STL	NL	18	27	23	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.174	.296	.174	.470	29	4	0	1	0	0	1	4/6
1961	28	PHI-min	AAA	90	289	273	30	69	12	1	7	26	0		16	27	.253	.294	.381	.675		104							BFL · IL
1962	29	PHI-min	AAA	78	221	204	28	60	8	0	12	36	0	0	16	14	.294	.345	.510	.855		104		0	1	0			BFL · IL
2 Yrs				65	122	118	7	31	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.263	.293	.305	.598	57	36	0	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	304	294	17	77	12	0	0	15	0	0	7	45	.263	.293	.305	.598	57	90	0	5	0	0	2

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
1959	26	STL	NL	47	95	-6	0	0	-5	1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.480	.494	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	64
1960	27	STL	NL	18	27	-3	1	0	2	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.2	.503	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	4/6
2 Seasons				65	122	-8	1	1	-3	1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

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
1959	26	STL	NL	95	68	9	3.5	110	.325	.284	.277	.292	.344	.337	.429	.629	.773	63	.380	-5.3	-0.5	.485	.053	.053
1960	27	STL	NL	27	19	1	1.4	106	.235	.174	.272	.296	.339	.174	.418	.470	.757	29	.113	-2.3	-0.2	.421	.130	.000
2 Yrs				122	87	10	3.1	109	.310	.263	.276	.293	.343	.305	.427	.598	.770	57	.328	-7.6	-0.8	.471	.068	.042
162 Game Avg.				304	217	25	3.1	109	.310	.263	.276	.293	.343	.305	.427	.598	.770	57	.328	-7.6	-0.8	.471	.068	.042

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	26	STL	NL	95	0.0%	12.6%	0.0%	5.3%	19%		7.9		19.0	1.04	87%
1960	27	STL	NL	27	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.8		23.0	1.17	63%
2 Yrs				122	0.0%	14.8%	2.5%	4.1%	16%	6.00	6.6		19.7	1.06	82%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.4%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.53	6.6	38.4	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	26	STL	NL	-5.3	-0.5	96	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	1.11	-0.4	0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.91	-4.8	1.39	31
1960	27	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	29	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.07	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.98	-1.5	1.00	9
2 Yrs				-7.6	-0.8	125	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	1.10	-0.6	0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.93	-6.3	1.31	40

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	26	STL	NL	18%	33	1	20%	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1
1960	27	STL	NL	25%	13	3	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				19%	46	4	43%	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1959	26	STL	NL	95	91%	27			31	12	0	2	1.39	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	0	0%	10	0	0%	54	5	9%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	0
1960	27	STL	NL	27	93%	4			9	1	0	0	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				122	91%	31			40	13	0	2	1.31	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	0	0%	12	1	8%	71	6	8%	4	1	25%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1959	26	47	95	95	5	27	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	12	.284	.292	.337	.629	63	32	0	1	0	0	0
1960	27	65	122	118	7	31	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	18	.263	.293	.305	.598	57	36	0	2	0	0	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	26	49	100	99	5	28	5	5	0	13	.283	.290	.333	.623	9	47
1960	27	19	28	24	2	4	0	1	3	6	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	18
2 Yrs		68	128	123	7	32	5	6	3	19	.260	.289	.301	.590	10	65
162 Game Avg.		162	305	293	17	76	12	14	7	45	.260	.289	.301	.590	24	65

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