Billy Shantz
Wilmer Ebert Shantz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 31, 1927 in Pottstown, PA
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: June 29, 1960
Died: December 13, 1993 in Lauderhill, FL
Relatives: Brother of Bobby Shantz
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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
1954 26 PHA AL 51 181 164 13 42 9 3 1 17 0 0 17 23 .256 .326 .366 .692 90 60 5 0 0 0 2
1955 27 KCA AL 79 232 217 18 56 4 1 1 12 0 0 11 14 .258 .293 .300 .592 60 65 6 0 3 1 1 2
1960 32 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
3 Seasons 131 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 511 471 38 121 16 5 2 36 0 0 35 46 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 155 14 0 4 1
KCA (2 yrs) 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1954 26 PHA AL 181 127 20 4.2 99 .293 .256 .265 .326 .341 .366 .388 .692 .729 90 .496 -2.6 -0.3 .606 .213 .110 .0
1955 27 KCA AL 232 171 18 2.8 102 .271 .258 .266 .293 .346 .300 .397 .592 .742 60 .292 -13.0 -1.3 .455 .092 .041 .0
3 Seasons 413 298 38 3.4 101 .280 .257 .266 .307 .344 .328 .393 .635 .737 73 .383 -15.6 -1.6 .520 .144 .071 .0
162 Game Avg. 511 369 47 3.4 101 .280 .257 .266 .307 .344 .328 .393 .635 .737 73 .383 -15.6 -1.6 .520 .144 .071

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 26 PHA AL 181 0.6% 12.7% 9.4% 7.2% 31% 1.35 7.1 164.0 9.6 1.20 77%
1955 27 KCA AL 232 0.4% 6.0% 4.7% 2.6% 11% 1.27 15.5 217.0 18.1 1.22 88%
3 Seasons 413 0.5% 9.0% 6.8% 4.6% 19% 1.32 10.3 190.5 13.1 1.21 83%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 PHA AL 1 0 21% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29% 10 8 2 0 0 0 7 1 3
1955 27 KCA AL 2 0 26% 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 40% 18 11 6 3 1 2 4 2 2
3 Seasons 3 0 23% 172 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 36% 28 19 8 3 1 2 11 3 5
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
1954 26 PHA AL 177 20% 42 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 5 14% 10 2 20% 98 15 15% 9 3 33% 5 0 0% 4
1955 27 KCA AL 232 31% 56 1 0 0 0 1.15 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 43 6 14% 19 10 53% 146 14 10% 11 5 45% 11 2 18% 1
3 Seasons 409 26% 98 1 0 0 0 1.15 2 1 11 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 75% 78 11 14% 29 12 41% 244 29 12% 20 8 40% 16 2 13% 5
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
1954 26 51 181 164 13 42 9 3 1 17 0 0 17 23 .256 .326 .366 .692 90 60 5 0 0 0
1955 27 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
1956 28 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
1957 29 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
1958 30 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
1959 31 130 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 1
1960 32 131 413 381 31 98 13 4 2 29 0 0 28 37 .257 .307 .328 .635 73 125 11 0 3 1 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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 26 53 193 174 15 46 10 3 1 19 0 19 24 .264 .337 .374 .710 22 51
1955 27 83 237 225 18 57 4 1 1 12 0 11 15 .253 .287 .293 .580 19 79
2 Seasons 136 430 399 33 103 14 4 2 31 0 30 39 .258 .309 .328 .638 41 130
162 Game Avg. 162 512 475 39 123 17 5 2 37 0 36 46 .258 .309 .328 .638 49 130

* 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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