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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1954 PHA AL 26 C 51 49 407.1 203 170 28 5 1 .975 4.0 11.8 4 4.37 3.88 .986 5.40 4.76 5 7 7 18 72%
1955 KCA AL 27 C 78 61 544.0 291 261 27 3 8 .990 -1.0 -2.2 -1 4.76 3.69 .988 5.58 4.73 3 16 15 11 42%
1960 NYY AL 32 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.10 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons C 130 110 952.1 495 432 55 8 9 .984 3.0 3.8 3 4.60 3.75 .987 5.50 4.74 8 23 22 29 57%
3 Seasons TOT 130 110 952.1 495 432 55 8 9 .984 3.0 3.8 3 4.60 3.75 .971 5.50 4.74 8 23 22 29 57%

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
1954 PHA AL 26 51 49 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 27 79 61 79 79 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1960 NYY AL 32 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 131 110 131 131 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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 -- 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%
1954 PHA AL 26 1826 5.32 5.84 37 97% 0 1 169 31 1 6 131 28 4 1 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1955 KCA AL 27 2492 5.27 5.90 37 97% 0 0 263 25 4 16 218 28 6 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 8 0 1 2 3 100%
1960 NYY AL 32 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4322 5.29 5.87 74 97% 0 1 433 56 5 22 350 56 10 2 0 4 8 1 2 5 1 9 0 1 2 6 83%
MLB Averages 3.91 4.41 96% 87%

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
1954 PHA AL 26 5 7 705 7 18 18 72% 6 15 1 3 0 0 4 0 33 26 0.61 0.94
1955 KCA AL 27 3 16 978 15 11 10 42% 13 10 2 0 0 1 4 0 44 17 0.90 1.14
1960 NYY AL 32 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 8 23 1686 22 29 28 57% 19 25 3 3 0 1 8 0 77 43 0.81 1.02
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

* 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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