Bobby Shantz
Robert Clayton Shantz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 142 lb.

Born: September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1949
Final Game: September 29, 1964
Relatives: Brother of Billy 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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 PHA AL 23 P 33 48 12 36 0 5 1.000 1.45 .960 1.01
1950 PHA AL 24 P 36 67 13 52 2 6 .970 1.81 .949 0.96
1951 PHA AL 25 P 32 66 20 44 2 7 .970 2.00 .952 0.99 AS,MVP-21
1952 PHA AL 26 P 33 78 29 49 0 3 1.000 2.36 .965 1.03 AS,MVP-1
1953 PHA AL 27 P 16 32 10 21 1 3 .969 1.94 .956 0.88
1954 PHA AL 28 P 2 1 8.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.38 1.50 .975 2.02 0.95
1955 KCA AL 29 P 23 17 125.0 37 9 26 2 2 .946 2.52 1.52 .957 1.99 0.83
1956 KCA AL 30 P 45 2 100.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 2.68 0.67 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 31 P 30 21 173.0 72 14 57 1 8 .986 3.69 2.37 .962 1.99 0.86 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 NYY AL 32 P 33 13 126.0 41 6 35 0 4 1.000 2.93 1.24 .961 1.95 0.82 GG
1958 NYY AL 32 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30 GG
1958 NYY AL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.90 GG
1959 NYY AL 33 P 33 4 94.2 30 8 20 2 1 .933 2.66 0.85 .957 2.05 0.85 GG
1960 NYY AL 34 P 42 0 67.2 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.40 .965 1.96 0.78 GG
1961 PIT NL 35 P 43 6 89.1 31 13 18 0 2 1.000 3.12 0.72 .958 2.18 0.88 GG
1962 TOT NL 36 P 31 3 78.4 36 10 25 1 2 .972 4.02 1.13 .944 2.08 0.82 GG
1962 HOU NL 36 P 3 3 20.2 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 6.10 4.67 .943 2.09 0.83
1962 STL NL 36 P 28 0 57.2 22 9 12 1 1 .955 3.28 0.75 .945 2.08 0.82
1963 STL NL 37 P 55 0 79.1 32 9 22 1 2 .969 3.52 0.56 .950 2.06 0.84 GG
1964 TOT NL 38 P 50 0 60.2 35 6 28 1 0 .971 5.04 0.68 .954 2.14 0.84 GG
1964 STL NL 38 P 16 0 17.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.67 0.56 .956 2.13 0.84
1964 CHC NL 38 P 20 0 11.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.18 0.20 .950 2.14 0.84
1964 PHI NL 38 P 14 0 32.0 22 5 16 1 0 .955 5.91 1.50 .955 2.14 0.84
16 Seasons P 537 67 1002.2 658 174 468 16 48 .976 5.76 1.20 .957 2.02 0.88
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.90
16 Seasons TOT 538 67 1003.2 659 175 468 16 48 .976 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.77 1.20 .932 2.02 0.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1949 PHA AL 23 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHA AL 24 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHA AL 25 36 36 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHA AL 26 34 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHA AL 27 21 21 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHA AL 28 7 1 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1955 KCA AL 29 26 17 26 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1956 KCA AL 30 51 2 51 51 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1957 NYY AL 31 33 21 33 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1958 NYY AL 32 33 13 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1959 NYY AL 33 40 4 40 40 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1960 NYY AL 34 43 0 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 PIT NL 35 44 6 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 STL NL 36 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU NL 36 7 3 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1963 STL NL 37 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 38 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 38 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 38 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 578 67 578 578 537 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 31
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHA AL 28 41 83% 29% 2 50% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1955 KCA AL 29 560 78% 24% 29 83% 0 10 2 7 23 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1956 KCA AL 30 433 75% 28% 21 90% 0 9 0 8 22 14 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 100%
1957 NYY AL 31 712 83% 34% 60 93% 1 13 3 7 57 41 11 1 0 0 1 0 8 5 7 1 6 100%
1958 NYY AL 32 540 78% 29% 38 97% 2 7 2 3 34 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 10 100%
1959 NYY AL 33 385 74% 31% 26 88% 1 8 1 5 22 19 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1960 NYY AL 34 285 72% 22% 15 80% 1 4 0 4 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 50%
1961 PIT NL 35 381 76% 30% 27 96% 2 15 6 6 19 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 83%
1962 STL NL 36 239 72% 26% 17 82% 1 8 4 3 11 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 60%
1962 HOU NL 36 80 76% 38% 12 100% 0 1 0 1 13 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1963 STL NL 37 322 72% 30% 23 96% 0 9 1 7 21 18 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1964 CHC NL 38 55 67% 22% 5 80% 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1964 STL NL 38 76 75% 33% 10 80% 1 1 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 PHI NL 38 131 82% 31% 19 89% 0 5 1 4 16 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
11 Seasons 4240 77% 29% 304 90% 9 92 20 56 263 195 36 10 0 4 6 4 24 15 21 2 54 83%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

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%
1958 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 86% 43% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 86% 43% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 62% 78% 28% 56%

* 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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