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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1949 23 PHA AL 6 8 .429 3.40 33 7 16 4 1 2 127.0 100 50 48 9 74 58 3 0 3 537 121 1.370 7.1 0.6 5.2 4.1 0.78
1950 24 PHA AL 8 14 .364 4.61 36 23 9 6 1 0 214.2 251 122 110 18 85 93 7 3 0 957 98 1.565 10.5 0.8 3.6 3.9 1.09
1951 25 PHA AL 18 10 .643 3.94 32 25 2 13 3 0 205.1 213 96 90 15 70 77 5 1 1 869 109 1.378 9.3 0.7 3.1 3.4 1.10 AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 24 7 .774 2.48 33 33 0 27 5 0 279.2 230 87 77 21 63 152 4 0 0 1103 159 1.048 7.4 0.7 2.0 4.9 2.41 AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 5 9 .357 4.09 16 16 0 6 0 0 105.2 107 52 48 10 26 58 0 0 3 437 105 1.259 9.1 0.9 2.2 4.9 2.23
1954 28 PHA AL 1 0 1.000 7.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 7 7 2 3 3 1 0 0 38 50 1.875 13.5 2.3 3.4 3.4 1.00
1955 29 KCA AL 5 10 .333 4.54 23 17 2 4 1 0 125.0 124 70 63 8 66 11 58 1 0 2 550 92 1.520 8.9 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.88
1956 30 KCA AL 2 7 .222 4.35 45 2 26 1 0 9 101.1 95 51 49 12 37 4 67 3 0 1 425 99 1.303 8.4 1.1 3.3 6.0 1.81
1957 31 NYY AL 11 5 .688 2.45 30 21 6 9 1 5 173.0 157 58 47 15 40 1 72 6 1 3 688 147 1.139 8.2 0.8 2.1 3.7 1.80 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 7 6 .538 3.36 33 13 7 3 0 0 126.0 127 52 47 8 35 7 80 2 1 3 531 106 1.286 9.1 0.6 2.5 5.7 2.29 GG
1959 33 NYY AL 7 3 .700 2.38 33 4 14 2 2 3 94.2 64 33 25 4 33 5 66 0 0 3 376 153 1.025 6.1 0.4 3.1 6.3 2.00 GG
1960 34 NYY AL 5 4 .556 2.79 42 0 21 0 0 11 67.2 57 24 21 5 24 4 54 2 0 3 280 128 1.197 7.6 0.7 3.2 7.2 2.25 GG
1961 35 PIT NL 6 3 .667 3.32 43 6 16 2 1 2 89.1 91 38 33 5 26 6 61 4 0 0 377 120 1.310 9.2 0.5 2.6 6.1 2.35 GG
1962 36 TOT NL 6 4 .600 1.95 31 3 19 1 0 4 78.1 60 26 17 8 25 2 61 1 0 0 314 212 1.085 6.9 0.9 2.9 7.0 2.44 GG
1962 36 HOU NL 1 1 .500 1.31 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 4 3 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 78 287 0.968 6.5 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
1962 36 STL NL 5 3 .625 2.18 28 0 19 0 0 4 57.2 45 22 14 7 20 2 47 1 0 0 236 197 1.127 7.0 1.1 3.1 7.3 2.35
1963 37 STL NL 6 4 .600 2.61 55 0 32 0 0 11 79.1 55 28 23 6 17 5 70 2 0 5 312 137 0.908 6.2 0.7 1.9 7.9 4.12 GG
1964 38 TOT NL 2 5 .286 3.12 50 0 22 0 0 1 60.2 52 23 21 5 19 8 42 0 0 2 251 116 1.170 7.7 0.7 2.8 6.2 2.21 GG
1964 38 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.12 16 0 10 0 0 0 17.1 14 6 6 2 7 3 12 0 0 1 72 123 1.212 7.3 1.0 3.6 6.2 1.71
1964 38 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.56 20 0 9 0 0 1 11.1 15 7 7 2 6 2 12 0 0 0 55 67 1.853 11.9 1.6 4.8 9.5 2.00
1964 38 PHI NL 1 1 .500 2.25 14 0 3 0 0 0 32.0 23 10 8 1 6 3 18 0 0 1 124 154 0.906 6.5 0.3 1.7 5.1 3.00
16 Seasons 119 99 .546 3.38 537 171 192 78 15 48 1935.2 1795 817 726 151 643 53 1072 41 6 29 8045 119 1.260 8.3 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .546 3.38 52 16 18 7 1 5 186 172 78 70 15 62 103 4 1 3 773 119 1.260 8.3 0.7 3.0 5.0 1.67
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
KCA (8 yrs) 69 65 .515 3.80 220 124 55 61 11 11 1166.2 1132 535 492 95 424 15 566 24 4 10 4916 111 1.334 8.7 0.7 3.3 4.4 1.33
NYY (4 yrs) 30 18 .625 2.73 138 38 48 14 3 19 461.1 405 167 140 32 132 17 272 10 2 12 1875 131 1.164 7.9 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.06
STL (3 yrs) 12 10 .545 2.51 99 0 61 0 0 15 154.1 114 56 43 15 44 10 129 3 0 6 620 155 1.024 6.6 0.9 2.6 7.5 2.93
PIT (1 yr) 6 3 .667 3.32 43 6 16 2 1 2 89.1 91 38 33 5 26 6 61 4 0 0 377 120 1.310 9.2 0.5 2.6 6.1 2.35
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.25 14 0 3 0 0 0 32.0 23 10 8 1 6 3 18 0 0 1 124 154 0.906 6.5 0.3 1.7 5.1 3.00
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.56 20 0 9 0 0 1 11.1 15 7 7 2 6 2 12 0 0 0 55 67 1.853 11.9 1.6 4.8 9.5 2.00
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 .500 1.31 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.2 15 4 3 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 78 287 0.968 6.5 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
AL (12 yrs) 99 83 .544 3.49 358 162 103 75 14 30 1628.0 1537 702 632 127 556 32 838 34 6 22 6791 115 1.286 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.6 1.51
NL (4 yrs) 20 16 .556 2.75 179 9 89 3 1 18 307.2 258 115 94 24 87 21 234 7 0 7 1254 140 1.121 7.5 0.7 2.5 6.8 2.69

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1957 31 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 1 .000 4.05 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 30 1.500 10.8 1.4 2.7 9.5 3.50
1960 34 NYY AL WS L PIT 0 0 4.26 3 0 1 0 0 1 6.1 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 0.789 5.7 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.15 6 1 1 0 0 1 13.0 12 8 6 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 5.5 2.67
2 WS 0 1 .000 4.15 6 1 1 0 0 1 13.0 12 8 6 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 51 1.154 8.3 0.7 2.1 5.5 2.67

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
1949 23 PHA AL 33 46 37 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .189 .302 .189 .492 33 7 0 1 3 1
1950 24 PHA AL 37 78 66 4 11 1 0 1 4 1 0 6 10 .167 .236 .227 .463 20 15 2 0 6 1
1951 25 PHA AL 36 86 72 11 18 4 0 0 9 1 0 6 7 .250 .308 .306 .613 65 22 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-21
1952 26 PHA AL 34 116 96 13 19 4 1 0 12 0 2 5 9 .198 .252 .260 .513 39 25 0 2 13 1 AS,MVP-1
1953 27 PHA AL 21 41 38 6 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 .237 .275 .316 .591 57 12 0 0 1 1
1954 28 PHA AL 7 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 29 KCA AL 26 44 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .146 .167 .146 .313 -15 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 30 KCA AL 51 26 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .091 .167 .136 .303 -19 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1957 31 NYY AL 33 65 56 6 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 16 .179 .281 .232 .513 43 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,MVP-26,GG
1958 32 NYY AL 33 39 35 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .229 .289 .314 .604 70 11 0 1 1 0 0 1/8 GG
1959 33 NYY AL 40 29 23 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .217 .308 .304 .612 72 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 GG
1960 34 NYY AL 43 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -19 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 GG
1961 35 PIT NL 44 20 16 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .438 .526 .500 1.026 174 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 GG
1962 36 TOT NL 35 22 21 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .095 .091 .095 .186 -51 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 GG
1962 36 HOU NL 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 36 STL NL 28 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .154 .143 .154 .297 -23 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 37 STL NL 55 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 GG
1964 38 TOT NL 50 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 -11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GG
1964 38 STL NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 38 CHC NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 38 PHI NL 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 578 645 548 60 107 20 2 1 46 3 2 47 96 .195 .265 .245 .509 38 134 4 5 44 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 181 154 17 30 6 1 0 13 1 1 13 27 .195 .265 .245 .509 38 38 1 1 12
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
KCA (8 yrs) 245 440 375 45 73 11 2 1 32 3 2 27 44 .195 .254 .243 .497 33 91 4 3 35 0 0
NYY (4 yrs) 149 146 124 12 24 8 0 0 8 0 0 14 36 .194 .281 .258 .539 51 32 0 1 7 0 0
STL (3 yrs) 99 25 20 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .150 .250 .150 .400 9 3 0 0 1 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 44 20 16 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .438 .526 .500 1.026 174 8 0 1 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 14 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 394 586 499 57 97 19 2 1 40 3 2 41 80 .194 .261 .246 .508 37 123 4 4 42 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 184 59 49 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 16 .204 .298 .224 .523 43 11 0 1 2 1 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1957 31 NYY AL WS MLN L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 34 NYY AL WS PIT L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1951
1952 *
1957

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1952-AL-MVP
1952-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
1957-ML-P
1958-AL-P
1959-AL-P
1960-AL-P
1961-NL-P
1962-NL-P
1963-NL-P
1964-NL-P
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1951-AL-21-4%
1952-AL-1-83%
1957-AL-26-0%
1 MVP
0.87 Career Shares (273rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL--2.478--3rd
1957 AL--2.445--1st

Wins s c a p y
1951 AL--18--7th
1952 AL--24--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1951 AL--.643--5th
1952 AL--.774--1st
1957 AL--.688--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1952 AL--1.048--1st
1957 AL--1.139--4th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--7.402--5th
1957 AL--8.168--10th
Career--8.346--248th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL--3.068--7th
1952 AL--2.027--1st
1957 AL--2.081--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--4.892--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL--45--6th
1963 NL--55--7th

Saves s c a p y
1956 AL--9--4th
1960 AL--11--4th
1963 NL--11--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL--279.7--4th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL--152--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1952 AL--33--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL--27--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL--3--5th
1952 AL--5--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 AL--21--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--251--7th
1951 AL--213--10th
1952 AL--230--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1952 AL--2.413--1st
1957 AL--1.800--8th

Losses s c a p y
1950 AL--14--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--110--6th
1951 AL--90--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL--7--6th
1951 AL--5--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL--1103--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1949 AL--16--10th
1956 AL--26--4th
1960 AL--21--9th
1963 NL--32--8th
Career--192--246th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 AL--159--2nd
1957 AL--147--1st
Career--119--133rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--13--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1962 NL--born 1925-09-26--9th
1963 NL--born 1925-09-26--8th
1964 NL--born 1925-09-26--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (520), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (250), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

February 19, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with players to be named later, Wayne Belardi, Art Ditmar and Jack McMahan to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Rip Coleman, Milt Graff, Billy Hunter, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan and Irv Noren. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the New York Yankees in the 1960 expansion draft.

December 16, 1960: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Harry Bright, Bennie Daniels and R.C. Stevens.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1961 expansion draft.

May 7, 1962: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Anderson and Carl Warwick.

June 15, 1964: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ernie Broglio and Doug Clemens to the Chicago Cubs for Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth.

August 15, 1964: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs.

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