Bob Shaw
Robert John Shaw
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 29, 1933 in Bronx, NY
School: St. Lawrence University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1957
Final Game: September 11, 1967
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 DET AL 24 P 7 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.29 .950 1.96 0.86
1958 TOT AL 25 P 40 5 90.2 31 1 29 1 2 .968 2.98 0.75 .965 1.96 0.82
1958 DET AL 25 P 11 2 26.2 10 0 9 1 0 .900 3.04 0.82 .970 1.96 0.82
1958 CHW AL 25 P 29 3 64.0 21 1 20 0 2 1.000 2.95 0.72 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 CHW AL 26 P 47 26 230.2 65 17 46 2 3 .969 2.46 1.34 .954 2.05 0.85 CYA-3,MVP-20
1960 CHW AL 27 P 36 32 192.2 52 14 33 5 0 .904 2.20 1.31 .969 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 28 P 40 34 221.2 57 19 35 3 2 .947 2.19 1.35 .954 2.05 0.83
1961 CHW AL 28 P 14 10 71.1 17 4 12 1 0 .941 2.02 1.14 .953 2.04 0.83
1961 KCA AL 28 P 26 24 150.1 40 15 23 2 2 .950 2.27 1.46 .955 2.05 0.83
1962 MLN NL 29 P 38 29 225.0 59 16 38 5 0 .915 2.16 1.42 .949 2.07 0.82 AS
1963 MLN NL 30 P 48 16 159.0 30 8 20 2 3 .933 1.58 0.58 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 31 P 61 1 93.1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.23 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 SFG NL 32 P 42 33 235.0 64 15 45 4 1 .938 2.30 1.43 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT NL 33 P 39 31 199.4 43 12 31 0 3 1.000 1.94 1.10 .944 1.96 0.74 MVP-28
1966 SFG NL 33 P 13 6 31.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.31 .950 1.96 0.74
1966 NYM NL 33 P 26 25 167.2 39 11 28 0 3 1.000 2.09 1.50 .944 1.96 0.74
1967 TOT NL 34 P 32 16 121.0 20 7 11 2 1 .900 1.34 0.56 .965 2.00 0.78
1967 NYM NL 34 P 23 13 98.2 18 6 11 1 1 .944 1.55 0.74 .961 2.00 0.78
1967 CHC NL 34 P 9 3 22.1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.40 0.11 1.000 2.01 0.78
11 Seasons P 430 223 1778.0 437 114 299 24 16 .945 2.09 0.96 .956 2.03 0.81
11 Seasons TOT 430 223 1778.0 437 114 299 24 16 .945 2.09 0.96 .901 2.03 0.81
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
1957 DET AL 24 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 25 29 3 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 25 12 2 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 CHW AL 26 47 26 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 27 36 32 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 28 28 24 28 28 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1961 CHW AL 28 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 29 38 29 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 30 48 16 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SFG NL 31 61 1 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 SFG NL 32 42 33 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 NYM NL 33 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 33 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 34 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 34 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 433 223 433 433 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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%
1957 DET AL 24 47 77% 28% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 25 287 83% 33% 20 100% 2 1 0 1 20 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1958 DET AL 25 125 77% 23% 8 88% 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1959 CHW AL 26 964 85% 36% 56 89% 3 18 0 17 51 41 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1960 CHW AL 27 851 87% 34% 52 69% 1 15 1 11 36 30 3 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1961 KCA AL 28 680 82% 30% 26 88% 3 14 0 11 25 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1961 CHW AL 28 315 83% 32% 16 75% 0 4 0 4 12 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1962 MLN NL 29 915 81% 33% 49 92% 0 16 4 12 41 38 2 5 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1963 MLN NL 30 660 76% 32% 26 92% 1 8 2 6 23 17 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 5 100%
1964 SFG NL 31 422 78% 36% 12 100% 1 4 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1965 SFG NL 32 996 79% 30% 49 94% 0 15 0 14 46 43 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1966 NYM NL 33 740 79% 32% 39 92% 1 9 2 7 35 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 7 86%
1966 SFG NL 33 159 82% 27% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 NYM NL 34 436 82% 31% 12 100% 0 6 0 5 11 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1967 CHC NL 34 115 83% 28% 3 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 7712 81% 32% 371 88% 12 113 9 93 321 264 25 24 5 13 6 13 15 7 12 3 53 89%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 82%

* 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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