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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
Schools: 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 Pitching

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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
1957 24 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.45 7 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 11 9 8 2 7 1 4 0 0 0 46 52 1.862 10.2 1.9 6.5 3.7 0.57
1958 25 TOT AL 5 4 .556 4.76 40 5 10 0 0 1 90.2 99 49 48 10 41 4 35 2 0 4 404 79 1.544 9.8 1.0 4.1 3.5 0.85
1958 25 DET AL 1 2 .333 5.06 11 2 2 0 0 0 26.2 32 16 15 2 13 1 17 0 0 1 124 80 1.688 10.8 0.7 4.4 5.7 1.31
1958 25 CHW AL 4 2 .667 4.64 29 3 8 0 0 1 64.0 67 33 33 8 28 3 18 2 0 3 280 79 1.484 9.4 1.1 3.9 2.5 0.64
1959 26 CHW AL 18 6 .750 2.69 47 26 12 8 3 3 230.2 217 72 69 15 54 5 89 6 0 3 949 141 1.175 8.5 0.6 2.1 3.5 1.65 CYA-3,MVP-20
1960 27 CHW AL 13 13 .500 4.06 36 32 2 7 1 0 192.2 221 97 87 16 62 3 46 3 0 0 840 93 1.469 10.3 0.7 2.9 2.1 0.74
1961 28 TOT AL 12 14 .462 4.14 40 34 1 9 0 0 221.2 250 127 102 24 78 7 91 8 0 6 983 98 1.480 10.2 1.0 3.2 3.7 1.17
1961 28 CHW AL 3 4 .429 3.79 14 10 0 3 0 0 71.1 85 40 30 11 20 5 31 1 0 2 311 103 1.472 10.7 1.4 2.5 3.9 1.55
1961 28 KCA AL 9 10 .474 4.31 26 24 1 6 0 0 150.1 165 87 72 13 58 2 60 7 0 4 672 96 1.483 9.9 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03
1962 29 MLN NL 15 9 .625 2.80 38 29 5 12 3 2 225.0 223 80 70 20 44 10 124 12 1 3 931 135 1.187 8.9 0.8 1.8 5.0 2.82 AS
1963 30 MLN NL 7 11 .389 2.66 48 16 27 3 3 13 159.0 144 51 47 10 55 12 105 4 8 6 664 121 1.252 8.2 0.6 3.1 5.9 1.91
1964 31 SFG NL 7 6 .538 3.76 61 1 27 0 0 11 93.1 105 43 39 5 31 6 57 5 0 4 412 95 1.457 10.1 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.84
1965 32 SFG NL 16 9 .640 2.64 42 33 5 6 1 2 235.0 213 85 69 17 53 5 148 3 1 9 969 137 1.132 8.2 0.7 2.0 5.7 2.79
1966 33 TOT NL 12 14 .462 4.29 39 31 5 7 2 0 199.1 216 108 95 21 49 2 125 7 2 11 858 84 1.329 9.8 0.9 2.2 5.6 2.55 MVP-28
1966 33 SFG NL 1 4 .200 6.25 13 6 5 0 0 0 31.2 45 23 22 9 7 1 21 0 0 3 148 59 1.642 12.8 2.6 2.0 6.0 3.00
1966 33 NYM NL 11 10 .524 3.92 26 25 0 7 2 0 167.2 171 85 73 12 42 1 104 7 2 8 710 92 1.270 9.2 0.6 2.3 5.6 2.48
1967 34 TOT NL 3 11 .214 4.61 32 16 7 3 1 0 121.0 138 70 62 9 37 13 56 6 0 5 531 74 1.446 10.3 0.7 2.8 4.2 1.51
1967 34 NYM NL 3 9 .250 4.29 23 13 5 3 1 0 98.2 105 54 47 9 28 9 49 2 0 4 420 79 1.348 9.6 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.75
1967 34 CHC NL 0 2 .000 6.04 9 3 2 0 0 0 22.1 33 16 15 0 9 4 7 4 0 1 111 59 1.881 13.3 0.0 3.6 2.8 0.78
11 Seasons 108 98 .524 3.52 430 223 101 55 14 32 1778.0 1837 791 696 149 511 68 880 56 12 51 7587 105 1.321 9.3 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.72
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .524 3.52 45 23 11 6 1 3 185 191 82 72 16 53 7 92 6 1 5 790 105 1.321 9.3 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.72
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
CHW (4 yrs) 38 25 .603 3.53 126 71 22 18 4 4 558.2 590 242 219 50 164 16 184 12 0 8 2380 107 1.350 9.5 0.8 2.6 3.0 1.12
SFG (3 yrs) 24 19 .558 3.25 116 40 37 6 1 13 360.0 363 151 130 31 91 12 226 8 1 16 1529 111 1.261 9.1 0.8 2.3 5.7 2.48
NYM (2 yrs) 14 19 .424 4.06 49 38 5 10 3 0 266.1 276 139 120 21 70 10 153 9 2 12 1130 87 1.299 9.3 0.7 2.4 5.2 2.19
MLN (2 yrs) 22 20 .524 2.74 86 45 32 15 6 15 384.0 367 131 117 30 99 22 229 16 9 9 1595 129 1.214 8.6 0.7 2.3 5.4 2.31
DET (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 5.70 18 2 2 0 0 0 36.1 43 25 23 4 20 2 21 0 0 1 170 70 1.734 10.7 1.0 5.0 5.2 1.05
KCA (1 yr) 9 10 .474 4.31 26 24 1 6 0 0 150.1 165 87 72 13 58 2 60 7 0 4 672 96 1.483 9.9 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03
CHC (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.04 9 3 2 0 0 0 22.1 33 16 15 0 9 4 7 4 0 1 111 59 1.881 13.3 0.0 3.6 2.8 0.78
NL (6 yrs) 60 60 .500 3.33 260 126 76 31 10 28 1032.2 1039 437 382 82 269 48 615 37 12 38 4365 107 1.267 9.1 0.7 2.3 5.4 2.29
AL (5 yrs) 48 38 .558 3.79 170 97 25 24 4 4 745.1 798 354 314 67 242 20 265 19 0 13 3222 102 1.395 9.6 0.8 2.9 3.2 1.10

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
1959 26 CHW AL WS L LAD 1 1 .500 2.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 17 4 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 61 1.357 10.9 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 2.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.0 17 4 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 61 1.357 10.9 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.00

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
1957 24 DET AL 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 25 TOT AL 41 26 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .136 .269 .136 .406 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 25 DET AL 12 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .375 .819 123 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 25 CHW AL 29 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .000 .176 .000 .176 -46 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1959 26 CHW AL 47 88 73 7 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .123 .179 .137 .316 -11 10 2 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-20
1960 27 CHW AL 36 72 58 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 12 .138 .215 .155 .371 2 9 0 0 7 1 0 1
1961 28 TOT AL 42 79 73 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .151 .184 .151 .335 -9 11 3 0 3 0 0 1
1961 28 CHW AL 14 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
1961 28 KCA AL 28 56 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 11 2 0 1 0 0 1
1962 29 MLN NL 38 83 73 2 10 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 27 .137 .232 .137 .369 3 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 AS
1963 30 MLN NL 48 52 41 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 15 .122 .200 .122 .322 -4 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
1964 31 SFG NL 61 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 32 SFG NL 42 84 79 1 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 13 .101 .113 .127 .239 -34 10 2 0 4 0 0 1
1966 33 TOT NL 39 68 56 1 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 18 .232 .279 .232 .511 46 13 0 0 7 1 0 1 MVP-28
1966 33 SFG NL 13 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 33 NYM NL 26 60 50 1 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .260 .309 .260 .569 63 13 0 0 5 1 0 1
1967 34 TOT NL 32 32 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .069 .129 .069 .198 -41 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 34 NYM NL 23 27 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .040 .077 .040 .117 -65 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 34 CHC NL 9 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 433 599 519 21 69 2 1 0 18 2 0 37 142 .133 .191 .141 .332 -7 73 10 1 40 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 224 194 8 26 1 0 0 7 1 0 14 53 .133 .191 .141 .332 -7 27 4 0 15 1 0
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
CHW (4 yrs) 126 200 163 11 17 2 0 0 4 0 0 17 44 .104 .188 .117 .304 -15 19 3 0 19 1 0
SFG (3 yrs) 116 105 98 1 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 24 .082 .091 .102 .193 -46 10 2 0 6 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 49 87 75 1 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 25 .187 .235 .187 .421 22 14 1 0 6 1 0
MLN (2 yrs) 86 135 114 3 15 0 0 0 5 2 0 12 42 .132 .220 .132 .352 1 15 2 1 8 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 19 11 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 81 3 0 0 0 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 28 56 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 11 2 0 1 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 9 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 87 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 260 332 291 5 38 0 1 0 13 2 0 19 91 .131 .186 .137 .323 -8 40 5 1 20 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 173 267 228 16 31 2 0 0 5 0 0 18 51 .136 .198 .145 .343 -5 33 5 0 20 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
1959 26 CHW AL WS LAD L 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 2 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-1 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-AL-20-2%
1966-NL-28-0%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1959-ML--3--6%
0.06 Career Shares (190th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1959 AL--2.692--3rd
1962 NL--2.800--2nd
1965 NL--2.643--6th

Wins s c a p y
1959 AL--18--3rd
1960 AL--13--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 AL--.750--1st
1962 NL--.625--7th
1965 NL--.640--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 AL--1.175--8th
1962 NL--1.187--8th
1965 NL--1.132--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--2.107--7th
1962 NL--1.760--1st

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL--47--4th
1964 NL--61--7th

Saves s c a p y
1963 NL--13--6th
1964 NL--11--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 AL--230.7--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1960 AL--32--8th
1961 AL--34--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 AL--3--4th
1962 NL--3--7th

Hits s c a p y
1959 AL--217--8th
1960 AL--221--6th
1961 AL--250--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1962 NL--2.818--6th
1965 NL--2.793--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--.585--6th
1960 AL--.747--10th
1965 NL--.651--7th

Losses s c a p y
1960 AL--13--8th
1961 AL--14--10th
1966 NL--14--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1960 AL--87--8th
1961 AL--102--8th
1966 NL--95--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 NL--9--10th
1966 NL--11--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL--6--10th
1961 AL--8--6th
1962 NL--12--2nd
1966 NL--7--9th
1967 NL--6--9th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1959 AL--949--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1964 NL--27--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1959 AL--141--3rd
1962 NL--135--5th
1965 NL--137--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 AL--10--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (530), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (523), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Ray Boone to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona.

June 10, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Wes Covington, Stan Johnson and Jerry Staley to the Kansas City Athletics for Andy Carey, Ray Herbert, Don Larsen and Al Pilarcik.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Lou Klimchock to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Azcue, Ed Charles and Manny Jimenez.

December 3, 1963: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Del Crandall and Bob Hendley to the San Francisco Giants for Felipe Alou, Ed Bailey and Billy Hoeft. The San Francisco Giants sent Ernie Bowman (January 8, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

June 10, 1966: Purchased by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants.

July 24, 1967: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Mets.

September 19, 1967: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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