Don Shaw
Donald Wellington Shaw
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 23, 1944 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Grover Cleveland (Reseda, CA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 35th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Final Game: May 19, 1972
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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
1967 23 NYM NL 4 5 .444 2.98 40 0 18 0 0 3 51.1 40 19 17 5 23 5 44 0 0 0 216 113 1.227 7.0 0.9 4.0 7.7 1.91
1968 24 NYM NL 0 0 0.73 7 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 3 1 1 1 5 0 11 0 0 3 41 413 0.649 2.2 0.7 3.6 8.0 2.20
1969 25 MON NL 2 5 .286 5.21 35 1 15 0 0 1 65.2 61 43 38 9 37 5 45 2 0 4 287 70 1.492 8.4 1.2 5.1 6.2 1.22
1971 27 STL NL 7 2 .778 2.65 45 0 18 0 0 2 51.0 45 19 15 1 31 6 19 1 0 3 227 136 1.490 7.9 0.2 5.5 3.4 0.61
1972 28 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 14.04 11 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 17 13 13 3 5 0 4 0 0 1 45 22 2.640 18.4 3.2 5.4 4.3 0.80
1972 28 STL NL 0 1 .000 9.00 8 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 38 2.667 15.0 3.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1972 28 OAK AL 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 29 17 2.625 20.3 3.4 3.4 6.8 2.00
5 Seasons 13 14 .481 4.01 138 1 55 0 0 6 188.2 166 95 84 19 101 16 123 3 0 11 816 87 1.415 7.9 0.9 4.8 5.9 1.22
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .481 4.01 68 0 27 0 0 3 92 81 46 41 9 49 8 60 1 0 5 399 87 1.415 7.9 0.9 4.8 5.9 1.22
NYM (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 2.54 47 0 21 0 0 3 63.2 43 20 18 6 28 5 55 0 0 3 257 130 1.115 6.1 0.8 4.0 7.8 1.96
STL (2 yrs) 7 3 .700 3.00 53 0 19 0 0 2 54.0 50 22 18 2 34 6 19 1 0 3 243 120 1.556 8.3 0.3 5.7 3.2 0.56
OAK (1 yr) 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 29 17 2.625 20.3 3.4 3.4 6.8 2.00
MON (1 yr) 2 5 .286 5.21 35 1 15 0 0 1 65.2 61 43 38 9 37 5 45 2 0 4 287 70 1.492 8.4 1.2 5.1 6.2 1.22
NL (5 yrs) 13 13 .500 3.63 135 1 55 0 0 6 183.1 154 85 74 17 99 16 119 3 0 10 787 97 1.380 7.6 0.8 4.9 5.8 1.20
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 16.88 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 29 17 2.625 20.3 3.4 3.4 6.8 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 23 NYM NL 40 216 183 19 40 7 0 5 7 1 23 44 .219 .301 .339 .640 .255 62 3 0 7 3 5
1968 24 NYM NL 7 41 35 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 11 .086 .200 .200 .400 .087 7 2 0 1 0 0
1969 25 MON NL 35 287 240 43 61 9 2 9 4 1 37 45 .254 .356 .421 .777 .277 101 11 2 6 2 5
1971 27 STL NL 45 227 190 19 45 6 0 1 1 0 31 19 .237 .342 .284 .626 .254 54 4 1 2 3 6
1972 28 OAK AL 3 29 24 10 12 2 0 2 0 1 2 4 .500 .500 .833 1.333 .500 20 0 0 1 2 0
1972 28 STL NL 8 16 12 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 .417 .500 .667 1.167 .333 8 1 0 0 1 0
1972 28 TOT MLB 11 45 36 13 17 2 0 3 1 1 5 4 .472 .500 .778 1.278 .438 28 1 0 1 3 0
5 Seasons 138 816 684 95 166 25 2 19 13 3 101 123 .243 .338 .368 .706 .266 252 21 3 17 11 16
162 Game Avg. 68 399 335 46 81 12 1 9 6 1 49 60 .243 .338 .368 .706 .266 123 10 1 8 5 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 25 MON NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 8 1 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.0
1 Season 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 44 44 8 1 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 23 NYM NL 40 40 18 4 5 5 3 2 60% 7 1 37 9 24% 8 1.169 17 6 15 8 8 24 22 18 16 11 16 9 3.9
1968 24 NYM NL 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 7 1.105 2 1 4 0 1 6 4 3 5 0 5 0 5.1
1969 25 MON NL 35 34 15 2 4 2 1 1 50% 3 0 25 7 28% 7 1.034 8 7 18 5 5 24 15 19 20 4 20 9 5.4
1971 27 STL NL 45 45 18 7 2 4 2 2 50% 8 2 54 16 30% 8 1.195 25 4 14 10 14 21 30 15 19 19 22 18 3.4
1972 28 TOT MLB 11 11 1 0 2 3 0 3 0% 6 2 15 9 60% 1.300 7 2 2 6 2 3 8 3 2 8 3 3 2.3
1972 28 STL NL 8 8 1 0 1 3 0 3 0% 6 2 13 7 54% 7 2.699 6 2 0 6 1 1 7 1 0 8 1 2 1.1
1972 28 OAK AL 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0.528 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 5.3
5 Seasons 138 137 55 13 13 14 6 8 43% 24 5 140 41 29% 1.133 59 20 53 29 30 78 79 58 62 42 66 39 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 23 NYM NL 216 64% 2.3% 20.4% 10.7% 5.6% 30% 1.40 63% 39 3 8%
1968 24 NYM NL 41 76% 2.4% 26.8% 12.2% 4.9% 67% 3.00 56% 9 2 22%
1969 25 MON NL 287 72% 3.1% 15.7% 12.9% 7.0% 33% 2.17 66% 67 11 16%
1971 27 STL NL 227 63% 0.4% 8.4% 13.7% 3.1% 16% 1.26 76% 57 4 7%
1972 28 TOT MLB 45 58% 6.7% 8.9% 11.1% 11.1% 29% 1.86 71% 11 1 9%
1972 28 STL NL 16 56% 6.3% 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 20% 2.00 75% 4 1 25%
1972 28 OAK AL 29 59% 6.9% 13.8% 6.9% 13.8% 33% 1.75 69% 7 0 0%
5 Seasons 816 67% 2.3% 15.1% 12.4% 5.6% 28% 1.65 68% 183 21 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 23 NYM NL 216 40 5 0 8 4 1 3 2 19 9 5 47% 4 0 1 97 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 24 NYM NL 41 3 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 0% 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1969 25 MON NL 287 61 9 0 15 6 3 5 4 26 10 3 38% 5 4 0 108 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 27 STL NL 227 45 1 0 18 0 1 1 0 28 14 3 50% 6 3 0 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1972 28 TOT MLB 45 17 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 7 6 0 86% 0 1 0 20 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1972 28 STL NL 16 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 28 OAK AL 29 12 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 816 166 19 0 49 12 7 11 8 86 39 13 45% 15 11 1 321 13 3 81% 12 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 35 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1967 23 4 5 .444 2.98 40 0 18 0 0 3 51.1 40 19 17 5 23 5 44 0 0 0 216 113 1.227 7.0 0.9 4.0 7.7 1.91 113
1968 24 4 5 .444 2.54 47 0 21 0 0 3 63.2 43 20 18 6 28 5 55 0 0 3 257 130 1.115 6.1 0.8 4.0 7.8 1.96 130
1969 25 6 10 .375 3.90 82 1 36 0 0 4 129.1 104 63 56 15 65 10 100 2 0 7 544 90 1.307 7.2 1.0 4.5 7.0 1.54 90
1970 26 6 10 .375 3.90 82 1 36 0 0 4 129.1 104 63 56 15 65 10 100 2 0 7 544 90 1.307 7.2 1.0 4.5 7.0 1.54 90
1971 27 13 12 .520 3.54 127 1 54 0 0 6 180.1 149 82 71 16 96 16 119 3 0 10 771 99 1.359 7.4 0.8 4.8 5.9 1.24 99
1972 28 13 14 .481 4.01 138 1 55 0 0 6 188.2 166 95 84 19 101 16 123 3 0 11 816 87 1.415 7.9 0.9 4.8 5.9 1.22 87

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 23 3 2 .600 3.67 49.0 44 22 20 6 25 42 0 1.408 8.1 4.6 7.7 1.68 1.1 40
1968 24 1 0 1.000 0.82 11.0 3 1 1 1 5 10 0 0.727 2.5 4.1 8.2 2.00 0.8 7
1969 25 2 4 .333 6.05 61.0 63 46 41 9 38 42 2 1.656 9.3 5.6 6.2 1.11 1.3 35
1971 27 3 2 .600 2.94 49.0 46 18 16 1 32 18 1 1.592 8.4 5.9 3.3 0.56 0.2 45
1972 28 0 0 23.14 7.0 20 20 18 4 6 3 0 3.714 25.7 7.7 3.9 0.50 5.1 11
5 Seasons 9 8 .529 4.88 177.0 176 107 96 21 106 115 3 1.593 8.9 5.8 1.08 1.1 138

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