Don Shaw

Donald Wellington Shaw

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 23, 1944 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 35th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Expos/Athletics 1967-1972

Final Game: May 19, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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
1965	21	NYM-min	Rk,A	6	2	.750	2.49	26	1					47.0	40	19	13	1	14								1.149	7.7	0.2	2.7			MIO,AUB · APPY,NYPL
1966	22	NYM-min	A,AA,AAA	3	3	.500	2.42	60	0		0	0		93.0	67	29	25	1	45	1	12	0	0	1			1.204	6.5	0.1	4.4	1.2	0.27	GRV,WPT,JCK · WCRS,EL,IL
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	114	1.227	7.0	0.9	4.0	7.7	1.91
1968	24	NYM-min	AAA	4	6	.400	2.07	45	0		0	0		61.0	47	17	14	1	34	5	56	2	0	4			1.328	6.9	0.1	5.0	8.3	1.65	JCK · IL
1968	24	NYM	NL	0	0		0.75	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	3	41	419	0.667	2.3	0.8	3.8	8.3	2.20
1969	25	VAN	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.50	7	0		0	0	3	12.0	9	2	2	0	7	2	11	1	0	0			1.333	6.8	0.0	5.2	8.2	1.57	VAN · PCL
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	71	1.492	8.4	1.2	5.1	6.2	1.22

1970	26	WSN-STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.71	14	0		0	0	1	17.0	14	9	7	1	10	0	19	0	0	0			1.412	7.4	0.5	5.3	10.1	1.90	BUF,TUL · IL,AA
1971	27	STL-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	0			2.250	9.0	0.0	11.2	13.5	1.20	TUL · AA
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	137	1.490	7.9	0.2	5.5	3.4	0.61
1972	28	OAK-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.31	32	0		0	0	2	39.0	28	16	10	1	28	4	39	1	0	4			1.436	6.5	0.2	6.5	9.0	1.39	IWA · AA
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	24	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	44	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	19	2.625	20.3	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00
1973	29	DET-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.82	38	0		0	0	4	40.0	36	21	17	0	25	2	41	3	0	3			1.525	8.1	0.0	5.6	9.2	1.64	TOL · IL
5 Yrs				13	14	.481	4.01	138	1	55	0	0	6	188.1	166	95	84	19	101	16	123	3	0	11	816	89	1.418	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	89	1.418	7.9	0.9	4.8	5.9	1.22

NYM (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	2.56	47	0	21	0	0	3	63.1	43	20	18	6	28	5	55	0	0	3	257	131	1.121	6.1	0.9	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	122	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	19	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	71	1.492	8.4	1.2	5.1	6.2	1.22

NL (5 yrs)				13	13	.500	3.64	135	1	55	0	0	6	183.0	154	85	74	17	99	16	119	3	0	10	787	98	1.383	7.6	0.8	4.9	5.9	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	19	2.625	20.3	3.4	3.4	6.8	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1967	23	NYM	NL	51.1	40	0	19	3.33	4.08	-0.19	-0.17	99.1	4.06	4	0.4	1.2	-0.1	0.8	9	.510	.503	$
1968	24	NYM	NL	12.0	7	0	1	0.75	3.42	0.03	-0.15	100.4	3.26	3	0.4	.9	-0.0	0.5	4	.560	.503	$
1969	25	MON	NL	65.2	35	1	43	5.89	4.16	-0.32	-0.16	102.3	4.41	-11	-1.2	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-4	.465	.492	$

1971	27	STL	NL	51.0	45	0	19	3.35	4.03	-0.41	-0.17	106.3	4.54	6	0.7	1.8	0.2	1.3	11	.516	.504	$
1972	28	STL	NL	3.0	8	0	3	9.00	5.20	-0.22	-0.23	95.9	4.99	-1	-0.2	2.8	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.480	.499	$22,000
1972	28	OAK	AL	5.1	3	0	10	16.88	3.52	0.42	-0.15	94.1	2.77	-8	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.7	-8	.246	.495	$
5 Seasons				188.1	138	1	95	4.54	4.05	-0.26	-0.17	102.1	4.24	-8	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	0.8	12	.496	.499	$22,000

NYM (2 yrs)				63.1	47	0	20	2.84	3.95	-0.15	-0.17	99.4	3.91	7	0.8	1.2	-0.1	1.3	14	.518	.503	$
STL (2 yrs)				54.0	53	0	22	3.67	4.10	-0.40	-0.18	105.7	4.56	5	0.6	2.0	0.1	1.0	10	.511	.502	$22,000
OAK (1 yr)				5.1	3	0	10	16.88	3.52	0.42	-0.15	94.1	2.77	-8	-0.8	.9	0.0	-0.7	-8	.246	.495	$
MON (1 yr)				65.2	35	1	43	5.89	4.16	-0.32	-0.16	102.3	4.41	-11	-1.2	1.1	-0.1	-0.8	-4	.465	.492	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	4
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	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	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	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	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	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	0
5 Yrs				138	816	684	95	166	25	2	19	13	3	101	123	.243	.338	.368	.706	.266	252	21	3	17	11	16	15
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	7
MLB Averages																.246	.314	.363	.676	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1967	23	NYM	NL	2.6	0.3	225	-0.7	3.9	-4.6	1.11	-0.1	-0.6	5.2	0.6	1.11	-2.0	15	7	15
1968	24	NYM	NL	3.2	0.4	45	0.8	1.1	-0.2	1.03	0.4	0.4	7.7	1.0	1.03	4.2	2	1	4
1969	25	MON	NL	-10.8	-1.1	296	-1.3	4.3	-5.6	1.00	-0.8	-0.5	-14.3	-1.4	1.00	-11.6	7	7	18

1971	27	STL	NL	4.5	0.5	232	0.9	4.4	-3.5	1.14	0.6	0.2	-1.6	-0.2	1.14	2.7	23	4	16
1972	28	TOT	MLB	-9.6	-0.9	48	-1.2	0.5	-1.7	1.25	-0.4	-0.5	-13.9	-1.4	1.25	-9.3	7	2	2
1972	28	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	17	-1.1	0.3	-1.4	2.70	-0.3	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	2.70	-3.0	6	2	0
1972	28	OAK	AL	-8.1	-0.8	31	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.45	-0.1	-0.1	-8.7	-0.8	0.45	-6.3	1	0	2
5 Yrs				-10.1	-0.9	846	-1.5	14.2	-15.6	1.08	-0.3	-1.0	-16.8	-1.5	1.08	-16.0	54	21	55

Starting Pitching*

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
1969	25	MON	NL	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	8	1	1	0	2.0	0.0	4.0
1 Yr				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													.500						57%	54	112	-3					3.9	3.8	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	23	NYM	NL	40	40	18	4	5	5	3	2	60%	7	1	37	9	24%	8	1.111	15	7	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	1.027	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	.997	7	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	1.143	23	4	16	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%		1.254	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	2.703	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	.454	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	1	5.3
5 Yrs				138	137	55	13	13	14	6	8	43%	24	5	140	41	29%		1.083	54	21	55	29	30	78	79	58	62	42	66	39	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	23	NYM	NL	216	36%	2.3%	20.4%	10.7%	5.6%	30%	1.40	63%	39	3	8%
1968	24	NYM	NL	41	24%	2.4%	26.8%	12.2%	4.9%	67%	3.00	56%	9	2	22%
1969	25	MON	NL	287	28%	3.1%	15.7%	12.9%	7.0%	33%	2.17	66%	67	11	16%

1971	27	STL	NL	227	37%	0.4%	8.4%	13.7%	3.1%	16%	1.26	76%	57	4	7%
1972	28	TOT	MLB	45	42%	6.7%	8.9%	11.1%	11.1%	29%	1.86	71%	11	1	9%
1972	28	STL	NL	16	44%	6.3%	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	20%	2.00	75%	4	1	25%
1972	28	OAK	AL	29	41%	6.9%	13.8%	6.9%	13.8%	33%	1.75	69%	7	0	0%
5 Yrs				816	33%	2.3%	15.1%	12.4%	5.6%	28%	1.65	68%	183	21	11%
MLB Averages					47%	2.0%	15.2%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	3	51.1	40	19	17	5	23	5	44	0	0	216	114	1.227	7.0	0.9	4.0	7.7	1.91	114
1968	24	4	5	.444	2.56	47	0	21	3	63.1	43	20	18	6	28	5	55	0	3	257	131	1.121	6.1	0.9	4.0	7.8	1.96	131
1969	25	6	10	.375	3.91	82	1	36	4	129.0	104	63	56	15	65	10	100	2	7	544	90	1.310	7.3	1.0	4.5	7.0	1.54	90
1970	26	6	10	.375	3.91	82	1	36	4	129.0	104	63	56	15	65	10	100	2	7	544	90	1.310	7.3	1.0	4.5	7.0	1.54	90
1971	27	13	12	.520	3.55	127	1	54	6	180.0	149	82	71	16	96	16	119	3	10	771	100	1.361	7.5	0.8	4.8	6.0	1.24	100
1972	28	13	14	.481	4.01	138	1	55	6	188.1	166	95	84	19	101	16	123	3	11	816	89	1.418	7.9	0.9	4.8	5.9	1.22	89

Neutralized Pitching

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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	3.42	50.0	42	21	19	5	24	43	0	1.320	7.6	4.3	7.7	1.79	0.9	40
1968	24	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	4	2	2	1	7	9	0	1.100	3.6	6.3	8.1	1.29	0.9	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	47	18	16	1	32	18	1	1.612	8.6	5.9	3.3	0.56	0.2	45
1972	28	0	0		21.86	7.0	20	19	17	4	6	3	0	3.714	25.7	7.7	3.9	0.50	5.1	11
5 Yrs		9	8	.529	4.83	177.0	176	106	95	20	107	115	3	1.599	8.9		5.8	1.07	1.0	138

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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