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Jim Shaw

James Aloysius Shaw (Grunting Jim)

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

Born: August 19, 1893 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: East Liberty Academy (Pittsburgh, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1913
Team: Senators 1913-1921

Final Game: July 13, 1921
Died: January 27, 1962 in Washington, DC
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:20AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #763. Takashi Saito… #764. Ray Burris… #765. Jim Merritt… #766. JIM SHAW… #767. Eddie Smith… #768. Dave Burba… #769. Jake Westbrook… 

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
1913 19 WSH AL 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 4 3 0 7 14 1 0 1 45 148 1.154 5.5 0.0 4.8 9.7 2.00
1914 20 WSH AL 15 17 .469 2.70 48 31 14 15 5 4 257.0 198 99 77 3 137 164 8 2 10 1060 105 1.304 6.9 0.1 4.8 5.7 1.20
1915 21 WSH AL 6 11 .353 2.50 25 18 5 7 1 1 133.0 102 50 37 2 76 78 2 1 6 541 119 1.338 6.9 0.1 5.1 5.3 1.03
1916 22 WSH AL 3 8 .273 2.62 26 9 13 5 2 1 106.1 86 36 31 1 50 44 2 0 4 431 107 1.279 7.3 0.1 4.2 3.7 0.88
1917 23 WSH AL 15 14 .517 3.21 47 31 9 15 2 1 266.1 233 118 95 1 123 118 1 2 3 1087 82 1.337 7.9 0.0 4.2 4.0 0.96
1918 24 WSH AL 16 12 .571 2.42 41 30 7 14 4 1 241.1 201 88 65 2 90 129 1 3 10 986 113 1.206 7.5 0.1 3.4 4.8 1.43
1919 25 WSH AL 17 17 .500 2.73 45 37 6 23 3 5 306.2 274 118 93 5 101 128 5 0 10 1231 118 1.223 8.0 0.1 3.0 3.8 1.27
1920 26 WSH AL 11 18 .379 4.27 38 32 5 17 0 1 236.1 285 127 112 12 87 88 4 0 13 1000 87 1.574 10.9 0.5 3.3 3.4 1.01
1921 27 WSH AL 1 0 1.000 7.36 15 5 8 0 0 3 40.1 59 37 33 2 17 4 0 0 1 193 56 1.884 13.2 0.4 3.8 0.9 0.24
9 Seasons 84 98 .462 3.07 287 194 67 96 17 17 1600.1 1446 677 546 28 688 767 24 8 58 6574 99 1.333 8.1 0.2 3.9 4.3 1.11
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .462 3.07 41 27 9 14 2 2 226 204 96 77 4 97 108 3 1 8 929 99 1.333 8.1 0.2 3.9 4.3 1.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1913 19 WSH AL 13.0 1 4 7 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
1914 20 WSH AL 257.0 31 99 120 4 1.0 21 2.4 $
1915 21 WSH AL 133.0 18 50 67 2 1.0 17 1.8 $
1916 22 WSH AL 106.1 9 36 49 0 1.0 13 1.5 $
1917 23 WSH AL 266.1 31 118 121 -1 1.0 3 0.3 $
1918 24 WSH AL 241.1 30 88 109 2 1.0 21 2.0 $
1919 25 WSH AL 306.2 37 115 159 -7 1.0 44 5.4 $
1920 26 WSH AL 236.1 32 127 142 -5 1.0 15 1.7 $
1921 27 WSH AL 40.1 4 37 26 0 1.0 -11 -1.2 $
9 Seasons 1600.1 193 674 800 -5 1.0 126 14.2 $

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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
1913 19 WSH AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1914 20 WSH AL 48 89 85 5 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 34 .118 .128 .165 .293 -14 14 0 3 1
1915 21 WSH AL 25 47 43 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 20 .233 .283 .279 .562 67 12 0 1 1
1916 22 WSH AL 26 36 32 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .156 .206 .219 .425 28 7 0 2 1
1917 23 WSH AL 47 97 91 4 14 1 2 0 4 0 3 30 .154 .181 .209 .390 19 19 0 3 1
1918 24 WSH AL 41 87 83 2 11 1 1 0 4 0 1 24 .133 .143 .169 .312 -6 14 0 3 1
1919 25 WSH AL 45 115 106 8 17 2 1 3 6 0 3 33 .160 .183 .283 .467 30 30 0 6 1
1920 26 WSH AL 38 82 74 6 14 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 31 .189 .241 .270 .511 37 20 2 3 1
1921 27 WSH AL 15 13 12 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .417 .417 .583 1.000 158 7 0 1 1
9 Seasons 287 568 528 31 86 15 5 4 22 0 0 16 189 .163 .190 .233 .423 23 123 2 22
162 Game Avg. 162 321 298 17 49 8 3 2 12 0 9 107 .163 .190 .233 .423 23 69 1 12

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 19 WSH AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1914 20 WSH AL 89 -12 0 0 0 0 5 3 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1915 21 WSH AL 47 -3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1916 22 WSH AL 36 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1917 23 WSH AL 97 -9 0 0 0 0 4 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1918 24 WSH AL 87 -11 0 0 0 0 2 3 -6 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ 1
1919 25 WSH AL 115 -11 0 0 0 0 5 4 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1920 26 WSH AL 82 -8 0 0 0 0 4 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,000 1
1921 27 WSH AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 568 -56 0 0 0 0 25 19 -12 -2.0 -12 -1.2 -0.8 $6,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 WSH AL 19 P 2 13.0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 5.54 4.00 .938 2.98 3.00
1914 WSH AL 20 P 48 257.0 99 18 72 9 4 .909 3.15 1.88 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 WSH AL 21 P 25 133.0 40 5 32 3 2 .925 2.50 1.48 .937 3.01 3.00
1916 WSH AL 22 P 26 106.1 23 4 16 3 2 .870 1.69 0.77 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 WSH AL 23 P 47 266.1 73 16 54 3 6 .959 2.37 1.49 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 WSH AL 24 P 41 241.1 57 10 41 6 2 .895 1.90 1.24 .952 2.82 2.84
1919 WSH AL 25 P 45 306.2 65 9 53 3 2 .954 1.82 1.38 .948 2.83 2.83
1920 WSH AL 26 P 38 236.1 50 7 42 1 1 .980 1.87 1.29 .949 2.70 2.68
1921 WSH AL 27 P 15 40.1 15 2 12 1 0 .933 3.12 0.93 .956 2.70 2.68
9 Seasons P 287 1600.1 430 71 330 29 19 .933 2.26 1.40 .945 2.89 2.88
9 Seasons TOT 287 1600.1 430 71 330 29 19 .933 2.26 1.40 .945 2.89 2.88
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1919 AL  5.4 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.07 (186th)

Wins s c a p y
1918 AL  16 (6th)
1919 AL  17 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1918 AL  .571 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  6.934 (3rd)
1918 AL  7.496 (7th)
1919 AL  8.041 (8th)
Career  8.132 (158th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  5.743 (3rd)
1917 AL  3.988 (7th)
1918 AL  4.811 (2nd)
1919 AL  3.757 (10th)
1920 AL  3.351 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 AL  48 (3rd)
1917 AL  47 (5th)
1918 AL  41 (4th)
1919 AL  45 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1914 AL  4 (1st)
1919 AL  5 (1st)
1921 AL  3 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1918 AL  241.3 (10th)
1919 AL  306.7 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 AL  164 (4th)
1917 AL  118 (7th)
1918 AL  129 (2nd)
1919 AL  128 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1917 AL  31 (10th)
1918 AL  30 (7th)
1919 AL  37 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1919 AL  23 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 AL  5 (5th)
1918 AL  4 (5th)
1919 AL  3 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 AL  12 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 AL  137 (1st)
1917 AL  123 (1st)
1918 AL  90 (6th)
1919 AL  101 (2nd)
1920 AL  87 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1917 AL  233 (9th)
1919 AL  274 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1918 AL  1.433 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL  0.034 (4th)
1919 AL  0.147 (9th)
Career  0.158 (109th)

Losses s c a p y
1914 AL  17 (5th)
1919 AL  17 (4th)
1920 AL  18 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  77 (8th)
1917 AL  95 (3rd)
1919 AL  93 (3rd)
1920 AL  112 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1914 AL  10 (4th)
1915 AL  6 (9th)
1918 AL  10 (2nd)
1919 AL  10 (1st)
1920 AL  13 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 AL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 AL  1,060 (9th)
1917 AL  1,087 (10th)
1918 AL  986 (10th)
1919 AL  1,231 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1914 AL  14 (7th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1914 AL  48 (3rd)
1917 AL  47 (5th)
1918 AL  41 (4th)
1919 AL  45 (1st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1914 AL  18 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1914 AL  9 (3rd)
1918 AL  6 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (239), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 60 (419), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Willie Mitchell (951)
  2. Allan Sothoron (947)
  3. Dave Davenport (945)
  4. Art Fromme (942)
  5. Jean Dubuc (940)
  6. Pat Ragan (939)
  7. Mickey Haefner (930)
  8. Blue Moon Odom (928)
  9. Guy Morton (927)
  10. Ewell Blackwell (927)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Christy Mathewson (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Lee Meadows (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Scott (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Mitchell (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Harper (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bullet Joe Bush (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bullet Joe Bush (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bullet Joe Bush (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Denny Neagle (984)
  2. Bill Duggleby (979)
  3. Rip Collins (979)
  4. Hank Borowy (978)
  5. George Pipgras (977)
  6. Carl Morton (976)
  7. Brad Penny (976)
  8. Matt Morris (976)
  9. Eric Show (976)
  10. Luis Tiant (975)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ken Holtzman (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Claude Osteen (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192026Washington Senators$6,0003/11/20 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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