Frank Shellenback

Frank Victor Shellenback

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: December 16, 1898 in Joplin, MO
High School: Hollywood HS (Hollywood, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1918
Team: WhiteSox 1918-1919

Final Game: July 5, 1919
Died: August 17, 1969 in Newton, MA
Buried: Newton Cemetery, Newton, MA
Relatives: Uncle of Jim Shellenback
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1917	18	PVE,MLW	AA	12	9	.571	3.54	32						201.0	216	35	79		86							1.502	9.7		3.9			PVE,MLW · IL,AA
1918	19	MNE	AA	1	2	.333	1.71	3						21.0	16	8	4		6							1.048	6.9		2.6			MNE · AA
1918	19	CHW	AL	9	12	.429	2.66	28	21	6	10	2	2	182.2	180	77	54	1	74	47	4	0	0	779	103	1.391	8.9	0.0	3.6	2.3	0.64
1919	20	MNE	AA	7	3	.700	3.22	20						109.0	114	58	39		25							1.275	9.4		2.1			MNE · AA
1919	20	CHW	AL	1	3	.250	5.14	8	4	4	2	0	0	35.0	40	24	20	1	16	10	0	0	0	148	63	1.600	10.3	0.3	4.1	2.6	0.63
1920	21	VER	AA	18	12	.600	2.71	47	35					298.2	262	106	90		79							1.142	7.9		2.4			VER · PCL
1921	22	VER	AA	18	10	.643	3.19	39	31					268.0	286	111	95		64							1.306	9.6		2.1			VER · PCL
1922	23	VER	AA	2	0	1.000	7.84	5	2					10.1	13	11	9		12							2.419	11.3		10.5			VER · PCL
1923	24	VER	AA	19	19	.500	4.37	43	34					286.0	362	173	139		53							1.451	11.4		1.7			VER · PCL
1924	25	VER	AA	14	7	.667	3.65	29	23					212.0	273	118	86		38							1.467	11.6		1.6			VER · PCL
1925	26	SAC	AA	14	17	.452	3.27	38	29					264.0	297	133	96		61							1.356	10.1		2.1			SAC · PCL
1926	27	HOL	AA	16	12	.571	2.97	34	29					230.0	220	85	76		49							1.170	8.6		1.9			HOL · PCL
1927	28	HOL	AA	19	12	.613	3.06	34	34					265.0	271	115	90		68							1.279	9.2		2.3			HOL · PCL
1928	29	HOL	AA	23	11	.676	3.34	38	33					272.0	274	124	101		66							1.250	9.1		2.2			HOL · PCL
1929	30	HOL	AA	26	12	.684	3.98	46	36					335.0	365	175	148		68							1.293	9.8		1.8			HOL · PCL
1930	31	HOL	AA	19	7	.731	4.64	36	32					252.0	304	151	130		59							1.440	10.9		2.1			HOL · PCL
1931	32	HOL	AA	27	7	.794	2.85	36	36					306.0	305	118	97		61							1.196	9.0		1.8			HOL · PCL
1932	33	HOL	AA	26	10	.722	3.13	38	38					322.0	343	133	112		48							1.214	9.6		1.3			HOL · PCL
1933	34	HOL	AA	21	12	.636	4.53	38	37					314.0	373	172	158		74							1.424	10.7		2.1			HOL · PCL
1934	35	HOL	AA	14	12	.538	4.17	34	32					229.0	259	127	106		50							1.349	10.2		2.0			HOL · PCL
1935	36	HOL	AA	14	9	.609	3.42	26	25					200.0	236	102	76		33							1.345	10.6		1.5			HOL · PCL
1936	37	BOS-min	AA	6	7	.462	3.53	15	12					102.0	104	47	40		13							1.147	9.2		1.1			SDG · PCL
1937	38	BOS-min	AA	0	1	.000	6.61	6	1					16.1	23	15	12		10							2.020	12.7		5.5			SDG · PCL
1938	39	SDG	AA	0	0		13.50	3	0					2.0	4	4	3		1							2.500	18.0		4.5			SDG · PCL
2 Yrs				10	15	.400	3.06	36	25	10	12	2	2	217.2	220	101	74	2	90	57	4	0	0	927	92	1.424	9.1	0.1	3.7	2.4	0.63
162 Game Avg.				11	17	.400	3.06	40	28	11	13	2	2	243	245	113	82	2	100	64	4	0	0	1033	92	1.424	9.1	0.1	3.7	2.4	0.63

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1918	19	CHW	AL	183.0	28	21	77	3.79	3.62	-0.11	100.6	3.76	-1	-0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.3	13	.494	.499	$
1919	20	CHW	AL	35.0	8	4	24	6.17	4.23	0.08	98.3	4.08	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.393	.495	$
2 Seasons				218.0	36	25	101	4.17	3.72	-0.08	100.3	3.81	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	0.7	8	.472	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	19	CHW	AL	789	0.1%	6.0%	9.4%	2.0%	9%	81%
1919	20	CHW	AL	153	0.7%	6.5%	10.5%	3.3%	13%	79%
2 Yrs				942	0.2%	6.1%	9.6%	2.2%	10%	81%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1918	19	9	12	.429	2.66	28	21	6	10	2	2	182.2	180	77	54	1	74		47	4	0	0	779	103	1.391	8.9	0.0	3.6	2.3	0.64	103
1919	20	10	15	.400	3.06	36	25	10	12	2	2	217.2	220	101	74	2	90		57	4	0	0	927	92	1.424	9.1	0.1	3.7	2.4	0.63	92

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
1918	19	13	10	.565	3.66	209.0	255	94	85	1	105	54	6	1.722	11.0	4.5	2.3	0.51	0.0	28
1919	20	1	2	.333	6.62	34.0	49	28	25	1	20	10	0	2.029	13.0	5.3	2.6	0.50	0.3	8
2 Yrs		14	12	.538	4.07	243.0	304	122	110	2	125	64	6	1.765	11.3		2.4	0.51	0.1	36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1918 AL 2 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1918 AL born 1898-12-16 (5th) 1919 AL born 1898-12-16 (7th)

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1918 AL 2 (9th)

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1918 AL born 1898-12-16 (5th)
1919 AL born 1898-12-16 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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