Jim Shellenback
James Philip Shellenback
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 18, 1943 in Riverside, CA
High School: Ramona (Riverside, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1966
Final Game: September 21, 1977
Relatives: Nephew of Frank Shellenback
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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
1966 22 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 13 40 2.000 9.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1967 23 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2.70 6 2 1 1 0 0 23.1 23 12 7 1 12 1 11 1 0 1 105 124 1.500 8.9 0.4 4.6 4.2 0.92
1969 25 TOT MLB 4 7 .364 3.91 38 11 6 2 0 1 101.1 101 51 44 9 52 3 57 1 1 1 448 88 1.510 9.0 0.8 4.6 5.1 1.10
1969 25 PIT NL 0 0 3.24 8 0 3 0 0 0 16.2 14 8 6 1 4 0 7 0 0 1 67 108 1.080 7.6 0.5 2.2 3.8 1.75
1969 25 WSA AL 4 7 .364 4.04 30 11 3 2 0 1 84.2 87 43 38 8 48 3 50 1 1 0 381 85 1.594 9.2 0.9 5.1 5.3 1.04
1970 26 WSA AL 6 7 .462 3.68 39 14 6 2 1 0 117.1 107 57 48 6 51 4 57 0 0 2 493 96 1.347 8.2 0.5 3.9 4.4 1.12
1971 27 WSA AL 3 11 .214 3.52 40 15 11 3 1 0 120.0 123 56 47 10 49 5 47 3 1 2 524 93 1.433 9.2 0.8 3.7 3.5 0.96
1972 28 TEX AL 2 4 .333 3.47 22 6 7 0 0 1 57.0 46 24 22 6 16 0 30 2 0 0 228 87 1.088 7.3 0.9 2.5 4.7 1.88
1973 29 TEX AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.2
1974 30 TEX AL 0 0 5.84 11 0 4 0 0 0 24.2 30 18 16 5 12 0 14 1 0 0 112 61 1.703 10.9 1.8 4.4 5.1 1.17
1977 33 MIN AL 0 0 7.94 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 7 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 32 51 2.647 15.9 1.6 7.9 4.8 0.60
9 Seasons 16 30 .348 3.81 165 48 36 8 2 2 454.0 443 228 192 40 200 14 222 8 2 6 1960 89 1.416 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.11
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .348 3.81 53 15 11 3 1 1 145 141 73 61 13 64 4 71 3 1 2 626 89 1.416 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.11
TEX (6 yrs) 15 29 .341 3.80 144 46 31 7 2 2 405.1 393 198 171 35 176 12 201 7 2 4 1743 89 1.404 8.7 0.8 3.9 4.5 1.14
PIT (3 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.35 16 2 5 1 0 0 43.0 40 23 16 4 19 2 18 1 0 2 185 102 1.372 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.8 0.95
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 7.94 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 7 5 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 32 51 2.647 15.9 1.6 7.9 4.8 0.60
AL (7 yrs) 15 29 .341 3.85 149 46 31 7 2 2 411.0 403 205 176 36 181 12 204 7 2 4 1775 88 1.421 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.5 1.13
NL (3 yrs) 1 1 .500 3.35 16 2 5 1 0 0 43.0 40 23 16 4 19 2 18 1 0 2 185 102 1.372 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.8 0.95

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
1966 22 PIT NL 2 13 10 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .300 .462 1.000 1.462 .125 10 1 0 0 0 1
1967 23 PIT NL 6 105 92 12 23 0 2 1 1 1 12 11 .250 .343 .326 .669 .275 30 1 1 0 0 1
1969 25 TOT MLB 38 448 385 51 101 12 1 9 8 4 52 57 .262 .349 .369 .718 .286 142 11 1 7 3 3
1969 25 PIT NL 8 67 60 8 14 3 0 1 0 1 4 7 .233 .277 .333 .610 .245 20 0 0 2 1 0
1969 25 WSA AL 30 381 325 43 87 9 1 8 8 3 48 50 .268 .362 .375 .737 .294 122 11 1 5 2 3
1970 26 WSA AL 39 493 435 57 107 21 3 6 2 4 51 57 .246 .322 .349 .672 .269 152 17 0 3 4 4
1971 27 WSA AL 40 523 459 56 123 17 3 10 3 2 49 47 .268 .339 .383 .723 .278 176 14 3 7 5 5
1972 28 TEX AL 22 228 208 24 46 8 0 6 2 4 16 30 .221 .283 .346 .629 .233 72 6 2 2 0 0
1973 29 TEX AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 TEX AL 11 112 98 18 30 5 0 5 2 0 12 14 .306 .384 .510 .894 .313 50 3 1 0 1 0
1977 33 MIN AL 5 32 26 7 10 2 0 1 0 0 5 3 .385 .469 .577 1.046 .391 15 1 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 165 1959 1718 228 443 66 9 40 18 15 200 222 .258 .336 .377 .712 .274 647 54 8 19 14 14
162 Game Avg. 53 625 548 73 141 21 3 13 6 5 64 71 .258 .336 .377 .712 .274 207 17 3 6 4 4
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
1967 23 PIT NL 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 2 100% 65 84 46 2 0 0 1 2.3 1.8 8.7
1969 25 TOT MLB 38 11 4 4 3 0 0 5 6 .455 1 2 2 0 4 36% 78 28 29 13 5 3 4.4 4.3 5.2
1969 25 WSA AL 30 11 4 4 3 0 0 5 6 .455 1 2 2 0 4 36% 48 78 28 29 13 5 3 4.4 4.3 5.2
1970 26 WSA AL 39 14 3 6 5 0 3 6 8 .429 2 1 2 1 7 50% 49 84 25 27 10 6 4 4.4 4.1 5.8
1971 27 WSA AL 40 15 3 10 2 0 4 4 11 .267 0 1 3 1 8 53% 48 77 28 21 7 5 6 2.7 3.2 5.4
1972 28 TEX AL 22 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0 3 50% 47 71 25 5 2 3 1 2.0 2.3 5.1
5 Seasons 137 48 12 24 12 0 8 17 31 .354 3 4 8 2 24 50% 49 84 25 84 32 19 15 3.4 3.5 5.5
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
1966 22 PIT NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.028 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1967 23 PIT NL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.846 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 1 3 0 4.5
1969 25 TOT MLB 38 27 6 0 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 18 6 33% 0.941 7 6 14 4 6 17 11 16 16 9 18 5 5.0
1969 25 PIT NL 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0.155 0 0 8 0 0 8 1 7 7 0 7 0 6.3
1969 25 WSA AL 30 19 3 0 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 17 5 29% 5 1.079 7 6 6 4 6 9 10 9 9 9 11 5 4.4
1970 26 WSA AL 39 25 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 1 8% 7 0.941 4 7 13 2 5 18 10 15 14 7 14 1 4.4
1971 27 WSA AL 40 25 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% 7 0.943 4 5 16 1 3 21 7 18 16 4 16 7 4.8
1972 28 TEX AL 22 16 7 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 0 0% 6 0.967 5 1 9 1 4 11 4 12 10 2 10 5 4.9
1973 29 TEX AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 1.714 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2.5
1974 30 TEX AL 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 14% 6 0.240 0 4 7 0 0 11 8 3 7 4 8 2 6.7
1977 33 MIN AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 8 0.516 0 1 3 0 0 5 3 2 2 3 2 0 3.4
9 Seasons 165 117 36 4 6 3 2 1 67% 6 3 74 18 24% 0.889 21 25 68 8 19 90 45 72 70 31 73 21 4.8

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%
1966 22 PIT NL 13 69% 15.4% 0.0% 23.1% 23.1% 100% 1.25 62% 3 1 33%
1967 23 PIT NL 105 79% 1.0% 10.5% 11.4% 2.9% 13% 0.86 76% 16 1 6%
1969 25 TOT MLB 448 73% 2.0% 12.7% 11.6% 4.9% 22% 1.40 72% 97 11 11%
1969 25 PIT NL 67 70% 1.5% 10.5% 6.0% 6.0% 29% 1.56 79% 9 0 0%
1969 25 WSA AL 381 74% 2.1% 13.1% 12.6% 4.7% 21% 1.37 71% 88 11 13%
1970 26 WSA AL 493 80% 1.2% 11.6% 10.3% 6.1% 28% 1.48 76% 99 17 17%
1971 27 WSA AL 523 77% 1.9% 9.0% 9.4% 5.7% 24% 1.22 78% 122 14 11%
1972 28 TEX AL 228 73% 2.6% 13.2% 7.0% 6.1% 30% 1.06 75% 32 6 19%
1973 29 TEX AL 5 60% 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 40% 0 0
1974 30 TEX AL 112 59% 4.5% 12.5% 10.7% 8.9% 33% 1.28 71% 23 3 13%
1977 33 MIN AL 32 50% 3.1% 9.4% 15.6% 9.4% 30% 0.75 72% 8 1 13%
9 Seasons 1959 75% 2.0% 11.3% 10.2% 5.9% 26% 1.28 75% 400 54 14%
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
1966 22 PIT NL 13 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 PIT NL 75 23 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 1 1 0 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
1969 25 TOT MLB 448 101 9 0 8 8 1 4 5 28 13 2 46% 8 1 2 192 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 9 0
1969 25 PIT NL 67 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 0 80% 1 1 0 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
1969 25 WSA AL 381 87 8 0 8 7 1 3 5 23 9 2 39% 7 0 2 168 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1970 26 WSA AL 493 107 6 0 6 5 1 3 3 29 15 5 52% 6 2 1 174 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1971 27 WSA AL 523 123 10 1 14 7 3 2 8 31 21 3 68% 11 2 2 219 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1972 28 TEX AL 228 46 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 6 4 0 67% 4 0 1 70 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 29 TEX AL 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 TEX AL 112 30 5 0 3 4 1 4 1 6 2 2 33% 2 0 0 47 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1977 33 MIN AL 32 10 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 1929 443 40 1 40 30 9 17 22 106 58 12 55% 33 6 6 748 18 15 55% 17 15 1 0 0 0 6 1 36 30
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+
1966 22 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 13 40 2.000 9.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 40
1967 23 1 1 .500 3.42 8 2 2 1 0 0 26.1 26 15 10 3 15 2 11 1 0 1 118 99 1.557 8.9 1.0 5.1 3.8 0.73 99
1968 24 1 1 .500 3.42 8 2 2 1 0 0 26.1 26 15 10 3 15 2 11 1 0 1 118 99 1.557 8.9 1.0 5.1 3.8 0.73 99
1969 25 5 8 .385 3.81 46 13 8 3 0 1 127.2 127 66 54 12 67 5 68 2 1 2 566 90 1.520 9.0 0.8 4.7 4.8 1.01 90
1970 26 11 15 .423 3.75 85 27 14 5 1 1 245.0 234 123 102 18 118 9 125 2 1 4 1059 93 1.437 8.6 0.7 4.3 4.6 1.06 93
1971 27 14 26 .350 3.67 125 42 25 8 2 1 365.0 357 179 149 28 167 14 172 5 2 6 1583 93 1.436 8.8 0.7 4.1 4.2 1.03 93
1972 28 16 30 .348 3.65 147 48 32 8 2 2 422.0 403 203 171 34 183 14 202 7 2 6 1811 92 1.389 8.6 0.7 3.9 4.3 1.10 92
1973 29 16 30 .348 3.63 149 48 32 8 2 2 423.2 403 203 171 34 183 14 205 7 2 6 1816 93 1.383 8.6 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.12 93
1974 30 16 30 .348 3.75 160 48 36 8 2 2 448.1 433 221 187 39 195 14 219 8 2 6 1928 90 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.12 90
1975 31 16 30 .348 3.75 160 48 36 8 2 2 448.1 433 221 187 39 195 14 219 8 2 6 1928 90 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.12 90
1976 32 16 30 .348 3.75 160 48 36 8 2 2 448.1 433 221 187 39 195 14 219 8 2 6 1928 90 1.401 8.7 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.12 90
1977 33 16 30 .348 3.81 165 48 36 8 2 2 454.0 443 228 192 40 200 14 222 8 2 6 1960 89 1.416 8.8 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.11 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
1966 22 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 3.000 13.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 9.0 2
1967 23 1 1 .500 3.27 22.0 25 9 8 1 13 10 1 1.727 10.2 5.3 4.1 0.77 0.4 6
1969 25 4 6 .400 4.79 94.0 108 56 50 10 56 53 1 1.745 10.3 5.4 5.1 0.95 1.0 38
1970 26 5 7 .417 4.38 109.0 112 59 53 6 53 53 0 1.514 9.2 4.4 4.4 1.00 0.5 39
1971 27 5 7 .417 4.62 111.0 136 63 57 11 54 43 3 1.712 11.0 4.4 3.5 0.80 0.9 40
1972 28 2 4 .333 5.00 54.0 55 33 30 7 19 28 2 1.370 9.2 3.2 4.7 1.47 1.2 22
1973 29 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 2
1974 30 0 2 .000 7.77 22.0 33 21 19 6 13 12 1 2.091 13.5 5.3 4.9 0.92 2.5 11
1977 33 0 0 7.50 6.0 10 6 5 1 5 3 0 2.500 15.0 7.5 4.5 0.60 1.5 5
9 Seasons 17 27 .386 4.80 422.0 482 250 225 44 216 206 8 1.654 10.3 4.4 0.95 0.9 165

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