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Ben Shelton

Benjamin Davis Shelton

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 21, 1969 in Chicago, IL
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1993
Team: Pirates 1993

Final Game: July 25, 1993
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:40AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1993 23 PIT NL 15 27 24 3 6 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 3 .250 .333 .542 .875 131 13 2 0 0 0 0 /73
1 Season 15 27 24 3 6 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 3 .250 .333 .542 .875 131 13 2 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 292 259 32 65 11 0 22 76 0 0 32 32 .250 .333 .542 .875 131 140 22 0 0 0 0

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
1993 23 PIT NL 27 1 0 1 0 -3 0 1 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ /73
1 Season 27 1 0 1 0 -3 0 1 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1993 PIT NL 23 LF 6 5 1 33.2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -3 -96 2.14 1.33 .976 2.11 2.10
1993 PIT NL 23 OF 6 5 1 33.2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -3 -96 2.14 1.33 .979 2.35 2.33
1993 PIT NL 23 1B 2 1 0 8.1 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0 14 11.88 5.50 .992 9.61 9.60
1 Season LF 6 5 1 33.2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -3 -96 2.14 1.33 .976 2.11 2.10
1 Season OF 6 5 1 33.2 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -3 -96 2.14 1.33 .979 2.35 2.33
1 Season 1B 2 1 0 8.1 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0 14 11.88 5.50 .992 9.61 9.60
1 Season TOT 8 6 1 42.0 20 17 2 1 1 .950 -3 -74 4.07 2.38 .986 3.79 4.15
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

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Name and misspellings: Benjamin Ben benji Davis Shelton

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