Bert Shepard

Bert Robert Shepard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 28, 1920 in Dana, IN
High School: Clinton HS (Clinton, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1945 (Age 25)
Team: Senators 1945

Final Game: August 4, 1945 (Age 25)
Died: June 16, 2008 in Highland, CA
Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	20	CHW-min	D	3	2	.600	6.07	9						43.0	44	34	29		48							2.140	9.2		10.0			WRA · WISL
1941	21	ANH	C	0	1	.000		3						11.0																		ANH · CALL
1942	22	STL-min	D	9	13	.409	4.45	23						172.0	165	107	85		122							1.669	8.6		6.4			LCR · WISL
1945	25	WSH	AL	0	0		1.69	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	200	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	3.4	2.00
1946	26	MIN-STL-min	AA,B,C	2	5	.286	4.08	15	5					53.0	57	58	24		49							2.000	9.7		8.3			CNG,DEC,DUL · SOUA,IIIL,NORL
1949	29	WBY	B	5	6	.455	6.16	20	9					73.0	97	65	50		44							1.932	12.0		5.4			WBY · COLL
1955	35	NYY-min	C	1	1	.500		3																								MOD · CALL
1 Yr				0	0		1.69	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	200	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	3.4	2.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		1.69	68	0	68	0	0	0	360	204	68	68	0	68	136	68	0	0	1360	200	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	3.4	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	Awards
1945	25	WSH	AL	5.1	1	0	1	1.69	3.78	-0.01	0.00	84.0	3.18	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.612	.501
1 Season				5.1	1	0	1	1.69	3.78	-0.01	0.00	84.0	3.18	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.612	.501

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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	Pos	Awards
1939	19	JRT	D																								JRT · EVAN
1940	20	CHW-min	D	10	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					WRA,MTA · WISL,BIST
1941	21	CHC-min	C	35	67	67		14	2	2	0						.209	.209	.284	.493		19					BBE,ANH · AZTX,CALL
1942	22	STL-min	D	34	84	84		22	5	1	0						.262	.262	.345	.607		29					LCR · WISL
1945	25	WSH	AL	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	/1
1946	26	MIN-STL-min	AA,C,B	7	8	8		1									.125	.125									CNG,DUL,DEC · SOUA,NORL,IIIL
1949	29	WBY	B	69	131	131		30	4	0	4						.229	.229	.351	.580		46					WBY · COLL
1952	32	STA,HSP	D,C	28	59	59		10	4	0	0						.169	.169	.237	.407		14					STA,HSP · FLOR,CSTL
1953	33	TAM	B	2																							TAM · FLIN
1955	35	NYY-min	C	3	4	4																					MOD · CALL
1 Yr				1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	648	486	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	162	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1945	25	WSH	AL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.452	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0		/1
1 Season				1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.452	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1945	WSH	AL	25	P	1	5.1	2	2	1.000	3.38	2.00	.955	2.19	2.20
	1 Season			P	1	5.1	2	2	1.000	3.38	2.00	.955	2.19	2.20
	1 Season			TOT	1	5.1	2	2	1.000	3.38	2.00	.955	2.19	2.20

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Transactions

September 4, 1945: Released by the Washington Senators.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1945	25	Washington Senators	$5,000	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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