Jack Shepard
Jack Leroy Shepard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 13, 1932 in Clovis, CA
School: Stanford University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1953
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 31, 1994 in Atherton, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 21 PIT NL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 /2
1954 22 PIT NL 82 265 227 24 69 8 2 3 22 0 0 26 33 .304 .370 .396 .766 102 90 10 0 8 4 2
1955 23 PIT NL 94 301 264 24 63 10 2 2 23 1 0 33 25 .239 .321 .314 .635 72 83 8 0 2 2 3 2
1956 24 PIT NL 100 290 256 24 62 11 2 7 30 1 1 25 37 .242 .309 .383 .691 87 98 8 0 8 1 5 2/3
4 Seasons 278 860 751 72 195 29 6 12 75 2 1 84 97 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 272 26 0 18 7 8
162 Game Avg. 162 501 438 42 114 17 3 7 44 1 1 49 57 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 159 15 0 10

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1953 21 PIT NL 4 3 0 0.0 109 .500 .250 .273 .250 .344 .250 .425 .500 .769 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1954 22 PIT NL 265 180 34 5.1 107 .338 .304 .272 .370 .343 .396 .420 .766 .763 102 .525 1.8 0.2 .690 .207 .093 .0
1955 23 PIT NL 301 213 27 3.4 104 .255 .239 .263 .321 .334 .314 .417 .635 .750 72 .357 -9.9 -1.0 .560 .205 .076 1.3
1956 24 PIT NL 290 212 29 3.7 100 .258 .242 .260 .309 .327 .383 .411 .691 .738 87 .408 -4.5 -0.4 .606 .238 .141 1.8
4 Seasons 860 608 90 4.0 104 .282 .260 .265 .331 .334 .362 .416 .694 .750 86 .427 -13.1 -1.3 .612 .216 .103 3.4
162 Game Avg. 501 354 52 4.0 104 .282 .260 .265 .331 .334 .362 .416 .694 .750 86 .427 -13.1 -1.3 .612 .216 .103 2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1953 21 PIT NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1954 22 PIT NL 265 1.1% 12.5% 9.8% 4.9% 19% 1.27 6.9 75.7 10.3 0.89 74%
1955 23 PIT NL 301 0.7% 8.3% 11.0% 4.7% 22% 0.76 10.6 132.0 11.5 1.14 79%
1956 24 PIT NL 290 2.4% 12.8% 8.6% 6.9% 32% 1.48 6.9 36.6 8.5 0.98 73%
4 Seasons 860 1.4% 11.3% 9.8% 5.5% 24% 1.15 7.7 62.6 10.0 1.00 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 22 PIT NL 0 0 23% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 40% 9 8 1 2 1 1 4 0 4
1955 23 PIT NL 3 0 23% 65 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 29% 6 6 0 5 2 3 3 2 1
1956 24 PIT NL 1 0 21% 61 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 43% 7 6 1 2 0 2 5 2 3
4 Seasons 4 0 23% 181 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 37% 22 20 2 9 3 6 12 4 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 22 PIT NL 158 69% 69 13 3 0 1 1.87 3 0 10 1 1 0 2 0 7 8 114% 52 10 19% 27 11 41% 124 12 10% 13 5 38% 8 4 50% 107
1955 23 PIT NL 152 48% 63 11 4 0 2 2.06 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 200% 32 8 25% 15 2 13% 106 12 11% 11 3 27% 4 0 0% 149
1956 24 PIT NL 179 33% 62 9 1 1 1 1.52 7 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 6 8 133% 29 8 28% 19 8 42% 109 14 13% 7 4 57% 13 3 23% 111
4 Seasons 489 49% 195 33 8 1 4 1.84 12 0 18 2 6 1 7 0 14 18 129% 113 26 23% 61 21 34% 339 38 11% 31 12 39% 25 7 28% 367
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1953 21 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0
1954 22 84 269 231 24 70 8 2 3 22 0 0 26 35 .303 .368 .394 .762 101 91 10 0 8 4
1955 23 178 570 495 48 133 18 4 5 45 1 0 59 60 .269 .343 .352 .694 86 174 18 0 10 6 3
1956 24 278 860 751 72 195 29 6 12 75 2 1 84 97 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 272 26 0 18 7 8

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 21 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1954 22 86 269 238 25 72 8 2 3 23 0 27 35 .303 .368 .391 .759 35 82
1955 23 99 315 278 25 67 11 2 2 24 1 35 26 .241 .324 .317 .640 28 94
1956 24 105 297 269 27 66 12 2 7 33 1 27 39 .245 .313 .383 .696 32 100
4 Seasons 292 885 789 77 205 31 6 12 80 2 89 102 .260 .332 .360 .692 95 278
162 Game Avg. 162 491 438 43 114 17 3 7 44 1 49 57 .260 .332 .360 .692 53 278

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1953 NL--born 1932-05-13--9th
1954 NL--born 1932-05-13--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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