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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1953 PIT NL 21 C 2 8 6 0 2 0 .750 3.00 .988 4.65 0
1954 PIT NL 22 C 67 62 539.1 310 257 46 7 5 .977 2.0 4.4 2 5.06 4.52 .986 5.36 4.57 4 15 15 17 53%
1955 PIT NL 23 C 77 71 594.0 328 288 34 6 6 .982 0.0 0.0 0 4.88 4.18 .987 5.65 4.82 13 6 12 12 50%
1956 PIT NL 24 C 86 71 635.2 396 356 36 4 4 .990 3.0 5.7 3 5.55 4.56 .985 5.83 5.01 4 8 11 12 52%
1956 PIT NL 24 1B 2 1 3.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -108.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 8.10 1.50 1.000 9.72 8.70
4 Seasons C 232 204 1769.0 1042 907 116 19 15 .982 5.0 3.4 5 5.20 4.41 .986 5.63 4.82 21 29 38 41 52%
1 Season 1B 2 1 3.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -108.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 8.10 1.50 1.000 9.72 8.70
4 Seasons TOT 234 205 1772.1 1045 910 116 19 15 .982 4.7 3.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 5 5.21 4.38 .968 5.63 4.85 21 29 38 41 52%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 PIT NL 21 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PIT NL 22 82 62 82 82 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1955 PIT NL 23 94 71 94 94 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1956 PIT NL 24 100 72 100 100 0 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
4 Seasons 278 205 278 278 0 232 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 PIT NL 22 1466 5.75 6.78 37 97% 0 0 156 28 0 11 117 30 3 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 100%
1955 PIT NL 23 1418 5.44 6.40 28 96% 0 0 131 19 3 12 97 20 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 100%
1956 PIT NL 24 1747 4.04 4.71 31 94% 0 0 219 23 0 7 189 20 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 100%
3 Seasons 4631 4.99 5.85 96 96% 0 0 506 70 3 30 403 70 13 1 0 4 7 0 4 3 0 10 0 1 4 10 100%
MLB Averages 3.99 4.51 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 PIT NL 22 0 15 569 15 17 17 53% 13 15 2 1 0 1 2 0 44 23 0.75 0.92
1955 PIT NL 23 11 6 592 12 12 12 50% 10 12 1 0 1 0 1 0 40 15 0.84 0.85
1956 PIT NL 24 2 8 668 11 12 12 52% 11 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 32 19 1.10 0.87
3 Seasons 13 29 1829 38 41 41 52% 34 36 3 3 1 2 4 0 116 57 0.88 0.88
MLB Averages 45% 1.15 1.13

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 PIT NL 24 9 56% 89% 0% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 9 56% 89% 0% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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