Ben Shields
Benjamin Cowan Shields (Lefty and Big Ben)
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 17, 1903 in Huntersville, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1924
Final Game: May 23, 1931
Died: January 24, 1982 in Woodruff, SC
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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
1924 21 NYY AL 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 13 15 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1925 22 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 4.88 4 2 2 2 0 0 24.0 24 13 13 2 12 5 2 0 0 105 87 1.500 9.0 0.8 4.5 1.9 0.42
1930 27 BOS AL 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 16 11 10 0 6 1 0 0 0 48 51 2.200 14.4 0.0 5.4 0.9 0.17
1931 28 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 15.19 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 32 28 3.000 15.2 1.7 11.8 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 4 0 1.000 8.27 13 2 7 2 0 0 41.1 55 39 38 3 27 9 2 0 0 198 52 1.984 12.0 0.7 5.9 2.0 0.33
162 Game Avg. 18 0 1.000 8.27 59 9 32 9 0 0 187 249 177 172 14 122 41 9 0 0 898 52 1.984 12.0 0.7 5.9 2.0 0.33
NYY (2 yrs) 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 15.19 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 32 28 3.000 15.2 1.7 11.8 0.0 0.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 16 11 10 0 6 1 0 0 0 48 51 2.200 14.4 0.0 5.4 0.9 0.17
AL (3 yrs) 3 0 1.000 7.25 9 2 6 2 0 0 36.0 46 30 29 2 20 9 2 0 0 166 60 1.833 11.5 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 15.19 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 32 28 3.000 15.2 1.7 11.8 0.0 0.00

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+
1924 21 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 13 15 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50 15
1925 22 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 65
1926 23 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 65
1927 24 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 65
1928 25 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 65
1929 26 3 0 1.000 6.58 6 2 3 2 0 0 26.0 30 19 19 2 14 8 2 0 0 118 65 1.692 10.4 0.7 4.8 2.8 0.57 65
1930 27 3 0 1.000 7.25 9 2 6 2 0 0 36.0 46 30 29 2 20 9 2 0 0 166 60 1.833 11.5 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45 60
1931 28 4 0 1.000 8.27 13 2 7 2 0 0 41.1 55 39 38 3 27 9 2 0 0 198 52 1.984 12.0 0.7 5.9 2.0 0.33 52

Neutralized Pitching

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1924 21 0 0 22.50 2.0 5 6 5 0 2 3 0 3.500 22.5 9.0 13.5 1.50 0.0 2
1925 22 1 1 .500 4.50 24.0 24 13 12 2 12 5 2 1.500 9.0 4.5 1.9 0.42 0.8 4
1930 27 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 14 9 8 0 5 1 0 1.900 12.6 4.5 0.9 0.20 0.0 3
1931 28 0 0 13.50 6.0 9 10 9 1 7 0 0 2.667 13.5 10.5 0.0 0.00 1.5 4
4 Seasons 1 2 .333 7.29 42.0 52 38 34 3 26 9 2 1.857 11.1 1.9 0.35 0.6 13

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1924 AL--born 1903-06-17--5th

                                         

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