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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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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
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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
1924 21 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1925 22 NYY AL 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -36 1 0 0 /1
1930 27 BOS AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1931 28 PHI NL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 13 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -60 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 162 162 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 .077 .077 .077 .154 -60 12 0 0
NYY (2 yrs) 6 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 9 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1924 NYY AL 21 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30
1925 NYY AL 22 P 4 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25 .960 1.40
1930 BOS AL 27 P 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 .933 1.17
1931 PHI NL 28 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 1.20
4 Seasons P 13 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.69 .956 1.27
4 Seasons TOT 13 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.69 .956 1.27

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1924 AL--0--1st

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

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Name and misspellings: Lefty Benjamin Big Ben benji Cowan Shields

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