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Bill Shipke

William Martin Shipke (Skipper Bill or Muskrat Bill)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: November 18, 1882 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1906 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Naps 1906-1909

Final Game: May 13, 1909 (Age 26)
Died: September 10, 1940 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1902	19	SPD	D																						SPD · MOVL
1903	20	FSC	D	129	470	470		144								.306	.306								FSC · MOVL
1904	21	OMA	A	146	537	537		123								.229	.229								OMA · WL
1905	22	OMA	A	143	541	541		142								.262	.262								OMA · WL
1906	23	DMO	A	103	393	393		102								.260	.260								DMO · WL
1906	23	CLE	AL	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	/4
1907	24	DMO	A	73	287	287		56								.195	.195								DMO · WL
1907	24	WSH	AL	64	210	189	17	37	3	2	1	9	6	15	37	.196	.262	.249	.511	69	47	2	4	5
1908	25	WSH	AL	111	410	341	40	71	7	8	0	20	15	38	53	.208	.297	.276	.573	94	94	5	26	*5/4
1909	26	OMA	A	72	258	258		74	18	1	4					.287	.287	.411	.698		106				OMA · WL
1909	26	WSH	AL	9	19	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.125	.222	.188	.410	32	3	0	1	/56
1910	27	OMA	A	82	260	260		64	18	2	1					.246	.246	.342	.588		89				OMA · WL
1911	28	OMA	A	42	135	135		37	7	3	0					.274	.274	.370	.644		50				OMA · WL
1912	29	OMA	A	96	322	322		82	23	3	3					.255	.255	.373	.627		120				OMA · WL
1913	30	OMA	A	124	433	433		111	18	6	2					.256	.256	.339	.596		147				OMA · WL
1914	31	OMA	A	77	293	293		86	11	3	1					.294	.294	.362	.655		106				OMA · WL
1920	37	HUR	D	49	189	189		48								.254	.254								HUR · SDAK
4 Yrs				186	646	552	59	110	11	10	1	29	21	55	96	.199	.280	.261	.541	81	144	7	32
162 Game Avg.				162	563	481	51	96	10	9	1	25	18	48	84	.199	.280	.261	.541	81	125	6	28

WSH (3 yrs)				184	639	546	59	110	11	10	1	29	21	55	93	.201	.283	.264	.547	83	144	7	31
CLE (1 yr)				2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1906	23	CLE	AL	2	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.403	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	/4
1907	24	WSH	AL	64	210	-6	-0	0	2	2	-2	-0.3	8	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.2	0.5	3	5
1908	25	WSH	AL	111	410	-1	-0	0	-1	3	1	0.2	15	16	1.7	.501	.501	1.8	0.3	17	*5/4
1909	26	WSH	AL	9	19	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.0	.489	.499	-0.0	0.0	-0	/56
4 Seasons				186	646	-10	-0	0	1	6	-4	-0.4	23	20	2.1	.498	.499	1.9	0.8	19

WSH (3 yrs)				184	639	-8	-0	0	1	6	-2	-0.2	23	21	2.2	.499	.499	2.1	0.8	20
CLE (1 yr)				2	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.403	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1906	CLE	AL	23	2B	2	15	6	8	1	2	.933	7.00	.954	5.30
1907	WSH	AL	24	3B	63	195	57	127	11	2	.944	2.92	.913	3.14
1908	WSH	AL	25	3B	110	323	111	190	22	11	.932	2.74	.932	3.28
1908	WSH	AL	25	2B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.950	5.20
1909	WSH	AL	26	3B	6	21	5	14	2	1	.905	3.17	.931	3.42
1909	WSH	AL	26	SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.920	5.35
	3 Seasons			3B	179	539	173	331	35	14	.935	2.82	.925	3.24
	2 Seasons			2B	3	16	6	8	2	2	.875	4.67	.954	5.27
	1 Season			SS	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.920	5.35
	4 Seasons			TOT	184	556	180	339	37	16	.933	2.82	.926	3.29

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

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