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Art Shires

Charles Arthur Shires (Art The Great)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 13, 1906 in Italy, TX
High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1928
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves/Senators 1928-1932

Final Game: July 31, 1932
Died: July 13, 1967 in Italy, TX
Buried: Italy Cemetery, Italy, TX
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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
1928 21 CHW AL 33 137 123 20 42 6 1 1 11 0 3 13 10 .341 .409 .431 .840 122 53 1 0 3
1929 22 CHW AL 100 393 353 41 110 20 7 3 41 4 5 32 20 .312 .370 .433 .804 108 153 1 6 3/4
1930 23 TOT AL 75 232 212 25 64 10 1 2 37 3 3 11 11 .302 .336 .387 .723 84 82 0 9 3
1930 23 CHW AL 37 141 128 14 33 5 1 1 18 2 0 6 6 .258 .291 .336 .627 61 43 0 7 3
1930 23 WSH AL 38 91 84 11 31 5 0 1 19 1 3 5 5 .369 .404 .464 .869 119 39 0 2 3
1932 25 BSN NL 82 328 298 32 71 9 3 5 30 1 25 21 .238 .299 .339 .638 74 101 1 4 3
4 Yrs 290 1090 986 118 287 45 12 11 119 8 11 81 62 .291 .347 .395 .741 95 389 3 19
162 Game Avg. 162 609 551 66 160 25 7 6 66 4 45 35 .291 .347 .395 .741 95 217 2 11
CHW (3 yrs) 170 671 604 75 185 31 9 5 70 6 8 51 36 .306 .362 .412 .775 101 249 2 13
WSH (1 yr) 38 91 84 11 31 5 0 1 19 1 3 5 5 .369 .404 .464 .869 119 39 0 2
BSN (1 yr) 82 328 298 32 71 9 3 5 30 1 25 21 .238 .299 .339 .638 74 101 1 4
AL (3 yrs) 208 762 688 86 216 36 9 6 89 7 11 56 41 .314 .367 .419 .786 103 288 2 15
NL (1 yr) 82 328 298 32 71 9 3 5 30 1 25 21 .238 .299 .339 .638 74 101 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 Salary Pos Awards
1928 21 CHW AL 33 137 5 -1 0 2 -2 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .512 .502 0.6 0.1 6 $ 3
1929 22 CHW AL 100 393 5 -1 0 0 -4 0 0.0 12 13 1.3 .500 .500 1.2 -0.4 13 $ 3/4
1930 23 CHW AL 37 141 -8 1 0 -2 -2 -10 -0.9 4 -6 -0.5 .474 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $7,500 3
1930 23 WSH AL 38 91 3 -1 0 0 -1 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 $ 3
1932 25 BSN NL 82 328 -10 0 0 -1 -4 -14 -1.5 9 -5 -0.6 .482 .491 -0.4 -0.5 -4 $ 3
4 Seasons 290 1090 -5 -2 0 -1 -12 -19 -2.0 33 14 1.4 .493 .498 1.3 -1.2 15 $7,500
CHW (3 yrs) 170 671 2 -1 0 0 -7 -6 -0.5 21 15 1.6 .497 .499 1.4 -0.6 15 $7,500
WSH (1 yr) 38 91 3 -1 0 0 -1 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.3 -0.1 4 $
BSN (1 yr) 82 328 -10 0 0 -1 -4 -14 -1.5 9 -5 -0.6 .482 .491 -0.4 -0.5 -4 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 CHW AL 21 1B 32 32 27 313 282 28 3 22 .990 9.69 .990 10.42
1929 CHW AL 22 1B 90 88 78 881 815 58 8 78 .991 9.70 .993 10.22
1929 CHW AL 22 2B 3 0 0 11 6 4 1 1 .909 3.33 .968 5.90
1930 TOT AL 23 1B 54 50 47 504 468 26 10 37 .980 9.15 .989 10.00
1930 CHW AL 23 1B 33 33 31 339 317 15 7 18 .979 10.06 .989 10.00
1930 WSH AL 23 1B 21 17 16 165 151 11 3 19 .982 7.71 .989 10.00
1932 BSN NL 25 1B 80 80 73 772 715 48 9 61 .988 9.54 .990 10.19
4 Seasons 1B 256 250 225 2470 2280 160 30 198 .988 9.53 .991 10.19
1 Season 2B 3 0 0 11 6 4 1 1 .909 3.33 .968 5.90
4 Seasons TOT 259 250 225 2481 2286 164 31 199 .988 9.46 .991 10.14
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1929 AL  8 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1932 NL  .988 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1934), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS First Base (341st), 1.4 career WAR/1.4 7yr-peak WAR/1.4 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Ad Gumbert (961)
  6. Johnny Neun (960)
  7. Otto Schomberg (958)
  8. Doc Crandall (954)
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  10. Jack Bentley (952)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
193023Chicago White Sox$7,500Undated HOF clip
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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