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Tex Shirley
Alvis Newman Shirley
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 25, 1918 in Birthright, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1941
Final Game: September 21, 1946
Died: November 7, 1993 in DeSoto, TX
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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
1941 23 PHA AL 0 1 .000 2.45 5 0 4 0 0 1 7.1 8 4 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 35 171 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 1.2 0.17
1942 24 PHA AL 0 1 .000 5.30 15 1 7 0 0 1 35.2 37 30 21 0 22 10 2 0 0 162 71 1.654 9.3 0.0 5.6 2.5 0.45
1944 26 SLB AL 5 4 .556 4.15 23 11 6 2 1 0 80.1 59 45 37 4 64 35 1 0 2 360 87 1.531 6.6 0.4 7.2 3.9 0.55
1945 27 SLB AL 8 12 .400 3.63 32 24 5 10 2 0 183.2 191 79 74 8 93 77 1 0 5 808 97 1.546 9.4 0.4 4.6 3.8 0.83
1946 28 SLB AL 6 12 .333 4.96 27 18 4 7 0 0 139.2 148 89 77 7 105 45 1 0 0 656 75 1.811 9.5 0.5 6.8 2.9 0.43
5 Seasons 19 30 .388 4.25 102 54 26 19 3 2 446.2 443 247 211 20 290 168 5 0 7 2021 85 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .388 4.25 44 24 11 8 1 1 195 193 108 92 9 126 73 2 0 3 881 85 1.641 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.4 0.58
SLB (3 yrs) 19 28 .404 4.19 82 53 15 19 3 0 403.2 398 213 188 19 262 157 3 0 7 1824 86 1.635 8.9 0.4 5.8 3.5 0.60
PHA (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 4.81 20 1 11 0 0 2 43.0 45 34 23 1 28 11 2 0 0 197 80 1.698 9.4 0.2 5.9 2.3 0.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 26 SLB AL WS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
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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
1941 23 PHA AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 24 PHA AL 15 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1944 26 SLB AL 30 28 28 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 4 1 0 0 1
1945 27 SLB AL 43 73 70 7 20 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 11 .286 .296 .300 .596 70 21 0 1 2 1
1946 28 SLB AL 35 52 51 9 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .196 .196 .235 .431 18 12 0 0 1 1
5 Seasons 128 164 159 23 34 3 0 0 9 1 0 0 38 .214 .219 .233 .451 26 37 1 1 4
162 Game Avg. 162 208 201 29 43 4 0 0 11 1 0 0 48 .214 .219 .233 .451 26 47 1 1 5
SLB (3 yrs) 108 153 149 23 34 3 0 0 9 1 0 0 35 .228 .233 .248 .482 35 37 1 1 3
PHA (2 yrs) 20 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
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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
1941 PHA AL 23 P 5 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 .967 1.16
1942 PHA AL 24 P 15 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 1.30
1944 SLB AL 26 P 23 15 6 7 2 1 .867 0.57 .967 1.14
1945 SLB AL 27 P 32 41 8 31 2 3 .951 1.22 .956 1.28
1946 SLB AL 28 P 27 31 6 23 2 1 .935 1.07 .952 1.01
5 Seasons P 102 96 21 69 6 5 .938 0.88 .956 1.17
5 Seasons TOT 102 96 21 69 6 5 .938 0.88 .894 1.17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL--93--5th
1946 AL--105--4th

Losses s c a p y
1945 AL--12--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 AL--77--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1945 AL--5--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1853), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

August 17, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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Name and misspellings: Alvis Newman Tex Shirley

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