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Chick Shorten

Charles Henry Shorten

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 19, 1892 in Scranton, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1915
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Browns/Reds 1915-1924

Final Game: September 24, 1924
Died: October 23, 1965 in Scranton, PA
Buried: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clarks Summit, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1915 BOS AL 23 OF 5 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 .959 2.04 0-4-1
1916 BOS AL 24 OF 33 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 .963 2.12 13-19-1
1917 BOS AL 25 OF 43 86 82 2 2 0 .977 1.95 .967 2.22 16-20-7
1919 DET AL 27 OF 75 71 66 149 143 2 4 2 .973 1.93 .958 2.26
1919 DET AL 27 RF 56 54 49 103 98 1 4 1 .961 1.77 .951 1.94
1919 DET AL 27 CF 18 16 16 46 45 1 0 1 1.000 2.56 .961 2.64
1919 DET AL 27 LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1920 DET AL 28 OF 99 98 87 184 168 14 2 4 .989 1.84 .962 2.25
1920 DET AL 28 RF 65 64 54 103 91 10 2 4 .981 1.55 .958 1.91
1920 DET AL 28 CF 36 34 33 81 77 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 .966 2.55
1921 DET AL 29 OF 51 42 39 106 101 3 2 2 .981 2.04 .960 2.33
1921 DET AL 29 CF 36 32 32 90 87 2 1 1 .989 2.47 .962 2.67
1921 DET AL 29 RF 12 8 7 13 11 1 1 1 .923 1.00 .958 1.96
1921 DET AL 29 LF 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .957 2.37
1922 SLB AL 30 OF 31 27 25 60 58 2 0 1 1.000 1.94 .964 2.31
1922 SLB AL 30 CF 14 13 11 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.21 .968 2.70
1922 SLB AL 30 RF 11 9 9 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.18 .954 1.85
1922 SLB AL 30 LF 7 5 5 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.29 .969 2.40
1924 CIN NL 32 OF 15 10 9 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 .965 2.39
1924 CIN NL 32 LF 11 7 6 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .964 2.26
1924 CIN NL 32 RF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 2.05
8 Seasons OF 352 248 226 652 617 25 10 9 .985 1.82 .962 2.26 51-147-157
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 148 138 122 235 216 12 7 6 .970 1.54 .955 1.92
4 Seasons (incomplete) CF 104 95 92 248 239 8 1 2 .996 2.38 .964 2.63
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 22 15 12 30 28 2 0 1 1.000 1.36 .966 2.32
8 Seasons TOT 352 248 226 652 617 25 10 9 .985 1.82 .962 2.26 51-147-157
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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-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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1915 BOS AL 23 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 0
1916 BOS AL 24 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 19 1 33 0
1917 BOS AL 25 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 20 7 43 0
1919 DET AL 27 95 71 95 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 56 75 0 20 0
1920 DET AL 28 116 98 116 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 65 99 0 17 0
1921 DET AL 29 92 42 92 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 12 51 0 42 0
1922 SLB AL 30 55 27 55 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 11 31 0 23 1
1924 CIN NL 32 41 10 41 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4 15 0 25 1
8 Seasons 527 248 527 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 147 157 352 0 127 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  .989 (1st)

                                         

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