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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
1915 23 BOS AL 6 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .286 .500 51 4 0 0 /O
1916 24 BOS AL 53 123 112 14 33 2 1 0 11 1 0 10 8 .295 .352 .330 .683 104 37 0 1 O
1917 25 BOS AL 69 188 168 12 30 4 2 0 16 2 10 10 .179 .229 .226 .455 39 38 1 9 O
1919 27 DET AL 95 313 270 37 85 9 3 0 22 5 22 13 .315 .366 .370 .737 109 100 0 21 O98/7
1920 28 DET AL 116 410 364 35 105 9 6 1 40 2 4 28 14 .288 .339 .354 .694 86 129 0 18 O98
1921 29 DET AL 92 243 217 33 59 11 3 0 23 2 3 20 11 .272 .333 .350 .684 75 76 0 6 O89/7
1922 30 SLB AL 55 152 131 22 36 12 5 2 16 0 1 16 8 .275 .354 .489 .842 114 64 0 5 O89/7
1924 32 CIN NL 41 75 69 7 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .275 .315 .319 .634 71 22 0 2 O7/9
8 Seasons 527 1518 1345 161 370 51 20 3 134 12 8 110 68 .275 .330 .349 .680 87 470 1 62
162 Game Avg. 162 467 413 49 114 16 6 1 41 4 34 21 .275 .330 .349 .680 87 144 0 19
BOS (3 yrs) 128 325 294 27 66 7 3 0 27 3 0 20 20 .224 .276 .269 .545 65 79 1 10
DET (3 yrs) 303 966 851 105 249 29 12 1 85 9 7 70 38 .293 .346 .358 .705 90 305 0 45
CIN (1 yr) 41 75 69 7 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .275 .315 .319 .634 71 22 0 2
SLB (1 yr) 55 152 131 22 36 12 5 2 16 0 1 16 8 .275 .354 .489 .842 114 64 0 5
AL (7 yrs) 486 1443 1276 154 351 48 20 3 128 12 8 106 66 .275 .331 .351 .682 88 448 1 60
NL (1 yr) 41 75 69 7 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .275 .315 .319 .634 71 22 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1915 23 BOS AL 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
1916 24 BOS AL 123 1 0 0 0 -3 -1 4 1 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ O
1917 25 BOS AL 188 -12 0 0 0 0 -2 6 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.8 -0.2 $ O
1919 27 DET AL 313 4 0 0 0 -1 -3 10 10 1.1 11 1.2 -0.1 $ O98/7
1920 28 DET AL 410 -7 -1 0 0 0 -4 13 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O98
1921 29 DET AL 243 -9 0 0 0 -3 -2 8 -6 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ O89/7
1922 30 SLB AL 152 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ O89/7
1924 32 CIN NL 75 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ O7/9
8 Seasons 1518 -26 -1 0 0 -9 -14 48 -2 -0.2 7 0.8 -1.0 $
BOS (3 yrs) 325 -12 0 0 0 -3 -3 10 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $
DET (3 yrs) 966 -12 -1 0 0 -4 -9 31 5 0.6 9 1.0 -0.4 $
CIN (1 yr) 75 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $
SLB (1 yr) 152 1 0 0 0 0 -1 5 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1916 24 BOS AL WS BRO W 2 8 7 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 .571 .571 .571 1.143 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 8 7 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 .571 .571 .571 1.143 4 0 0 1 0 0

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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 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dee Miles (980)
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  5. Jim Norris (967)
  6. Paul Dade (966)
  7. Art Griggs (966)
  8. Estel Crabtree (963)
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  10. Vern Duncan (963)
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  3. Dave Gallagher (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Gallagher (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Orlando Palmeiro (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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