Chris Short
J. Christopher Short
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 19, 1937 in Milford, DE
Signed
by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1959
Final Game: September 18, 1973
Died: August 1, 1991 in Wilmington, DE
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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
1959 21 PHI NL 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 22 PHI NL 42 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 23 PHI NL 40 45 37 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 10 .162 .184 .162 .346 -6 6 2 0 7 0 0 1/2
1962 24 PHI NL 48 41 36 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .216 .278 .494 34 10 0 0 4 1 0 1
1963 25 PHI NL 38 70 66 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 .106 .106 .136 .242 -30 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1964 26 PHI NL 44 75 65 4 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 18 .108 .119 .138 .258 -27 9 1 0 8 1 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1965 27 PHI NL 47 108 99 2 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 .131 .140 .131 .271 -22 13 1 1 8 0 0 1
1966 28 PHI NL 42 108 106 6 22 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 31 .208 .215 .217 .432 21 23 2 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-28
1967 29 PHI NL 29 73 66 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 20 .091 .130 .106 .236 -32 7 1 1 4 0 0 1 AS
1968 30 PHI NL 43 91 79 7 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 18 .152 .181 .165 .345 5 13 2 1 8 1 0 1
1969 31 PHI NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 32 PHI NL 36 70 61 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .049 .063 .049 .113 -69 3 3 0 7 1 0 1
1971 33 PHI NL 31 60 48 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 18 .083 .185 .083 .269 -21 4 1 0 6 0 0 1
1972 34 PHI NL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 35 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 465 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 270 243 10 31 2 1 0 8 0 0 5 69 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 34 5 1 20 1 0
PHI (14 yrs) 464 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
MIL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 464 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
AL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1959 21 PHI NL 6 6 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .271 .000 .338 .000 .420 .000 .757 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1960 22 PHI NL 25 25 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .263 .000 .329 .000 .404 .000 .733 -100 .000 -6.9 -0.7 .000 .000 .000
1961 23 PHI NL 45 40 1 0.7 104 .222 .162 .268 .184 .334 .162 .417 .346 .751 -6 .028 -5.7 -0.6 .242 .054 .000 .0
1962 24 PHI NL 41 33 2 1.6 100 .235 .222 .266 .216 .333 .278 .404 .494 .737 34 .131 -3.3 -0.3 .357 .056 .056
1963 25 PHI NL 70 63 1 0.4 88 .135 .106 .253 .106 .315 .136 .378 .242 .693 -30 .017 -11.2 -1.2 .153 .030 .030
1964 26 PHI NL 75 68 1 0.4 93 .146 .108 .262 .119 .320 .138 .389 .258 .709 -27 .013 -11.1 -1.2 .169 .046 .031
1965 27 PHI NL 108 95 2 0.6 92 .186 .131 .256 .140 .319 .131 .387 .271 .706 -22 .026 -16.1 -1.7 .161 .000 .000
1966 28 PHI NL 108 87 5 1.6 96 .293 .208 .265 .215 .323 .217 .399 .432 .722 21 .137 -11.6 -1.2 .279 .019 .009
1967 29 PHI NL 73 65 1 0.4 91 .130 .091 .259 .130 .322 .106 .380 .236 .702 -32 .016 -11.4 -1.3 .164 .045 .015
1968 30 PHI NL 91 78 3 1.0 81 .194 .152 .252 .181 .310 .165 .355 .345 .666 5 .094 -9.3 -1.1 .232 .038 .013
1969 31 PHI NL 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .000 .327 .000 .381 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1970 32 PHI NL 70 69 0 0.0 102 .071 .049 .265 .063 .337 .049 .404 .113 .741 -69 .000 -14.6 -1.5 .066 .016 .000
1971 33 PHI NL 60 51 1 0.5 92 .133 .083 .260 .185 .326 .083 .380 .269 .706 -21 .023 -7.8 -0.8 .222 .125 .000
15 Seasons 775 683 17 0.7 93 .175 .126 .260 .146 .323 .139 .388 .285 .711 -19 .034 -111.4 -11.9 .185 .034 .013 .0
162 Game Avg. 270 238 6 0.7 93 .175 .126 .260 .146 .323 .139 .388 .285 .711 -19 .034 -111.4 -11.9 .185 .034 .013

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 21 PHI NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1960 22 PHI NL 25 0.0% 52.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9 5.00 48%
1961 23 PHI NL 45 0.0% 22.2% 2.2% 0.0% 0% 10.00 3.7 18.5 4.00 60%
1962 24 PHI NL 41 0.0% 7.3% 0.0% 4.9% 25% 12.0 18.0 1.82 83%
1963 25 PHI NL 70 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.4% 14% 4.7 2.57 74%
1964 26 PHI NL 75 0.0% 24.0% 1.3% 1.3% 14% 18.00 3.6 16.3 2.06 64%
1965 27 PHI NL 108 0.0% 26.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 99.0 4.00 65%
1966 28 PHI NL 108 0.0% 28.7% 0.9% 0.9% 5% 31.00 3.4 26.5 2.69 69%
1967 29 PHI NL 73 0.0% 27.4% 2.7% 1.4% 17% 10.00 3.3 13.2 2.13 63%
1968 30 PHI NL 91 0.0% 19.8% 2.2% 1.1% 8% 9.00 4.4 19.8 2.59 68%
1969 31 PHI NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1970 32 PHI NL 70 0.0% 28.6% 1.4% 0.0% 0% 20.00 3.1 30.5 4.44 60%
1971 33 PHI NL 60 0.0% 30.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.7 5.40 50%
15 Seasons 775 0.0% 25.6% 1.8% 0.9% 8% 14.14 3.5 29.0 2.95 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1959 21 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 PHI NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 23 PHI NL 1 0 14% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 24 PHI NL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 25 PHI NL 1 3 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 43% 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 26 PHI NL 2 0 50% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 27 PHI NL 2 1 14% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 28 PHI NL 1 0 26% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18% 9 7 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1967 29 PHI NL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1968 30 PHI NL 1 2 47% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1969 31 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 32 PHI NL 1 3 0% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 33 PHI NL 1 1 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1973 35 MIL AL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 10 11 28% 197 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 25% 37 28 8 3 3 0 9 5 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1959 21 PHI NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 PHI NL 25 28% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1961 23 PHI NL 45 36% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 12 2 17% 14 5 36% 33 2 6% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 0
1962 24 PHI NL 41 63% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 11 4 36% 23 2 9% 1 1 100% 6 4 67% 0
1963 25 PHI NL 73 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 50 1 2% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1964 26 PHI NL 75 37% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 20 1 5% 16 5 31% 54 4 7% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1965 27 PHI NL 109 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 19 1 5% 21 5 24% 60 1 2% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1966 28 PHI NL 108 41% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 21 2 10% 20 2 10% 84 5 6% 10 3 30% 3 3 100% 0
1967 29 PHI NL 73 32% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 12 1 8% 16 3 19% 53 5 9% 6 2 33% 6 3 50% 0
1968 30 PHI NL 93 45% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% 22 2 9% 24 6 25% 58 4 7% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 0
1969 31 PHI NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 32 PHI NL 73 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 16 3 19% 20 5 25% 53 2 4% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1971 33 PHI NL 61 28% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 9 1 11% 10 3 30% 39 1 3% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1973 35 MIL AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 786 36% 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 86 57 66% 150 13 9% 167 40 24% 525 27 5% 45 14 31% 32 15 47% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 21 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 22 45 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 23 85 76 68 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 25 .088 .101 .088 .190 -48 6 2 0 7 0 0
1962 24 133 117 104 3 14 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 28 .135 .142 .154 .295 -20 16 2 0 11 1 0
1963 25 171 187 170 6 21 2 1 0 4 1 0 1 42 .124 .128 .147 .275 -24 25 2 0 15 1 0
1964 26 215 262 235 10 28 2 2 0 8 1 0 2 60 .119 .126 .145 .270 -25 34 3 0 23 2 0
1965 27 262 370 334 12 41 2 2 0 9 1 0 2 89 .123 .130 .141 .271 -24 47 4 1 31 2 0
1966 28 304 478 440 18 63 3 2 0 13 1 0 3 120 .143 .150 .159 .309 -13 70 6 1 32 2 0
1967 29 333 551 506 18 69 4 2 0 18 1 0 5 140 .136 .148 .152 .300 -15 77 7 2 36 2 0
1968 30 376 642 585 25 81 5 2 0 22 1 0 7 158 .138 .152 .154 .306 -13 90 9 3 44 3 0
1969 31 378 645 588 25 81 5 2 0 22 1 0 7 160 .138 .151 .153 .304 -13 90 9 3 44 3 0
1970 32 414 715 649 25 84 5 2 0 24 1 0 8 180 .129 .143 .143 .286 -19 93 12 3 51 4 0
1971 33 445 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
1972 34 464 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0
1973 35 465 775 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 1 0 14 198 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 97 13 3 57 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 21 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1960 22 44 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
1961 23 42 39 38 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 10 .158 .179 .158 .337 1 40
1962 24 48 37 36 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 48
1963 25 38 66 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 38
1964 26 44 67 65 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 18 .108 .119 .138 .258 1 44
1965 27 47 99 98 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 .000 .010 .000 .010 2 47
1966 28 42 107 106 6 22 1 0 0 4 0 1 31 .208 .215 .217 .432 5 42
1967 29 29 70 67 0 7 1 0 0 5 0 2 20 .104 .143 .119 .262 1 29
1968 30 43 85 81 8 14 1 0 0 5 0 2 18 .173 .200 .185 .385 3 43
1969 31 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1970 32 36 63 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .000 .016 .000 .016 0 36
1971 33 31 57 49 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 .102 .228 .102 .330 1 31
13 Seasons 449 725 702 28 61 3 1 0 22 1 16 199 .087 .110 .094 .204 17 445
162 Game Avg. 162 262 253 10 22 1 0 0 8 0 6 72 .087 .110 .094 .204 6 445

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1964 *
1967 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-NL-23-1%
1966-NL-28-0%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

                           
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