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Burt Shotton

Burton Edwin Shotton (Barney)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 18, 1884 in Brownhelm, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1909
Teams (by GP): Browns/Cardinals/Senators 1909-1923

Final Game: April 21, 1923
Died: July 29, 1962 in Lake Wales, FL
Buried: Lake Wales Cemetery, Lake Wales, FL
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Standard Batting

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
1909 24 SLB AL 17 71 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 3 5 8 .262 .328 .295 .623 103 18 1 4 O
1911 26 SLB AL 139 630 572 84 146 11 8 0 36 26 51 84 .255 .317 .302 .620 76 173 1 6 *O
1912 27 SLB AL 154 681 580 87 168 15 8 2 40 35 26 86 61 .290 .390 .353 .743 116 205 9 6 *O MVP-12
1913 28 SLB AL 147 655 549 105 163 23 8 1 28 43 99 63 .297 .405 .373 .779 131 205 1 6 *O MVP-14
1914 29 SLB AL 154 655 579 82 156 19 9 0 38 40 29 64 66 .269 .344 .333 .678 107 193 2 10 *O
1915 30 SLB AL 156 685 559 93 158 18 11 1 30 43 32 118 62 .283 .409 .360 .769 134 201 2 6 *O
1916 31 SLB AL 156 728 614 97 174 23 6 1 36 41 28 110 65 .283 .392 .345 .738 126 212 0 4 *O
1917 32 SLB AL 118 469 398 48 89 9 1 1 20 16 62 47 .224 .330 .259 .589 83 103 1 8 *O
1918 33 WSH AL 126 578 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 25 67 28 .261 .349 .321 .670 104 162 1 3 *O79/8
1919 34 STL NL 85 299 270 35 77 13 5 1 20 16 22 25 .285 .341 .381 .723 122 103 1 6 7O/9
1920 35 STL NL 62 202 180 28 41 5 0 1 12 5 1 18 14 .228 .305 .272 .577 68 49 2 3 O7/98
1921 36 STL NL 38 56 48 9 12 1 1 1 7 0 2 7 4 .250 .357 .375 .732 96 18 1 0 O8/7
1922 37 STL NL 34 34 30 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 6 .200 .294 .233 .527 40 7 0 0 /O879
1923 38 STL NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Yrs 1387 5743 4945 747 1338 154 65 9 290 293 119 713 533 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 1649 22 62
162 Game Avg. 162 671 578 87 156 18 8 1 34 34 83 62 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 193 3 7
SLB (8 yrs) 1041 4574 3912 601 1070 118 52 6 228 247 115 595 456 .274 .372 .335 .707 112 1310 17 50
STL (5 yrs) 220 591 528 78 136 20 6 3 41 21 4 51 49 .258 .328 .335 .663 95 177 4 9
WSH (1 yr) 126 578 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 25 67 28 .261 .349 .321 .670 104 162 1 3
AL (9 yrs) 1167 5152 4417 669 1202 134 59 6 249 272 115 662 484 .272 .369 .333 .702 111 1472 18 53
NL (5 yrs) 220 591 528 78 136 20 6 3 41 21 4 51 49 .258 .328 .335 .663 95 177 4 9

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
1909 24 SLB AL 17 71 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ O
1911 26 SLB AL 139 630 -17 -1 0 4 -4 -19 -1.9 22 3 0.3 .486 .488 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ *O
1912 27 SLB AL 154 681 18 -1 0 0 -4 13 1.3 23 36 3.7 .508 .508 3.6 -0.4 36 $ *O MVP-12
1913 28 SLB AL 147 655 24 0 0 2 -4 22 2.5 23 45 4.7 .517 .515 4.6 -0.3 43 $ *O MVP-14
1914 29 SLB AL 154 655 5 0 0 -2 -4 -0 -0.2 22 22 2.0 .500 .500 2.4 -0.8 24 $ *O
1915 30 SLB AL 156 685 28 -1 0 0 -8 18 2.0 24 42 4.3 .513 .513 4.3 -0.9 42 $ *O
1916 31 SLB AL 156 728 22 -0 0 5 -8 19 2.2 25 44 4.6 .515 .514 4.1 -0.4 39 $ *O
1917 32 SLB AL 118 469 -5 -1 0 -8 -6 -20 -2.4 16 -4 -0.8 .480 .485 0.2 -1.7 4 $ *O
1918 33 WSH AL 126 578 4 -0 0 6 -6 4 0.4 19 23 2.3 .503 .503 1.6 0.0 17 $ *O79/8
1919 34 STL NL 85 299 6 1 0 -4 -3 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .500 .500 1.3 -1.0 12 $ 7O/9
1920 35 STL NL 62 202 -6 1 0 -2 -2 -10 -1.1 6 -4 -0.5 .482 .493 -0.3 -0.5 -2 $ O7/98
1921 36 STL NL 38 56 0 -1 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O8/7
1922 37 STL NL 34 34 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .491 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /O879
1923 38 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
14 Seasons 1387 5743 76 -3 0 1 -51 22 2.1 193 216 21.4 .502 .501 21.7 -6.1 215 $
SLB (8 yrs) 1041 4574 74 -4 0 1 -39 33 3.4 157 190 19.0 .504 .503 19.2 -4.6 189 $
STL (5 yrs) 220 591 -2 1 0 -6 -6 -14 -1.7 17 3 0.1 .493 .498 0.9 -1.6 9 $
WSH (1 yr) 126 578 4 -0 0 6 -6 4 0.4 19 23 2.3 .503 .503 1.6 0.0 17 $

Advanced Batting

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
1909 24 SLB AL 71 49 6 3.3 68 .302 .262 .245 .328 .304 .295 .310 .623 .614 103 .530 0.3 0.0 .600 .164 .033 .0
1911 26 SLB AL 630 432 55 3.4 93 .299 .255 .276 .317 .342 .302 .363 .620 .705 76 .412 -18.2 -1.9 .589 .182 .047 .0
1912 27 SLB AL 681 444 77 4.6 88 .321 .290 .268 .390 .336 .353 .352 .743 .688 116 .584 17.2 1.8 .705 .228 .064 3.8
1913 28 SLB AL 655 392 83 5.7 85 .334 .297 .261 .405 .332 .373 .343 .779 .675 131 .693 27.5 3.0 .902 .335 .077 2.0
1914 29 SLB AL 655 462 64 3.7 79 .304 .269 .252 .344 .324 .333 .330 .678 .654 107 .558 5.8 0.7 .597 .193 .064 .0
1915 30 SLB AL 685 439 81 5.0 80 .317 .283 .251 .409 .328 .360 .329 .769 .657 134 .662 30.8 3.5 .767 .308 .077 2.0
1916 31 SLB AL 728 472 83 4.8 79 .316 .283 .251 .392 .324 .345 .328 .738 .652 126 .632 26.3 2.9 .716 .262 .062 2.0
1917 32 SLB AL 469 317 34 2.9 77 .251 .224 .250 .330 .321 .259 .324 .589 .645 83 .429 -5.0 -0.6 .589 .231 .035 1.9
1918 33 WSH AL 578 376 56 4.1 80 .277 .261 .258 .349 .329 .321 .329 .670 .658 104 .566 4.0 0.5 .684 .242 .059 .0
1919 34 STL NL 299 199 35 4.8 78 .311 .285 .258 .341 .312 .381 .340 .723 .651 122 .630 7.3 0.8 .736 .237 .096 1.9
1920 35 STL NL 202 143 15 2.9 89 .242 .228 .274 .305 .328 .272 .364 .577 .692 68 .365 -6.6 -0.7 .521 .167 .044 1.7
1921 36 STL NL 56 38 6 4.2 104 .256 .250 .294 .357 .344 .375 .405 .732 .749 96 .461 -0.0 0.0 .632 .229 .125 .0
1922 37 STL NL 34 25 2 2.1 108 .250 .200 .295 .294 .352 .233 .410 .527 .762 40 .179 -2.5 -0.2 .400 .133 .033
14 Yrs 5743 3788 597 4.2 83 .302 .271 .260 .365 .329 .333 .340 .698 .668 109 .573 87.0 9.8 .687 .242 .063 17.5
162 Game Avg. 671 442 70 4.2 83 .302 .271 .260 .365 .329 .333 .340 .698 .668 109 .573 10 1 .687 .242 .063 2
SLB (8 yrs) 4574 3007 483 4.3 83 .308 .274 .258 .372 .329 .335 .338 .707 .668 112 .582 84.7 9.5 .695 .247 .061 11.7
STL (5 yrs) 591 405 58 3.9 86 .279 .258 .269 .328 .323 .335 .358 .663 .681 95 .504 -1.8 -0.1 .629 .206 .078 5.3
WSH (1 yr) 578 376 56 4.1 80 .277 .261 .258 .349 .329 .321 .329 .670 .658 104 .567 4.0 0.5 .684 .242 .059 .0
AL (9 yrs) 5152 3383 539 4.3 83 .305 .272 .258 .369 .329 .333 .337 .702 .667 111 .580 88.8 10.0 .693 .247 .061 11.7
NL (5 yrs) 591 405 58 3.9 86 .279 .258 .269 .328 .323 .335 .358 .663 .681 95 .504 -1.8 -0.1 .629 .206 .078 5.3

Ratio Batting*

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
1918 33 WSH AL 578 0.0% 4.8% 11.6% 4.0% 17% 0.42 18.0 24.0 83%
1919 34 STL NL 299 0.3% 8.4% 7.4% 6.4% 25% 1.14 10.8 270.0 13.5 82%
1920 35 STL NL 202 0.5% 6.9% 8.9% 3.0% 15% 0.78 12.9 180.0 15.0 82%
1921 36 STL NL 56 1.8% 7.1% 12.5% 5.4% 25% 0.57 12.0 48.0 6.9 77%
1922 37 STL NL 34 0.0% 17.7% 11.8% 2.9% 17% 1.50 5.0 15.0 71%
14 Yrs 1169 0.8% 45.6% 61.0% 19.5% 17% 0.75 9.3 549.4 17.1 377%
MLB Averages 1.6% 25.0% 20.9% 14.4% 23% 1.20 9.5 154.6 9.5 213%

Cumulative Batting

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
1909 24 17 71 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 3 5 8 .262 .328 .295 .623 103 18 1 4
1910 25 17 71 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 3 5 8 .262 .328 .295 .623 103 18 1 4
1911 26 156 701 633 89 162 11 9 0 36 29 56 92 .256 .318 .302 .620 78 191 2 10
1912 27 310 1382 1213 176 330 26 17 2 76 64 26 142 153 .272 .354 .326 .680 97 396 11 16
1913 28 457 2037 1762 281 493 49 25 3 104 107 26 241 216 .280 .370 .341 .711 107 601 12 22
1914 29 611 2692 2341 363 649 68 34 3 142 147 55 305 282 .277 .364 .339 .703 107 794 14 32
1915 30 767 3377 2900 456 807 86 45 4 172 190 87 423 344 .278 .373 .343 .716 113 995 16 38
1916 31 923 4105 3514 553 981 109 51 5 208 231 115 533 409 .279 .377 .343 .720 115 1207 16 42
1917 32 1041 4574 3912 601 1070 118 52 6 228 247 115 595 456 .274 .372 .335 .707 112 1310 17 50
1918 33 1167 5152 4417 669 1202 134 59 6 249 272 115 662 484 .272 .369 .333 .702 111 1472 18 53
1919 34 1252 5451 4687 704 1279 147 64 7 269 288 115 684 509 .273 .368 .336 .704 112 1575 19 59
1920 35 1314 5653 4867 732 1320 152 64 8 281 293 116 702 523 .271 .365 .334 .699 110 1624 21 62
1921 36 1352 5709 4915 741 1332 153 65 9 288 293 118 709 527 .271 .365 .334 .699 110 1642 22 62
1922 37 1386 5743 4945 746 1338 154 65 9 290 293 119 713 533 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 1649 22 62
1923 38 1387 5743 4945 747 1338 154 65 9 290 293 119 713 533 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 1649 22 62

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1909 24 18 78 67 7 20 0 1 0 0 4 6 8 .299 .365 .328 .693 8 17
1911 26 146 663 602 89 154 12 8 0 38 27 54 88 .256 .318 .302 .620 58 139
1912 27 161 718 610 94 179 16 9 2 43 37 92 64 .293 .395 .359 .754 85 154
1913 28 155 715 594 128 188 27 9 1 34 50 114 66 .316 .427 .397 .825 101 147
1914 29 158 705 618 106 184 22 11 0 49 47 75 68 .298 .376 .369 .744 85 154
1915 30 163 743 600 113 181 21 13 1 36 49 135 65 .302 .431 .385 .816 99 156
1916 31 162 802 666 127 209 28 7 1 47 49 132 68 .314 .427 .381 .809 109 156
1917 32 123 512 428 63 107 11 1 1 26 19 75 49 .250 .363 .287 .650 45 118
1918 33 161 770 668 108 192 23 10 0 33 36 97 36 .287 .379 .352 .730 89 126
1919 34 98 365 327 52 104 18 7 1 30 22 30 29 .318 .377 .425 .802 52 85
1920 35 65 219 193 34 47 6 0 1 15 6 21 15 .244 .324 .290 .614 18 62
1921 36 40 58 50 9 12 1 1 1 7 0 7 4 .240 .345 .360 .705 6 38
1922 37 36 35 31 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .194 .286 .226 .512 2 34
13 Yrs 1486 6383 5454 935 1583 186 77 9 360 346 842 566 .290 .387 .358 .745 757 1386
162 Game Avg. 162 696 595 102 173 20 8 1 39 38 92 62 .290 .387 .358 .745 83 1386

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1912 AL (12, 9%)
1913 AL (14, 8%)
0.17 Career Shares (792nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1913 AL  4.7 (9th)
1915 AL  4.3 (6th)
1916 AL  4.6 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1913 AL  4.6 (7th)
1915 AL  4.3 (6th)
1916 AL  4.1 (8th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1912 AL  .390 (7th)
1913 AL  .405 (6th)
1915 AL  .409 (5th)
1916 AL  .392 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1913 AL  .779 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1912 AL  154 (2nd)
1914 AL  154 (9th)
1915 AL  156 (3rd)
1916 AL  156 (3rd)
1918 AL  126 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1911 AL  572 (6th)
1912 AL  580 (7th)
1913 AL  549 (10th)
1914 AL  579 (6th)
1916 AL  614 (1st)
1918 AL  505 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1912 AL  681 (3rd)
1913 AL  655 (6th)
1914 AL  655 (8th)
1915 AL  685 (5th)
1916 AL  728 (1st)
1918 AL  578 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1913 AL  105 (4th)
1914 AL  82 (9th)
1915 AL  93 (7th)
1916 AL  97 (4th)
1918 AL  68 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1914 AL  156 (9th)
1915 AL  158 (10th)
1916 AL  174 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1912 AL  86 (4th)
1913 AL  99 (1st)
1915 AL  118 (2nd)
1916 AL  110 (1st)
1917 AL  62 (10th)
1918 AL  67 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1911 AL  84 (4th)
1912 AL  61 (9th)
1913 AL  63 (4th)
1914 AL  66 (8th)
1916 AL  65 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1912 AL  35 (10th)
1913 AL  43 (7th)
1914 AL  40 (4th)
1915 AL  43 (4th)
1916 AL  41 (3rd)
1918 AL  25 (7th)
Career  293 (165th)

Singles s c a p y
1912 AL  143 (8th)
1913 AL  131 (7th)
1914 AL  128 (6th)
1915 AL  128 (8th)
1916 AL  144 (3rd)
1918 AL  109 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1913 AL  131 (10th)
1915 AL  134 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1913 AL  83 (8th)
1915 AL  81 (7th)
1916 AL  83 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1912 AL  17 (10th)
1913 AL  27 (7th)
1915 AL  31 (6th)
1916 AL  26 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1912 AL  1.8 (10th)
1913 AL  3.0 (7th)
1915 AL  3.5 (6th)
1916 AL  2.9 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1912 AL  263 (5th)
1913 AL  263 (3rd)
1914 AL  222 (8th)
1915 AL  278 (3rd)
1916 AL  284 (2nd)
1918 AL  200 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1913 AL  .693 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1912 AL  9 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1912 AL  26 (7th)
1914 AL  29 (5th)
1915 AL  32 (2nd)
1916 AL  28 (1st)
Career  119 (59th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1911 AL  432 (4th)
1912 AL  444 (9th)
1914 AL  462 (7th)
1916 AL  472 (4th)
1918 AL  376 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1919 NL  born 1884-10-18 (10th)
1920 NL  born 1884-10-18 (7th)
1921 NL  born 1884-10-18 (5th)
1922 NL  born 1884-10-18 (3rd)
1923 NL  born 1884-10-18 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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