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 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
1909	SLB	AL	24	OF	17				47	41	2	4	0	.915		2.53	.951		1.85	2-15-0
1911	SLB	AL	26	OF	139				397	356	21	20	2	.950		2.71	.950		1.99	18-121-0
1912	SLB	AL	27	OF	154				426	381	20	25	7	.941		2.60	.951		2.04	0-154-0	MVP-12
1913	SLB	AL	28	OF	146				406	357	29	20	11	.951		2.64	.953		2.01	0-146-0	MVP-14
1914	SLB	AL	29	OF	152				398	359	15	24	4	.940		2.46	.956		2.00	0-152-0
1915	SLB	AL	30	OF	154				333	295	15	23	4	.931		2.01	.958		2.05	138-5-11
1916	SLB	AL	31	OF	156				402	357	25	20	6	.950		2.45	.963		2.12	156-0-0
1917	SLB	AL	32	OF	107				208	182	10	16	6	.923		1.79	.967		2.22	107-0-0
1918	WSH	AL	33	OF	122	122	119		310	277	15	18	7	.942		2.39	.962		2.26	67-1-54
1918	WSH	AL	33	LF	68	66	65		176	159	7	10	1	.943		2.44	.961		2.20
1918	WSH	AL	33	RF	55	55	53		135	118	8	9	6	.933		2.29	.955		1.98
1918	WSH	AL	33	CF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.965		2.60
1919	STL	NL	34	LF	67	65	60		123	104	10	9	1	.927		1.70	.966		2.21
1919	STL	NL	34	OF	67	65	60		123	104	10	9	1	.927		1.70	.964		2.26
1919	STL	NL	34	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
1920	STL	NL	35	OF	51	43	37		98	85	9	4	2	.959		1.84	.964		2.34
1920	STL	NL	35	LF	42	39	33		89	77	9	3	2	.966		2.05	.967		2.18
1920	STL	NL	35	RF	6	4	4		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		0.83	.960		2.08
1920	STL	NL	35	CF	2	0	0		4	3	0	1	0	.750		1.50	.962		2.75
1921	STL	NL	36	OF	11	8	6		24	21	2	1	1	.958		2.09	.965		2.40
1921	STL	NL	36	CF	10	7	5		19	16	2	1	1	.947		1.80	.967		2.78
1921	STL	NL	36	LF	1	1	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		5.00	.964		2.40
1922	STL	NL	37	OF	3	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.33	.960		2.40
1922	STL	NL	37	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.80
1922	STL	NL	37	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1922	STL	NL	37	RF	1	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.20
	13 Seasons			OF	1279	239	222		3173	2816	173	184	51	.942		2.34	.957		2.10	667-608-128
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	179	171	159		393	345	26	22	4	.944		2.07	.964		2.20
	4 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	63	60	57		141	124	8	9	6	.936		2.10	.955		1.99
	4 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	14	8	6		25	21	2	2	1	.920		1.64	.966		2.76
	14 Seasons			TOT	1279	239	222		3173	2816	173	184	51	.942		2.34	.957		2.10	667-608-128
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1909	SLB	AL	24	17		17		2	15	0	17
1911	SLB	AL	26	139		139		18	121	0	139
1912	SLB	AL	27	154		154		0	154	0	154
1913	SLB	AL	28	147		147		0	146	0	146
1914	SLB	AL	29	154		154		0	152	0	152
1915	SLB	AL	30	156		156		138	5	11	154
1916	SLB	AL	31	156		156		156	0	0	156
1917	SLB	AL	32	118		118		107	0	0	107
1918	WSH	AL	33	126		126		67	1	54	122
1919	STL	NL	34	85	65	85	67	67	0	1	67	17	2
1920	STL	NL	35	62	43	62	49	42	2	6	49	8	5
1921	STL	NL	36	38	8	38	11	1	10	0	11	24	4
1922	STL	NL	37	34	1	34	3	1	1	1	3	29	2
1923	STL	NL	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	14 Seasons			1387	117	1387	130	599	607	73	1277	78	14

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1912 AL (12, 9%) 1913 AL (14, 8%) 0.17 Career Shares (792nd)	Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1919 NL 10 (4th)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 10 (1st) 1919 NL 9 (2nd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 9 (3rd)
Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1912 AL 154 (1st) 1914 AL 152 (4th) 1915 AL 154 (3rd) 1916 AL 156 (1st) 1918 AL 122 (5th)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1911 AL 356 (2nd) 1912 AL 381 (1st) 1913 AL 357 (2nd) 1914 AL 359 (2nd) 1916 AL 357 (3rd) 1918 AL 277 (3rd)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1913 AL 29 (2nd) 1916 AL 25 (2nd) Career 173 (81st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1911 AL 20 (3rd) 1912 AL 25 (1st) 1913 AL 20 (5th) 1914 AL 24 (1st) 1915 AL 23 (1st) 1916 AL 20 (1st) 1917 AL 16 (2nd) 1918 AL 18 (1st) Career 184 (42nd)
Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1918 AL 2.44 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1911 AL 2.71 (2nd) 1912 AL 2.60 (2nd) 1913 AL 2.64 (2nd) 1914 AL 2.46 (2nd)	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)

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