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Burt Shotton
Burton Edwin Shotton (Barney)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 18, 1884 in Brownhelm, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1909
Final Game: April 21, 1923
Died: July 29, 1962 in Lake Wales, FL
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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
1909 24 SLB AL 17 71 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 3 5 .262 .328 .295 .623 103 18 1 4 O
1911 26 SLB AL 139 630 572 84 146 11 8 0 36 26 51 .255 .317 .302 .620 76 173 1 6 *O
1912 27 SLB AL 154 681 580 87 168 15 8 2 40 35 86 .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 47 89 9 1 1 20 16 62 47 .224 .330 .259 .589 83 103 1 8 *O
1918 33 WSH AL 126 576 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 25 67 28 .261 .349 .321 .670 103 162 1 3 *O
1919 34 STL NL 85 299 270 35 77 13 5 1 20 16 22 25 .285 .341 .381 .723 123 103 1 6 O
1920 35 STL NL 62 203 180 28 41 5 0 1 12 5 1 18 14 .228 .305 .272 .577 68 49 2 3 O
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 O
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 /O
1923 38 STL NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 1387 5742 4945 746 1338 154 65 9 290 293 93 713 380 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 1649 22 62
162 Game Avg. 162 671 578 87 156 18 8 1 34 34 83 .271 .365 .333 .698 109 193 3 7
SLB (8 yrs) 1041 4574 3912 600 1070 118 52 6 228 247 89 595 303 .274 .372 .335 .707 112 1310 17 50
STL (5 yrs) 220 592 528 78 136 20 6 3 41 21 4 51 49 .258 .328 .335 .663 96 177 4 9
WSH (1 yr) 126 576 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 25 67 28 .261 .349 .321 .670 103 162 1 3
AL (9 yrs) 1167 5150 4417 668 1202 134 59 6 249 272 89 662 331 .272 .369 .333 .702 111 1472 18 53
NL (5 yrs) 220 592 528 78 136 20 6 3 41 21 4 51 49 .258 .328 .335 .663 96 177 4 9

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1909 SLB AL 24 OF 17 47 41 2 4 0 .915 2.53 .953 1.80 2-15-0
1911 SLB AL 26 OF 139 397 356 21 20 2 .950 2.71 .950 1.93 18-121-0
1912 SLB AL 27 OF 154 426 381 20 25 7 .941 2.60 .951 1.98 0-154-0 MVP-12
1913 SLB AL 28 OF 146 406 357 29 20 11 .951 2.64 .953 1.95 0-146-0 MVP-14
1914 SLB AL 29 OF 152 398 359 15 24 4 .940 2.46 .957 1.92 0-152-0
1915 SLB AL 30 OF 154 333 295 15 23 4 .931 2.01 .959 1.98 138-5-11
1916 SLB AL 31 OF 156 402 357 25 20 6 .950 2.45 .963 2.03 156-0-0
1917 SLB AL 32 OF 107 208 182 10 16 6 .923 1.79 .968 2.14 107-0-0
1918 WSH AL 33 OF 122 310 277 15 18 6 .942 2.39 .963 2.17 67-1-54
1919 STL NL 34 OF 67 123 104 10 9 2 .927 1.70 .965 2.18 67-0-0
1920 STL NL 35 OF 51 98 85 9 4 2 .959 1.84 .964 2.21 41-2-6
1921 STL NL 36 OF 11 24 21 2 1 1 .958 2.09 .967 2.24 1-10-0
1922 STL NL 37 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 2.27 1-1-1
13 Seasons OF 1279 3173 2816 173 184 51 .942 2.34 .958 2.02 598-607-72
14 Seasons TOT 1279 3173 2816 173 184 51 .942 2.34 .900 2.02 598-607-72

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 (772nd)

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--576--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
1913 AL--63--4th
1914 AL--66--8th
1916 AL--65--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1912 AL--35--9th
1913 AL--43--7th
1914 AL--40--4th
1915 AL--43--4th
1916 AL--41--3rd
1918 AL--25--7th
Career--293--157th

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--28--7th
1915 AL--31--5th
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--5th
1916 AL--3.0--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
1914 AL--29--5th
1915 AL--32--2nd
1916 AL--28--1st
Career--93--132nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1911 AL--432--4th
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

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Black InkBatting - 5 (396), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (419), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (894), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 1, 1909: Drafted by the St. Louis Browns from Steubenville (Ohio-Pennsylvania) in the 1909 rule 5 draft.

December 15, 1917: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Doc Lavan to the Washington Senators for Bert Gallia and $15,000.

February 1, 1919: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Washington Senators.

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