George Shuba
George Thomas Shuba (Shotgun)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 13, 1924 in Youngstown, OH
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1948
Final Game: September 25, 1955
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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
1948 23 BRO NL 63 199 161 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .267 .395 .379 .774 108 61 2 0 4 O
1949 24 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1950 25 BRO NL 34 126 111 15 23 8 2 3 12 2 13 22 .207 .302 .396 .698 80 44 1 2 0 O
1952 27 BRO NL 94 294 256 40 78 12 1 9 40 1 3 38 29 .305 .395 .465 .859 136 119 8 0 0 O MVP-31
1953 28 BRO NL 74 189 169 19 43 12 1 5 23 1 2 17 20 .254 .326 .426 .752 92 72 5 1 2 O
1954 29 BRO NL 45 75 65 3 10 5 0 2 10 0 0 7 10 .154 .240 .323 .563 43 21 1 1 0 2 /79
1955 30 BRO NL 44 64 51 8 14 2 0 1 8 0 0 11 10 .275 .422 .373 .794 111 19 2 2 0 0 1 /79
7 Seasons 355 948 814 106 211 45 4 24 125 5 5 120 122 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 336 19 6 6 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 433 371 48 96 21 2 11 57 2 55 56 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 153 9 3 3

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
1948 23 BRO NL 199 124 24 5.1 104 .310 .267 .272 .395 .347 .379 .403 .774 .750 108 .566 3.4 0.3 .800 .329 .112 1.6
1949 24 BRO NL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .275 .000 .349 .000 .412 .000 .761 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1950 25 BRO NL 126 89 13 3.9 110 .233 .207 .272 .302 .349 .396 .422 .698 .771 80 .413 -3.4 -0.3 .685 .324 .189 2.4
1952 27 BRO NL 294 189 46 6.5 98 .317 .305 .263 .395 .336 .465 .391 .859 .727 136 .695 13.9 1.4 .820 .301 .160 1.8
1953 28 BRO NL 189 135 23 4.5 112 .264 .254 .278 .326 .349 .426 .433 .752 .782 92 .469 -2.0 -0.2 .669 .266 .172 1.7
1954 29 BRO NL 75 58 5 2.3 112 .145 .154 .279 .240 .351 .323 .431 .563 .782 43 .208 -5.6 -0.5 .518 .277 .169 .0
1955 30 BRO NL 64 39 9 6.2 109 .325 .275 .270 .422 .342 .373 .428 .794 .769 111 .624 1.6 0.2 .821 .314 .098 .0
7 Seasons 948 635 120 5.0 106 .279 .259 .271 .358 .344 .413 .412 .771 .756 104 .551 7.6 0.9 .737 .301 .154 8.3
162 Game Avg. 433 290 55 5.0 106 .279 .259 .271 .358 .344 .413 .412 .771 .756 104 .551 3 0 .737 .301 .154 4

Postseason Batting

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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
1952 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .400 .700 4 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 BRO NL WS NYY W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 7 12 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 12 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 8 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
1948 23 BRO NL 199 2.0% 15.6% 17.1% 5.0% 23% 0.91 5.2 40.3 5.0 63%
1949 24 BRO NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1950 25 BRO NL 126 2.4% 17.5% 10.3% 10.3% 57% 1.69 5.0 37.0 9.3 68%
1952 27 BRO NL 294 3.1% 9.9% 12.9% 7.5% 28% 0.76 8.8 28.4 6.4 74%
1953 28 BRO NL 189 2.7% 10.6% 9.0% 9.5% 42% 1.18 8.5 33.8 7.3 76%
1954 29 BRO NL 75 2.7% 13.3% 9.3% 9.3% 70% 1.43 6.5 32.5 6.5 0.78 73%
1955 30 BRO NL 64 1.6% 15.6% 17.2% 4.7% 21% 0.91 5.1 51.0 6.4 1.50 63%
7 Seasons 948 2.5% 12.9% 12.7% 7.7% 35% 1.02 6.7 33.9 6.5 1.00 71%
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
1954 29 BRO NL 0 1 6% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 BRO NL 0 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 2
7 Seasons 0 1 26% 32 5 5 71% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 56% 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 2
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
1954 29 BRO NL 76 97% 10 30 5 2 4 2.00 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 5% 12 3 25% 71 8 11% 8 3 38% 2 1 50% 0
1955 30 BRO NL 64 98% 14 29 11 0 4 1.55 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 15 2 13% 8 2 25% 50 7 14% 6 1 17% 7 3 43% 0
7 Seasons 140 98% 211 59 16 2 8 1.77 24 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 1 6 600% 34 19 56% 20 5 25% 121 15 12% 14 4 29% 9 4 44% 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
1948 23 63 199 161 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .267 .395 .379 .774 108 61 2 0 4
1949 24 64 200 162 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .265 .393 .377 .769 107 61 2 0 4
1950 25 98 326 273 36 66 14 2 7 44 3 47 53 .242 .357 .385 .742 96 105 3 2 4
1951 26 98 326 273 36 66 14 2 7 44 3 47 53 .242 .357 .385 .742 96 105 3 2 4
1952 27 192 620 529 76 144 26 3 16 84 4 3 85 82 .272 .375 .423 .798 115 224 11 2 4
1953 28 266 809 698 95 187 38 4 21 107 5 5 102 102 .268 .364 .424 .788 109 296 16 3 6
1954 29 311 884 763 98 197 43 4 23 117 5 5 109 112 .258 .353 .415 .769 104 317 17 4 6 2
1955 30 355 948 814 106 211 45 4 24 125 5 5 120 122 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 336 19 6 6 2 1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1948 23 66 202 167 21 44 6 0 4 32 1 35 32 .263 .391 .371 .762 24 63
1949 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1950 25 36 130 115 15 23 8 2 3 12 2 13 23 .200 .292 .383 .675 13 34
1952 27 98 309 269 44 83 13 1 10 44 1 40 30 .309 .398 .476 .874 50 94
1953 28 77 189 172 17 41 11 1 5 21 1 16 21 .238 .307 .401 .708 21 74
1954 29 47 80 69 3 11 6 0 2 11 0 8 11 .159 .250 .333 .583 5 45
1955 30 46 68 54 8 15 2 0 1 8 0 12 11 .278 .426 .370 .797 8 44
7 Seasons 371 979 847 108 217 46 4 25 128 5 124 128 .256 .354 .409 .763 121 355
162 Game Avg. 162 427 370 47 95 20 2 11 56 2 54 56 .256 .354 .409 .763 53 355

* 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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-31-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

                                          

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1681), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: George gearge George goerge Shotgun Thomas Shuba

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