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Mike Shannon
Thomas Michael Shannon (Moonman)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Missouri

Debut September 11, 1962
  vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 12, 1970
Born July 15, 1939 in St. Louis, MO

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 22 STL NL  10   15    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .133  .188  .133  -16    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 23 STL NL  32   26    3    8   0  0   1    2   0  1   0   6  .308  .333  .423  108   11   1   0   0   1   1
 1964 24 STL NL  88  253   30   66   8  2   9   43   4  0  19  54  .261  .310  .415   96  105   5   2   1   0   7
 1965 25 STL NL 124  244   32   54  17  3   3   25   2  1  28  46  .221  .305  .352   78   86   5   1   1   2   8
 1966 26 STL NL 137  459   61  132  20  6  16   64   8  4  37 106  .288  .339  .462  121  212   3   2   0   0  11
 1967 27 STL NL 130  482   53  118  18  3  12   77   2  4  37  89  .245  .302  .369   93  178   2   3   6   4  12
 1968 28 STL NL 156  576   62  153  29  2  15   79   1  2  37 114  .266  .309  .401  113  231   4   6   5   2  11 MVP-7
 1969 29 STL NL 150  551   51  140  15  5  12   55   1  4  49  87  .254  .315  .365   90  201   2   3   7   1   9
 1970 30 STL NL  55  174   18   37   9  2   0   22   1  1  16  20  .213  .275  .287   49   50   0   3   4   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      882 2780  313  710 116 23  68  367  19 17 224 525  .255  .311  .387   96 1076  22  20  24  10  62
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        511   57  130  21  4  12   67   3  3  41  96  .255  .311  .387   96  198   4   4   4   2  11
 Career High    156  576   62  153  29  6  16   79   8  4  49 114  .288  .339  .462  121  231   5   6   7   4  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 22 STL NL   16   13    0   0.0   112| .133  .283| .188  .351| .133  .429| .321  .780| -16  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1963 23 STL NL   28   21    3   3.8    97| .308  .265| .333  .328| .423  .396| .756  .724| 108  .492   0.1   0.0   0%
 1964 24 STL NL  279  201   32   4.3   101| .261  .273| .310  .332| .415  .406| .725  .738|  96  .520  -2.2  -0.2 100%
 1965 25 STL NL  280  205   26   3.4   101| .221  .269| .305  .334| .352  .407| .657  .741|  78  .415  -7.0  -0.7  66%
 1966 26 STL NL  501  347   70   5.4    96| .288  .265| .339  .323| .462  .399| .801  .722| 121  .613  12.1   1.2  66%
 1967 27 STL NL  528  385   52   3.6    90| .245  .257| .302  .319| .369  .377| .671  .696|  93  .462  -5.2  -0.6  33%
 1968 28 STL NL  625  446   70   4.2    81| .266  .251| .309  .309| .401  .354| .710  .663| 113  .578   8.8   1.0  33%
 1969 29 STL NL  606  429   63   3.9    94| .254  .259| .315  .330| .365  .384| .680  .714|  90  .474  -8.3  -0.9  20%
 1970 30 STL NL  193  144   14   2.6   106| .213  .270| .275  .344| .287  .413| .562  .757|  49  .258 -12.6  -1.3  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3056 2191  330   4.1    93| .255  .261| .311  .324| .387  .385| .698  .709|  96  .502 -16.9  -1.8  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 22 STL NL OF 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.79 1.80 2.07 4 40.0 LF 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.36 1.50 1.84 2 24.0 RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.65 2.81 1.91 2 16.0 1963 23 STL NL OF 26 15 2 1 0 .944 .977 0.65 1.75 1.99 2.01 4 77.0 LF 13 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.46 1.38 2.16 1.80 1 25.0 RF 12 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.83 1.61 1.88 1.84 3 48.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1964 24 STL NL OF 88 110 7 2 2 .983 .973 1.33 1.72 1.72 1.99 61 612.3 RF 79 104 7 2 2 .982 .974 1.41 1.62 1.71 1.90 59 583.7 LF 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 1.34 0.66 1.71 0 13.7 CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.10 1.20 2.34 2 15.0 1965 25 STL NL OF 101 170 5 1 1 .994 .975 1.73 1.75 2.63 2.00 57 598.7 RF 86 135 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.59 1.74 2.51 1.96 45 490.7 CF 15 25 3 1 0 .966 .982 1.87 2.01 2.55 2.31 11 99.0 C 4 23 1 0 1 1.000 .988 6.00 5.80 6.61 6.96 2 32.7 0 5 0 0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.00 1.70 1 9.0 1966 26 STL NL OF 129 247 10 4 4 .985 .974 1.99 1.78 2.12 2.03 118 1089.7 RF 113 230 10 2 4 .992 .978 2.12 1.68 2.16 1.96 110 1001.3 LF 14 10 0 2 0 .833 .962 0.71 1.35 1.86 1.73 3 48.3 CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.12 1.57 2.38 5 40.0 C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 9.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1967 27 STL NL 3B 122 88 239 29 18 .919 .950 2.68 2.75 2.72 2.96 121 1082.7 OF 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.82 1.99 2.02 6 54.3 RF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.75 2.66 2.04 2 20.3 CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.03 1.06 2.28 2 17.0 LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.50 1.06 1.75 2 17.0 1968 28 STL NL 3B 156 110 310 21 25 .952 .954 2.69 2.72 2.70 2.93 155 1398.7 1969 29 STL NL 3B 149 123 258 22 22 .945 .946 2.56 2.63 2.59 2.92 147 1324.0 1970 30 STL NL 3B 51 32 59 8 4 .919 .945 1.78 2.58 1.94 2.91 45 422.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 27 STL NL 3B 122 88 239 29 18 .919 .950 2.68 2.75 2.72 2.96 121 1082.7 1968 28 STL NL 3B 156 110 310 21 25 .952 .954 2.69 2.72 2.70 2.93 155 1398.7 1969 29 STL NL 3B 149 123 258 22 22 .945 .946 2.56 2.63 2.59 2.92 147 1324.0 1970 30 STL NL 3B 51 32 59 8 4 .919 .945 1.78 2.58 1.94 2.91 45 422.7 1965 25 STL NL C 4 23 1 0 1 1.000 .988 6.00 5.80 6.61 6.96 2 32.7 0 5 0 0 1966 26 STL NL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 9.00 7.20 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1963 23 STL NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 2.25 2.48 0 4.0 1964 24 STL NL CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.10 1.20 2.34 2 15.0 1965 25 STL NL CF 15 25 3 1 0 .966 .982 1.87 2.01 2.55 2.31 11 99.0 1966 26 STL NL CF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 2.12 1.57 2.38 5 40.0 1967 27 STL NL CF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.03 1.06 2.28 2 17.0 1962 22 STL NL LF 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 1.36 1.50 1.84 2 24.0 1963 23 STL NL LF 13 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.46 1.38 2.16 1.80 1 25.0 1964 24 STL NL LF 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 1.34 0.66 1.71 0 13.7 1965 25 STL NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.40 1.00 1.70 1 9.0 1966 26 STL NL LF 14 10 0 2 0 .833 .962 0.71 1.35 1.86 1.73 3 48.3 1967 27 STL NL LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.50 1.06 1.75 2 17.0 1962 22 STL NL OF 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.79 1.80 2.07 4 40.0 1963 23 STL NL OF 26 15 2 1 0 .944 .977 0.65 1.75 1.99 2.01 4 77.0 1964 24 STL NL OF 88 110 7 2 2 .983 .973 1.33 1.72 1.72 1.99 61 612.3 1965 25 STL NL OF 101 170 5 1 1 .994 .975 1.73 1.75 2.63 2.00 57 598.7 1966 26 STL NL OF 129 247 10 4 4 .985 .974 1.99 1.78 2.12 2.03 118 1089.7 1967 27 STL NL OF 6 10 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.82 1.99 2.02 6 54.3 1962 22 STL NL RF 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 1.65 2.81 1.91 2 16.0 1963 23 STL NL RF 12 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.83 1.61 1.88 1.84 3 48.0 1964 24 STL NL RF 79 104 7 2 2 .982 .974 1.41 1.62 1.71 1.90 59 583.7 1965 25 STL NL RF 86 135 2 0 0 1.000 .976 1.59 1.74 2.51 1.96 45 490.7 1966 26 STL NL RF 113 230 10 2 4 .992 .978 2.12 1.68 2.16 1.96 110 1001.3 1967 27 STL NL RF 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.75 2.66 2.04 2 20.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total 3B* 478 353 866 80 69 .938 .950 2.55 2.68 2.59 2.93 468 4228.0 OF* 357 559 27 8 7 .987 .974 1.64 1.76 2.13 2.01 250 2472.0 44 28 296# RF* 296 489 20 5 6 .990 .977 1.72 1.68 2.12 1.94 221 2160.0 LF* 44 21 3 2 0 .923 .968 0.55 1.37 1.58 1.76 9 137.0 CF* 28 37 3 1 0 .976 .985 1.43 2.05 2.06 2.33 20 175.0 C* 5 24 1 0 1 1.000 .988 5.00 5.80 6.68 6.97 2 33.7 0 5 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 840 936 894 88 77 .954 .958 2.18 2.31 2.45 2.62 720 6734
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   7  28   6   6  0  0  1   2   0   9  .214  .214  .321   1  0   1   0   0 
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   7  24   3   5  1  0  1   2   1   4  .208  .240  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
 1968   WS    STL DET     L   7  29   3   8  1  0  1   4   1   5  .276  .300  .414   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1  21  81  12  19  2  0  3   8   2  18  .235  .253  .370   1  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1968-NL-7-0.20
Car-708-0.20 shares

Doubles
1968 NL-29-10

Strikeouts
1968 NL-114-5

Sac. Flies
1968 NL-6-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2746) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1579) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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