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Red Shannon
Maurice Joseph Shannon

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Seton Hall University

Debut October 7, 1915
Final Game June 2, 1926
Born February 11, 1897 in Jersey City, NJ
Died April 12, 1970 in Jersey City, NJ

Brother of Joe Shannon

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 18 BSN NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1917 20 PHA AL  11   35    8   10   0  0   0    7   2      6   9  .286  .390  .286  108   10   0           0    
 1918 21 PHA AL  72  225   23   54   6  5   0   16   5     42  52  .240  .367  .311  103   70   8           3    
 1919 22 TOT AL 119  445   50  117  18  9   0   31  11     29  70  .263  .320  .344   89  153   9           8    
         PHA AL  39  155   14   42   7  2   0   14   4     12  28  .271  .331  .342   88   53   2           2    
         BOS AL  80  290   36   75  11  7   0   17   7     17  42  .259  .313  .345   89  100   7           6    
 1920 23 TOT AL  87  310   34   79   9  8   0   33   3  6  26  44  .255  .313  .335   73  104   9           0    
         WSH AL  63  222   30   64   8  7   0   30   2  5  22  32  .288  .352  .387   98   86   6           0    
         PHA AL  24   88    4   15   1  1   0    3   1  1   4  12  .170  .207  .205    9   18   3           0    
 1921 24 PHA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1926 29 CHC NL  19   51    9   17   5  0   0    4   0      6   3  .333  .414  .431  127   22   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      310 1070  124  277  38 22   0   91  21  6 109 178  .259  .334  .336   89  359  29   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        559   65  145  20 11   0   48  11  3  57  93  .259  .334  .336   89  188  15   0   0   6   0
 Career High    119  445   50  117  18  9   0   33  11  6  42  70  .263  .367  .344  103  153   9   0   0   8   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 18 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    79| .000  .253| .000  .316| .000  .339| .000  .655|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1917 20 PHA AL   41   25    4   4.3    78| .286  .253| .390  .323| .286  .327| .676  .650| 108  .610   0.7   0.1     
 1918 21 PHA AL  278  179   25   3.8    83| .240  .262| .367  .333| .311  .334| .678  .666| 103  .538   3.0   0.3     
 1919 22 TOT AL  491  337   47   3.8    92| .263  .272| .320  .337| .344  .365| .664  .703|  89  .463  -7.0  -0.8     
         PHA AL  171  115   17   4.0    96| .271  .277| .331  .344| .342  .373| .673  .716|  88  .490  -2.4  -0.3     
         BOS AL  320  222   30   3.6    90| .259  .269| .313  .334| .345  .361| .658  .695|  89  .449  -4.6  -0.5     
 1920 23 TOT AL  345  246   33   3.6   105| .255  .289| .313  .353| .335  .397| .648  .750|  73  .391 -12.8  -1.3  33%
         WSH AL  250  169   29   4.6   104| .288  .288| .352  .352| .387  .395| .739  .747|  98  .501  -0.8  -0.1  28%
         PHA AL   95   77    4   1.4   107| .170  .292| .207  .357| .205  .402| .412  .759|   9  .101 -12.1  -1.2  50%
 1921 24 PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .300| .000  .365| .000  .421| .000  .786|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1926 29 CHC NL   61   37    9   6.5   104| .333  .288| .414  .349| .431  .399| .845  .748| 127  .658   2.5   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1220  828  118   3.8    94| .259  .275| .334  .341| .336  .368| .670  .709|  89  .471 -14.6  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 18 BSN NL SS 1 3 3 1 1 .857 .938 6.00 5.20 1917 20 PHA AL SS 10 18 31 7 2 .875 .932 4.90 4.84 1918 21 PHA AL SS 45 105 133 27 26 .898 .939 5.29 5.23 2B 26 50 90 12 14 .921 .958 5.38 5.31 1919 22 TOT AL 2B 116 237 344 21 50 .965 .961 5.01 5.19 PHA AL 2B 37 66 116 10 10 .948 .961 4.92 5.19 BOS AL 2B 79 171 228 11 40 .973 .961 5.05 5.19 1920 23 TOT AL SS 55 90 154 18 23 .931 .944 4.44 5.00 WSH AL SS 31 47 77 11 14 .919 .944 4.00 5.00 2B 16 26 39 2 0 .970 .962 4.06 5.54 3B 15 16 32 5 0 .906 .947 3.20 3.45 PHA AL SS 24 43 77 7 9 .945 .944 5.00 5.00 1926 29 CHC NL SS 13 25 42 3 6 .957 .948 5.15 5.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 21 PHA AL 2B 26 50 90 12 14 .921 .958 5.38 5.31 1919 22 TOT AL 2B 116 237 344 21 50 .965 .961 5.01 5.19 PHA AL 2B 37 66 116 10 10 .948 .961 4.92 5.19 BOS AL 2B 79 171 228 11 40 .973 .961 5.05 5.19 1920 23 WSH AL 2B 16 26 39 2 0 .970 .962 4.06 5.54 1920 23 WSH AL 3B 15 16 32 5 0 .906 .947 3.20 3.45 1915 18 BSN NL SS 1 3 3 1 1 .857 .938 6.00 5.20 1917 20 PHA AL SS 10 18 31 7 2 .875 .932 4.90 4.84 1918 21 PHA AL SS 45 105 133 27 26 .898 .939 5.29 5.23 1920 23 TOT AL SS 55 90 154 18 23 .931 .944 4.44 5.00 WSH AL SS 31 47 77 11 14 .919 .944 4.00 5.00 PHA AL SS 24 43 77 7 9 .945 .944 5.00 5.00 1926 29 CHC NL SS 13 25 42 3 6 .957 .948 5.15 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 158 313 473 35 64 .957 .961 4.97 5.24 SS 124 241 363 56 58 .915 .941 4.87 5.10 3B 15 16 32 5 0 .906 .947 3.20 3.45 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 297 570 868 96 122 .937 .952 4.84 5.10
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts
1918 AL-52-4
1919 AL-70-1

Hit By Pitch
1919 AL-8-2

Youngest Player
1915 NL-18-1
1917 AL-20-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 27, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Braggo Roth to the Boston Red Sox for Amos Strunk and Jack Barry.

January 20, 1920: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Braggo Roth to the Washington Senators for Mike Menosky, Harry Harper, and Eddie Foster.

July, 1920: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Fred Thomas.


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