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Burt Shotton
Burton Edwin Shotton (Barney)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 13, 1909
Final Game April 21, 1923
Born October 18, 1884 in Brownhelm, OH
Died July 29, 1962 in Lake Wales, FL

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 24 SLB AL  17   61    5   16   0  1   0    0   3      5      .262  .328  .295  103   18   4           1    
 1911 26 SLB AL 139  572   84  146  11  8   0   36  26     51      .255  .317  .302   76  173   6           1    
 1912 27 SLB AL 154  580   87  168  15  8   2   40  35     86      .290  .390  .353  116  205   6           9     MVP-12
 1913 28 SLB AL 147  549  105  163  23  8   1   28  43     99  63  .297  .405  .373  131  205   6           1     MVP-14
 1914 29 SLB AL 154  579   82  156  19  9   0   38  40 29  64  66  .269  .344  .333  107  193  10           2    
 1915 30 SLB AL 156  559   93  158  18 11   1   30  43 32 118  62  .283  .409  .360  134  201   6           2    
 1916 31 SLB AL 156  614   97  174  23  6   1   36  41 28 110  65  .283  .392  .345  126  212   4           0    
 1917 32 SLB AL 118  398   47   89   9  1   1   20  16     62  47  .224  .330  .259   83  103   8           1    
 1918 33 WSH AL 126  505   68  132  16  7   0   21  25     67  28  .261  .349  .321  103  162   3           1    
 1919 34 STL NL  85  270   35   77  13  5   1   20  16     22  25  .285  .341  .381  123  103   6           1    
 1920 35 STL NL  62  180   28   41   5  0   1   12   5  1  18  14  .228  .305  .272   68   49   3           2    
 1921 36 STL NL  38   48    9   12   1  1   1    7   0  2   7   4  .250  .357  .375   96   18   0           1    
 1922 37 STL NL  34   30    5    6   1  0   0    2   0  1   4   6  .200  .294  .233   40    7   0           0    
 1923 38 STL NL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1387 4945  746 1338 154 65   9  290 293 93 713 380  .271  .365  .333  109 1649  62   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   87  156  18  8   1   34  34 11  83  44  .271  .365  .333  109  193   7   0   0   3   0
 Career High    156  614  105  174  23 11   2   40  43 32 118  66  .297  .409  .381  134  212  10   0   0   9   0

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 24 SLB AL   71   49    6   3.3    68| .262  .245| .328  .304| .295  .310| .623  .614| 103  .530   0.3   0.0     
 1911 26 SLB AL  630  432   55   3.4    93| .255  .276| .317  .342| .302  .363| .619  .705|  76  .412 -18.1  -1.9     
 1912 27 SLB AL  681  418   78   4.9    88| .290  .268| .390  .336| .353  .352| .743  .688| 116  .605  17.4   1.8     
 1913 28 SLB AL  655  392   83   5.7    85| .297  .261| .405  .332| .373  .343| .778  .675| 131  .693  27.6   3.0     
 1914 29 SLB AL  655  462   64   3.7    79| .269  .252| .344  .324| .333  .330| .677  .654| 107  .558   5.9   0.7  57%
 1915 30 SLB AL  685  439   81   5.0    80| .283  .251| .409  .328| .360  .329| .769  .657| 134  .662  30.9   3.5  57%
 1916 31 SLB AL  728  472   83   4.8    79| .283  .251| .392  .324| .345  .328| .737  .652| 126  .643  26.2   3.0  59%
 1917 32 SLB AL  469  317   34   2.9    77| .224  .250| .330  .321| .259  .324| .589  .644|  83  .429  -5.0  -0.6     
 1918 33 WSH AL  576  376   56   4.0    81| .261  .259| .349  .330| .321  .331| .670  .661| 103  .566   3.5   0.4     
 1919 34 STL NL  299  199   35   4.8    77| .285  .257| .341  .311| .381  .338| .722  .649| 123  .630   7.7   0.9     
 1920 35 STL NL  203  143   15   2.9    89| .228  .274| .305  .328| .272  .364| .577  .692|  68  .365  -6.6  -0.7  83%
 1921 36 STL NL   56   38    6   4.2   104| .250  .294| .357  .344| .375  .405| .732  .749|  96  .461  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1922 37 STL NL   34   25    2   2.1   108| .200  .295| .294  .352| .233  .410| .527  .762|  40  .179  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1923 38 STL NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     5742 3762  598   4.3    83| .271  .260| .365  .329| .333  .340| .698  .668| 109  .576  87.1   9.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1909 24 SLB AL  OF   17     41    2    4    0  .915  .951  2.53  1.80                2   15    0
 1911 26 SLB AL  OF  139    356   21   20    2  .950  .950  2.71  1.93               18  121    0
 1912 27 SLB AL  OF  154    381   20   25    7  .941  .951  2.60  1.98                0  154    0
 1913 28 SLB AL  OF  146    357   29   20   11  .951  .953  2.64  1.95                0  146    0
 1914 29 SLB AL  OF  152    359   15   24    4  .940  .956  2.46  1.92                0  152    0
 1915 30 SLB AL  OF  154    295   15   23    4  .931  .958  2.01  1.98              138    5   11
 1916 31 SLB AL  OF  156    357   25   20    6  .950  .963  2.45  2.03              156    0    0
 1917 32 SLB AL  OF  107    182   10   16    6  .923  .967  1.79  2.14              107    0    0
 1918 33 WSH AL  OF  122    277   15   18    6  .942  .962  2.39  2.17               67    1   54
 1919 34 STL NL  OF   67    104   10    9    2  .927  .964  1.70  2.18               67    0    0
 1920 35 STL NL  OF   51     85    9    4    2  .959  .964  1.84  2.21               41    2    6
 1921 36 STL NL  OF   11     21    2    1    1  .958  .966  2.09  2.24                1   10    0
 1922 37 STL NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.27                1    1    1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1909 24 SLB AL  OF   17     41    2    4    0  .915  .951  2.53  1.80                2   15    0
 1911 26 SLB AL  OF  139    356   21   20    2  .950  .950  2.71  1.93               18  121    0
 1912 27 SLB AL  OF  154    381   20   25    7  .941  .951  2.60  1.98                0  154    0
 1913 28 SLB AL  OF  146    357   29   20   11  .951  .953  2.64  1.95                0  146    0
 1914 29 SLB AL  OF  152    359   15   24    4  .940  .956  2.46  1.92                0  152    0
 1915 30 SLB AL  OF  154    295   15   23    4  .931  .958  2.01  1.98              138    5   11
 1916 31 SLB AL  OF  156    357   25   20    6  .950  .963  2.45  2.03              156    0    0
 1917 32 SLB AL  OF  107    182   10   16    6  .923  .967  1.79  2.14              107    0    0
 1918 33 WSH AL  OF  122    277   15   18    6  .942  .962  2.39  2.17               67    1   54
 1919 34 STL NL  OF   67    104   10    9    2  .927  .964  1.70  2.18               67    0    0
 1920 35 STL NL  OF   51     85    9    4    2  .959  .964  1.84  2.21               41    2    6
 1921 36 STL NL  OF   11     21    2    1    1  .958  .966  2.09  2.24                1   10    0
 1922 37 STL NL  OF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  2.27                1    1    1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1279   2816  173  184   51  .942  .957  2.34  2.02              598  607   72
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1279   2816  173  184   51  .942  .957  2.34  2.02

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-AL-12-0.09
1913-AL-14-0.08
Car-761-0.17 shares

On-base %
1912 AL-.390-7
1913 AL-.405-6
1915 AL-.409-5
1916 AL-.392-7

OPS
1913 AL-.779-10

Games
1912 AL-154-2
1914 AL-154-9
1915 AL-156-3
1916 AL-156-3
1918 AL-126-10

At Bats
1911 AL-572-6
1912 AL-580-7
1913 AL-549-10
1914 AL-579-6
1916 AL-614-1
1918 AL-505-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1912 AL-681-3
1913 AL-655-6
1914 AL-655-8
1915 AL-685-5
1916 AL-728-1
1918 AL-576-3

Runs
1913 AL-105-4
1914 AL-82-9
1915 AL-93-7
1916 AL-97-4
1918 AL-68-8

Hits
1914 AL-156-9
1915 AL-158-10
1916 AL-174-5

Bases on Balls
1912 AL-86-4
1913 AL-99-1
1915 AL-118-2
1916 AL-110-1
1917 AL-62-10
1918 AL-67-5

Strikeouts
1913 AL-63-4
1914 AL-66-8
1916 AL-65-6

Stolen Bases
1912 AL-35-9
1913 AL-43-7
1914 AL-40-4
1915 AL-43-4
1916 AL-41-3
1918 AL-25-7

Singles
1912 AL-143-8
1913 AL-131-7
1914 AL-128-6
1915 AL-128-8
1916 AL-144-3
1918 AL-109-8

Adjusted OPS+
1913 AL-131-10
1915 AL-134-10

Runs Created
1913 AL-83-8
1915 AL-81-7
1916 AL-83-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1912 AL-17-10
1913 AL-28-7
1915 AL-31-5
1916 AL-26-6

Batting Wins
1912 AL-1.8-10
1913 AL-3.0-7
1915 AL-3.5-5
1916 AL-3.0-6

Times on Base
1912 AL-263-5
1913 AL-263-3
1914 AL-222-8
1915 AL-278-3
1916 AL-284-2
1918 AL-200-6

Offensive Win%
1913 AL-.693-10

Hit By Pitch
1912 AL-9-5

Caught Stealing
1914 AL-29-5
1915 AL-32-2
1916 AL-28-1

Outs
1911 AL-432-4
1914 AL-462-7
1916 AL-472-4
1918 AL-376-5

Oldest Player
1919 NL-34-10
1920 NL-35-7
1921 NL-36-5
1922 NL-37-3
1923 NL-38-3

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (368) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 59 (414) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (891) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1678) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
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.
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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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1912-AL-12-0.09 1913-AL-14-0.08 Car-761-0.17 shares	On-base % 1912 AL-.390-7 1913 AL-.405-6 1915 AL-.409-5 1916 AL-.392-7	OPS 1913 AL-.779-10	Games 1912 AL-154-2 1914 AL-154-9 1915 AL-156-3 1916 AL-156-3 1918 AL-126-10	At Bats 1911 AL-572-6 1912 AL-580-7 1913 AL-549-10 1914 AL-579-6 1916 AL-614-1 1918 AL-505-2	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1912 AL-681-3 1913 AL-655-6 1914 AL-655-8 1915 AL-685-5 1916 AL-728-1 1918 AL-576-3
Runs 1913 AL-105-4 1914 AL-82-9 1915 AL-93-7 1916 AL-97-4 1918 AL-68-8	Hits 1914 AL-156-9 1915 AL-158-10 1916 AL-174-5	Bases on Balls 1912 AL-86-4 1913 AL-99-1 1915 AL-118-2 1916 AL-110-1 1917 AL-62-10 1918 AL-67-5	Strikeouts 1913 AL-63-4 1914 AL-66-8 1916 AL-65-6	Stolen Bases 1912 AL-35-9 1913 AL-43-7 1914 AL-40-4 1915 AL-43-4 1916 AL-41-3 1918 AL-25-7	Singles 1912 AL-143-8 1913 AL-131-7 1914 AL-128-6 1915 AL-128-8 1916 AL-144-3 1918 AL-109-8
Adjusted OPS+ 1913 AL-131-10 1915 AL-134-10	Runs Created 1913 AL-83-8 1915 AL-81-7 1916 AL-83-7	Adjusted Batting Runs 1912 AL-17-10 1913 AL-28-7 1915 AL-31-5 1916 AL-26-6	Batting Wins 1912 AL-1.8-10 1913 AL-3.0-7 1915 AL-3.5-5 1916 AL-3.0-6	Times on Base 1912 AL-263-5 1913 AL-263-3 1914 AL-222-8 1915 AL-278-3 1916 AL-284-2 1918 AL-200-6	Offensive Win% 1913 AL-.693-10
Hit By Pitch 1912 AL-9-5	Caught Stealing 1914 AL-29-5 1915 AL-32-2 1916 AL-28-1	Outs 1911 AL-432-4 1914 AL-462-7 1916 AL-472-4 1918 AL-376-5	Oldest Player 1919 NL-34-10 1920 NL-35-7 1921 NL-36-5 1922 NL-37-3 1923 NL-38-3