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George Shuba
George Thomas Shuba (Shotgun)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 2, 1948
Final Game September 25, 1955
Born December 13, 1924 in Youngstown, OH

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 BRO NL  63  161   21   43   6  0   4   32   1     34  31  .267  .395  .379  108   61   4           0   2
 1949 24 BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1950 25 BRO NL  34  111   15   23   8  2   3   12   2     13  22  .207  .302  .396   80   44   0           2   1
 1952 27 BRO NL  94  256   40   78  12  1   9   40   1  3  38  29  .305  .395  .465  136  119   0           0   8 MVP-31
 1953 28 BRO NL  74  169   19   43  12  1   5   23   1  2  17  20  .254  .326  .426   93   72   2           1   5
 1954 29 BRO NL  45   65    3   10   5  0   2   10   0  0   7  10  .154  .240  .323   43   21   0   2       1   1
 1955 30 BRO NL  44   51    8   14   2  0   1    8   0  0  11  10  .275  .422  .373  111   19   0   0   1   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      355  814  106  211  45  4  24  125   5  5 120 122  .259  .358  .413  104  336   6   2   1   6  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        371   48   96  21  2  11   57   2  2  55  56  .259  .358  .413  104  153   3   1   0   3   9
 Career High     94  256   40   78  12  2   9   40   2  3  38  31  .305  .395  .465  136  119   4   2   1   2   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 BRO NL  199  124   24   5.1   104| .267  .272| .395  .347| .379  .403| .774  .750| 108  .566   3.4   0.3     
 1949 24 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .275| .000  .349| .000  .412| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1950 25 BRO NL  126   89   13   3.9   110| .207  .272| .302  .349| .396  .422| .698  .771|  80  .413  -3.4  -0.3     
 1952 27 BRO NL  294  189   46   6.5    98| .305  .263| .395  .336| .465  .391| .860  .727| 136  .695  13.9   1.4  25%
 1953 28 BRO NL  189  135   23   4.5   112| .254  .277| .326  .348| .426  .431| .752  .779|  93  .469  -1.8  -0.2  33%
 1954 29 BRO NL   75   58    5   2.3   112| .154  .279| .240  .351| .323  .431| .563  .782|  43  .208  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1955 30 BRO NL   64   39    9   6.2   108| .275  .269| .422  .340| .373  .426| .795  .766| 111  .624   1.7   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       948  635  120   5.0   105| .259  .270| .358  .344| .413  .411| .771  .755| 104  .551   7.9   0.9     

* 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 ------+
1948 23 BRO NL OF 56 87 1 6 1 .936 .978 1.57 2.20 55 2 1 1950 25 BRO NL OF 27 56 4 1 2 .984 .979 2.22 2.14 27 0 0 1952 27 BRO NL OF 67 116 2 1 0 .992 .981 1.76 2.10 66 0 1 1953 28 BRO NL OF 44 59 1 1 1 .984 .980 1.36 2.11 43 0 1 1954 29 BRO NL OF 13 21 0 2 0 .913 .977 1.62 2.18 7 0 5 1955 30 BRO NL OF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.11 2.10 7 1 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 23 BRO NL OF 56 87 1 6 1 .936 .978 1.57 2.20 55 2 1 1950 25 BRO NL OF 27 56 4 1 2 .984 .979 2.22 2.14 27 0 0 1952 27 BRO NL OF 67 116 2 1 0 .992 .981 1.76 2.10 66 0 1 1953 28 BRO NL OF 44 59 1 1 1 .984 .980 1.36 2.11 43 0 1 1954 29 BRO NL OF 13 21 0 2 0 .913 .977 1.62 2.18 7 0 5 1955 30 BRO NL OF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.11 2.10 7 1 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 216 349 8 12 4 .967 .979 1.65 2.14 205 3 10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 216 349 8 12 4 .967 .979 1.65 2.14
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   4  10   0   3  1  0  0   0   0   4  .300  .300  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1955   WS    BRO NYY     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   7  12   1   4  1  0  1   2   0   4  .333  .333  .667   0  0   0   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)
1952-NL-31-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (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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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers 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.
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