John Shelby

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: February 23, 1958 in Lexington, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (20th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN).

School: Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN)

Debut: September 15, 1981 (Age 23-204d, 14,540th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1991 (Age 33-169d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: John T. Shelby

Nicknames: T-Bone

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Relatives: Uncle of Josh Harrison

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

3090

739

.239

389

RBI

313

OBP

.281

SLG

.364

OPS

.645

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 70 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

4 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
LAD	32
BAL	31
DET	7

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	33

Home/Road
Away	40
Home	30

Outs
0	25
2	23
1	22

23 Opps
ATL	9
SDP	6
CAL	6
MIL	5
OAK	4
CIN	4
NYY	4
BOS	4
MIN	3
DET	3
KCR	3
HOU	3
CHC	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
MON	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

60 Pitchers
Mark Langston	3
Randy O'Neal	2
Guy Hoffman	2
Zane Smith	2
Ron Guidry	2
Mike Witt	2
Tommy John	2
Ed Whitson	2
Dennis Rasmussen	2
Floyd Bannister	1
Tim Leary	1
Dave Leiper	1
Bryan Kelly	1
Charlie Puleo	1
Ricky Wright	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Les Lancaster	1
Bill Scherrer	1
Doug Drabek	1
Bob Sebra	1
Todd Burns	1
Dave Righetti	1
Danny Darwin	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Ron Darling	1
José Rijo	1
David Palmer	1
Dana Kiecker	1
David Cone	1
Mike Smithson	1
Pete Filson	1
Mike Jones	1
Mike Scott	1
John Tudor	1
Stan Clarke	1
Tony Fossas	1
Shane Rawley	1
Chuck Crim	1
Pete Ladd	1
Steve Carlton	1
Pete Smith	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Chris Codiroli	1
Curt Young	1
Mike Maddux	1
Keith Creel	1
Paul Assenmacher	1
Tom Glavine	1
Bruce Kison	1
Bob Knepper	1
Mike Krukow	1
Eric Show	1
John Dopson	1
Mark Davis	1
Frank Viola	1
Ted Power	1
Doug Corbett	1
John Smoltz	1
John Candelaria	1
Rollie Fingers	1

21 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	13
Memor. Stad (BAL)	12
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
Angel Stad (ANA)	5
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	15
78	6
8	4
89	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	51
5	6
2	4
4	3
3	3
6	2
1	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	17
12-	5
-2-	4
-23	2
123	1

108 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	41
1 on	21
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	9
2	5
3	8
4	8
5	6
6	10
7	8
8	7
9	8
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	24
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	4
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	17
-1	9
-2	6
-3	8
-4..	8

Ahead	22
Tied	17
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	51
1-0	4
1-2	3
3-2	2
1-1	2
2-1	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
0-0	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	50
RF	9
LF	5
PH	4
PH/DH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
1st	15
2nd	14
5th	12
7th	7
6th	7
8th	5
3rd	4
9th	4
4th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-10-01 (2)	BAL		MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	---		1	1	8	0.031	97%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1983-04-12	BAL	@	CHW	Floyd Bannister	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	---		1	1	8	0.068	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1983-06-01	BAL	@	MIN	Pete Filson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1983-06-12	BAL	@	BOS	John Tudor	behind 2-5	t 7	1	12-		3	1	8	0.300	46%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Hernández Scores; R. Dempsey Scores
5	5	4	1	1983-07-25	BAL	@	CAL	Tommy John	behind 1-4	t 8	1	---		1	1	8	0.050	10%		Home Run (LF-CF)
6	6	5	1	1983-08-29	BAL	@	KCR	Keith Creel	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	123		4	5	8	0.030	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Bumbry Scores; C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1984-05-05	BAL	@	TEX	Ricky Wright	behind 3-5	t 6	2	---		1	1	PH	0.110	28%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1984-05-29	BAL	@	SEA	Mark Langston	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---		1	1	8	0.109	30%		Home Run
9	9	3	1	1984-06-12	BAL	@	MIL	Rollie Fingers	tied 3-3	t 8	1	1--		2	1	8	0.358	86%		Home Run; F. Rayford Scores
10	10	4	1	1984-07-16	BAL		MIN	Mike Smithson	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---		1	2	9	0.127	53%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1984-07-21	BAL	@	KCR	Mike Jones	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	0.101	58%		Home Run
12	12	6	1	1984-09-24 (1)	BAL		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-23		3	2	8	0.303	75%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores; M. Young Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1985-06-16	BAL		MIL	Pete Ladd	ahead 7-0	b 8	0	1--		2	7	7	0.001	100%		Home Run; L. Sheets Scores
14	14	2	1	1985-06-18	BAL		NYY	Dave Righetti	behind 1-4	b 6	2	1--		2	6	PH/DH	0.196	32%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores
15	15	3	1	1985-08-26	BAL	@	CAL	John Candelaria	ahead 4-2	t 2	0	---		1	8	8	0.081	78%		Home Run
16	16	4	1	1985-09-03	BAL		OAK	José Rijo	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---		1	9	8	0.138	39%		Home Run
17	17	5	1	1985-09-10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Bruce Kison	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	1--		2	1	8	0.032	99%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores
18	18	6	1	1985-09-16	BAL	@	DET	Randy O'Neal	ahead 5-4	t 6	1	1--		2	1	9	0.191	85%		Home Run; R. Dauer Scores
19	19	7	1	1985-09-18	BAL		MIL	Tim Leary	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.100	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (LF-CF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1986-05-18	BAL		OAK	Chris Codiroli	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	0.120	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	2	1	1986-06-01	BAL	@	CAL	Mike Witt	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	8	8	0.113	50%		Home Run
22	22	3	2	1986-06-01	BAL	@	CAL	Mike Witt	behind 3-7	t 9	0	---		1	8	8	0.019	3%		Home Run
23	23	4	1	1986-06-06	BAL	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 1-1	t 2	2	-2-		2	8	8	0.186	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Rayford Scores
24	24	5	1	1986-06-07	BAL	@	NYY	Tommy John	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	1--		2	7	7	0.069	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Young Scores
25	25	6	1	1986-07-17	BAL		MIN	Frank Viola	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---		1	9	7	0.166	74%		Home Run
26	26	7	1	1986-08-04	BAL	@	TOR	Stan Clarke	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	---		1	7	PH	0.031	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	8	1	1986-09-01	BAL	@	CAL	Doug Corbett	ahead 8-3	t 9	2	---		1	1	9	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	9	1	1986-09-07	BAL		SEA	Mark Langston	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	10	1	1986-10-04	BAL		DET	Bryan Kelly	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	11	2	1986-10-04	BAL		DET	Randy O'Neal	behind 3-11	b 9	1	---		1	1	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1987-04-11	BAL	@	CLE	Steve Carlton	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	-2-		2	2	9	0.067	98%		Home Run; K. Gerhart Scores
32	32	2	1	1987-05-26	LAD		MON	Bob Sebra	behind 2-6	b 5	2	---		1	2	8	0.057	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1987-05-31	LAD		PHI	Shane Rawley	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	8	0.103	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	4	1	1987-06-06	LAD	@	CIN	Ted Power	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---		1	2	8	0.009	1%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
35	35	5	1	1987-06-09	LAD	@	ATL	Zane Smith	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	1--		2	2	8	0.215	87%		Home Run; S. Sax Scores
36	36	6	1	1987-06-17	LAD	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 1-3	t 3	2	1--		2	3	8	0.205	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Stubbs Scores
37	37	7	2	1987-06-17	LAD	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 3-4	t 5	2	1--		2	3	8	0.284	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Stubbs Scores
38	38	8	1	1987-06-18	LAD	@	HOU	Bob Knepper	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---		1	3	8	0.081	24%		Home Run
39	39	9	1	1987-06-25	LAD		ATL	Doyle Alexander	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---		1	3	8	0.205	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	10	1	1987-07-09	LAD	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 1-9	t 5	2	1--		2	2	8	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Anderson Scores/unER; J. Shelby Scores/unER
41	41	11	1	1987-07-12	LAD	@	CHC	Les Lancaster	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---		1	2	8	0.117	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	12	1	1987-07-29	LAD		SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 0-3	b 1	1	---		1	2	8	0.084	32%		Home Run (CF-RF)
43	43	13	1	1987-08-01	LAD	@	ATL	David Palmer	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	0.097	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	14	1	1987-08-03	LAD	@	CIN	Bill Scherrer	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	---		1	5	8	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	15	1	1987-08-04	LAD	@	CIN	Guy Hoffman	behind 1-4	t 4	0	---		1	6	8	0.084	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	16	2	1987-08-04	LAD	@	CIN	Guy Hoffman	behind 2-10	t 6	1	---		1	6	8	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	17	1	1987-08-07	LAD		ATL	Zane Smith	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---		1	6	8	0.080	17%		Home Run (CF-RF)
48	48	18	1	1987-08-09	LAD		ATL	Charlie Puleo	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---		1	6	8	0.114	62%		Home Run (LF-CF)
49	49	19	1	1987-08-25	LAD	@	NYM	David Cone	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-		2	4	8	0.181	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Stubbs Scores
50	50	20	1	1987-09-18	LAD		ATL	Paul Assenmacher	behind 3-4	b 6	0	12-		3	5	8	0.301	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Guerrero Scores; M. Marshall Scores
51	51	21	1	1987-09-19	LAD		ATL	Tom Glavine	ahead 5-2	b 5	1	1--		2	5	8	0.071	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Guerrero Scores
52	52	22	1	1987-10-02	LAD	@	SDP	Dave Leiper	ahead 6-2	t 6	0	1--		2	2	8	0.043	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Sax Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1988-05-29	LAD	@	MON	John Dopson	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	8	0.113	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	2	1	1988-05-30	LAD	@	NYM	Ron Darling	behind 1-3	t 9	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	8	0.022	3%		Home Run
55	55	3	1	1988-06-14	LAD	@	ATL	Pete Smith	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) 1C11CBX	2	5	8	0.122	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marshall Scores
56	56	4	1	1988-06-17 (2)	LAD		SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 1-2	b 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	8	0.156	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	5	1	1988-07-08	LAD		PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 0-4	b 6	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	8	0.227	30%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Gibson Scores; M. Marshall Scores
58	58	6	1	1988-08-17	LAD		PHI	Mike Maddux	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) PFBX	2	5	8	0.186	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Gibson Scores
59	59	7	1	1988-09-07	LAD		HOU	Mike Scott	tied 1-1	b 8	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	8	0.365	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Sax Scores; K. Gibson Scores
60	60	8	1	1988-09-19	LAD	@	HOU	Danny Darwin	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	0.220	72%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
61	61	9	1	1988-09-22	LAD		SDP	Eric Show	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	5	8	0.252	58%		Home Run
62	62	10	1	1988-09-26	LAD	@	SDP	Dennis Rasmussen	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---	5,(2-2) FSBBX	1	5	8	0.112	33%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1989-06-05 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	John Smoltz	tied 2-2	t 7	0	1--	5,(1-2) LCBFX	2	7	8	0.275	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Hamilton Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1990-06-18	DET		OAK	Todd Burns	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) 1BB11X	2	7	7	0.085	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Moseby Scores
65	65	2	1	1990-07-08	DET		KCR	Mark Davis	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	8	0.137	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
66	66	3	1	1990-08-05	DET	@	BOS	Dana Kiecker	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	12-	5,(1-2) ..BFSFX	3	6	PH	0.056	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Sheets Scores; L. Moseby Scores
67	67	4	1	1990-08-25	DET		OAK	Curt Young	ahead 5-4	b 5	0	12-	5,(2-2) BMLBX	3	8	9	0.143	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fryman Scores; D. Coles Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1991-05-24	DET		BOS	Tony Fossas	behind 7-10	b 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) .BBBCCX	2	9	PH	0.141	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Moseby Scores; J. Shelby Scores
69	69	2	1	1991-05-27	DET	@	MIL	Chuck Crim	ahead 13-8	t 14	1	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	9	7	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Allanson Scores; J. Shelby Scores
70	70	3	1	1991-06-22	DET		CAL	Mark Langston	behind 0-4	b 2	2	---	6,(3-2) SBBFBX	1	7	DH	0.066	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Shelby Scores

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ATL	9
SDP	6
CAL	6
MIL	5
OAK	4
CIN	4
NYY	4
BOS	4
MIN	3
DET	3
KCR	3
HOU	3
CHC	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
MON	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

ATL	9
SDP	6
CAL	6
MIL	5
OAK	4
CIN	4
NYY	4
BOS	4
MIN	3
DET	3
KCR	3
HOU	3
CHC	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
MON	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
CHW	1
TOR	1

ATL	9
SDP	6
CAL	6
MIL	5
OAK	4
CIN	4
NYY	4
BOS	4
MIN	3
DET	3
KCR	3
HOU	3
CHC	2
SEA	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
MON	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
PIT	1
CLE	1
CHW	1
TOR	1