Howie Shanks

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL us

Died: July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA

Buried: Union Cemetery, Monaca, PA

Debut: May 9, 1912 (Age 21-293d, 3,676th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1925 (Age 35-074d)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Howard Samuel Shanks

Nicknames: Hawk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

5699

1440

.253

604

RBI

620

185

OBP

.308

SLG

.337

OPS

.644

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 19	BOS		PHA	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
8	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16 (6)	May 5	BOS		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	18 (1)	May 7	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	20 (1)	May 13	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
13	25 (4)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	30 (4)	May 24	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	31	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
16	32	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
17	33	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
18	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GF	0	3.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	37 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	38	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	48 (9)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	12	1	0	13	1
22	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	64 (14)	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	65	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	67 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	75 (7)	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	79 (1)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	80	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	81	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	82	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	L,8-17	CG	51	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
32	83	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
33	84	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
34	87 (2)	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GF	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
35	89 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	91 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	92	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	W,16-12	GF	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	93	Jul 24	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	56	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
39	94	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	95	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	GS	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	96	Jul 28	BOS	@	SLB	T,10-5	CG	47	10.0	4	9	0	13	2
42	97	Jul 29	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	98	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	4	1	0	5	1
44	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	100	Aug 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-14	GS	26	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	104	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
50	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
51	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
52	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-14	GS	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	0	3.1	2	0	0	2	0
54	111 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	115 (3)	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	121 (5)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	122	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	123	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	125 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	126	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	GS	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	130 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
62	134 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-11	GF	10	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	136 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	139 (2)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
65	142 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-6	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
66	143	Sep 13 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
67	144	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
							71gm		440.0	122	135	9	266	25