Billy Shantz

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: July 31, 1927 in Pottstown, PA us

Died: December 13, 1993 in Lauderhill, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 26-256d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 29, 1960 (Age 32-334d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Wilmer Ebert Shantz

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Relatives: Brother of Bobby Shantz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

381

.257

RBI

OBP

.307

SLG

.328

OPS

.635

OPS+

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

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
3	6 (2)	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
4	7	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 30	PHA		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	12	May 1	PHA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	16 (3)	May 4	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	17	May 5	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	20 (2)	May 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	22 (1)	May 10	PHA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	23	May 11	PHA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	24	May 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	25	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
15	26	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	27	May 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	29 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	30	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
19	31	May 21	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	32	May 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	33	May 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	38 (4)	May 29	PHA		WSH	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	39	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	C
24	42 (2)	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	43	Jun 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,16-6	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	44	Jun 2	PHA		BAL	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	45	Jun 3	PHA		BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	46	Jun 4	PHA		BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	47	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	42	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	48	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	50 (1)	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	51	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	52	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		DET	L,5-16	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	61 (8)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	64 (2)	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	66 (1)	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	68 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
38	70 (1)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	71	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	73 (1)	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS	10	1.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	96 (22)	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
42	98 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	99	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	102	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	109 (6)	Aug 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	110	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	111	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	112	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
50	114 (1)	Aug 13	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	115	Aug 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	17	3.2	2	0	1	3	0	C
							51gm		407.1	170	28	5	203	1