Bobby Shantz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-6, 139lb (168cm, 63kg)

Born: September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA us

High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)

Debut: May 1, 1949 (Age 23-217d, 10,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1964 (Age 39-003d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz

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Relatives: Brother of Billy Shantz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.7

119

ERA

3.38

537

171

1935.2

1072

WHIP

1.260

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

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8		31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 23 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	11 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-19	GF	21	4.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (1)	May 4	PHA		DET	L,5-8		29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	18 (4)	May 10	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
7	22 (3)	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	GF	24	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	24 (1)	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	27 (2)	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	32 (4)	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	37 (4)	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (3)	Jun 3	PHA		DET	L,1-6	GS	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
13	45 (3)	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	49 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
15	53 (3)	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	55 (1)	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-8		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	60 (4)	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	64 (3)	Jun 27	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	GS	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	69 (4)	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	72 (2)	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
21	78 (5)	Jul 14 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	84 (5)	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	GS	37	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	88 (3)	Jul 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
24	95 (6)	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	97 (1)	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-8	GF	22	5.2	1	1	0	2	0
26	102 (4)	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-10	GF	0	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	107 (4)	Aug 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	GF	28	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
28	109 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	113 (3)	Aug 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	115 (1)	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	124 (8)	Aug 28	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	129 (4)	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
33	133 (3)	Sep 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	141 (7)	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	151 (9)	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	153 (1)	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	L,6-8	GF	32	7.1	3	1	0	4	1
							36gm		214.2	13	52	2	67	6