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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-28 / in Starts: 6-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 8

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	1-7		99	7.0	8	4	3	3	0	0	1	3.86	4.30	31	6	13	3	0	8		3	3	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.205	1.83	-0.32%	-1.37	1b 123 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
2	35	5	Apr 23(1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	2	4.15	4.58	30	5	9	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.088	3.17	-0.14%	-1.50	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a4
3	36	8	Apr 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	GS-2	L(1-1)	2	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	2	0	6.43	6.37	8	1	1	0	0	4	29			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.279	2.31	-0.38%	-3.44	1t start tie	2t --- 0 out d4
4	37	11	Apr 30(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-19	4-GF(8)		3	4.2	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.82	5.42	21	9	3	0	2	4		2	2	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.54	4b 12- 1 out d16	8b end d19
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	38	13	May 4	PHA		DET	L,5-8	2-8		3	6.0	10	5	5	2	1	0	0	5.47	4.89	29	7	10	1	2	9		3	0	1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.137	1.96	-0.14%	-1.37	2t 123 2 out d3	8t 1-3 2 out d3
6	39	18	May 10	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	GS-8		5	8.0	6	3	1	4	4	0	0	4.41	4.45	31	9	8	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.25	0.044	2.05	0.04%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	40	22	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	4-GF	W(2-1)	3	5.2	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.23	4.25	24	3	11	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.377	1.79	0.21%	-0.60	4b 123 1 out d2	9b end a 1
8	41	24	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	7-9	BW(3-1)	2	1.2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.26	11	2	3	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	-0.359	2.44	-0.21%	-2.02	7b -2- 2 out a1	9b -23 1 out a2
9	42	27	May 20	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-	L(3-2)	2	7.0	10	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.79	4.20	32						34						29			0		0
10	43	32	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG(6)	W(4-2)	4	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.42	3.96	24	7	7	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.73	0.193	.28	0.05%	2.32	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a5
11	44	37	May 30(1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	4.34	3.74	22	5	6	2	0	8	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.036	.38	0.01%	0.77	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	45	41	Jun 3	PHA		DET	L,1-6	GS-	L(4-4)	3	8.0	14	6	5	4	2	1	0	4.50	3.92	40						30						36			0		0
13	46	45	Jun 7	PHA		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.96	3.66	32						81						31			0		0
14	47	49	Jun 11(1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	CG(10)	L(5-5)	3	10.0	13	6	6	4	4	2	1	4.13	3.93	46	14	10	3	0	13	42			0	0	0	41	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.100	.08	0.00%	-0.42	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
15	48	53	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-7	L(5-6)	3	7.0	12	6	6	3	0	0	0	4.40	3.92	34	7	14	2	2	10	26			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.258	.05	-0.01%	-1.90	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d4
16	49	55	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-8	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	3.92	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.052	.05	0.00%	-0.17	8b --- 0 out a1	8b -2- 1 out a1
17	50	60	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-9	W(6-6)	4	8.0	8	4	4	5	3	1	1	4.40	4.06	37	6	14	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.223	.02	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a4
18	51	64	Jun 27	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9		4	9.0	13	5	5	4	3	1	1	4.45	4.14	44	12	12	2	0	12	40			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.035	.01	0.00%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	52	69	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	3	8.0	9	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.37	3.98	33	6	10	2	0	9	56			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.012	.01	0.00%	1.32	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
20	53	72	Jul 6	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	11	4	4	4	2	0	0	4.38	3.96	35	9	9	1	1	11	42			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	-0.112	.00	0.00%	0.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
21	54	78	Jul 14(2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	GS-	L(6-8)	7	8.0	7	5	5	2	10	3	0	4.46	4.06	33						56						31			0		0
22	55	84	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,2-10	GS-8	L(6-9)	3	7.2	10	9	8	4	2	1	0	4.72	4.13	37	12	9	0	0	10	23			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	1	.58	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-4.88	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d7
23	56	88	Jul 22	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	GS-5	L(6-10)	3	5.0	10	6	4	0	4	2	0	4.81	4.20	26	8	4	0	1	10	31			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	1	0	3	1.03	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-3.21	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
24	57	95	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-2		6	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.78	4.21	6	3	0	0	0	2	48			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.18	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	58	97	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-8	3-GF(8)		2	5.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.72	4.14	22	14	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.75	3b --3 1 out d5	8b end d 7
26	59	102	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-10			4	6.0	9	6	6	5	3	1	0	4.88	4.22	31												25			0		0
27	60	107	Aug 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	2-GF(8)		5	6.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.79	4.24	28	13	5	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	1	.27	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.78	2b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 5
28	61	109	Aug 15(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.84	4.22	11	3	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.75	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
29	62	113	Aug 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.84	4.23	8	2	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.25	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 6
30	63	115	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	6-GF		1	4.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	0	4.78	4.19	18	5	3	1	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.48	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.23	6t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
31	64	124	Aug 28	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(7-10)	8	9.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.69	4.23	34	17	7	1	4	6	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.442	.00	0.00%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	65	129	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.56	4.19	34	15	7	0	3	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.351	.00	0.00%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	66	133	Sep 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	5	3	2	4	7	0	0	4.49	4.12	30	8	6	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	25	0	1	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.070	.00	0.00%	0.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
34	67	141	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-	L(8-12)	7	1.0	4	5	4	1	2	0	0	4.65	4.11	9						28						8			0		0
35	68	151	Sep 25(2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-13)	10	8.0	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	4.56	4.10	31	15	4	0	2	5	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	3	0	0	.81	0.006	.00	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
36	69	153	Sep 28	PHA		NYY	L,6-8	3-GF(10)	L(8-14)	2	7.1	10	3	3	2	1	0	1	4.53	4.08	32	11	7	2	0	10		2	0	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.189	.00	0.00%	1.38	3t 12- 2 out d1	10t end d 2
							8-28		W-L:8-14,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.5	214.2	251	121	108	85	94	18	7	4.53	4.08	956	1.19		5%	4%	198	47	17	59%	5	2	1	854	37	5	5	22	0	12	.99	-0.791	.49	-0.89%	-2.59

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