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: 11-12 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	153	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	5	5	6	3	1	0	6.43	5.94	32	9	8	2	0	6	42			0	0	0	25	1	2	2	1	0	0	.74	-0.129	1.87	-0.20%	-1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
2	154	9	Apr 23	KCA		CHW	L,6-29	GS-2	L(0-2)	8	1.2	7	9	8	1	0	2	0	13.50	8.60	14	6	2	0	0	5	6			0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.13	-0.551	1.87	-0.55%	-6.50	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d4
3	155	14	Apr 29	KCA		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	6.62	5.88	32	13	10	2	0	3	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.200	.60	0.22%	4.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
4	156	20	May 7	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-4	L(1-3)	7	3.2	9	7	7	3	2	0	0	8.44	5.51	21	0	7	0	0	9	14			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.379	2.08	-0.50%	-5.26	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
5	157	24	May 11	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	4-GF	W(2-3)	3	6.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.59	4.64	22	8	7	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.63	0.430	1.64	0.26%	2.74	4b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
6	158	28	May 15(1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	3	3	9	3	0	0	5.70	4.65	40	13	10	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.54	0.405	1.44	0.23%	1.44	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a1
7	159	33	May 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	5.1	8	6	6	4	4	0	0	6.26	4.46	27	5	6	1	0	8	28			0	0	0	21	5	0	2	1	1	0	.98	-0.311	.97	-0.18%	-2.54	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
8	160	39	May 29	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(3-5)	7	9.0	10	4	4	4	6	1	0	5.86	4.34	40	2	18	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	36	3	1	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.097	.20	-0.02%	0.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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
9	161	45	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.50	4.15	22	4	5	0	1	5	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.141	.13	0.01%	1.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
10	162	60	Jun 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	8-9	H(1)	13	1.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.56	4.08	7	0	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.090	.06	0.00%	-0.90	8b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 0 out a2
11	163	64	Jun 23	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(3-6)	5	8.0	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.43	4.02	35	12	11	3	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	2	1	2	0	1	0	.68	-0.107	.02	0.00%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
12	164	70	Jun 29	KCA	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	5.1	6	4	3	5	0	0	0	5.40	4.11	28	6	11	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.264	.02	0.00%	-2.10	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a2
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
13	165	77	Jul 5	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	GS-8		5	7.2	6	3	3	2	3	2	0	5.21	4.27	29	3	15	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.005	.04	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
14	166	86	Jul 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-8	GS-6	L(4-7)	9	5.0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.33	4.19	21	4	7	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a1
15	167	92	Jul 21	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-8)	5	8.0	7	4	2	3	6	0	0	5.06	4.00	35	12	7	3	0	7	59			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	2	.81	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
16	168	99	Jul 27(1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-9		5	8.0	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.02	3.98	34	12	6	0	0	10	48			0	0	1	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.410	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
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
17	169	105	Aug 2	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-9)	5	7.0	7	3	0	2	4	0	1	4.68	3.88	30	8	8	3	0	7	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	1	1	1.09	-0.114	.00	0.00%	0.20	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
18	170	112	Aug 9	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	GS-5	L(4-10)	6	5.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.72	3.85	23	9	5	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
19	171	118	Aug 14	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	GS-5		4	4.1	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.70	3.91	19	3	7	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.03	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out a4
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
20	172	142	Sep 11(1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-3	8-GF	W(5-10)	27	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.62	3.91	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	0.287	.00	0.00%	0.92	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
21	173	144	Sep 13(1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,6-5	7-10	BS(1)	1	3.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.56	3.88	14	6	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.00	7b 1-- 0 out a1	10b 1-- 1 out tie
22	174	151	Sep 20	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	2-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.84	6	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.16	2b -2- 1 out d7	3b 3 out d7
23	175	152	Sep 21	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	5-7		0	3.0	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.54	3.88	15	4	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.54	5b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d10
							11-12		W-L:5-10,BSv:1,Hld:1	4.9	125.0	124	70	63	66	58	8	1	4.54	3.88	552	0.90		6%	0%	120	46	2	0%	1	2	2	471	21	8	11	11	6	8	1.01	-1.403	.51	-0.74%	-6.99

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