Art Shires

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 13, 1906 in Italy, TX us

Died: July 13, 1967 in Italy, TX

Buried: Italy Cemetery, Italy, TX

High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX)

Debut: August 20, 1928 (Age 22-007d, 6,770th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1932 (Age 25-353d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Charles Arthur Shires

Nicknames: Art The Great

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

986

287

.291

118

RBI

119

OBP

.347

SLG

.395

OPS

.741

OPS+

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

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	15	0	0	15	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
3	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	12	0	0	12	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (11)	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
5	16	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	9	2	1	12	1
6	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
8	19	May 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	1	14	0
9	20	May 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	21	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-13	GS	29	5.0	5	2	1	8	0
11	23 (1)	May 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
12	24	May 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
13	25	May 18	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
14	26	May 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	27	May 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
16	28	May 21	CHW		DET	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
17	29	May 22	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
18	30	May 24	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
19	31	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
20	32	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
21	33	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
22	34	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
23	35	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	44	8.2	9	1	1	11	0
24	36	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	48	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	37	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
26	38	May 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	8	0	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	39	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
28	40	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-13	CG	50	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
29	41	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
30	42	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
31	43	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
32	44	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
33	55	Jun 19	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
34	56	Jun 20	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
35	57	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
36	58	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
37	59	Jun 23 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
38	60	Jun 23 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
39	61	Jun 24	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	20	5.0	9	0	0	9	0
40	62	Jun 25	WSH		CLE	W,13-5	GS	27	7.0	8	1	1	10	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	85 (22)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-13	GF	18	4.0	4	1	0	5	1
42	86	Jul 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	8	3	0	11	3
43	87	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
44	88	Jul 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
45	90 (1)	Jul 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
46	97 (6)	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	120 (22)	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,14-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	133 (12)	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	150 (16)	Sep 24	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
50	151	Sep 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
51	152	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	153	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	154	Sep 28	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
							54gm		432.0	468	26	10	504	37