Bob Shawkey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 168lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: December 4, 1890 in Sigel, PA us

Died: December 31, 1980 in Syracuse, NY

Buried: Oakwood-Morningside Cemetery, Syracuse, NY

School: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (Slippery Rock, PA)

Debut: July 16, 1913 (Age 22-224d, 3,951st in MLB history)
vs. CHW 7.0 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1927 (Age 36-299d)
vs. WSH 2.0 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: James Robert Shawkey

Nicknames: Sailor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.7

W

195

L

150

ERA

3.09

G

488

GS

333

SV

IP

2937.0

SO

1360

WHIP

1.273

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1913	22	PHA	AL	6	5	.545	2.34	18	15	1	8	1	0	111.1	92	41	29	2	50		52	3	0	4	462	118	3.28	1.275	7.4	0.2	4.0	4.2	1.04
1914	23	PHA	AL	15	8	.652	2.73	38	31	5	18	5	2	237.0	223	88	72	4	75		89	2	0	0	929	95	2.88	1.257	8.5	0.2	2.8	3.4	1.19
1915	24	TOT	AL	10	13	.435	3.68	33	22	10	12	2	0	185.2	181	95	76	5	73		87	3	0	3	741	80	3.05	1.368	8.8	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.19
1915	24	PHA	AL	6	6	.500	4.05	17	13	4	7	1	0	100.0	103	57	45	3	38		56	1	0	2	410	72	2.85	1.410	9.3	0.3	3.4	5.0	1.47
1915	24	NYY	AL	4	7	.364	3.26	16	9	6	5	1	0	85.2	78	38	31	2	35		31	2	0	1	331	91	3.28	1.319	8.2	0.2	3.7	3.3	0.89
1916	25	NYY	AL	24	14	.632	2.21	53	27	24	21	4	8	276.2	204	78	68	4	81		122	6	0	2	1064	132	2.57	1.030	6.6	0.1	2.6	4.0	1.51
1917	26	NYY	AL	13	15	.464	2.44	32	26	5	16	2	0	236.1	207	81	64	2	72		97	6	0	4	930	111	2.54	1.181	7.9	0.1	2.7	3.7	1.35
1918	27	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	1.13	3	2	1	1	1	0	16.0	7	2	2	0	10		3	0	0	0	59	257	3.73	1.063	3.9	0.0	5.6	1.7	0.30
1919	28	NYY	AL	20	11	.645	2.72	41	27	11	22	3	5	261.1	218	94	79	7	92		122	5	0	1	1041	116	3.02	1.186	7.5	0.2	3.2	4.2	1.33
1920	29	NYY	AL	20	13	.606	2.45	38	31	6	20	5	2	267.2	246	88	73	10	85		126	1	0	3	1079	156	3.26	1.237	8.3	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
1921	30	NYY	AL	18	12	.600	4.08	38	31	6	18	3	2	245.0	245	131	111	15	86		126	7	1	2	1053	103	4.01	1.351	9.0	0.6	3.2	4.6	1.47
1922	31	NYY	AL	20	12	.625	2.91	39	34	4	22	3	1	299.2	286	112	97	16	98		130	0	0	3	1253	137	3.82	1.281	8.6	0.5	2.9	3.9	1.33
1923	32	NYY	AL	16	11	.593	3.51	36	31	3	17	1	1	258.2	232	114	101	17	102		125	4	0	8	1076	112	4.05	1.291	8.1	0.6	3.5	4.3	1.23
1924	33	NYY	AL	16	11	.593	4.12	38	25	8	10	1	0	207.2	226	107	95	11	74		114	3	0	5	888	102	3.74	1.445	9.8	0.5	3.2	4.9	1.54
1925	34	NYY	AL	6	14	.300	4.11	33	19	6	9	1	0	186.0	209	101	85	12	67		81	5	0	4	802	104	4.24	1.484	10.1	0.6	3.2	3.9	1.21
1926	35	NYY	AL	8	7	.533	3.62	29	10	14	3	1	4	104.1	102	49	42	5	37		63	2	0	0	445	107	3.45	1.332	8.8	0.4	3.2	5.4	1.70
1927	36	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	2.89	19	2	11	0	0	4	43.2	44	19	14	1	16		23	1	0	3	190	136	3.44	1.374	9.1	0.2	3.3	4.7	1.44
1934	43	NYY-min	AA	0	1	.000	8.18	7						11.0	12	13	10		9									1.909	9.8		7.4			NWK IL
15 Yrs				195	150	.565	3.09	488	333	115	197	33	29	2937.0	2722	1200	1008	111	1018		1360	48	1	42	12012	114	3.37	1.273	8.3	0.3	3.1	4.2	1.34
162 Game Avg.				16	12	.565	3.09	40	28	10	16	3	2	243	225	99	83	9	84		113	4	0	3	995	114	3.37	1.273	8.3	0.3	3.1	4.2	1.34
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYY (13 yrs)				168	131	.562	3.12	415	274	105	164	26	27	2488.2	2304	1014	862	102	855		1163	42	1	36	10211	117	3.44	1.269	8.3	0.4	3.1	4.2	1.36
PHA (3 yrs)				27	19	.587	2.93	73	59	10	33	7	2	448.1	418	186	146	9	163		197	6	0	6	1801	93	2.97	1.296	8.4	0.2	3.3	4.0	1.21