Left-Handed Shortstops (1871-present)
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All left-handed throwers credited with at least one game playing shortstop.
All left-handed throwers credited with at least one game playing shortstop.
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Cnt Player **G** From To Ages PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+--------+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 1 Lou Gehrig 2164 1923 1939 20-36 9660 8001 1888 2721 534 163 493 1995 1508 0 790 45 106 0 2 102 101 .340 .447 .632 1.079 *3/976 NYY 2 Jesse Burkett 2066 1890 1905 21-36 9605 8421 1720 2850 320 182 75 952 1029 0 230 75 80 0 0 389 0 .338 .415 .446 .861 *79/18645 NYG-CLV-STL-SLB-BOS 3 Jimmy Ryan 2012 1885 1903 22-40 9106 8164 1642 2502 451 157 118 1093 803 0 361 83 56 0 0 418 0 .306 .374 .444 .818 897/6145 CHC-CHI-CHC-WSH 4 George Van Haltre 1984 1887 1903 21-37 8979 8021 1639 2532 285 161 69 1014 868 0 305 38 52 0 0 583 0 .316 .385 .417 .802 *879/164 CHC-BWW-BAL-TOT-PIT-NYG 5 Hal Chase 1919 1905 1919 22-36 7939 7417 980 2158 322 124 57 941 276 0 306 30 216 0 0 363 15 .291 .319 .391 .710 *3/4786915 NYY-TOT-BUF-CIN-NYG 6 Jack Clements 1157 1884 1900 19-35 4704 4283 619 1226 226 60 77 687 339 0 291 61 21 0 0 55 0 .286 .347 .421 .768 *2/938567 TOT-PHI-STL-CLV-BSN 7 Hick Carpenter 1118 1879 1892 23-36 4777 4637 720 1202 142 47 18 543 112 0 91 28 0 0 0 158 0 .259 .281 .322 .603 *5/3946 SYR-CIN-WOR-CIN-STL 8 Mike Donlin 1049 1899 1914 21-36 4282 3854 669 1282 176 97 51 543 312 0 39 20 96 0 0 213 0 .333 .386 .468 .854 879/361 STL-BLA-CIN-TOT-NYG-TOT-PIT 9 Bill McClellan 792 1878 1888 22-32 3486 3197 533 773 129 33 6 304 274 0 95 15 0 0 0 132 0 .242 .305 .308 .613 *46/598 CHC-PRO-PHI-BRO-TOT 10 George Decker 701 1892 1899 23-30 2961 2727 420 753 98 49 25 415 173 0 124 21 40 0 0 112 0 .276 .324 .376 .700 379/4856 CHC-TOT 11 John Cassidy 634 1875 1885 18-28 2731 2642 353 650 87 33 5 191 84 0 132 5 0 0 0 0 1 .246 .271 .310 .581 *98/3564172 TOT-HAR-CHC-TRO-PRO-BRO 12 Bill Greenwood 574 1882 1890 25-33 2392 2170 381 490 56 26 8 185 201 0 71 21 0 0 0 194 0 .226 .298 .287 .585 *4/697 PHA-BRO-BAL-COL-ROC 13 Jake Virtue 474 1890 1894 25-29 2054 1764 321 483 60 50 7 256 275 0 140 15 0 0 0 50 0 .274 .376 .376 .752 *3/896541 CLV 14 Jimmy Macullar 449 1879 1886 24-31 1710 1541 246 319 47 19 7 91 155 0 27 14 0 0 0 23 0 .207 .285 .276 .561 *68/94715 SYR-CIN-BAL 15 Lip Pike 425 1871 1887 26-42 2032 1983 433 637 119 53 20 332 49 0 54 0 0 0 0 47 15 .321 .338 .465 .803 8/946573 TRO-BAL-HAR-STL-CIN-TOT-WOR-NYP 16 Bill Harbidge 378 1875 1884 20-29 1590 1510 200 373 47 16 2 114 80 0 69 0 0 0 0 2 4 .247 .285 .303 .588 28/946375 HAR-CHC-TRO-PHI-COR 17 Lefty Marr 363 1886 1891 23-28 1626 1445 244 417 54 35 2 186 166 0 80 15 0 0 0 92 0 .289 .368 .379 .747 *95/6832 COL-CIN-TOT 18 Sam Trott 360 1880 1888 21-29 1412 1354 166 338 73 22 3 123 54 0 44 4 0 0 0 9 0 .250 .280 .343 .623 *2/4973685 BSN-DTN-BAL 19 Lefty Davis 348 1901 1907 26-32 1510 1296 232 338 32 19 3 110 167 0 0 6 41 0 0 65 0 .261 .348 .322 .670 97/86 TOT-PIT-NYY-CIN 20 Sy Sutcliffe 344 1884 1892 22-30 1417 1322 177 381 43 24 6 174 92 0 87 3 0 0 0 41 0 .288 .336 .371 .707 *2/3967854 CHC-TOT-DTN-CLV-CLE-WAS-BLN 21 Spud Johnson 331 1889 1891 29-31 1463 1324 246 400 45 31 4 238 109 0 70 30 0 0 0 93 0 .302 .368 .392 .760 *9/7536 COL-CLV 22 Matt Kilroy 330 1886 1898 20-32 1189 1062 163 236 24 17 1 103 118 0 46 7 2 0 0 67 0 .222 .304 .280 .584 *1/97865 BAL-BOS-CKK-WHS-LOU-CHC 23 Bob Addy 274 1871 1877 26-32 1250 1231 227 341 35 12 1 172 19 0 7 0 0 0 0 30 15 .277 .288 .327 .615 *9/45678 ROK-TOT-HAR-PHI-CHC-CIN 24 John McMullin 244 1871 1875 23-27 1122 1082 234 308 32 13 4 137 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 38 17 .285 .310 .349 .659 7/8196 TRO-NYU-ATH-PHI 25 Monk Cline 234 1882 1891 24-33 1021 946 167 247 39 12 2 72 69 0 3 6 0 0 0 31 0 .261 .315 .334 .649 *8/79645 BAL-LOU-KCC ----+-----------------+--------+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- Cnt Player **G** From To Ages PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+--------+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 26 Fergy Malone 220 1871 1884 29-42 1084 1052 200 288 32 7 1 160 32 0 19 0 0 0 0 17 5 .274 .295 .320 .615 *2/3968 ATH-PHI-CHI-ATH-PHK 27 Phil Baker 195 1883 1886 26-29 856 817 134 212 20 11 3 34 39 0 32 0 0 0 0 16 0 .259 .293 .322 .615 /328976 BAL-WHS 28 Jimmy Hallinan 170 1871 1878 22-29 775 760 142 218 25 12 5 83 15 0 18 0 0 0 0 5 5 .287 .301 .371 .672 *6/7498 KEK-NYU-TOT 29 Kid Madden 133 1887 1891 20-24 468 433 60 106 7 5 2 49 28 0 43 7 0 0 0 16 0 .245 .301 .298 .599 *1/967 BSN-BOS-TOT 30 Dick Burns 130 1883 1885 19-21 554 544 97 145 26 14 4 9 10 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .280 .388 .668 /18976 DTN-COR-SLM 31 Mark Ryal 127 1982 1990 22-30 235 223 19 47 11 0 7 31 10 2 34 0 2 0 7 1 0 .211 .245 .354 .599 /793D86 KCR-CHW-CAL-PHI-PIT 32 Ed Beatin 114 1887 1891 20-24 420 388 46 56 5 5 4 38 32 0 90 0 0 0 0 3 0 .144 .210 .214 .424 *1/68 DTN-CLV 33 Billy Hulen 107 1896 1899 26-29 482 407 97 100 19 7 0 41 65 0 20 0 10 0 0 28 0 .246 .350 .327 .677 /*684 PHI-WHS 34 Royle Stillman 89 1975 1977 24-26 177 155 19 33 7 1 3 15 21 2 28 0 0 1 1 2 1 .213 .305 .329 .634 /7D9638 BAL-CHW 35 Gene Moriarity 72 1884 1892 19-27 276 269 26 41 5 3 3 23 4 0 47 3 0 0 0 7 0 .152 .174 .227 .401 /*795861 TOT-DTN-STL 36 Billy Redmon 70 1875 1878 99-99 292 281 29 62 11 0 0 25 11 0 21 0 0 0 0 3 0 .221 .250 .260 .510 /*68925 SLR-CIN-MLG 37 Jake Boyd 61 1894 1896 20-22 221 191 31 46 5 1 1 18 22 0 33 8 0 0 0 4 0 .241 .344 .293 .637 /194675 WHS 38 Bobby Mitchell 57 1877 1882 21-26 213 211 20 38 5 2 0 19 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 .188 .223 .411 /*1896 CIN-CLV-STL 39 Russ Hall 40 1898 1901 26-29 160 147 15 37 2 1 0 10 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .252 .290 .279 .569 /*659 STL-CLE 40 John Shoupe 14 1879 1884 27-32 55 55 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .127 .127 .127 .254 /*648 TRO-STL-WHS 41 Tom Chism 6 1979 1979 24-24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 /*362 BAL 42 John Corcoran 6 1895 1895 22-22 20 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 /*65 PIT Seasons/Careers found: 42.
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