Art Shires

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Full Name: Charles Arthur Shires	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: August 20, 1928
Birthdate: August 13, 1907	Final Game: July 31, 1932
Birthplace: Italy, Texas	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: July 13, 1967
Deathplace: Italy, Texas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Art Shires (Charles Arthur Shires) was born on August 13, 1907 in Italy, Texas. He made his Major League debut on August 20, 1928 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .312 with 3 home runs and 41 RBI. Shires played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Boston Braves over the course of his 4 year career.

Most people believe that Art Shires's best season was 1929, when he hit for a .312 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1928	CHI	A	33	123	20	42	1	11	.341	.409	.431	6	1	13	10	1	0	0	0	0
1929	CHI	A	100	353	41	110	3	41	.312	.370	.433	20	7	32	20	1	6	4	0	0
1930	WAS	A	38	84	11	31	1	19	.369	.404	.464	5	0	5	5	0	2	1	0	0
1930	CHI	A	37	128	14	33	1	18	.258	.291	.336	5	1	6	6	0	7	2	0	0
1930	TOT	A	75	212	25	64	2	37	.302	.336	.387	10	1	11	11	0	9	3	0	0
1932	BOS	N	82	298	32	71	5	30	.238	.299	.339	9	3	25	21	1	4	1	0	0
Total	NL		82	298	32	71	5	30	.238	.299	.339	9	3	25	21	1	4	1	0	0
Total	AL		208	688	86	216	6	89	.314	.367	.419	36	9	56	41	2	15	7	0	0
Total			290	986	118	287	11	119	.291	.347	.395	45	12	81	62	3	19	8	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1928	CHI	A	1B	32	0	0	282	28	3	22	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1929	CHI	A	2B	3	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1929	CHI	A	1B	90	0	0	815	58	8	78	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1930	WAS	A	1B	21	0	0	151	11	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1930	CHI	A	1B	33	0	0	317	15	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1930	TOT	A	1B	54	0	0	468	26	10	37	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1932	BOS	N	1B	80	0	0	715	48	9	61	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			1B	256	0	0	2280	160	30	198	0	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			2B	3	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Garland Braxton and Bennie Tate (June 16, 1930).

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