Bill Shores
[edit] Biography
Born on May 26, 1904 in Abilene, Texas, Bill Shores (William David Shores) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Giants and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Shores broke into the bigs on April 11, 1928 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 152.2 innings pitched in 1929, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Shores's best season was 1929, when he posted a 3.60 ERA and won 11 games.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3.21
| 5
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 13
| 11
| 6
| 3.60
| 49
| 71
| 61
| 5
| 1
| 7
| 152.2
| 150
| 9
| 59
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 19
| 12
| 4
| 4.19
| 48
| 86
| 74
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 159
| 169
| 11
| 70
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5.06
| 2
| 18
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 26
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| N
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 3.93
| 20
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 36.2
| 41
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.53
| 5
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 26
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 3.93
| 20
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 36.2
| 41
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 88
| 36
| 24
| 14
| 4.19
| 109
| 200
| 167
| 13
| 2
| 7
| 358.2
| 384
| 24
| 154
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 39
| 26
| 15
| 4.17
| 129
| 218
| 183
| 14
| 2
| 7
| 395.1
| 425
| 28
| 168
| 0
| 6
| 6
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 35
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1933
| NY
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 86
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1928
| PHI
| A
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 40
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .239
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 57
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .193
| .220
| .211
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .500
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| N
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .273
| .333
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .273
| .333
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 88
| 110
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .164
| .227
| .173
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 42
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 121
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 6
| .174
| .237
| .182
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 46
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by New York Giants to Kansas City (American Association) (April 9, 1934).
- Sold by Kansas City (American Association) to Chicago White Sox (July 27, 1936).
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