Bobby Shantz

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Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 6"/139	First Game: May 1, 1949
Birthdate: September 26, 1925	Final Game: September 29, 1964
Birthplace: Pottstown, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Bobby Shantz (Robert Clayton Shantz) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Colt .45s, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 16 year career. Shantz broke into the bigs on May 1, 1949 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.40 ERA in 127 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bobby Shantz's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.48 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 152 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1949	PHI	A	33	7	6	8	3.40	58	50	48	4	1	2	127	100	9	74	0	3	3
1950	PHI	A	36	23	8	14	4.61	93	122	110	6	1	0	214.2	251	18	85	0	0	7
1951	PHI	A	32	25	18	10	3.94	77	96	90	13	3	0	205.1	213	15	70	0	1	5
1952	PHI	A	33	33	24	7	2.48	152	87	77	27	5	0	279.2	230	21	63	0	0	4
1953	PHI	A	16	16	5	9	4.09	58	52	48	6	0	0	105.2	107	10	26	0	3	0
1954	PHI	A	2	1	1	0	7.88	3	7	7	0	0	0	8	12	2	3	0	0	1
1955	KC	A	23	17	5	10	4.54	58	70	63	4	1	0	125	124	8	66	11	2	1
1956	KC	A	45	2	2	7	4.35	67	51	49	1	0	9	101.1	95	12	37	4	1	3
1957	NY	A	30	21	11	5	2.45	72	58	47	9	1	5	173	157	15	40	1	3	6
1958	NY	A	33	13	7	6	3.36	80	52	47	3	0	0	126	127	8	35	7	3	2
1959	NY	A	33	4	7	3	2.38	66	33	25	2	2	3	94.2	64	4	33	5	3	0
1960	NY	A	42	0	5	4	2.79	54	24	21	0	0	11	67.2	57	5	24	4	3	2
1961	PIT	N	43	6	6	3	3.32	61	38	33	2	1	2	89.1	91	5	26	6	0	4
1962	STL	N	28	0	5	3	2.18	47	22	14	0	0	4	57.2	45	7	20	2	0	1
1962	HOU	N	3	3	1	1	1.31	14	4	3	1	0	0	20.2	15	1	5	0	0	0
1962	TOT	N	31	3	6	4	1.95	61	26	17	1	0	4	78.1	60	8	25	2	0	1
1963	STL	N	55	0	6	4	2.61	70	28	23	0	0	11	79.1	55	6	17	5	5	2
1964	STL	N	16	0	1	3	3.12	12	6	6	0	0	0	17.1	14	2	7	3	1	0
1964	PHI	N	14	0	1	1	2.25	18	10	8	0	0	0	32	23	1	6	3	1	0
1964	CHI	N	20	0	0	1	5.56	12	7	7	0	0	1	11.1	15	2	6	2	0	0
1964	TOT	N	50	0	2	5	3.12	42	23	21	0	0	1	60.2	52	5	19	8	2	0
Total	NL		179	9	20	16	2.75	234	115	94	3	1	18	307.2	258	24	87	21	7	7
Total	AL		358	162	99	83	3.49	838	702	632	75	14	30	1628	1537	127	556	32	22	34
Total			537	171	119	99	3.38	1072	817	726	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	151	643	53	29	41

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	12	36	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	PHI	A	P	36	0	0	13	52	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1951	PHI	A	P	32	0	0	20	44	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1952	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	29	49	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PHI	A	P	16	0	0	10	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1954	PHI	A	P	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1955	KC	A	P	23	0	0	9	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1956	KC	A	P	45	0	0	10	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1957	NY	A	P	30	21	173	14	57	1	8	0	1	3	2	2	.986
1958	NY	A	P	33	13	126	6	35	0	4	0	0	2	4	0	1.000
1958	NY	A	CF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	NY	A	OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	NY	A	P	33	4	94.2	8	20	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	.933
1960	NY	A	P	42	0	67.2	4	13	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1961	PIT	N	P	43	6	89.1	13	18	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
1962	STL	N	P	28	0	57.2	9	12	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	.955
1962	HOU	N	P	3	3	20.2	1	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1962	TOT	N	P	31	3	78.1	10	25	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	.972
1963	STL	N	P	55	0	79.1	9	22	1	2	0	1	3	1	0	.969
1964	STL	N	P	16	0	17.1	1	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
1964	PHI	N	P	14	0	32	5	16	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	.955
1964	CHI	N	P	20	0	11.1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	TOT	N	P	50	0	60.2	6	28	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	.971
Total			P	537	47	769	174	468	16	48	0	8	17	14	4	.976
Total			CF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	PHI	A	33	37	2	7	0	2	.189	.302	.189	0	0	5	6	1	3	0	0	0
1950	PHI	A	37	66	4	11	1	4	.167	.236	.227	1	0	6	10	0	6	1	0	2
1951	PHI	A	36	72	11	18	0	9	.250	.308	.306	4	0	6	7	0	8	1	0	1
1952	PHI	A	34	96	13	19	0	12	.198	.252	.260	4	1	5	9	2	13	0	0	0
1953	PHI	A	21	38	6	9	0	4	.237	.275	.316	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	0
1954	PHI	A	7	3	2	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	KC	A	26	41	5	6	0	0	.146	.167	.146	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0
1956	KC	A	51	22	2	2	0	1	.091	.167	.136	1	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	1
1957	NY	A	33	56	6	10	0	6	.179	.281	.232	3	0	8	16	0	1	0	0	0
1958	NY	A	33	35	1	8	0	1	.229	.289	.314	3	0	2	12	1	1	0	0	0
1959	NY	A	40	23	4	5	0	1	.217	.308	.304	2	0	3	6	0	3	0	0	0
1960	NY	A	43	10	1	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1961	PIT	N	44	16	3	7	0	3	.438	.526	.500	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
1962	STL	N	28	13	0	2	0	2	.154	.143	.154	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1962	HOU	N	7	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1962	TOT	N	35	21	0	2	0	2	.095	.091	.095	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
1963	STL	N	55	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.333	.143	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1964	STL	N	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	PHI	N	14	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1964	CHI	N	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	TOT	N	50	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		184	49	3	10	0	6	.204	.298	.224	1	0	6	16	1	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		394	499	57	97	1	40	.194	.261	.246	19	2	41	80	4	42	3	0	4
Total			578	548	60	107	1	46	.195	.265	.245	20	2	47	96	5	44	3	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1948).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Art Ditmar, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
Selected by Washington Senators from New York Yankees in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bennie Daniels, Harry Bright and R C Stevens (December 16, 1960).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Carl Warwick and John Anderson (May 7, 1962).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ernie Broglio and Doug Clemens to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth (June 15, 1964).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (August 15, 1964).

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