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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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Contents

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

[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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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