Burt Shotton

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Full Name: Burton Edwin Shotton	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: September 13, 1909
Birthdate: October 18, 1884	Final Game: April 21, 1923
Birthplace: Brownhelm, Ohio	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: July 29, 1962
Deathplace: Lake Wales, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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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
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Burt Shotton (Burton Edwin Shotton) was born on October 18, 1884 in Brownhelm, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1909 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1911, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 0 home runs and 36 RBI. Shotton played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Burt Shotton's best season was 1916, when he stole 41 bases and hit for a .283 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
1909	STL	A	17	61	5	16	0	0	.262	.328	.295	0	1	5	0	1	4	3	0	0
1911	STL	A	139	572	84	146	0	36	.255	.317	.302	11	8	51	0	1	6	26	0	0
1912	STL	A	154	580	87	168	2	40	.290	.390	.353	15	8	86	0	9	6	35	0	0
1913	STL	A	147	549	105	163	1	28	.297	.405	.373	23	8	99	63	1	6	43	0	0
1914	STL	A	154	579	82	156	0	38	.269	.344	.333	19	9	64	66	2	10	40	0	0
1915	STL	A	156	559	93	158	1	30	.283	.409	.360	18	11	118	62	2	6	43	0	0
1916	STL	A	157	614	97	174	1	36	.283	.392	.345	23	6	110	65	0	4	41	0	0
1917	STL	A	118	398	47	89	1	20	.224	.330	.259	9	1	62	47	1	8	16	0	0
1918	WAS	A	126	505	68	132	0	21	.261	.349	.321	16	7	67	28	1	3	25	0	0
1919	STL	N	85	270	35	77	1	20	.285	.341	.381	13	5	22	25	1	6	16	0	0
1920	STL	N	62	180	28	41	1	12	.228	.305	.272	5	0	18	14	2	3	5	0	0
1921	STL	N	38	48	9	12	1	7	.250	.357	.375	1	1	7	4	1	0	0	0	0
1922	STL	N	34	30	5	6	0	2	.200	.294	.233	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
1923	STL	N	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		220	528	78	136	3	41	.258	.328	.335	20	6	51	49	4	9	21	0	0
Total	AL		1168	4417	668	1202	6	249	.272	.369	.333	134	59	662	331	18	53	272	0	0
Total			1388	4945	746	1338	9	290	.271	.365	.333	154	65	713	380	22	62	293	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1909	STL	A	OF	17	0	0	41	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.915
1911	STL	A	OF	139	0	0	356	21	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1912	STL	A	OF	154	0	0	381	20	25	7	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1913	STL	A	OF	146	0	0	357	29	20	11	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1914	STL	A	OF	152	0	0	359	15	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1915	STL	A	OF	154	0	0	295	15	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1916	STL	A	OF	156	0	0	357	25	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1917	STL	A	OF	107	0	0	182	10	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1918	WAS	A	OF	122	0	0	277	15	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1919	STL	N	OF	67	0	0	104	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1920	STL	N	OF	51	0	0	85	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1921	STL	N	OF	11	0	0	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1921	STL	N	CF	10	7	0	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1921	STL	N	LF	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1922	STL	N	OF	3	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1922	STL	N	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1922	STL	N	CF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1922	STL	N	RF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1279	9	9	2816	173	184	51	0	0	0	0	0	.942
Total			CF	11	7	2	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			RF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns with Doc Lavan to Washington Senators in exchange for Bert Gallia and $15000 (December 15, 1917).
Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Washington Senators (February 1, 1919).

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