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Howie Shanks

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Full Name: Howard Samuel Shanks Primary Position: OF,3B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: May 9, 1912
Birthdate: July 21, 1890 Final Game: October 3, 1925
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: July 30, 1941
Deathplace: Monaca, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/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

[edit] Biography

Howie Shanks (Howard Samuel Shanks) was born on July 21, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on May 9, 1912 for the Washington Senators. In 1912, his rookie year, he hit .231 with 1 home run and 48 RBI. Shanks played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Howie Shanks's best season was 1921, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 69 runs.

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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
1912 WAS A 116 399 52 92 1 48 .231 .305 .308 14 7 40 0 3 19 21 0 0
1913 WAS A 109 390 38 99 1 37 .254 .287 .315 11 5 15 40 3 8 24 0 0
1914 WAS A 143 500 44 112 4 64 .224 .269 .332 22 10 29 51 2 30 18 0 0
1915 WAS A 141 492 52 123 0 47 .250 .297 .321 19 8 30 42 3 21 12 0 0
1916 WAS A 140 471 51 119 1 48 .253 .317 .321 15 7 41 34 3 25 23 0 0
1917 WAS A 126 430 45 87 0 28 .202 .269 .260 15 5 33 37 6 27 15 0 0
1918 WAS A 120 436 42 112 1 56 .257 .312 .326 19 4 31 21 4 17 23 0 0
1919 WAS A 135 491 33 122 1 54 .248 .289 .299 8 7 25 48 3 32 13 0 0
1920 WAS A 128 444 56 119 4 37 .268 .316 .363 16 7 29 43 2 14 11 0 0
1921 WAS A 154 562 81 170 7 69 .302 .370 .447 24 18 57 38 3 24 11 0 0
1922 WAS A 84 272 35 77 1 32 .283 .352 .397 10 9 25 25 4 13 6 0 0
1923 BOS A 131 464 38 118 3 57 .254 .285 .336 19 5 19 37 1 15 6 0 0
1924 BOS A 72 193 22 50 0 25 .259 .332 .373 16 3 21 12 0 9 1 0 0
1925 NY A 66 155 15 40 1 18 .258 .343 .310 3 1 20 15 0 9 1 0 0
Total 1665 5699 604 1440 25 620 .253 .308 .337 211 96 415 443 37 263 185 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1912 WAS A OF 114 0 0 189 14 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1913 WAS A OF 109 0 0 207 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1914 WAS A OF 139 0 0 276 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1915 WAS A OF 80 0 0 151 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1915 WAS A 3B 49 0 0 57 94 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 .915
1915 WAS A 2B 10 0 0 18 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1916 WAS A SS 8 0 0 11 22 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .846
1916 WAS A OF 88 0 0 203 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1916 WAS A 1B 7 0 0 54 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1916 WAS A 3B 31 0 0 45 49 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1917 WAS A OF 26 0 0 73 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1917 WAS A 1B 2 0 0 18 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1917 WAS A SS 90 0 0 205 255 35 44 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1918 WAS A 2B 48 0 0 130 136 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1918 WAS A 3B 3 0 0 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1918 WAS A OF 64 0 0 149 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1919 WAS A 2B 34 0 0 72 98 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 .924
1919 WAS A OF 6 0 0 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1919 WAS A SS 94 0 0 238 260 42 25 0 0 0 0 0 .922
1920 WAS A OF 35 0 0 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 WAS A SS 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 WAS A 1B 14 0 0 112 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1920 WAS A 3B 63 0 0 102 131 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1920 WAS A 2B 5 0 0 5 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1921 WAS A 3B 154 0 0 218 330 23 35 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1921 WAS A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1922 WAS A 3B 54 0 0 61 112 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 .920
1922 WAS A OF 27 0 0 65 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1923 BOS A 2B 38 0 0 92 82 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1923 BOS A OF 6 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 BOS A 3B 83 0 0 89 173 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1923 BOS A SS 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1924 BOS A SS 41 0 0 62 75 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1924 BOS A 1B 2 0 0 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1924 BOS A 3B 22 0 0 37 58 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1924 BOS A 2B 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1924 BOS A OF 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 NY A 2B 21 0 0 32 58 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1925 NY A OF 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1925 NY A 3B 26 0 0 32 29 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total 1B 25 0 0 200 9 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total OF 702 0 0 1423 99 45 20 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 2B 159 0 0 353 407 41 63 0 0 0 0 0 .949
Total SS 235 0 0 518 620 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 .928
Total 3B 485 0 0 646 987 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 .946

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Washington Senators with Val Picinich and Ed Goebel to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell (February 10, 1923).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Mike McNally (December 10, 1924).
  • Released by New York Yankees (December 16, 1925).

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