Jim Shellenback

Full Name: James Philip Shellenback	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 15, 1966
Birthdate: November 18, 1943	Final Game: September 21, 1977
Birthplace: Riverside, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on November 18, 1943 in Riverside, California, Jim Shellenback (James Philip Shellenback) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 9 year career. Shellenback (Shelly) broke into the bigs on September 15, 1966 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.91 ERA in 101.1 innings, his rookie year.Pitched 11 Innings in first major league start,allowing only 6 hits. Best pitch was a palmball. While pitching for Washington,his nickname was "The Yankee Killer" because most of his wins were against New York.

Most people believe that Jim Shellenback's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.68 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

Jim is the nephew of former major league pitcher,Frank Shellenback

[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
1966	PIT	N	2	0	0	0	9.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	2	3	1	0	0
1967	PIT	N	6	2	1	1	2.70	11	12	7	1	0	0	23.1	23	1	12	1	1	1
1969	WAS	A	30	11	4	7	4.04	50	43	38	2	0	1	84.2	87	8	48	3	0	1
1969	PIT	N	8	0	0	0	3.24	7	8	6	0	0	0	16.2	14	1	4	0	1	0
1969	Total		38	11	4	7	3.91	57	51	44	2	0	1	101.1	101	9	52	3	1	1
1970	WAS	A	39	14	6	7	3.68	57	57	48	2	1	0	117.1	107	6	51	4	2	0
1971	WAS	A	40	15	3	11	3.53	47	56	47	3	1	0	120	123	10	49	5	2	3
1972	TEX	A	22	6	2	4	3.47	30	24	22	0	0	1	57	46	6	16	0	0	2
1973	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	A	11	0	0	0	5.84	14	18	16	0	0	0	24.2	30	5	12	0	0	1
1977	MIN	A	5	0	0	0	7.94	3	7	5	0	0	0	5.2	10	1	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		16	2	1	1	3.35	18	23	16	1	0	0	43	40	4	19	2	2	1
Total	AL		149	46	15	29	3.85	204	205	176	7	2	2	411	403	36	181	12	4	7
Total			165	48	16	30	3.81	222	228	192	8	2	2	454	443	40	200	14	6	8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1966	PIT	N	P	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	PIT	N	P	6	2	23.1	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1969	WAS	A	P	30	11	84.2	5	23	1	1	2	8	3	2	.966
1969	PIT	N	P	8	0	16.2	1	10	1	0	0	0	1	2	.917
1969	Total		P	38	11	101.1	6	33	2	1	2	8	4	4	.951
1970	WAS	A	P	39	14	117.1	5	16	1	1	1	2	4	0	.955
1971	WAS	A	P	40	15	120	2	26	2	4	2	3	2	0	.933
1972	TEX	A	P	22	6	57	4	5	0	0	1	2	4	0	1.000
1973	TEX	A	P	2	0	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	TEX	A	P	11	0	24.2	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1977	MIN	A	P	5	0	5.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	165	48	454	21	91	5	6	6	18	15	4	.957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1966	PIT	N	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1967	PIT	N	6	6	1	1	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	0	0
1969	WAS	A	30	27	1	5	2	.185	.185	.185	0	0	2	0	3
1969	PIT	N	8	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1969	Total		38	28	1	5	2	.179	.179	.179	0	0	2	0	3
1970	WAS	A	40	30	3	2	2	.067	.097	.100	1	1	8	4	0
1971	WAS	A	40	30	3	5	1	.167	.194	.200	1	1	10	1	1
1972	TEX	A	22	10	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	0	1	2	1	0
1973	TEX	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	TEX	A	11	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	MIN	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		16	7	1	1	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		150	97	7	13	7	.134	.160	.155	2	3	22	6	4
Total			166	104	8	14	7	.135	.159	.154	2	3	22	6	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1962).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (November 26, 1962).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Senators in exchange for Frank Kreutzer (May 17, 1969).
Sold by Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres (1975).
Released by San Diego Padres (1977).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (August, 1977).
Released by Minnesota Twins (October 26, 1977).