Tex Shirley
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[edit] Biography
Born on April 25, 1918 in Birthright, Texas, Tex Shirley (Alvis Newman Shirley) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Shirley broke into the bigs on September 6, 1941 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.15 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tex Shirley's best season was 1945, when he posted a 3.63 ERA and struck out 77 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | PHI | A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PHI | A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.30 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.2 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1944 | STL | A | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4.15 | 35 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80.1 | 59 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1945 | STL | A | 32 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 3.63 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 183.2 | 191 | 8 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1946 | STL | A | 27 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 4.96 | 45 | 89 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 139.2 | 148 | 7 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 102 | 54 | 19 | 30 | 4.25 | 168 | 247 | 211 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 446.2 | 443 | 20 | 290 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1941 | PHI | A | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1942 | PHI | A | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1944 | STL | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .867 |
| 1945 | STL | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1946 | STL | A | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| Total | P | 102 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 69 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | PHI | A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | PHI | A | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | STL | A | 30 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1945 | STL | A | 43 | 70 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 8 | .286 | .296 | .300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | A | 35 | 51 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 128 | 159 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 9 | .214 | .219 | .233 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (August 17, 1942).
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