Urban Shocker

Full Name: Urban James Shocker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170	First Game: April 24, 1916
Birthdate: September 22, 1890	Final Game: May 30, 1928
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: September 9, 1928
Deathplace: Denver, Colorado
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 22, 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio, Urban Shocker (Urban James Shocker) played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 13 year career. Shocker broke into the bigs on April 24, 1916 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.62 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Urban Shocker's best season was 1922, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 149 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1916	NY	A	12	9	4	3	2.62	43	25	24	4	1	0	82.1	67	2	32	2	6
1917	NY	A	26	13	8	5	2.61	68	59	42	7	0	1	145	124	4	46	4	0
1918	STL	A	14	9	6	5	1.81	33	26	19	7	0	2	94.2	69	0	40	2	1
1919	STL	A	30	25	13	11	2.69	86	75	63	14	5	0	211	193	6	55	2	4
1920	STL	A	38	28	20	10	2.71	107	97	74	22	5	5	245.2	224	10	70	0	4
1921	STL	A	47	38	27	12	3.55	132	151	129	30	4	4	326.2	345	21	86	3	6
1922	STL	A	48	38	24	17	2.97	149	141	115	29	2	3	348	365	22	57	2	4
1923	STL	A	43	35	20	12	3.41	109	122	105	24	3	5	277.1	292	12	49	2	3
1924	STL	A	40	33	16	13	4.20	88	124	115	17	4	1	246.1	270	11	52	0	3
1925	NY	A	41	30	12	12	3.65	74	108	99	15	2	2	244.1	278	17	58	1	3
1926	NY	A	41	32	19	11	3.38	59	113	97	18	0	2	258.1	272	13	71	1	2
1927	NY	A	31	27	18	6	2.84	35	86	63	13	2	0	200	207	8	41	1	1
1928	NY	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Total			412	317	187	117	3.17	983	1127	945	200	28	25	2681.2	2709	126	657	20	37

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1916	NY	A	P	12	9	18	1	0	.964
1917	NY	A	P	26	6	50	2	2	.966
1918	STL	A	P	14	8	25	0	3	1.000
1919	STL	A	P	30	11	48	3	2	.952
1920	STL	A	P	38	13	58	1	0	.986
1921	STL	A	P	47	21	91	2	1	.982
1922	STL	A	P	48	33	59	1	1	.989
1923	STL	A	P	43	11	56	3	3	.957
1924	STL	A	P	40	11	43	0	3	1.000
1925	NY	A	P	41	11	50	0	5	1.000
1926	NY	A	P	41	11	59	1	0	.986
1927	NY	A	P	31	10	42	1	2	.981
1928	NY	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	412	155	599	15	22	.980

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1916	NY	A	12	21	2	4	0	1	.190	.370	.190	0	0	5	7	1	2	0
1917	NY	A	26	45	0	8	0	6	.178	.213	.178	0	0	1	17	1	5	0
1918	STL	A	14	34	1	11	0	3	.324	.378	.412	3	0	3	9	0	0	0
1919	STL	A	30	58	2	8	0	4	.138	.286	.138	0	0	12	13	0	2	0
1920	STL	A	38	80	8	18	0	10	.225	.333	.262	3	0	11	21	2	5	0
1921	STL	A	47	104	18	27	0	9	.260	.374	.317	4	1	18	26	1	7	0
1922	STL	A	48	115	14	22	1	6	.191	.279	.261	3	1	14	34	0	6	1
1923	STL	A	43	80	9	16	0	6	.200	.333	.213	1	0	16	21	0	12	0
1924	STL	A	40	67	11	16	0	7	.239	.433	.269	2	0	22	14	1	9	0
1925	NY	A	41	64	12	11	0	4	.172	.369	.281	5	1	20	17	0	10	0
1926	NY	A	41	76	6	13	0	4	.171	.284	.184	1	0	10	20	2	20	0
1927	NY	A	31	54	6	13	0	10	.241	.359	.259	1	0	7	12	3	20	0
1928	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			412	798	89	167	1	70	.209	.334	.249	23	3	139	211	11	98	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Yankees from Guelph (Canadian) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September, 1915).
Traded by New York Yankees with Les Nunamaker, Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon and $15000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Eddie Plank and Del Pratt (January 22, 1918).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees in exchange for Bullet Joe Bush, Milt Gaston and Joe Giard (December 17, 1924).

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