Bobby Shantz Stats

Bobby Shantz was born on Saturday, September 26, 1925, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Shantz was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1949, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bobby Shantz baseball stats page.
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Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#21)

Bobby Shantz Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#21)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Clayton Shantz
Nickname:   Bobby
Born On:   09-26-1925  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Pottstown High School (Pottstown, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   142
First Game:   05-01-1949 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-29-1964
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1949 24 Athletics 33 7 16 6 8 .429 3.40 4 1 2 127.0 537 100 48 50 9 74 - 58 3 3 0 -
1950 25 Athletics 36 23 9 8 14 .364 4.61 6 1 0 214.2 957 251 110 122 18 85 - 93 0 7 3 -
1951 26 Athletics 32 25 2 18 10 .643 3.94 13 3 0 205.1 869 213 90 96 15 70 - 77 1 5 1 -
1952 27 Athletics 33 33 0 24 7 .774 2.48 27 5 0 279.2 1,103 230 77 87 21 63 - 152 0 4 0 -
1953 28 Athletics 16 16 0 5 9 .357 4.09 6 0 0 105.2 437 107 48 52 10 26 - 58 3 0 0 -
1954 29 Athletics 2 1 0 1 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 0 8.0 38 12 7 7 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 -
1955 30 Athletics 23 17 2 5 10 .333 4.54 4 1 0 125.0 550 124 63 70 8 66 11 58 2 1 0 -
1956 31 Athletics 45 2 26 2 7 .222 4.35 1 0 9 101.1 425 95 49 51 12 37 4 67 1 3 0 -
1957 32 Yankees 30 21 6 11 5 .688 2.45 9 1 5 173.0 688 157 47 58 15 40 1 72 3 6 1 -
1958 33 Yankees 33 13 7 7 6 .538 3.36 3 0 0 126.0 531 127 47 52 8 35 7 80 3 2 1 -
1959 34 Yankees 33 4 14 7 3 .700 2.38 2 2 3 94.2 376 64 25 33 4 33 5 66 3 0 0 -
1960 35 Yankees 42 0 21 5 4 .556 2.79 0 0 11 67.2 280 57 21 24 5 24 4 54 3 2 0 -
1961 36 Pirates 43 6 16 6 3 .667 3.32 2 1 2 89.1 377 91 33 38 5 26 6 61 0 4 0 -
1962 37 Colt .45s 3 3 0 1 1 .500 1.31 1 0 0 20.2 78 15 3 4 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 -
1962 37 Cardinals 28 0 19 5 3 .625 2.18 0 0 4 57.2 236 45 14 22 7 20 2 47 0 1 0 -
1963 38 Cardinals 55 0 32 6 4 .600 2.61 0 0 11 79.1 312 55 23 28 6 17 5 70 5 2 0 -
1964 39 Cardinals 16 0 10 1 3 .250 3.12 0 0 0 17.1 72 14 6 6 2 7 3 12 1 0 0 -
1964 39 Cubs 20 0 9 0 1 .000 5.56 0 0 1 11.1 55 15 7 7 2 6 2 12 0 0 0 -
1964 39 Phillies 14 0 3 1 1 .500 2.25 0 0 0 32.0 124 23 8 10 1 6 3 18 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
16 Years 537 171 192 119 99 .546 3.38 78 15 48 1,935.2 8,045 1,795 726 817 151 643 53 1,072 29 41 6 -
Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1949 24 Athletics 33 37 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 - 6 3 - 1 0 .189 .302 .189
1950 25 Athletics 37 66 4 11 1 0 1 0 4 6 - 10 6 - 0 2 .167 .236 .227
1951 26 Athletics 36 72 11 18 4 0 0 0 9 6 - 7 8 - 0 1 .250 .308 .306
1952 27 Athletics 34 96 13 19 4 1 0 0 12 5 - 9 13 - 2 0 .198 .252 .260
1953 28 Athletics 21 38 6 9 1 1 0 0 4 2 - 3 1 - 0 0 .237 .275 .316
1954 29 Athletics 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
1955 30 Athletics 26 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 .146 .167 .146
1956 31 Athletics 51 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 1 .091 .167 .136
1957 32 Yankees 33 56 6 10 3 0 0 0 6 8 0 16 1 0 0 0 .179 .281 .232
1958 33 Yankees 33 35 1 8 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 12 1 0 1 0 .229 .289 .314
1959 34 Yankees 40 23 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 3 0 0 0 .217 .308 .304
1960 35 Yankees 43 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100
1961 36 Pirates 44 16 3 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .438 .526 .500
1962 37 Colt .45s 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1962 37 Cardinals 28 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 .154 .143 .154
1963 38 Cardinals 55 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143
1964 39 Cardinals 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000
1964 39 Cubs 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1964 39 Phillies 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 578 548 60 107 20 2 1 0 46 47 0 96 44 1 5 4 .195 .265 .245
Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1949 Athletics P 33 7 381 48 1.5 48 12 36 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.40
1950 Athletics P 36 23 644 67 1.9 65 13 52 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.73
1951 Athletics P 32 25 616 66 2.1 64 20 44 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.81
1952 Athletics P 33 33 839 78 2.4 78 29 49 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.51
1953 Athletics P 16 16 317 32 2.0 31 10 21 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.64
1954 Athletics P 2 1 24 4 2.0 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 3.38
1955 Athletics P 23 17 375 37 1.6 35 9 26 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.52
1956 Athletics P 45 2 304 32 0.7 30 10 20 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.66
1957 Yankees P 30 21 519 72 2.4 71 14 57 1 8 n/a n/a n/a .986 3.69
1958 Yankees CF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1958 Yankees P 33 13 378 41 1.2 41 6 35 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.93
1959 Yankees P 33 4 284 30 0.9 28 8 20 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.66
1960 Yankees P 42 0 203 17 0.4 17 4 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.26
1961 Pirates P 43 6 268 31 0.7 31 13 18 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.12
1962 Colt .45s P 3 3 62 14 4.7 14 1 13 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.10
1962 Cardinals P 28 0 173 22 0.8 21 9 12 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 3.28
1963 Cardinals P 55 0 238 32 0.6 31 9 22 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.52
1964 Cardinals P 16 0 52 9 0.6 9 1 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.67
1964 Cubs P 20 0 34 4 0.2 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.18
1964 Phillies P 14 0 96 22 1.6 21 5 16 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 5.91
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 537 171 5,807 658 1.2 642 174 468 16 48 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.99
CF Totals 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
16 Years 538 171 5,810 659 1.2 643 175 468 16 48 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.99
Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1949 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.2 18.5 0.78 4.11 5.24
1950 Athletics 1 0 1.000 0 1 n/a 66.0 6.6 16.5 1.09 3.90 3.56
1951 Athletics 1 0 1.000 0 4 n/a 0.0 10.3 8.0 1.10 3.38 3.07
1952 Athletics 0 2 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 10.7 8.0 2.41 4.89 2.03
1953 Athletics 1 0 1.000 0 5 n/a 0.0 12.7 9.5 2.23 4.94 2.21
1954 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 5 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 3.38 3.38
1955 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 3 n/a 0.0 8.2 0.0 0.88 4.18 4.75
1956 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 7 n/a 0.0 5.5 22.0 1.81 5.95 3.29
1957 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 3 n/a 0.0 3.5 9.3 1.80 3.75 2.08
1958 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 35.0 2.29 5.71 2.50
1959 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 7 n/a 0.0 3.8 23.0 2.00 6.27 3.14
1960 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 2.25 7.18 3.19
1961 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 16.0 5.3 2.35 6.15 2.62
1962 Colt .45s 0 0 .000 0 4 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.80 6.10 2.18
1962 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 6.5 2.35 7.34 3.12
1963 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 7.0 4.12 7.94 1.93
1964 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.71 6.23 3.63
1964 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 9.53 4.76
1964 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 3.00 5.06 1.69
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 3 2 .600 0 42 n/a 548.0 5.7 11.9 1.67 4.98 2.99
Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1949 Philadelphia Athletics 30 Undetermined - -
1950 Philadelphia Athletics 30 Undetermined - -
1951 Philadelphia Athletics 30 Undetermined Stats -
1952 Philadelphia Athletics 30 $12,000.00 Stats -
1953 Philadelphia Athletics 30 $24,000.00 - -
1954 Philadelphia Athletics 30 Undetermined - -
1955 Kansas City Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1956 Kansas City Athletics 21 Undetermined - -
1957 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined Stats Stats
1958 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined - -
1959 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined - -
1960 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined - Stats
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 28 Undetermined - -
1962 Houston Colt .45s 42 Undetermined - -
1962 St. Louis Cardinals 34 Undetermined - -
1963 St. Louis Cardinals 34 Undetermined - -
1964 St. Louis Cardinals 34 Undetermined - -
1964 Chicago Cubs 45 Undetermined - -
1964 Philadelphia Phillies 35 Undetermined - -




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