Burt Shotton was born on Saturday, October 18, 1884, in Brownhelm, Ohio. Shotton was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 13, 1909, with the St. Louis Browns. 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 Burt Shotton baseball stats page.
"I don't know who the fellow was who came up with the first curve ball. I don't know when or where, but whoever it was, when he did it he took all the joy out of baseball." - Burt Shotton in The Quotable Baseball Fanatic (2004)
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Burt ShottonBurt Shotton Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Burt ShottonBurt Shotton Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1909 | 25 | Browns | 17 | 61 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | .262 | .328 | .295 |
1911 | 27 | Browns | 139 | 572 | 84 | 146 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 51 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | .255 | .317 | .302 |
1912 | 28 | Browns | 154 | 580 | 87 | 168 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 86 | - | - | 6 | - | 9 | - | .290 | .390 | .353 |
1913 | 29 | Browns | 147 | 549 | 105 | 163 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 99 | - | 63 | 6 | - | 1 | - | .297 | .405 | .373 |
1914 | 30 | Browns | 154 | 579 | 82 | 156 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 64 | - | 66 | 10 | - | 2 | - | .269 | .344 | .333 |
1915 | 31 | Browns | 156 | 559 | 93 | 158 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 118 | - | 62 | 6 | - | 2 | - | .283 | .409 | .360 |
1916 | 32 | Browns | 156 | 614 | 97 | 174 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 110 | - | 65 | 4 | - | 0 | - | .283 | .392 | .345 |
1917 | 33 | Browns | 118 | 398 | 47 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 62 | - | 47 | 8 | - | 1 | - | .224 | .330 | .259 |
1918 | 34 | Senators | 126 | 505 | 68 | 132 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 67 | - | 28 | 3 | - | 1 | - | .261 | .349 | .321 |
1919 | 35 | Cardinals | 85 | 270 | 35 | 77 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 22 | - | 25 | 6 | - | 1 | - | .285 | .341 | .381 |
1920 | 36 | Cardinals | 62 | 180 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | - | 14 | 3 | - | 2 | - | .228 | .305 | .272 |
1921 | 37 | Cardinals | 38 | 48 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 1 | - | .250 | .357 | .375 |
1922 | 38 | Cardinals | 34 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | - | .200 | .294 | .233 |
1923 | 39 | Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 1,387 | 4,945 | 746 | 1,338 | 154 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 290 | 713 | 0 | 380 | 62 | 0 | 22 | - | .271 | .365 | .333 |
Burt ShottonBurt Shotton Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1912 Browns | CF | 154 | - | - | 426 | 2.8 | 401 | 381 | 20 | 25 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 0.00 |
1913 Browns | CF | 146 | - | - | 406 | 2.8 | 386 | 357 | 29 | 20 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .951 | 0.00 |
1914 Browns | CF | 152 | - | - | 398 | 2.6 | 374 | 359 | 15 | 24 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .940 | 0.00 |
1915 Browns | CF | 5 | 4 | 108 | 15 | 3.0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 3.00 |
1915 Browns | LF | 138 | 138 | 3,567 | 297 | 2.2 | 278 | 264 | 14 | 19 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 2.10 |
1915 Browns | RF | 11 | 11 | 303 | 20 | 1.8 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 1.69 |
1916 Browns | LF | 156 | 156 | 468 | 402 | 2.6 | 382 | 357 | 25 | 20 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 22.04 |
1917 Browns | LF | 107 | 103 | 2,709 | 208 | 1.9 | 192 | 182 | 10 | 16 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 1.91 |
1918 Senators | CF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.00 |
1918 Senators | LF | 68 | 66 | 1,833 | 176 | 2.6 | 166 | 159 | 7 | 10 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 2.45 |
1918 Senators | RF | 55 | 55 | 1,524 | 2,135 | 38.8 | 2,126 | 2,118 | 8 | 9 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 37.67 |
1919 Cardinals | LF | 67 | 65 | 1,566 | 123 | 1.8 | 114 | 104 | 10 | 9 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .927 | 1.97 |
1919 Cardinals | RF | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1920 Cardinals | CF | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .750 | 0.00 |
1920 Cardinals | LF | 42 | 39 | 873 | 189 | 4.5 | 186 | 177 | 9 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 5.75 |
1920 Cardinals | RF | 6 | 4 | 102 | 15 | 2.5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.97 |
1921 Cardinals | CF | 10 | 7 | 150 | 119 | 11.9 | 118 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .992 | 21.24 |
1921 Cardinals | LF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.63 |
1922 Cardinals | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1922 Cardinals | LF | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1922 Cardinals | RF | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
LF Totals | 580 | 568 | 11,040 | 1,400 | 2.4 | 1,323 | 1,248 | 75 | 77 | 20 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 3.24 | |
CF Totals | 471 | 12 | 291 | 1,370 | 2.9 | 1,296 | 1,230 | 66 | 74 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 120.25 | |
RF Totals | 74 | 71 | 1,950 | 2,171 | 29.3 | 2,161 | 2,152 | 9 | 10 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 29.92 | |
11 Years | 1,125 | 651 | 13,281 | 4,941 | 4.4 | 4,780 | 4,630 | 150 | 161 | 50 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 9.72 |
Burt ShottonBurt Shotton Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1909 Browns | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1911 Browns | 26 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.9 | - | - | - |
1912 Browns | 35 | 26 | .574 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 290.0 | 0.0 | 14.5 | - | - | - |
1913 Browns | 43 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 549.0 | 8.7 | 19.6 | - | - | - |
1914 Browns | 40 | 29 | .580 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 8.8 | 15.2 | - | - | - |
1915 Browns | 43 | 32 | .573 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 559.0 | 9.0 | 18.6 | - | - | - |
1916 Browns | 41 | 28 | .594 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 614.0 | 9.4 | 17.1 | - | - | - |
1917 Browns | 16 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 398.0 | 8.5 | 19.9 | - | - | - |
1918 Senators | 25 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.0 | 24.0 | - | - | - |
1919 Cardinals | 16 | - | - | 12 | 0 | n/a | 270.0 | 10.8 | 13.5 | - | - | - |
1920 Cardinals | 5 | 1 | .833 | 8 | 5 | n/a | 180.0 | 12.9 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
1921 Cardinals | 0 | 2 | .000 | 24 | 4 | n/a | 48.0 | 12.0 | 6.9 | - | - | - |
1922 Cardinals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 29 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
1923 Cardinals | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 293 | 119 | .711 | 73 | 12 | n/a | 549.4 | 13.0 | 17.1 | - | - | - |
Burt ShottonBurt Shotton Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1909 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1911 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1912 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1913 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1914 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1915 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1916 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1917 St. Louis Browns | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1918 Washington Senators | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1919 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1920 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1921 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1922 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1923 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
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