Spike Shannon Stats

Spike Shannon was born on Sunday, February 7, 1875, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shannon was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1904, with the St. Louis Cardinals. 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 Spike Shannon baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	William Porter Shannon
Nickname:	Spike
Born On:	02-07-1875 (Aquarius)
Born In:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died On:	05-17-1940 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cemetery:	St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

High School:	None Attended (Dropped Out After 5th Grade)
College:	Grove City College
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	180
First Game:	04-15-1904 (Age 29)
Last Game:	09-30-1908
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Spike Shannon Spike Shannon Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1904	29	Cardinals	134	500	84	140	10	3	1	0	26	50	-	-	29	-	3	-	.280	.349	.318
1905	30	Cardinals	140	544	73	146	16	3	0	0	41	47	-	-	21	-	0	-	.268	.327	.309
1906	31	Cardinals	80	302	36	78	4	0	0	0	25	36	-	-	13	-	0	-	.258	.337	.272
1906	31	Giants	76	287	42	73	5	1	0	0	25	34	-	-	8	-	4	-	.254	.342	.279
1907	32	Giants	155	585	104	155	12	5	1	0	33	82	-	-	10	-	8	-	.265	.363	.308
1908	33	Giants	77	268	34	60	2	1	1	0	21	28	-	-	10	-	7	-	.224	.314	.250
1908	33	Pirates	32	127	10	25	0	2	0	0	12	9	-	-	3	-	0	-	.197	.250	.228
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
5 Years			694	2,613	383	677	49	15	3	0	183	286	-	-	94	-	22	-	.259	.337	.293

Spike Shannon Spike Shannon Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1904 Cardinals	OF	133	-	-	270	2.0	264	246	18	6	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	0.00
1905 Cardinals	LF	140	-	-	311	2.2	306	299	7	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	0.00
1906 Cardinals	LF	80	-	-	179	2.2	174	165	9	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	0.00
1906 Giants	LF	76	-	-	118	1.6	113	109	4	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	0.00
1907 Giants	LF	155	-	-	307	2.0	300	282	18	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	0.00
1908 Giants	OF	74	-	-	125	1.7	122	114	8	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00
1908 Pirates	OF	32	-	-	95	3.0	90	88	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
LF Totals		451	0	0	915	2.0	893	855	38	22	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00
OF Totals		239	0	0	490	2.1	476	448	28	14	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	0.00
5 Years		690	-	-	1,405	2.0	1,369	1,303	66	36	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00

Spike Shannon Spike Shannon Miscellaneous Stats
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
1904 Cardinals	34	-	-	0	0	n/a	500.0	0.0	19.2	-	-	-
1905 Cardinals	27	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	13.3	-	-	-
1906 Cardinals	15	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	12.1	-	-	-
1906 Giants	18	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	11.5	-	-	-
1907 Giants	33	-	-	0	0	n/a	585.0	0.0	17.7	-	-	-
1908 Giants	13	-	-	0	0	n/a	268.0	0.0	12.8	-	-	-
1908 Pirates	5	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	10.6	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
5 Years	145	-	-	0	0	n/a	871.0	0.0	14.3	-	-	-

Spike Shannon Spike Shannon Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1904 St. Louis Cardinals	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1905 St. Louis Cardinals	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 St. Louis Cardinals	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1907 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 Pittsburgh Pirates	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
Spike Shannon Stats by Baseball Almanac

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