Bobby Shantz

Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: September 26, 1925
Pottstown, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, CF, OF, PR
Bats: R
Throws: L
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 139
Career: 1949-1964
Minor League Statistics

Bobby Shantz compiled a career record of 119 wins and 99 losses in his 578-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Colt .45's, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs. He began playing during the 1949 season and last took the field during the 1964 campaign.

Philadelphia Athletics	Kansas City Athletics	New York Yankees	Pittsburgh Pirates	St. Louis Cardinals	Houston Colt .45's
Chicago Cubs	Philadelphia Phillies

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1949	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	6	8	.429	3.40	33	7	16	4	1	2	127.0	100	50	48	9	74	0	58	3	0	3	537
1950	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	8	14	.364	4.61	36	23	9	6	1	0	214.7	251	122	110	18	85	0	93	7	3	0	957
1951	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	18	10	.643	3.94	32	25	2	13	3	0	205.3	213	96	90	15	70	0	77	5	1	1	869
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	24	7	.774	2.48	33	33	0	27	5	0	279.7	230	87	77	21	63	0	152	4	0	0	1103
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5	9	.357	4.09	16	16	0	6	0	0	105.7	107	52	48	10	26	0	58	0	0	3	437
1954	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1	0	1.000	7.88	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	7	7	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	38
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	5	10	.333	4.54	23	17	2	4	1	0	125.0	124	70	63	8	66	11	58	1	0	2	550
1956	AL	Kansas City Athletics	2	7	.222	4.35	45	2	26	1	0	9	101.3	95	51	49	12	37	4	67	3	0	1	425
1957	AL	New York Yankees	11	5	.688	2.45	30	21	6	9	1	5	173.0	157	58	47	15	40	1	72	6	1	3	688
1958	AL	New York Yankees	7	6	.538	3.36	33	13	7	3	0	0	126.0	127	52	47	8	35	7	80	2	1	3	531
1959	AL	New York Yankees	7	3	.700	2.38	33	4	14	2	2	3	94.7	64	33	25	4	33	5	66	0	0	3	376
1960	AL	New York Yankees	5	4	.556	2.79	42	0	21	0	0	11	67.7	57	24	21	5	24	4	54	2	0	3	280
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	3	.667	3.32	43	6	16	2	1	2	89.3	91	38	33	5	26	6	61	4	0	0	377
1962	NL	Houston Colt .45's	1	1	.500	1.31	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.7	15	4	3	1	5	0	14	0	0	0	78
1962	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	5	3	.625	2.18	28	0	19	0	0	4	57.7	45	22	14	7	20	2	47	1	0	0	236
1963	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	6	4	.600	2.61	55	0	32	0	0	11	79.3	55	28	23	6	17	5	70	2	0	5	312
1964	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1	3	.250	3.12	16	0	10	0	0	0	17.3	14	6	6	2	7	3	12	0	0	1	72
1964	NL	Chicago Cubs	0	1	.000	5.56	20	0	9	0	0	1	11.3	15	7	7	2	6	2	12	0	0	0	55
1964	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1	1	.500	2.25	14	0	3	0	0	0	32.0	23	10	8	1	6	3	18	0	0	1	124
Totals			119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.7	1795	817	726	151	643	53	1072	41	6	29	8045

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1949	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	33	46	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.189	.302	.189	.492	7	0	1	3	0
1950	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	37	78	66	4	11	1	0	1	4	1	0	6	10	.167	.236	.227	.463	15	2	0	6	0
1951	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	36	86	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	.250	.308	.306	.613	22	1	0	8	0
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	34	116	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	0	2	5	9	.198	.252	.260	.513	25	0	2	13	0
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	21	41	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	.237	.275	.316	.591	12	0	0	1	0
1954	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	26	44	41	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.146	.167	.146	.313	6	0	0	2	0
1956	AL	Kansas City Athletics	51	26	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.091	.167	.136	.303	3	1	0	2	0
1957	AL	New York Yankees	33	65	56	6	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	8	16	.179	.281	.232	.513	13	0	0	1	0
1958	AL	New York Yankees	33	39	35	1	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.229	.289	.314	.604	11	0	1	1	0
1959	AL	New York Yankees	40	29	23	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.217	.308	.304	.612	7	0	0	3	0
1960	AL	New York Yankees	43	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	2	0
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	44	20	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.438	.526	.500	1.026	8	0	1	1	0
1962	NL	Houston Colt .45's	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1962	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	28	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.154	.143	.154	.297	2	0	0	0	1
1963	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	55	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	1	0
1964	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
1964	NL	Chicago Cubs	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1964	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	14	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			578	645	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	134	4	5	44	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1949	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33	0	0.0	12	36	0	5	1.000		1.455
1950	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	36	0	0.0	13	52	2	6	.970		1.806
1951	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	32	0	0.0	20	44	2	7	.970		2.000
1952	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	33	0	0.0	29	49	0	3	1.000		2.364
1953	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	16	0	0.0	10	21	1	3	.969		1.938
1954	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	2	1	8.0	1	2	1	0	.750	3.375	1.500
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	23	17	125.0	9	26	2	2	.946	2.520	1.522
1956	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	45	2	100.7	10	20	2	2	.938	2.682	.667
1957	AL	New York Yankees	P	30	21	173.0	14	57	1	8	.986	3.694	2.367
1958	AL	New York Yankees	P	33	13	126.0	6	35	0	4	1.000	2.929	1.242
1958	AL	New York Yankees	OF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000
1959	AL	New York Yankees	P	33	4	94.7	8	20	2	1	.933	2.662	.848
1960	AL	New York Yankees	P	42	0	67.7	4	13	0	1	1.000	2.261	.405
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	43	6	89.3	13	18	0	2	1.000	3.123	.721
1962	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	28	0	57.7	9	12	1	1	.955	3.277	.750
1962	NL	Houston Colt .45's	P	3	3	20.7	1	13	0	1	1.000	6.097	4.667
1963	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	55	0	79.3	9	22	1	2	.969	3.517	.564
1964	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	P	14	0	32.0	5	16	1	0	.955	5.906	1.500
1964	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	16	0	17.3	1	8	0	0	1.000	4.673	.563
1964	NL	Chicago Cubs	P	20	0	11.3	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.176	.200
Totals				538	67	1003.7	175	468	16	48	.976	5.766	1.195

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF
1957	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	.000	4.05	3	1	0	0	6.7	8	5	3	1	2	7	30
1960	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0		4.26	3	0	1	1	6.3	4	3	3	0	1	1	21
Totals				1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	8	51

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1957	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1960	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3	3	3	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Totals				6	4	4	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1957	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	1	6.7	0	1	0	1.000	1.350	.333
1960	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	0	6.3	3	2	1	1.000	7.105	1.667
Totals					6	1	13.0	3	3	1	1.000	4.154	1.000

Awards

1952 - AL Most Valuable Player
1952 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1958 - AL Gold Glove P
1959 - AL Gold Glove P
1960 - AL Gold Glove P
1961 - NL Gold Glove P
1962 - NL Gold Glove P
1963 - NL Gold Glove P
1964 - NL Gold Glove P

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