#32 Bobby Shantz, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bobby Shantz
9/26/1925 32 USA,PA,POTTSTOWN 5"6 142
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 9,500,000 1958 9 Year(s), 18 Days (1566 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 168 Days (1888 total Days) 11 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 7 | 8 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
Talent | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 65 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/15 | NYY | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/19 | CLE | L 4-6 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
8/23 | @CHA | L 4-9 | * | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/27 | CLE | L 3-4 | * | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
9/1 | @BAL | W 8-5 | * | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/5 | BOS | W 5-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/9 | @BAL | W 6-1 | * | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/13 | @WS1 | W 4-2 | * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | BOS | L 0-4 | * | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/22 | @NYY | L 2-5 | * | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 4.42 | 313.2 | 358 | 168 | 154 | 105 | 127 | 14 | 33.3 | 2 | 22 | 52.4 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4.42 | 268.0 | 307 | 144 | 132 | 90 | 109 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.39 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 360 | 96 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 50 | 25 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .309 | .378 | .687 |
vs. RHB | 862 | 262 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 111 | 118 | 80 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .304 | .360 | .415 | .775 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4.04 | 153.2 | 157 | 74 | 69 | 56 | 61 |
Road | 22 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4.78 | 160.0 | 201 | 94 | 85 | 49 | 66 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.18 | 48.2 | 58 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 17 |
May | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.12 | 58.0 | 74 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 31 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.51 | 56.1 | 56 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
July | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.92 | 48.2 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 18 | 22 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.46 | 52.0 | 49 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.42 | 50.0 | 61 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 14 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1949 | 68 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4.32 | 250.0 | 276 | 120 | 120 | 26 | 81 | 167 | 10 | 2 | 1.43 | .000 | PHA |
1950 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4.38 | 76.0 | 79 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1.37 | .293 | PHA |
1951 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3.60 | 35.0 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .281 | PHA |
1952 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 3.43 | 327.2 | 327 | 138 | 125 | 28 | 94 | 192 | 13 | 4 | 1.28 | .289 | PHA |
1953 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3.24 | 219.1 | 205 | 91 | 79 | 13 | 91 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 1.35 | .275 | PHA |
1954 | 42 | 42 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 4.29 | 325.1 | 314 | 172 | 155 | 27 | 123 | 140 | 14 | 0 | 1.34 | .269 | PHA |
1955 | 41 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4.74 | 303.2 | 331 | 178 | 160 | 27 | 129 | 154 | 8 | 0 | 1.51 | .302 | PHA |
1956 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3.57 | 328.0 | 316 | 145 | 130 | 21 | 113 | 180 | 13 | 3 | 1.31 | .280 | KC |
1957 | 42 | 42 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 4.42 | 313.2 | 358 | 168 | 154 | 19 | 105 | 127 | 14 | 2 | 1.48 | .315 | KC |
Total | 363 | 267 | 105 | 111 | 26 | 4.02 | 2178.2 | 2243 | 1066 | 974 | 172 | 771 | 1111 | 82 | 13 | 1.38 | .339 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1949 | 33 | 250 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .269 | .244 | .513 | PHA |
1950 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .364 | .333 | .697 | PHA |
1951 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1952 | 41 | 111 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .254 | .261 | .516 | PHA |
1953 | 29 | 82 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .314 | .305 | .619 | PHA |
1954 | 42 | 110 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .248 | .209 | .457 | PHA |
1955 | 41 | 107 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .196 | .178 | .374 | PHA |
1956 | 42 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .161 | .174 | .170 | .344 | KC |
1957 | 42 | 101 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .252 | .287 | .540 | KC |
Total | 328 | 896 | 192 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 82 | 36 | 153 | 2 | 3 | .214 | .248 | .237 | .485 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 23 | 82 | 11 | 107 | 2 | .981 | 313.2 | 3.07 | | | | |
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Injured on 7/30/1953 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks... Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1954...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1952 - 3.43 - 4th 1953 - 3.24 - 1st 1956 - 3.57 - 8th
| WHIP 1952 - 1.28 - 2nd 1953 - 1.35 - 5th 1954 - 1.34 - 5th 1956 - 1.31 - 9th
| Wins 1955 - 17 - 7th
| Losses 1952 - 20 - 3rd 1954 - 16 - 7th 1956 - 17 - 7th
| Saves 1951 - 14 - 7th
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IP 1952 - 327.2 - 4th 1954 - 325.1 - 3rd 1955 - 303.2 - 6th 1956 - 328.0 - 4th
| K's 1952 - 192 - 2nd 1955 - 154 - 7th 1956 - 180 - 5th
| BB 1955 - 129 - 4th 1956 - 113 - 9th
| SHO 1952 - 4 - 2nd 1956 - 3 - 3rd
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