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Bobby Shantz
Robert Clayton Shantz

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 6", Weight 142 lb.

MLB Debut May 1, 1949
Final Game September 29, 1964
Born September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA (age 99)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1949 23 PIN NL   6   9  .400  51   7   1  33   6   0  110.1   94   497   62   54   9   72   1   5   54   5  0  4.40  
 1950 24 PIN NL  13  14  .481  31  31  10   0   0   1  229.0  263  1002  124  111  21   75   0   3  100   0  5  4.36  
 1951 25 PIN NL  13  12  .520  46  26   3  12   2   0  216.2  255   977  124  113  36   84   5   8  107   1  2  4.69  
 1952 26 PIN NL  13  17  .433  37  37  12   0   0   3  263.1  259  1083  114   97  22   49   3   5  162   0  0  3.32  
 1953 27 PIN NL   6   8  .429  21  19   0   1   1   0  101.0  124   447   69   62  10   26   0   1   81   5  0  5.52  
 1954           [Did not play]
 1955 29 PIN NL  11   7  .611  45  15   1  14   3   0  129.0  145   598   90   72   9   70   6   2   59   3  0  5.02  
 1956 30 PIN NL   7   6  .538  55   2   0  29  10   0  106.2   98   452   48   44  17   39   3   1   57   3  0  3.71  
 1957 31 NYA AL  12   6  .667  26  26   3   0   0   0  178.0  164   719   67   59  19   35   1   1   91   1  0  2.98  
 1958 32 NYA AL   8   3  .727  64   0   0  27   5   0   83.0   90   354   37   35  11   19   2   2   59   2  0  3.80  
 1959 33 NYA AL   8   4  .667  48   0   0  24   8   0   93.0   82   390   39   30   5   33   4   3   59   5  0  2.90  
 1960 34 NYA AL   3   7  .300  49   0   0  31  14   0   69.1   68   293   29   27   6   23   2   0   63   3  0  3.50  
 1961 35 NYA AL   5   3  .625  27   6   2  15   1   1   72.1   69   299   31   29   6   21   0   2   61   0  0  3.61  
 1962 36 SLN NL   1   7  .125  42   0   0  40  20   0   45.0   37   194   28   25   5   19   3   1   40   1  0  5.00  
 1963 37 SLN NL   3   5  .375  54   0   0  48  30   0   67.2   59   268   25   24   6    8   1   2   61   3  0  3.19  
 1964 38 SLN NL   2   5  .286  34   0   0  21   1   0   40.0   39   173   22   18   5   15   3   1   36   3  0  4.05  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 15 Seasons     111 113  .496 630 169  32 295 101   5 1804.1 1846  7746  909  800 187  588  34  37 1090  35  7  3.99
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With PIN      69  73  .486 286 137  27  89  22   4 1156.0 1238  5056  631  553 124  415  18  25  620  17  7  4.31
   With NYA      36  23  .610 214  32   5  97  28   1  495.2  473  2055  203  180  47  131   9   8  333  11  0  3.27
   With SLN       6  17  .261 130   0   0 109  51   0  152.2  135   635   75   67  16   42   7   4  137   7  0  3.95
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     119  99  .546 537 171  78 192  48  15 1937.2 1795  8045  817  726 151  643  53  41 1072  29  6  3.38
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1949 23 PIN NL  38   56   4.5  11  5.00   27   7   0  .259   0    3    3 1.000    0    1  .000   42   
 1950 24 PIN NL  24  129   5.1   0  4.84   83  22   3  .265   1   10    9  .900    6    4  .600  -47   
 1951 25 PIN NL  28  146   6.0   3  5.50   66  14   0  .212   2   10    8  .800    0    1  .000   73   
 1952 26 PIN NL  30  106   3.6   0  3.24   83  14   0  .169   0   14   14 1.000    0    2  .000   23   
 1953 27 PIN NL  27   64   5.6   2  4.21   33   9   0  .273   1    3    2  .667    3    1  .750   58   
 1954           [Did not play]
 1955 29 PIN NL  28   84   5.8   4  4.07   32   6   0  .188   2    4    3  .750    2    0 1.000   17   
 1956 30 PIN NL  32   53   4.4  14  3.00   14   0   0  .000   3    6    3  .500    0    2  .000  -33   
 1957 31 NYA AL  25   64   3.2   0  4.88   60   6   0  .100   2    7    4  .571    4    3  .571  -45   
 1958 32 NYA AL  32   42   4.7   5          6   1   0  .167   0    4    2  .500    1    1  .500    5   
 1959 33 NYA AL  31   36   3.5  12         12   2   0  .167   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000   71   
 1960 34 NYA AL  32   31   4.0  22          3   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    0    1  .000   31   
 1961 35 NYA AL  27   32   4.0   1  6.50   15   4   0  .267   0    1    1 1.000    3    1  .750  -12   
 1962 36 SLN NL  29   20   4.0  26          6   1   0  .167   0    1    1 1.000    9    0 1.000   29   
 1963 37 SLN NL  33   23   3.1  38          3   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000   20   
 1964 38 SLN NL  36   20   4.5   5          3   0   0  .000   0    2    1  .500    3    3  .500   54   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 15 Seasons          912   4.5 143        446  86   3  .193  12   72   57  .792   31   20  .608   14   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    2  9.31   0-1   0  2   9.2  16  10   2   8
 1958 WS    NYA CHN   W    3  6.75   0-0   0  0   1.1   2   1   2   0
 1959 WS    NYA CHN   W    4  0.00   1-0   0  0   8.0   5   0   3  13
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1949  PIN   67-87   Mike Tomeo
 1950  PIN   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1951  PIN   73-81   Dennis Van Langen
 1952  PIN   64-90   Dennis Van Langen
 1953  PIN   63-91   Dennis Van Langen
 1955  PIN   56-98   Dennis Van Langen
 1956  PIN   63-91   Dennis Van Langen
 1957  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1958  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1959  NYA   90-64   Billy Vanson
 1960  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  SLN   58-104  Mike Rescigno
 1963  SLN   90-72   Mike Rescigno
 1964  SLN   67-95   Mike Rescigno

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