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John Shelby
John T. Shelby

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Columbia State CC

MLB Debut September 15, 1981
Final Game August 11, 1991
Born February 23, 1958 in Lexington, KY (age 66)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 24 BAA AL    4    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1983 25 BAA AL   88  348   52   87  16   2   6   38  11   4   28   85  .250  .303  .359  .663    92   125   6   3   0   0   3  
 1984 26 BAA AL   58  188   24   29   2   1   5   16   2   3    7   33  .154  .185  .255  .440    63    48   7   0   0   0   4  
 1985 27 BAA AL   59  222   27   57   3   3   9   23   3   1    9   46  .257  .284  .419  .703    97    93   4   1   0   0   5  
 1986 28 BAA AL  102  387   52   98  11   5   8   38  24   3   14   67  .253  .285  .370  .654    91   143   2   0   1   3   7  
 1987 29 BAA AL   75  268   35   74  21   0  10   31   7   3   17   62  .276  .319  .466  .786   100   125   1   0   0   0   3  
         LAN NL   40  169   27   50  10   0  11   29   3   1   15   25  .296  .353  .550  .904   126    93   3   0   0   0   5  
         TOT     115  437   62  124  31   0  21   60  10   4   32   87  .284  .333  .499  .831         218   4   0   0   0   8 
 1988 30 LAN NL  147  496   52  128  16   4  13   57  14   3   45  142  .258  .319  .385  .704   104   191   2   1   4   0   7  
 1989 31 LAN NL   73  140    4   18   2   0   0    8   3   0    6   48  .129  .164  .143  .307    44    20   1   0   0   0   7  
 1990 32 KCA AL   45  177   19   48  12   0   2   19   2   3    9   34  .271  .306  .373  .679    94    66   2   0   0   0   4  
 1991 33 KCA AL    9   24    4    4   1   0   2    5   0   0    0    1  .167  .231  .458  .689    97    11   0   0   0   2   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons      700 2419  296  593  94  15  66  264  69  21  150  543  .245  .290  .378  .668         915  28   5   5   5  46
 Per 600 PA           557   68  136  22   3  15   61  16   5   35  125                                 211   6   1   1   1  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA      386 1413  190  345  53  11  38  146  47  14   75  293  .244  .283  .378  .661         534  20   4   1   3  22
   With LAN      260  805   83  196  28   4  24   94  20   4   66  215  .243  .300  .378  .678         304   6   1   4   0  19
   With KCA       54  201   23   52  13   0   4   24   2   3    9   35  .259  .297  .383  .680          77   2   0   0   2   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1036 3090  389  739 128  24  70  313  98  40  182  671  .239  .281  .364  .645        1125  32  18  15   4  51
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1982 24 BAA AL   0    0     ?   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PR            -800   
 1983 25 BAA AL  38   40   3.9   1   0   0  .000   8   39   28  .718    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e9     2   
 1984 26 BAA AL  20    7   1.2   2   0   0  .000   0   17   13  .765    0    0  .000  OF   2(-4)e3  -122   
 1985 27 BAA AL  23   25   3.9   3   0   0  .000   3   30   25  .833    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e10  -37   
 1986 28 BAA AL  33   41   3.7   1   0   0  .000   8   42   30  .714    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e8    27   
 1987 29 BAA AL  38   39   5.3   6   1   0  .167   4   28   23  .821    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e11   22   
         LAN NL  45   31   6.7   0   0   0  .000   2   27   20  .741    0    0  .000  OF   2(-3)e11  140   
         TOT                     6   1   0  .167   6   55   43  .782    0    0  .000
 1988 30 LAN NL  35   63   4.5   3   0   0  .000   4   60   49  .817    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e7   -10   
 1989 31 LAN NL  16    2    .6   8   1   0  .125   3   16   12  .750    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e4   -159   
 1990 32 KCA AL  19   18   3.7   1   0   0  .000   4   19   13  .684    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e11    40   
 1991 33 KCA AL  83    2   2.8   1   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e9   198   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          272   3.8  26   2   0  .077  36  282  217  .770    0    0  .000                  -2   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1983 25 BAA AL  CF    83   218     6    8    1   .966    83   728.1   2.77
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     2    13.0   0.00
 1984 26 BAA AL  CF    46   115     4    0    1  1.000    43   383.2   2.79
                 RF     3     7     1    0    0  1.000     3    26.0   2.77
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.2   0.00
 1985 27 BAA AL  CF    43   105     2    2    0   .982    39   353.1   2.73
                 RF    10    23     0    1    0   .958     8    70.1   2.94
                 LF     5     8     1    0    0  1.000     3    33.2   2.41
                 2B     3     7     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0  12.60
 1986 28 BAA AL  LF    58    93     5    4    0   .961    57   507.1   1.74
                 CF    35    82     4    3    0   .966    29   260.0   2.98
                 RF     8    11     0    1    0   .917     4    46.0   2.15
 1987 29 BAA AL  CF    60   151     7    4    1   .975    56   497.0   2.86
         LAN NL  CF    40    90     3    2    0   .979    40   359.0   2.33
 1988 30 LAN NL  CF   144   358    23    4    5   .990   137  1234.0   2.78
 1989 31 LAN NL  CF    68    98     8    3    0   .972    34   373.2   2.55
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   1.12
 1990 32 KCA AL  RF    44    89     5    4    1   .959    44   392.1   2.16
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1991 33 KCA AL  RF     8    10     0    0    0  1.000     6    57.0   1.58
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   520  1218    57   26    8   .980   461  4193.0   2.74
                 RF    73   140     6    6    1   .961    65   591.2   2.22
                 LF    68   102     6    4    0   .964    63   564.2   1.72
                 2B     3     7     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0  12.60
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1982  BAA   90-72   Mike Rescigno, Charlie Steinhice
 1983  BAA   74-88   Charlie Steinhice
 1984  BAA   78-84   Charlie Steinhice
 1985  BAA   86-76   Charlie Steinhice
 1986  BAA   77-85   Charlie Steinhice
 1987  BAA   59-103  Charlie Steinhice
 1987  LAN   63-99   Billy Vanson
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