#32 Bobby Shantz, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bobby Shantz
9/26/1925 31 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 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.5 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 8 Year(s), 18 Days (1394 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 168 Days (1716 total Days) 10 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 7 | 9 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 8 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
Talent | 5 | 8 | 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 | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | L | | | | |
8/19 | @BOS | W 6-5 | * | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | W | | | | |
8/23 | BAL | W 3-0 | * | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | W | PoG | | | |
8/27 | CLE | W 7-2 | * | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
8/31 | @DET | L 1-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | L | | | | |
9/5 | @CHA | L 0-1 | * | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/9 | BOS | L 0-3 | * | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | L | | | | |
9/13 | DET | W 4-3 | * | 8.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | @NYY | L 1-4 | * | 7.1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/22 | CHA | L 0-1 | * | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 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 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3.57 | 328.0 | 316 | 145 | 130 | 113 | 180 | 13 | 31.0 | 3 | 23 | 54.8 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 3.57 | 281.0 | 271 | 124 | 111 | 97 | 154 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.36 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 363 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 45 | 39 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .302 | .298 | .600 |
vs. RHB | 891 | 233 | 46 | 2 | 15 | 95 | 100 | 74 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .262 | .314 | .368 | .682 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2.89 | 165.1 | 140 | 64 | 53 | 54 | 94 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4.26 | 162.2 | 176 | 81 | 77 | 59 | 86 |
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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.74 | 55.1 | 50 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 35 |
May | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.51 | 59.0 | 61 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 25 |
June | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.78 | 52.1 | 54 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 29 |
July | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.77 | 54.2 | 54 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 22 |
August | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.85 | 66.1 | 60 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 44 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.68 | 40.1 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 25 |
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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 |
Total | 321 | 225 | 88 | 92 | 26 | 3.96 | 1865.0 | 1885 | 898 | 820 | 153 | 666 | 984 | 68 | 11 | 1.37 | .344 | |
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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 |
Total | 286 | 795 | 167 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 70 | 35 | 139 | 2 | 3 | .210 | .248 | .230 | .478 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 21 | 74 | 4 | 96 | 1 | .990 | 328.0 | 2.63 | | | | |
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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
| WHIP 1952 - 1.28 - 2nd 1953 - 1.35 - 5th 1954 - 1.34 - 5th
| Wins 1955 - 17 - 7th
| Losses 1952 - 20 - 3rd 1954 - 16 - 7th
| Saves 1951 - 14 - 7th
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IP 1952 - 327.2 - 4th 1954 - 325.1 - 3rd 1955 - 303.2 - 6th
| K's 1952 - 192 - 2nd 1955 - 154 - 7th
| BB 1955 - 129 - 4th
| SHO 1952 - 4 - 2nd
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