BOBBY SHANTZ

| Retired | Played: 1949-1964

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 247th in H9
Positions: P-537, OF-1
Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: Sep 26, 1925 (87.235) in Pottstown,Pennsylvania

MLB Debut: May 1, 1949 (23.217)

Brother of Billy Shantz

Control
79

K-Rating
81

Efficiency
82

vsPower
69

Ht/Wt: 5-6 / 142 Bats/Throws: Right / Left
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown,PA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Not drafted

Tags: 20-Win Season || Expansion Draft Pick || Gold Glove Award || Major League All-Star Game || Military Service || MLB Most Valuable Player All Tags

TBC Player ID: 17874
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1949	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	23	48	6	8	3.40	33	7	4	1	16	2	127.0	100	50	48	9	74	58	3	0	1.37	7.09	0.64	5.24	4.11	1.28	--	--
1950	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	24	24	8	14	4.61	36	23	6	1	9	0	214.2	251	122	110	18	85	93	0	3	1.57	10.52	0.75	3.56	3.90	0.91	--	1.08
1951	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	25	13	18	10	3.94	32	25	13	3	2	0	205.1	213	96	90	15	70	77	1	1	1.38	9.34	0.66	3.07	3.38	0.91	--	1.08
1952	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	26	2	24	7	2.48	33	33	27	5	0	0	279.2	230	87	77	21	63	152	0	0	1.05	7.40	0.68	2.03	4.89	0.41	--	1.14
1953	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	27	-	5	9	4.09	16	16	6	0	0	0	105.2	107	52	48	10	26	58	3	0	1.26	9.11	0.85	2.21	4.94	0.45	--	1.05
1954	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	28	-	1	0	7.88	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	7	7	2	3	3	0	0	1.88	13.50	2.25	3.38	3.38	1.00	--	2.00
1955	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	21	kca	29	-	5	10	4.54	23	17	4	1	2	0	125.0	124	70	63	8	66	58	2	0	1.52	8.93	0.58	4.75	4.18	1.14	--	0.88
1956	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	21	kca	30	27	2	7	4.35	45	2	1	0	26	9	101.1	95	51	49	12	37	67	1	0	1.30	8.44	1.07	3.29	5.95	0.55	--	1.21
1957	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	31	13	11	5	2.45	30	21	9	1	6	5	173.0	157	58	47	15	40	72	3	1	1.14	8.17	0.78	2.08	3.75	0.56	.255	1.29
1958	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	32	-	7	6	3.36	33	13	3	0	7	0	126.0	127	52	47	8	35	80	3	1	1.29	9.07	0.57	2.50	5.71	0.44	.301	1.36
1959	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	33	55	7	3	2.38	33	4	2	2	14	3	94.2	64	33	25	4	33	66	3	0	1.02	6.08	0.38	3.14	6.27	0.50	.223	1.32
1960	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	34	31	5	4	2.79	42	0	0	0	21	11	67.2	57	24	21	5	24	54	3	0	1.20	7.58	0.67	3.19	7.18	0.44	.281	0.90
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	28	pit	35	46	6	3	3.32	43	6	2	1	16	2	89.1	91	38	33	5	26	61	0	0	1.31	9.17	0.50	2.62	6.15	0.43	.319	1.40
1962	Houston	NL	MLB	42	hoc	36	60	1	1	1.31	3	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	15	4	3	1	5	14	0	0	0.97	6.53	0.44	2.18	6.10	0.36	--	1.63
1962	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	36	60	5	3	2.18	28	0	0	0	19	4	57.2	45	22	14	7	20	47	0	0	1.13	7.02	1.09	3.12	7.34	0.43	.239	1.03
1963	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	37	32	6	4	2.61	55	0	0	0	32	11	79.1	55	28	23	6	17	70	5	0	0.91	6.24	0.68	1.93	7.94	0.24	.233	1.40
1964	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	38	56	1	3	3.12	16	0	0	0	10	0	17.1	14	6	6	2	7	12	1	0	1.21	7.27	1.04	3.63	6.23	0.58	.250	1.65
1964	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	45	chc	38	56	0	1	5.56	20	0	0	0	9	1	11.1	15	7	7	2	6	12	0	0	1.85	11.91	1.59	4.76	9.53	0.50	--	1.88
1964	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	35	phi	38	56	1	1	2.25	14	0	0	0	3	0	32.0	23	10	8	1	6	18	1	0	0.91	6.47	0.28	1.69	5.06	0.33	--	1.50
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MLB Totals (16 years) Career Ranks								119	99	3.37	537	171	78	15	192	48	1936	1795	817	726	151	643	1072	29	6	1.26	8.34	0.70	2.99	4.98	0.60	1.187	1.17
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1949	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	23	p	-	33	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	1		3		0	.189	.000	.189	189	-	-	7			--	--
1950	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	24	p	-	37	66	4	11	1	0	1	4	1	0	6	10	0		6		2	.167	.000	.227	227	17	46	15			--	--
1951	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	25	p	57	36	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	0		8		1	.250	.000	.306	306	22	61	22			--	--
1952	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	26	p	46	34	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	0	2	5	9	2		13		0	.198	.000	.260	260	30	88	25			--	--
1953	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	27	p	-	21	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	0		1		0	.237	.000	.316	316	14	67	12			--	--
1954	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	30	pha	28	p	-	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	14	1	3	2	--	--	.333
1955	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	21	kca	29	p	-	26	41	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.146	.167	.146	313	15	58	6	44	37	0	-0.3	.167
1956	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	21	kca	30	p	-	51	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.136	303	5	10	3	26	23	-1	-0.6	.111
1957	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	31	p	-	33	56	6	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	8	16	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.281	.232	513	21	64	13	65	47	3	1.9	.250
1958	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	32	p	-	33	35	1	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	1	0	1	0	0	.229	.289	.314	604	14	42	11	39	28	3	2.8	.348
1959	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	33	p	-	40	23	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	3	0	0	.217	.308	.304	612	8	20	7	29	21	2	3.1	.294
1960	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	30	nyy	34	p	-	43	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.182	.100	282	-	-	1	13	11	0	-0.4	.125
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	28	pit	35	p	-	44	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.437	.526	.500	1026	5	11	8	20	10	5	12.8	.467
1962	Houston	NL	MLB	42	hoc	36	p	-	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	3	43	0	8	8	--	--	.000
1962	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	36	p	-	28	13	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	.154	.143	.154	297	1	4	2	14	12	-1	-1.7	.286
1963	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	37	p	-	55	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.333	.143	476	1	2	1	10	7	1	2.1	.167
1964	St. Louis	NL	MLB	34	stl	38	p	-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	-	-	0	1	0	0	--	.000
1964	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	35	phi	38	p	-	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	1	7	0	6	5	-1	-2.8	.000
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MLB Totals (16 years) Career Ranks									558	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	5	0	44	1	4	.195	.265	.245	509	158	28	134	645	492	34.6	1.9	.235
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1949	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	33		48	12	36	0	5	127	1.000	1.45	3.40
1950	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	36		67	13	52	2	6	214	.970	1.81	2.73
1951	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	32		66	20	44	2	7	205	.970	2.00	2.81
1952	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	33		78	29	49	0	3	279	1.000	2.36	2.52
1953	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	16		32	10	21	1	3	105	.969	1.94	2.66
1954	Philadelphia	AL	MLB	P	2		4	1	2	1	0	8	.750	1.50	3.38
1955	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	P	23		37	9	26	2	2	125	.946	1.52	2.52
1956	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	P	45		32	10	20	2	2	101	.938	0.67	2.67
1957	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	30		72	14	57	1	8	173	.986	2.37	3.69
1958	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	OF	1		1	1	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	33		41	6	35	0	4	126	1.000	1.24	2.93
1959	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	33		30	8	20	2	1	94	.933	0.85	2.68
1960	NY Yankees	AL	MLB	P	42		17	4	13	0	1	67	1.000	0.40	2.28
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	43		31	13	18	0	2	89	1.000	0.72	3.13
1962	Houston	NL	MLB	P	3		14	1	13	0	1	20	1.000	4.67	6.30
	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	28		22	9	12	1	1	57	.955	0.75	3.32
1963	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	55		32	9	22	1	2	79	.969	0.56	3.53
1964	St. Louis	NL	MLB	P	16		9	1	8	0	0	17	1.000	0.56	4.76
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	20		4	0	4	0	0	11	1.000	0.20	3.27
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	14		22	5	16	1	0	32	.955	1.50	5.91
Major League Totals:				OF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

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