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Jim
Shellenback		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 18, 1943 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1980   
All-Star Selections 1970    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 22 CLN NL   5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1967 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1968 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 8 6 7 7 7 7
1969 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 8 6 7 6 5 6
1970 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 8 6 7 6 5 6
1971 27 CLN NL $ 378,571 6 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1972 28 CLN NL   6 4 4 4 9 7 8 7 6 7
1973 29 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 7 6 7
1974 30 CLN NL $ 435,000 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 7 7 7
1975 31 CLN NL $ 435,000 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 7 7 7
1976 32 CLN NL $ 1,600,000 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 7
1977 33 CLN NL $ 1,600,000 6 5 4 4 10 8 9 9 9 9
1978 34 CLN NL $ 1,600,000 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 9 8 8
1979 35 SDP NL $ 1,600,000 6 5 4 4 9 7 8 8 7 7
1980 36 SDP NL $ 1,600,000 6 4 4 4 9 7 8 7 6 6
1981 37 SDP NL $ 1,600,000 6 4 3 3 8 7 7 7 6 6
1982 38 SDP NL $ 1,600,000 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000 6 5 5 5 10 8 9 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 22 CLN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1967 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1968 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1969 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1970 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1971 27 CLN NL $ 378,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1972 28 CLN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1973 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1974 30 CLN NL $ 435,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1975 31 CLN NL $ 435,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1976 32 CLN NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1977 33 CLN NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1978 34 CLN NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1979 35 SDP NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1980 36 SDP NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1981 37 SDP NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1982 38 SDP NL $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 22 AAA   1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 32.0 38 18 4 9 25 5.06 .299 .346 .480 .826  
    AA   10 7 .588 22 22 3 1 0 161.3 130 43 4 49 129 2.40 .220 .280 .295 .575  
1967 23 CLN NL 2 2 .500 8 4 0 0 1 34.7 29 12 1 8 14 3.12 .230 .276 .310 .586 2.9
    AAA   3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 36.7 33 7 2 7 27 1.72 .248 .286 .331 .617  
1968 24 CLN NL 6 8 .429 50 7 2 1 8 96.0 105 50 13 29 46 4.69 .282 .333 .441 .773 2.6
1969 25 CLN NL 11 11 .500 29 29 2 0 0 207.3 233 100 22 64 109 4.34 .283 .335 .422 .757 8.4
1970 26 CLN NL 13 7 .650 25 25 0 0 0 172.0 176 77 21 45 92 4.03 .261 .306 .407 .713 8.4
1971 27 AAA   11 8 .579 37 21 3 0 0 182.7 191 75 19 56 122 3.70 .269 .322 .394 .716  
1972 28 AAA   5 3 .625 33 9 0 0 0 106.0 115 49 14 29 84 4.16 .273 .320 .413 .733  
1973 29 CLN NL 1 1 .500 13 1 0 0 2 28.7 20 6 1 7 13 1.88 .189 .239 .255 .494 3.1
1974 30 CLN NL 4 5 .444 17 11 0 0 1 81.3 103 52 11 24 38 5.75 .304 .350 .466 .816 0.9
1975 31 CLN NL 6 7 .462 51 0 0 0 10 63.7 71 36 8 15 23 5.09 .289 .328 .427 .755 3.4
1976 32 CLN NL 5 4 .556 71 0 0 0 6 99.3 91 24 6 29 35 2.17 .246 .302 .332 .634 12.1
1977 33 CLN NL 4 4 .500 34 0 0 0 9 64.0 67 27 4 17 30 3.80 .275 .319 .369 .688 6.2
1978 34 CLN NL 14 9 .609 30 29 6 3 0 210.3 230 79 11 45 83 3.38 .280 .316 .369 .684 16.2
1979 35 SDP NL 14 12 .538 32 32 5 2 0 220.7 228 97 18 60 81 3.96 .269 .316 .373 .689 9.4
1980 36 SDP NL 15 10 .600 32 32 4 0 0 236.0 242 90 17 48 76 3.43 .269 .308 .369 .677 15.4
1981 37 SDP NL 12 15 .444 32 32 3 0 0 229.0 239 107 24 55 87 4.21 .272 .315 .393 .707 8.7
1982 38 AAA   6 10 .375 25 25 6 2 0 179.3 175 63 15 47 78 3.16 .256 .304 .370 .675  
13 Years Sim 107 95 .530 424 202 22 6 37 1743.0 1834 757 157 446 727 3.91 .272 .316 .389 .705 97.6
5 Years AAA 26 26 .500 105 65 9 2 0 536.7 552 212 54 148 336 3.56 .266 .315 .391 .706  
1 Years AA 10 7 .588 22 22 3 1 0 161.3 130 43 4 49 129 2.40 .220 .280 .295 .575  
6 Years Minors 36 33 .522 127 87 12 3 0 698.0 682 255 58 197 465 3.29 .256 .307 .370 .677  
Season Average 8 7 .533 32 15 1 0 2 134.1 141 58 12 34 55 3.91 .272 .316 .389 .705  
Career Highs 15 15 .650 71 32 6 3 10 236.0 242 107 24 64 109 5.75 .304 .350 .466 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1403 573 116 357 509   .284 .332 .403 .734
vs LH   431 184 41 89 218   .239 .275 .351 .626
Home 56 42 .571 214 100 10 5 16 870.0 881 356 77 231 367 3.68 .263 .311 .376 .687
Away 51 53 .490 210 102 12 1 21 873.0 953 401 80 215 360 4.13 .280 .323 .401 .724
Mar/Apr 14 14 .500 62 30 2 1 8 254.6 271 106 23 58 109 3.75 .276 .316 .393 .709
May 17 14 .548 67 33 2 0 6 280.0 293 113 20 73 118 3.63 .272 .318 .373 .691
June 23 8 .742 69 34 3 0 5 283.6 283 100 25 63 126 3.17 .262 .302 .363 .665
July 14 18 .438 62 29 5 2 4 253.6 267 122 19 55 96 4.33 .268 .307 .387 .694
August 21 18 .538 83 37 4 1 5 325.3 348 148 36 81 152 4.09 .273 .316 .407 .723
Sep/Oct 18 23 .439 81 39 6 2 9 345.6 372 168 34 116 126 4.37 .278 .336 .405 .740
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 23 CLN NL 8 12 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.4 0.4
1968 24 CLN NL 50 23 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .087 .087 .261 .348 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 58 35 3 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 7 .171 .171 .286 .457 1.2 0.4
162 Game Average 97 8 16 2 0 2 19 0 0 0 19 .171 .171 .286 .457 3.5  
Career Highs 50 23 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   24 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.4
vs LH   11 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0
Home 32 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2
Away 26 21 2 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 .190 .190 .381 .571 1.5
RISP   15 0 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .333 .600 1.2
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 9 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
June 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
August 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 10 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .316 .474 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 23 CLN NL P 8 4 34.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1968 24 CLN NL P 50 7 96.0 4 20 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1969 25 CLN NL P 29 29 207.3 13 32 0 2 1.000 1.95    
1970 26 CLN NL P 25 25 172.0 7 36 2 1 .956 2.25    
1973 29 CLN NL P 13 1 28.7 4 4 1 0 .889 2.51    
1974 30 CLN NL P 17 11 81.3 11 20 0 0 1.000 3.43    
1975 31 CLN NL P 51 0 63.7 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.12    
1976 32 CLN NL P 71 0 99.3 6 23 0 3 1.000 2.63    
1977 33 CLN NL P 34 0 64.0 3 18 0 3 1.000 2.95    
1978 34 CLN NL P 30 29 210.3 18 33 0 1 1.000 2.18    
1979 35 SDP NL P 32 32 220.7 13 44 1 5 .983 2.32    
1980 36 SDP NL P 32 32 236.0 11 44 1 0 .982 2.10    
1981 37 SDP NL P 32 32 229.0 17 56 0 2 1.000 2.87    
Career Totals   424 202 1743.0 112 348 5 18 .989 2.38    
Career Highs   71 32 236.0 18 56 2 5 1.000 3.43    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1968 24 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571
1969 25 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 0 2 0 18.00 .571 .667 .714 1.381
1973 29 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 4 1 3 2 6.75 .333 .429 .556 .984
1975 31 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571
1977 33 CLN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 7.3 5 1 0 1 5 1.23 .185 .214 .259 .474
1978 34 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 8 3 1 2 0 4.05 .308 .357 .423 .780
1980 36 SDP NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 14 8 1 5 3 4.91 .264 .328 .396 .724
1981 37 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 0 5 1 2.25 .286 .474 .286 .759
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 4 .200 12 3 0 0 0 42.6 45 19 3 18 12 4.01 .283 .356 .390 .746
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1970-7-.650
 Saves
1975-8-10
1977-9-9
 Games Pitched
1976-6-71
 Shutouts
1978-3-3
1979-8-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1981-10-24
 Walks per 9IP
1970-9-2.4
1978-9-1.9
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 52nd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1966
Had first career hit on 7/30/1967, off Tony Cloninger (PIT)
Earned first career win on 7/30/1967
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1968, off Dick Bosman (WAS)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1968, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 6/2/1969 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Injured on 8/23/1970 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 4-5 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/14/1971 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
7/1/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1978, going 4-0, 1.05
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 2/22/1979 (Going to SDP: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, P Jim Shellenback, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLN: CF Rick Reichardt)
10/23/1979: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
 
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