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Shires		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 13, 1907 in Usa, TX, ITALY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 22 ATL NL $ 300,000   60 60 55 19 22 21 49 61 57 30 39 36 71 75 74
1931 23 ATL NL $ 464,286   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1932 24 ATL NL $ 464,286   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1933 25 ATL NL $ 464,286   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1934 26 ATL NL $ 500,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 8 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1935 27 TAM AL $ 500,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1936 28 TAM AL $ 500,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1937 29 TAM AL $ 500,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1938 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 4 4 4 7 8 8
1939 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 4 8 8 8
1940 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   60 60 55 19 22 21 49 61 57 30 39 36 71 75 74
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
1930 22 ATL NL 155 579 89 168 23 3 6 79 1 3 52 36 .290 .346 .371 .717 69.6 10.1
1931 23 ATL NL 153 597 82 169 16 5 4 59 3 0 47 41 .283 .333 .347 .680 67.8 9.3
1932 24 ATL NL 81 107 18 34 7 0 2 18 0 0 10 7 .318 .378 .439 .817 16.3 3.5
1933 25 ATL NL 91 102 17 28 3 0 2 13 0 1 8 6 .275 .324 .363 .687 11.6 1.6
1934 26 ATL NL 68 86 14 31 6 1 1 15 0 0 5 9 .360 .391 .488 .880 13.9 2.9
1935 27 ATL NL 23 29 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .172 .172 .310 .483 1.1 0.0
  TAM AL 36 23 12 7 1 1 3 11 0 0 3 3 .304 .385 .826 1.211 6.7 1.4
  TOT   59 52 15 12 2 1 4 14 0 0 3 7 .231 .273 .538 .811 7.8 1.4
    AAA   25 93 24 39 11 0 5 22 1 1 10 3 .419 .476 .699 1.175 24.7  
1936 28 TAM AL 36 62 12 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 5 4 .210 .269 .290 .559 3.5 0.0
1937 29 TAM AL 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
    AAA   119 467 65 162 29 9 10 77 9 7 49 45 .347 .409 .512 .921 88.4  
1938 30 TAM AL 52 141 24 44 8 0 3 16 0 0 8 10 .312 .351 .433 .784 20.8 4.1
1939 31 TAM AL 32 24 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.2 0.0
1940 32 BSN NL 33 41 7 15 2 0 2 8 0 1 1 4 .366 .381 .561 .942 6.8 1.4
    AAA   100 307 48 101 20 3 9 62 8 2 33 25 .329 .394 .502 .896 57.2  
11 Years Sim 766 1795 285 519 70 11 24 228 4 5 139 127 .289 .339 .381 .719 218.2 34.4
3 Years AAA 244 867 137 302 60 12 24 161 18 10 92 73 .348 .412 .528 .940 170.3  
162 Game Average 379 60 109 14 2 5 48 0 1 29 26 .289 .339 .381 .719 46.1  
Career Highs 155 597 89 169 23 5 6 79 3 3 52 41 .366 .391 .561 .942 69.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1295 218 398 54 9 19 170 2 1 107 89 .307 .359 .407 .766 183.9
vs LH   500 67 121 16 2 5 58 2 4 32 38 .242 .286 .312 .598 43.4
Home 372 874 134 263 29 5 15 122 4 3 54 62 .301 .338 .397 .735 114.1
Away 393 921 151 256 41 6 9 106 0 2 85 65 .278 .339 .365 .704 113.1
RISP   479 0 140 20 5 8 198 0 0 32 30 .292 .330 .405 .735 63.0
Pinch Hitting   285 48 89 9 1 5 49 0 1 17 20 .312 .350 .404 .753 38.4
Close/Late   275 47 74 11 1 1 28 0 0 26 24 .269 .331 .327 .658 30.4
Mar/Apr 116 298 40 92 10 3 4 39 0 0 13 20 .309 .337 .403 .739 38.2
May 116 287 51 87 15 2 4 38 1 1 31 20 .303 .368 .411 .780 42.8
June 102 277 34 71 12 1 2 24 1 1 18 24 .256 .300 .329 .628 26.8
July 143 296 49 82 6 2 4 33 1 1 23 21 .277 .329 .351 .681 34.3
August 149 334 49 97 14 2 5 49 0 1 25 21 .290 .338 .389 .727 42.8
Sep/Oct 138 303 62 90 13 1 5 45 1 1 29 21 .297 .356 .396 .752 42.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 22 ATL NL 1B 153 146 1299.0 1682 126 16 169 .991 12.53 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1931 23 ATL NL 1B 151 147 1308.7 1616 137 15 143 .992 12.06 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1932 24 ATL NL 1B 21 17 142.0 190 10 1 20 .995 12.68 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1933 25 ATL NL 1B 17 12 106.0 146 9 1 12 .994 13.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1934 26 ATL NL 1B 21 11 98.3 117 10 2 13 .984 11.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1935 27 ATL NL 1B 2 1 8.4 10 1 0 2 1.000 11.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 1B 2 1 7.6 9 1 0 1 1.000 11.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 4 2 16.0 19 2 0 3 1.000 11.81   0.0
1936 28 TAM AL 1B 14 12 107.0 133 8 1 15 .993 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 29 TAM AL 1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 30 TAM AL 1B 34 33 276.0 304 28 2 22 .994 10.83 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 31 TAM AL 2B 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 4.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 18.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 BSN NL 1B 6 4 34.3 47 3 0 3 1.000 13.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 423 384 3392.0 4262 334 38 400 .992 12.19 0 0 .000 0 6.7
  2B 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   430 384 3406.6 4265 335 38 400 .992 12.15 0 0 .000 0 6.7
Career Highs   153 147 1308.7 1682 137 16 169 1.000 13.16 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 24 ATL NL 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Career Post-Season Batting 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1930-8-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Johnny Werts (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1930, off Ray Phelps (TAM)
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/18/1930
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 5/18/1930
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
10/23/1933: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Atlanta to Tampa Bay on 5/16/1935 (Going to TAM: P Dizzy Dean, 1B Joe Hauser, 1B Art Shires, CF Kiki Cuyler. Going to ATL: P Lefty Grove, 1B Lou Gehrig)
Injured on 5/23/1937 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
7/1/1937: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1939: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/31/1940 (Going to BSN: 1B Art Shires. Going to TAM: P Slick Castleman)
 
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