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Bobby
Shantz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 152
 
Born: September 26, 1925 in Usa, PA, POTTSTOWN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1951    1959   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1950 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1951 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1952 26 DET AL $ 4,071,429 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1953 27 DET AL $ 3,500,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1954 28 TAM AL $ 3,500,000 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1955 29 SDP NL $ 3,500,000 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1956 30 SDP NL $ 2,500,000 7 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1957 31 DET AL $ 2,500,000 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1958 32 BRK NL $ 2,500,000 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 6
1959 33 BRK NL $ 2,500,000 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1960 34 BSN NL $ 1,596,000 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5
1961 35 BRK NL $ 912,000 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1962 36 CLN NL   6 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,071,429 7 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1950 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 26 DET AL $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 27 DET AL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 28 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 29 SDP NL $ 3,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 30 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1957 31 DET AL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1958 32 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1959 33 BRK NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1960 34 BSN NL $ 1,596,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1961 35 BRK NL $ 912,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1962 36 CLN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,071,429   3 3 3 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
1949 23 OAK AL 12 15 .444 33 33 6 1 0 225.3 262 132 24 78 88 5.27 .292 .347 .447 .794 9.9
1950 24 OAK AL 17 9 .654 34 34 0 0 0 238.0 238 115 24 86 121 4.35 .262 .323 .416 .739 17.9
1951 25 OAK AL 23 9 .719 40 40 5 0 0 281.3 271 118 24 94 104 3.77 .253 .316 .380 .696 23.8
1952 26 OAK AL 7 13 .350 26 26 7 1 0 189.7 191 83 21 51 72 3.94 .261 .308 .407 .715 13.4
  DET AL 5 3 .625 10 10 3 1 0 69.3 72 36 8 19 25 4.67 .267 .315 .419 .734 3.3
  TOT   12 16 .429 36 36 10 2 0 259.0 263 119 29 70 97 4.14 .262 .310 .410 .720 16.7
1953 27 DET AL 19 15 .559 41 41 3 0 0 291.7 298 144 30 112 130 4.44 .265 .330 .408 .738 12.9
1954 28 TAM AL 8 7 .533 86 5 0 0 2 78.3 71 38 14 29 32 4.37 .241 .314 .410 .724 4.8
1955 29 SDP NL 6 10 .375 33 12 0 0 3 106.7 103 48 17 37 48 4.05 .256 .318 .427 .745 6.3
1956 30 SDP NL 11 10 .524 71 0 0 0 15 83.0 83 55 7 42 37 5.96 .260 .344 .392 .736 4.6
1957 31 DET AL 7 21 .250 42 38 2 0 0 257.3 285 153 42 84 153 5.35 .281 .335 .490 .825 7.1
1958 32 BRK NL 16 18 .471 41 39 5 0 0 269.0 250 122 34 87 145 4.08 .247 .308 .397 .706 13.8
1959 33 BRK NL 22 9 .710 40 40 3 0 0 282.7 255 114 38 86 214 3.63 .239 .299 .387 .686 18.6
1960 34 BSN NL 15 21 .417 43 43 3 0 0 291.7 293 113 29 81 186 3.49 .258 .308 .383 .692 16.5
1961 35 BRK NL 0 2 .000 25 0 0 0 3 34.3 41 26 9 15 21 6.82 .301 .373 .551 .924 0.0
1962 36 CLN NL 2 1 .667 49 2 0 0 0 27.7 37 22 7 6 15 7.16 .327 .358 .566 .925 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 0 16.3 18 7 2 4 10 3.86 .290 .333 .403 .737  
14 Years Sim 170 163 .511 614 363 37 3 23 2726.0 2750 1319 328 907 1391 4.35 .262 .321 .415 .736 153.0
1 Years AAA 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 0 16.3 18 7 2 4 10 3.86 .290 .333 .403 .737  
Season Average 12 11 .522 43 25 2 0 1 194.7 196 94 23 64 99 4.35 .262 .321 .415 .736  
Career Highs 23 21 .719 86 43 10 2 15 291.7 298 153 42 112 214 7.16 .327 .373 .566 .925  
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   1938 917 233 636 938   .270 .329 .426 .755
vs LH   812 402 95 271 453   .245 .302 .393 .695
Home 85 85 .500 305 181 15 2 8 1389.0 1388 643 158 426 719 4.17 .259 .314 .404 .717
Away 85 78 .521 309 182 22 1 15 1337.0 1362 676 170 481 672 4.55 .265 .328 .427 .755
Mar/Apr 22 28 .440 94 64 6 1 2 461.6 463 213 61 168 243 4.15 .261 .325 .417 .742
May 40 33 .548 107 70 7 0 4 508.0 532 263 61 158 231 4.66 .269 .323 .421 .745
June 23 22 .511 96 61 2 0 5 451.6 440 194 45 154 233 3.87 .258 .320 .392 .712
July 20 26 .435 92 57 13 2 1 391.6 419 204 49 131 203 4.69 .271 .328 .435 .762
August 38 27 .585 115 60 5 0 4 485.3 477 239 58 172 269 4.43 .257 .320 .414 .734
Sep/Oct 27 27 .500 110 51 4 0 7 427.6 419 206 54 124 212 4.34 .255 .307 .413 .721
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
1949 23 OAK AL 33 73 5 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 10 .151 .184 .205 .390 2.6 0.0
1950 24 OAK AL 34 83 7 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 16 .133 .153 .181 .334 1.2 0.0
1951 25 OAK AL 40 89 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 16 .180 .194 .202 .396 3.8 0.0
1952 26 OAK AL 26 61 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .180 .190 .197 .387 2.0 0.0
  DET AL 10 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .130 .167 .130 .297 0.2 0.0
  TOT   36 84 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .167 .184 .179 .362 2.1 0.0
1953 27 DET AL 41 105 3 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .162 .305 -0.4 0.0
1954 28 TAM AL 86 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1955 29 SDP NL 33 32 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .219 .219 .313 .531 1.6 0.0
1956 30 SDP NL 71 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1957 31 DET AL 42 71 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .099 .167 .127 .293 0.6 0.0
1958 32 BRK NL 41 93 7 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .172 .181 .172 .353 1.8 0.0
1959 33 BRK NL 40 103 4 8 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 34 .078 .095 .107 .202 -3.0 0.0
1960 34 BSN NL 43 92 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 19 .109 .146 .130 .276 -0.1 0.0
1962 36 CLN NL 49 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 589 836 50 118 16 2 1 44 0 0 21 165 .141 .162 .169 .331 11.2 0.0
162 Game Average 229 13 32 4 0 0 12 0 0 5 45 .141 .162 .169 .331 3.1  
Career Highs 86 105 7 16 3 1 1 8 0 0 5 34 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3.8  
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   506 32 71 9 2 1 30 0 0 17 100 .140 .167 .172 .339 3.5
vs LH   330 18 47 7 0 0 14 0 0 4 65 .142 .155 .164 .318 -0.8
Home 292 384 24 53 9 2 0 20 0 0 12 74 .138 .164 .172 .336 1.9
Away 256 452 26 65 7 0 1 24 0 0 9 91 .144 .161 .166 .327 0.9
RISP   206 0 21 2 1 1 42 0 0 8 49 .102 .133 .136 .269 -2.6
Close/Late   46 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .152 .152 .152 .304 -0.2
Mar/Apr 85 149 6 17 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 23 .114 .137 .128 .265 -2.4
May 70 154 8 17 4 0 0 8 0 0 3 31 .110 .127 .136 .263 -2.8
June 87 136 7 22 2 1 0 8 0 0 4 35 .162 .184 .191 .376 2.4
July 66 121 11 20 3 0 1 9 0 0 3 17 .165 .185 .215 .400 2.9
August 89 145 9 22 4 1 0 13 0 0 4 30 .152 .179 .193 .372 2.0
Sep/Oct 86 131 9 20 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 29 .153 .170 .160 .331 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1949 23 OAK AL P 33 33 225.3 12 52 1 2 .985 2.56    
1950 24 OAK AL P 34 34 238.0 9 43 2 1 .963 1.97    
1951 25 OAK AL P 40 40 281.3 11 54 3 4 .956 2.08    
1952 26 OAK AL P 26 26 189.7 15 31 1 2 .979 2.18    
  DET AL P 10 10 69.3 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.34    
  TOT   P 36 36 259.0 21 43 1 3 .985 2.22    
1953 27 DET AL P 41 41 291.7 20 41 0 2 1.000 1.88    
1954 28 TAM AL P 86 5 78.3 7 15 0 2 1.000 2.53    
1955 29 SDP NL P 33 12 106.7 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.19    
1956 30 SDP NL P 71 0 83.0 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1957 31 DET AL P 42 38 257.3 17 31 0 8 1.000 1.68    
1958 32 BRK NL P 41 39 269.0 15 52 0 6 1.000 2.24    
1959 33 BRK NL P 40 40 282.7 12 45 0 1 1.000 1.81    
1960 34 BSN NL P 43 43 291.7 17 52 2 5 .972 2.13    
1961 35 BRK NL P 25 0 34.3 1 8 0 2 1.000 2.36    
1962 36 CLN NL P 49 2 27.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.95    
Career Totals   614 363 2726.0 152 476 9 38 .986 2.07    
Career Highs   86 43 291.7 21 54 3 8 1.000 2.56    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1951-4-3.77
1959-9-3.63
1960-8-3.49
 Wins
1951-1-23
1953-6-19
1959-4-22
 Losses
1949-9-15
1952-7-16
1957-5-21
1958-5-18
1960-2-21
 Winning Pct
1950-9-.654
1951-3-.719
1959-2-.710
 Saves
1956-6-15
 Games Pitched
1954-2-86
1956-7-71
Games Started
1951-8-40
1953-10-41
1960-5-43
 Complete Games
1952-6-10
 Shutouts
1949-5-1
1952-5-2
 Innings Pitched
1959-10-282.7
 Hits Allowed
1953-10-298
1960-9-293
 Homeruns Allowed
1957-5-42
1958-8-34
1959-7-38
Walks Allowed
1953-7-112
 Walks per 9IP
1949-7-3.1
1952-9-2.4
1959-10-2.7
 Hits per 9IP
1951-8-8.7
1959-9-8.1
 WHiP
1950-10-1.36
1951-6-1.30
1952-10-1.29
1958-10-1.25
1959-10-1.21
 OAVG
1951-10-.253
1959-9-.239
 OOBP
1950-10-.323
1951-6-.316
1952-9-.310
1959-10-.299
OSLG
1951-6-.380
 OOPS
1951-5-.696
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Bob Knepper (918)
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  6. Johnny Broaca (917)
  7. Ed Halicki (915)
  8. Dave Koslo (912)
  9. Dave Ferriss (911)
  10. Joe Coleman (909)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dan Dugan (992)
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  3. Frank Barrett (989)
  4. Bill Voiselle (988)
  5. Jack Kramer (988)
  6. Gus Keriazakos (988)
  7. Hugh Mulcahy (986)
  8. Cliff Fannin (986)
  9. Ramon Monzant (985)
  10. Roy Mahaffey (985)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Oakland in 1949
Earned first career win on 4/27/1949
Had first career hit on 5/29/1949, off Jack Kramer (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 7/15/1949, off Emil Kush (SEM)
Injured on 6/25/1950 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1951, going 7-0, 2.72
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Injured on 7/21/1951 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Detroit on 7/31/1952 (Going to DET: C Joe Garagiola, P Bobby Shantz, LF Irv Noren. Going to OAK: P Gene Conley, 2B Eddie Stanky, P Marius Russo)
7/31/1952: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/6/1952 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Ferris Fain, P Bob Kuzava, P Ken Johnson, LF Jim Greengrass, 2B Gene Mauch)
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1954 (Going to MON: CF Pete Reiser. Going to TAM: LF Monte Irvin, 2B Pee wee Reese, P Bobby Shantz)
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 4/2/1955 (Going to TAM: P Billy Hoeft. Going to SDP: 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss, P Bobby Shantz, P Alex Kellner)
Injured on 4/5/1955 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/29/1955 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
10/3/1955: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/7/1957 (Going to DET: CF Andy Pafko, LF Don Lenhardt, LF Bill Howerton, P Bobby Shantz. Going to SDP: P Al Sima)
Traded from Detroit to Brooklyn on 2/3/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bill Howerton, 3B Frankie Zak, P Bobby Shantz. Going to DET: 1B Bobby Hofman)
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a 1-year deal worth $1,596,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 7/31/1961 to a 1-year deal worth $912,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $738,746 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/3/1962
 
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