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Mike
Shannon		  
Nickname: Moonman
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 15, 1939 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1966    1967    1968    1969    1970    1973    1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 22 WOR AL     5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1963 23 WOR AL     6 6 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1964 24 WOR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1965 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1966 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1967 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1968 28 KCR AL $ 2,928,571   8 8 8 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6
1969 29 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
1970 30 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 31 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 32 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1973 33 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   8 8 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1974 34 PIT NL $ 4,100,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1975 35 KCR AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 3 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1976 36 DET AL $ 4,100,000   3 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,100,000   8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6
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
1962 22 AAA   56 241 48 82 11 3 16 43 8 1 13 48 .340 .374 .610 .984 50.4  
    AA   81 339 37 89 15 2 8 29 4 4 30 70 .263 .322 .389 .712 42.0  
1963 23 AAA   137 555 56 148 14 4 14 69 4 8 53 96 .267 .331 .382 .713 69.5  
1964 24 WOR AL 52 206 21 55 5 0 5 16 2 4 15 36 .267 .317 .364 .681 20.7 2.5
    AAA   83 339 42 103 8 3 13 40 8 5 29 54 .304 .359 .460 .819 54.1  
1965 25 KCR AL 150 591 57 169 13 3 6 58 1 3 38 74 .286 .328 .349 .677 66.5 11.1
1966 26 KCR AL 154 561 72 178 24 1 15 70 1 0 48 73 .317 .372 .444 .816 87.4 18.6
1967 27 KCR AL 150 608 83 200 40 2 13 65 1 1 46 93 .329 .376 .465 .841 93.4 20.0
1968 28 KCR AL 153 624 85 186 23 5 13 74 1 0 46 105 .298 .344 .413 .757 83.9 16.6
1969 29 KCR AL 52 215 33 65 10 2 4 24 1 1 15 30 .302 .343 .423 .767 29.7 5.9
  PIT NL 96 364 42 108 13 2 7 48 1 1 21 44 .297 .332 .401 .733 45.7 7.5
  TOT   148 579 75 173 23 4 11 72 2 2 36 74 .299 .336 .409 .745 75.4 13.4
1970 30 PIT NL 154 608 61 193 30 3 9 66 1 6 32 89 .317 .350 .421 .771 82.6 17.1
1971 31 PIT NL 126 496 65 148 20 6 6 62 0 0 38 73 .298 .346 .399 .745 64.7 14.6
1972 32 PIT NL 150 578 75 153 18 7 13 69 1 1 43 82 .265 .313 .388 .701 70.5 11.4
1973 33 PIT NL 145 574 69 173 19 8 5 58 0 0 40 75 .301 .345 .389 .733 74.2 13.1
1974 34 PIT NL 157 631 84 203 39 7 10 59 1 2 32 92 .322 .356 .453 .810 90.6 23.3
1975 35 KCR AL 102 277 39 87 7 2 8 37 0 0 21 44 .314 .370 .440 .810 43.6 8.7
1976 36 DET AL 68 178 10 37 6 0 0 11 3 0 9 42 .208 .245 .242 .486 9.1 0.0
    AAA   1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0  
13 Years Sim 1709 6511 796 1955 267 48 114 717 14 19 444 952 .300 .344 .409 .753 862.8 170.3
4 Years AAA 277 1139 146 333 33 10 43 152 20 14 96 200 .292 .349 .452 .802 174.0  
1 Years AA 81 339 37 89 15 2 8 29 4 4 30 70 .263 .323 .389 .712 42.0  
5 Years Minors 358 1478 183 422 48 12 51 181 24 18 126 270 .286 .343 .438 .781 216.0  
162 Game Average 617 75 185 25 4 10 67 1 1 42 90 .300 .344 .409 .753 81.8  
Career Highs 157 631 85 203 40 8 15 74 3 6 48 105 .329 .376 .465 .841 93.4  
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   3918 434 1159 147 27 64 404 8 18 240 573 .296 .336 .396 .732 499.0
vs LH   2593 362 796 120 21 50 313 6 1 204 379 .307 .356 .427 .783 380.3
Home 851 3192 394 949 131 22 60 362 7 8 217 475 .297 .342 .409 .750 428.8
Away 858 3319 402 1006 136 26 54 355 7 11 227 477 .303 .346 .409 .755 450.6
RISP   1343 0 423 61 6 22 561 0 0 112 224 .315 .358 .418 .776 198.6
Pinch Hitting   76 6 19 3 0 0 13 0 0 3 7 .250 .278 .289 .568 5.7
Close/Late   728 56 203 28 8 12 89 0 0 53 96 .279 .327 .389 .715 90.9
Mar/Apr 285 1121 137 337 41 8 16 123 4 6 80 158 .301 .345 .394 .740 147.6
May 306 1171 148 351 48 9 24 143 4 3 64 186 .300 .335 .418 .753 156.3
June 275 1043 125 309 38 9 20 123 1 1 72 166 .296 .341 .407 .749 140.4
July 287 1082 125 332 54 5 19 104 3 5 71 151 .307 .348 .419 .767 149.5
August 291 1076 143 320 43 6 21 116 2 1 89 155 .297 .351 .407 .758 150.2
Sep/Oct 265 1018 118 306 43 11 14 108 0 3 68 136 .301 .343 .406 .749 135.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 24 WOR AL 3B 24 24 209.0 15 55 4 5 .946 3.01   0.4
    2B 14 14 128.0 28 52 1 13 .988 5.63   0.8
    1B 11 11 103.7 108 14 0 14 1.000 10.59   0.2
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 25 KCR AL 2B 88 85 766.0 172 298 6 41 .987 5.52   3.0
    SS 60 58 530.0 69 235 4 37 .987 5.16   3.8
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 26 KCR AL SS 150 147 1268.0 205 530 23 103 .970 5.22   8.5
    2B 1 0 8.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 .750 9.00   0.0
1967 27 KCR AL SS 145 145 1237.0 199 473 16 103 .977 4.89   6.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 28 KCR AL SS 153 151 1316.7 179 519 16 92 .978 4.77   6.5
1969 29 KCR AL SS 51 50 464.9 59 185 8 34 .968 4.72   2.9
    RF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PIT NL SS 93 91 777.4 99 310 13 57 .969 4.74   5.2
    RF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 144 141 1242.3 158 495 21 91 .969 4.73   8.1
      RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1970 30 PIT NL SS 146 145 1276.7 183 457 16 84 .976 4.51   5.3
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1971 31 PIT NL SS 67 65 586.3 92 227 10 43 .970 4.90   2.7
    3B 56 56 483.0 44 91 11 8 .925 2.52   1.2
    1B 1 0 8.3 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.56   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 32 PIT NL SS 86 86 731.0 105 240 6 44 .983 4.25   3.9
    3B 62 61 534.3 42 102 10 14 .935 2.43   1.7
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1973 33 PIT NL 2B 75 74 653.3 173 220 6 58 .985 5.41   1.7
    SS 39 39 328.3 56 118 4 25 .978 4.77   1.6
    3B 28 27 235.0 15 55 3 9 .959 2.68   0.9
    RF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1974 34 PIT NL 2B 150 143 1258.7 274 544 16 122 .981 5.85   3.3
    RF 1 0 5.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07   0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 0 2 1 .750 10.80   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 35 KCR AL SS 37 27 259.0 41 91 2 20 .985 4.59   0.9
    3B 25 17 174.3 5 47 5 7 .912 2.68   0.5
    1B 24 16 157.7 185 20 1 16 .995 11.70   0.4
    2B 11 4 57.7 10 24 1 2 .971 5.31   0.2
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1976 36 DET AL 2B 42 34 309.0 62 135 4 27 .980 5.74   1.2
    3B 12 5 57.0 5 22 0 1 1.000 4.26   0.3
    SS 9 3 33.3 9 13 1 5 .957 5.94   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 1038 1007 8811.6 1296 3398 119 647 .975 4.79   47.7
  2B 384 354 3187.7 721 1279 34 263 .983 5.65   10.3
  3B 211 190 1698.7 126 372 33 44 .938 2.64   5.1
  1B 47 27 289.7 324 37 4 32 .989 11.22   0.6
  RF 11 0 27.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.1
Career Totals   1691 1578 14014.9 2475 5086 190 986 .975 4.86   63.8
Career Highs   156 151 1316.7 283 544 24 123 .987 5.84    
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
1966 26 KCR AL 11 45 8 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 4 9 .200 .265 .356 .621
1967 27 KCR AL 18 75 11 24 7 0 0 8 0 0 3 10 .320 .346 .413 .759
1968 28 KCR AL 9 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .130 .310 .130 .441
1975 35 KCR AL 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 41 147 22 36 9 1 1 13 0 0 13 28 .245 .306 .340 .646
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.
Batting Average
1966-2-.317
1967-1-.329
1968-9-.298
1970-5-.317
1973-7-.301
1974-5-.322
 On-Base Pct
1966-10-.372
1967-8-.376
 OPS
1967-8-.841
 XR
1974-10-90.6
 Games
1974-4-157
 At-Bats
1965-6-591
1967-1-608
1968-2-624
1970-2-608
1974-1-631
Hits
1965-5-169
1966-3-178
1967-1-200
1968-3-186
1970-2-193
1973-7-173
1974-1-203
 Total Bases
1967-6-283
1968-9-258
1974-6-286
 Singles
1965-1-147
1966-4-138
1967-1-145
1968-2-145
1970-1-151
1973-3-141
1974-2-147
 Doubles
1967-4-40
1974-6-39
 Triples
1971-3-6
1972-2-7
1973-3-8
1974-3-7
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Finigan (948)
  2. Ralph Hodgin (934)
  3. Pie Traynor (919)
  4. Frankie Crosetti (917)
  5. Randy Moore (915)
  6. Luis Olmo (906)
  7. Earl Clark (898)
  8. Red Rolfe (896)
  9. Curt Flood (893)
  10. Woody English (893)
History
Injured on 6/29/1964 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 7/4/1964, off Herb Score (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1964, off Tom Butters (NYA)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/23/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 10/4/1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 9/4/1968
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1969 (Going to KCR: CF Don Hahn. Going to PIT: SS Mike Shannon, 3B George Banks)
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1969 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1970, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/30/1971
Injured on 7/30/1971 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
7/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/8/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1974, hitting .652 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Kansas City on 2/3/1975 (Going to PIT: P Ed Farmer. Going to KCR: SS Mike Shannon)
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 4/13/1975
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 2/1/1976 (Going to KCR: 1B Gonzalo Marquez. Going to DET: SS Mike Shannon)
 
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