Wally
Shannon
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 178
 
Born: January 23, 1933 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
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
1959 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7
1960 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7
1961 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7
1962 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 6 7 7
1963 30 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 1 2 2 6 7 7
1965 32 NYA AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 1 2 2 6 7 7
1966 33 NYA AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 6 6 1 2 2 6 7 7
1967 34 NYA AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7
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
1959 26 SEM AL 100 303 16 73 10 2 2 24 0 0 7 46 .241 .267 .307 .574 21.4 0.7
1960 27 SEM AL 57 172 11 30 11 1 0 18 0 0 6 42 .174 .212 .250 .462 5.2 0.0
    AAA   54 208 23 61 9 0 3 21 1 0 7 33 .293 .316 .380 .696 23.7  
1961 28 SEM AL 88 173 8 34 10 1 1 13 0 0 4 36 .197 .223 .283 .507 8.8 0.0
1962 29 SEM AL 37 80 5 19 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .238 .247 .250 .497 4.1 0.0
1963 30 AAA   137 581 62 146 33 1 5 49 1 2 25 70 .251 .282 .337 .620 51.8  
1964 31 AAA   106 434 48 99 19 0 1 35 3 0 21 56 .228 .264 .279 .543 30.1  
1965 32 NYA AL 59 90 8 14 4 1 0 6 0 0 5 12 .156 .212 .222 .434 3.9 0.0
1966 33 NYA AL 14 9 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .222 .333 .333 .667 1.3 0.1
    AAA   48 187 14 52 9 0 2 9 1 1 13 20 .278 .325 .358 .683 21.2  
1967 34 AAA   137 577 56 149 30 1 4 49 1 1 28 75 .258 .293 .334 .627 53.7  
6 Years Sim 355 827 49 172 37 5 3 66 0 0 24 145 .208 .239 .276 .515 44.8 0.8
5 Years AAA 482 1987 203 507 100 2 15 163 7 4 94 254 .255 .296 .330 .626 180.5  
162 Game Average 377 22 78 16 2 1 30 0 0 10 66 .208 .239 .276 .515 20.4  
Career Highs 100 303 16 73 11 2 2 24 0 0 7 46 .241 .333 .333 .667 21.4  
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   598 39 144 26 4 3 52 0 0 16 80 .241 .269 .313 .582 44.6
vs LH   229 10 28 11 1 0 14 0 0 8 65 .122 .161 .179 .340 0.4
Home 184 420 29 89 24 2 3 28 0 0 11 76 .212 .235 .300 .535 25.6
Away 171 407 20 83 13 3 0 38 0 0 13 69 .204 .244 .251 .494 19.3
RISP   178 0 43 7 0 0 60 0 0 5 25 .242 .264 .281 .545 11.8
Pinch Hitting   69 1 14 5 1 0 4 0 0 1 9 .203 .214 .304 .519 3.7
Close/Late   99 3 16 7 1 0 1 0 0 3 16 .162 .210 .253 .462 3.1
Mar/Apr 63 144 7 23 6 0 0 5 0 0 4 22 .160 .193 .201 .395 2.6
May 61 159 7 36 5 0 0 12 0 0 4 33 .226 .241 .258 .499 8.7
June 51 102 9 25 6 4 0 7 0 0 4 13 .245 .274 .382 .656 9.9
July 67 174 11 37 8 1 0 18 0 0 8 37 .213 .261 .270 .531 10.4
August 54 136 7 32 5 0 1 13 0 0 1 22 .235 .261 .294 .555 8.4
Sep/Oct 58 112 8 19 7 0 2 11 0 0 3 18 .170 .203 .286 .489 5.0
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
1959 26 SEM AL SS 95 94 771.7 119 333 11 59 .976 5.27   3.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1960 27 SEM AL SS 47 47 385.7 69 170 0 39 1.000 5.58   2.8
    2B 5 0 8.7 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.0
1961 28 SEM AL SS 27 25 208.0 43 106 3 24 .980 6.45   1.1
    2B 19 9 98.7 20 42 0 7 1.000 5.66   0.2
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 29 SEM AL SS 16 11 108.7 16 56 1 12 .986 5.96   0.9
    2B 9 6 63.7 16 25 1 2 .976 5.80   0.3
1965 32 NYA AL SS 33 12 140.7 16 60 1 7 .987 4.86   0.7
    2B 19 5 56.0 13 24 1 9 .974 5.95   0.4
    CF 6 4 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.2
    LF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1966 33 NYA AL SS 9 1 21.7 6 12 0 3 1.000 7.48   0.3
    CF 2 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 227 190 1636.3 269 737 16 144 .984 5.53   8.9
  2B 54 20 229.0 51 96 2 19 .987 5.78   0.9
  CF 8 5 53.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.87   0.2
  LF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   293 215 1925.9 332 834 19 163 .984 5.45   10.0
Career Highs   96 94 772.7 120 334 11 60 1.000 6.14    
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  3. Ham Schulte (985)
  4. Dick Tracewski (978)
  5. Ted Gullic (974)
  6. Eddie Miksis (973)
  7. Mario Diaz (973)
  8. Bill Pecota (972)
  9. Ozzie Smith (970)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Seattle in 1959
Had first career hit on 4/3/1959, off Moe Drabowsky (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/1959, off Humberto Robinson (TAM)
4/2/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 5/25/1963 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1964
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/26/1965 to a 4-year deal worth $400,000 per year
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 7/18/1966 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks