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Bobby Shantz Bobby Shantz
Full name: Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: September 26, 1925, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
First Game: May 1, 1949; Final Game: September 29, 1964
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 5' 6" Weight: 139
Brother of Billy Shantz
AL MVP (1952)
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1952)
P on TSN All-Star Team (1952)
Won Major League Gold Glove as pitcher (1957)
NL Gold Glove as P (1961 to 1964)
AL Gold Glove as P (1958 to 1960)
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Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1949 PHI A                33    37    2    7   0   0   0    2    5        6   1   3               0    0   0  .189  .302  .189   0.0 1949 PHI A
1950 PHI A                37    66    4   11   1   0   1    4    6       10   0   6               2    1   0  .167  .236  .227   0.0 1950 PHI A
1951 PHI A                36    72   11   18   4   0   0    9    6        7   0   8               1    1   0  .250  .308  .306   0.0 1951 PHI A
1952 PHI A                34    96   13   19   4   1   0   12    5        9   2  13               0    0   2  .198  .252  .260   0.0 1952 PHI A
1953 PHI A                21    38    6    9   1   1   0    4    2        3   0   1               0    1   0  .237  .275  .316   0.0 1953 PHI A
1954 PHI A                 7     3    2    1   0   0   0    0    0        0   0   0   0           0    0   0  .333  .333  .333   0.0 1954 PHI A
1955 KC  A                26    41    5    6   0   0   0    0    1   0    5   0   2   0           0    0   0  .146  .167  .146   0.0 1955 KC  A
1956 KC  A                51    22    2    2   1   0   0    1    2   0    4   0   2   0           1    0   0  .091  .167  .136   0.0 1956 KC  A
1957 NY  A                33    56    6   10   3   0   0    6    8   0   16   0   1   0           0    0   0  .179  .281  .232   0.0 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A                33    35    1    8   3   0   0    1    2   0   12   1   1   0           0    0   0  .229  .289  .314   0.2 1958 NY  A
1959 NY  A                40    23    4    5   2   0   0    1    3   0    6   0   3   0           0    0   0  .217  .308  .304   0.0 1959 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits   43    10    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .100  .182  .100   0.0 1960 NY  A
1961 PIT N Daily Splits   44    16    3    7   1   0   0    3    2   0    1   1   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .438  .526  .500   0.0 1961 PIT N
1962 HOU N Daily Splits    7     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1962 HOU N
1962 STL N Daily Splits   28    13    0    2   0   0   0    2    0   0    7   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .143  .154   0.0 1962 STL N
1962 TOT N                35    21    0    2   0   0   0    2    0   0   11   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .095  .091  .095   0.0 1962 TOT N
1963 STL N Daily Splits   55     7    0    1   0   0   0    1    2   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .333  .143   0.0 1963 STL N
1964 STL N Daily Splits   16     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     -   0.0 1964 STL N
1964 CHI N                20     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1964 CHI N
1964 PHI N Daily Splits   14     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167  .000   0.0 1964 PHI N
1964 TOT N                50     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .286  .000   0.0 1964 TOT N
Total NL                 184    49    3   10   1   0   0    6    6   0   16   1   2   1   0   0   0    0   0  .204  .298  .224   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 394   499   57   97  19   2   1   40   41   0i  80   4  42   0i  0i  0i  4    3   2  .194  .261  .246   0.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits  578   548   60  107  20   2   1   46   47   0i  96   5  44   1i  0i  0i  4    3   2  .195  .265  .245   0.2 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
i - incomplete
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1957 NY  A Daily Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1957 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits    3     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1960 NY  A
Total            Splits    6     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1952 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1952 AL   

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1949 PHI A                33   7   4   1  16   2  127    100   537   9   50   48   74       58   7       3   3   0                   6   8   3.40   1.5 1949 PHI A
1950 PHI A                36  23   6   1   9   0  214.2  251   957  18  122  110   85       93  10       0   7   3                   8  14   4.61   0.0 1950 PHI A
1951 PHI A                32  25  13   3   2   0  205.1  213   869  15   96   90   70       77   5       1   5   1                  18  10   3.94   1.5 1951 PHI A
1952 PHI A                33  33  27   5   0   0  279.2  230  1103  21   87   77   63      152  13       0   4   0                  24   7   2.48   5.1 1952 PHI A
1953 PHI A                16  16   6   0   0   0  105.2  107   437  10   52   48   26       58   4       3   0   0                   5   9   4.09   0.5 1953 PHI A
1954 PHI A                 2   1   0   0   0   0    8     12    38   2    7    7    3        3   0   1   0   1   0                   1   0   7.88  -0.3 1954 PHI A
1955 KC  A                23  17   4   1   2   0  125    124   550   8   70   63   66  11   58   8   6   2   1   0                   5  10   4.54  -0.6 1955 KC  A
1956 KC  A                45   2   1   0  26   9  101.1   95   425  12   51   49   37   4   67   2   0   1   3   0                   2   7   4.35   0.1 1956 KC  A
1957 NY  A                30  21   9   1   6   5  173    157   688  15   58   47   40   1   72   3   5   3   6   1                  11   5   2.45   2.7 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A                33  13   3   0   7   0  126    127   531   8   52   47   35   7   80   6   4   3   2   1                   7   6   3.36   0.8 1958 NY  A
1959 NY  A                33   4   2   2  14   3   94.2   64   376   4   33   25   33   5   66   3   1   3   0   0                   7   3   2.38   1.6 1959 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits   42   0   0   0  21  11   67.2   57   280   5   24   21   24   4   54   5   5   3   2   0   5   3   6   3   5   4   2.79   1.0 1960 NY  A
1961 PIT N Daily Splits   43   6   2   1  16   2   89.1   91   377   5   38   33   26   6   61   8   3   0   4   0   8   5  13   6   6   3   3.32   1.0 1961 PIT N
1962 HOU N Daily Splits    3   3   1   0   0   0   20.2   15    78   1    4    3    5   0   14   0   1   0   0   0   0   2   4   2   1   1   1.31   0.5 1962 HOU N
1962 STL N Daily Splits   28   0   0   0  19   4   57.2   45   236   7   22   14   20   2   47   2   0   0   1   0   6   0   4   7   5   3   2.18   1.5 1962 STL N
1962 TOT N                31   3   1   0  19   4   78.1   60   314   8   26   17   25   2   61   2   1   0   1   0   6   2   8   9   6   4   1.95   2.0 1962 TOT N
1963 STL N Daily Splits   55   0   0   0  32  11   79.1   55   312   6   28   23   17   5   70   4   3   5   2   0  11   3   4   7   6   4   2.61   1.3 1963 STL N
1964 STL N Daily Splits   16   0   0   0  10   0   17.1   14    72   2    6    6    7   3   12   2   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   2   1   3   3.12   0.4 1964 STL N
1964 CHI N Daily Splits   20   0   0   0   9   1   11.1   15    55   2    7    7    6   2   12   2   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   1   5.56  -0.2 1964 CHI N
1964 PHI N Daily Splits   14   0   0   0   3   0   32     23   124   1   10    8    6   3   18   5   0   1   0   0   3   4   1   4   1   1   2.25   0.3 1964 PHI N
1964 TOT N                50   0   0   0  22   1   60.2   52   251   5   23   21   19   8   42   9   1   2   0   0   8   4   2   6   2   5   3.12   0.5 1964 TOT N
Total NL                 179   9   3   1  89  18  307.2  258  1254  24  115   94   87  21  234  23   8   7   7   0  33  14  27  28  20  16   2.75   4.8 Total NL        
Total AL                 358 162  75  14 103  30 1628   1537  6791 127  702  632  556  32i 838  66  22i 22  34   6   5i  3i  6i  3i 99  83   3.49  13.9 Total AL        
Total            Splits  537 171  78  15 192  48 1935.2 1795  8045 151  817  726  643  53i1072  89  30i 29  41   6  38i 17i 33i 31i119  99   3.38  18.7 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1957 NY  A Daily Splits    3   1   0   0   0   0    6.2    8    30   1    5    3    2   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   4.05 1957 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits    3   0   0   0   1   1    6.1    4    21   0    3    3    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   4.26 1960 NY  A
Total            Splits    6   1   0   0   1   1   13     12    51   1    8    6    3   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   0   0   1   4.15 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1952 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      0     3   0    0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1952 AL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1949 PHI A         P   33                      12   36    0    5                         1.000
1950 PHI A         P   36                      13   52    2    6                          .970
1951 PHI A         P   32                      20   44    2    7                          .970
1952 PHI A         P   33                      29   49    0    3                         1.000
1953 PHI A         P   16                      10   21    1    3                          .969
1954 PHI A         P    2                       1    2    1    0                          .750
1955 KC  A         P   23                       9   26    2    2                          .946
1956 KC  A         P   45                      10   20    2    2                          .938
1957 NY  A         P   30                      14   57    1    8                          .986
1958 NY  A         P   33                       6   35    0    4                         1.000
1958 NY  A        OF    1                       1    0    0    0                         1.000     0    1    0 
1959 NY  A         P   33                       8   20    2    1                          .933
1960 NY  A Daily   P   42    0    0    67.2     4   13    0    1   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
1961 PIT N Daily   P   43    6    2    89.1    13   18    0    2   0    2    0    2    0 1.000
1962 HOU N Daily   P    3    3    1    20.2     1   13    0    1   0    0    0    0    1 1.000
1962 STL N Daily   P   28    0    0    57.2     9   12    1    1   0    0    2    2    0  .955
1962 TOT N         P   31    3    1    78.1    10   25    1    2   0    0    2    2    1  .972
1963 STL N Daily   P   55    0    0    79.1     9   22    1    2   0    1    1    3    0  .969
1964 STL N Daily   P   16    0    0    17.1     1    8    0    0   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
1964 CHI N Daily   P   20    0    0    11.1     0    4    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1964 PHI N Daily   P   14    0    0    32       5   16    1    0   0    3    2    1    0  .955
1964 TOT N         P   50    0    0    60.2     6   28    1    0   0    3    3    3    0  .971
Total              P  537    9i   3i  375.1i  174  468   16   48   0i   6i   7i  11i   1i .976
Total             OF    1                       1    0    0    0                         1.000     0    1    0 
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1957 NY  A Daily   P    3    1    0     6.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1960 NY  A Daily   P    3    0    0     6.1     3    2    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    6    1    0    13       3    3    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1952 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1948).

Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Art Ditmar, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2
players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Irv Noren, Milt Graff,
Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named
later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957)
and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees
received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).

Selected by Washington Senators from New York Yankees in the expansion draft
(December 14, 1960).

Traded by Washington Senators to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bennie Daniels,
Harry Bright and R C Stevens (December 16, 1960).

Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft
(October 10, 1961).

Traded by Houston Colt .45s to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Carl Warwick and
John Anderson (May 7, 1962).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ernie Broglio and Doug Clemens to Chicago Cubs in
exchange for Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth (June 15, 1964).

Sold by Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies (August 15, 1964).


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