Burt Shotton
Burt Shotton
Full name: Burton Edwin Shotton
Born: October 18, 1884, Brownhelm, Ohio
Died July 29, 1962, Lake Wales, Florida
First Game: September 13, 1909; Final Game: April 21, 1923
Managed First Game: April 11, 1928; Managed Final Game: October 1, 1950
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Minor League Manager of the Year (1941)
Burt Shotton
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1909 STL A 17 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 5 1 4 3 .262 .328 .295 -0.1 1909 STL A
1911 STL A 139 572 84 146 11 8 0 36 51 1 6 26 .255 .317 .302 -2.5 1911 STL A
1912 STL A 154 580 87 168 15 8 2 40 86 9 6 35 .290 .390 .353 1.2 1912 STL A
1913 STL A 147 549 105 163 23 8 1 28 99 63 1 6 43 .297 .405 .373 2.7 1913 STL A
1914 STL A 154 579 82 156 19 9 0 38 64 66 2 10 40 29 .269 .344 .333 -1.1 1914 STL A
1915 STL A 156 559 93 158 18 11 1 30 118 62 2 6 43 32 .283 .409 .360 2.2 1915 STL A
1916 STL A 157 614 97 174 23 6 1 36 110 65 0 4 41 28 .283 .392 .345 3.0 1916 STL A
1917 STL A 118 398 47 89 9 1 1 20 62 47 1 8 16 .224 .330 .259 -2.5 1917 STL A
1918 WAS A 126 505 68 132 16 7 0 21 67 28 1 3 25 .261 .349 .321 -0.4 1918 WAS A
1919 STL N 85 270 35 77 13 5 1 20 22 25 1 6 16 .285 .341 .381 0.2 1919 STL N
1920 STL N 62 180 28 41 5 0 1 12 18 14 2 3 5 1 .228 .305 .272 -0.6 1920 STL N
1921 STL N 38 48 9 12 1 1 1 7 7 4 1 0 0 2 .250 .357 .375 0.0 1921 STL N
1922 STL N 34 30 5 6 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 .200 .294 .233 -0.3 1922 STL N
1923 STL N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1923 STL N
Total NL 220 528 78 136 20 6 3 41 51 49 4 9 21 4i .258 .328 .335 -0.7 Total NL
Total AL 1168 4417 668 1202 134 59 6 249 662 331i 18 53 272 89i .272 .369 .333 2.5 Total AL
Total 1388 4945 746 1338 154 65 9 290 713 380i 22 62 293 93i .271 .365 .333 1.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1909 STL A OF 17 41 2 4 0 .915 2 15 0
1911 STL A OF 139 356 21 20 2 .950 18 121 0
1912 STL A OF 154 381 20 25 7 .941 0 154 0
1913 STL A OF 146 357 29 20 11 .951 0 146 0
1914 STL A OF 152 359 15 24 4 .940 0 152 0
1915 STL A OF 154 295 15 23 4 .931 138 5 11
1916 STL A OF 156 357 25 20 6 .950 156 0 0
1917 STL A OF 107 182 10 16 6 .923 107 0 0
1918 WAS A OF 122 277 15 18 6 .942 67 1 54
1919 STL N OF 67 104 10 9 2 .927 67 0 0
1920 STL N OF 51 85 9 4 2 .959 41 2 6
1921 STL N OF 11 21 2 1 1 .958 1 10 0
1922 STL N OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 1
Total OF 1279 2816 173 184 51 .942 598 607 72
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1928 PHI N 152 43 109 .283 660 957 8
1929 PHI N 154 71 82 .464 897 1032 5
1930 PHI N 156 52 102 .338 944 1199 8
1931 PHI N 155 66 88 .429 684 828 6
1932 PHI N 154 78 76 .506 844 796 4
1933 PHI N 152 60 92 .395 607 760 7
1934 CIN N 1 1 0 1.000 11 2 7-28 7-28 8 8 8
1947 BRO N 153 92 60 .605 757 658 4-18 1 1
1948 BRO N 81 48 33 .593 381 305 7-16 5 3
1949 BRO N 156 97 57 .630 879 651 1
1950 BRO N 155 89 65 .578 847 724 2
Total 1469 697 764 .477 7511 7912
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1947 BRO N 7 3 4 .429 29 38
1949 BRO N 5 1 4 .200 14 21
Total 12 4 8 .333 43 59
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1950 NL 1 1 0 1.000 4 3
Transactions Transactions
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Doc Lavan to Washington Senators in exchange for
Bert Gallia and $15000 (December 15, 1917 ).
Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Washington Senators (February 1, 1919 ).
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