Howie Shanks

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL us

Died: July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA

Buried: Union Cemetery, Monaca, PA

Debut: May 9, 1912 (Age 21-293d, 3,676th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1925 (Age 35-074d)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Howard Samuel Shanks

Nicknames: Hawk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

5699

1440

.253

604

RBI

620

185

OBP

.308

SLG

.337

OPS

.644

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-44 / in Starts: 18-28
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	66 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 224 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	185 (92-61-32) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 224 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	149 (74-47-27)

Most Driven In
I Flagstead	5
I Boone	3
D Clark	3
J Harris	2
J Heving	2
B Veach	1
H Ezzell	1
S Collins	1

Most Driven In By
B Wambsganss	4
H Ezzell	3
D Clark	3
I Flagstead	2
H Ehmke	1
J Harris	1
P Todt	1
L Howe	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1528	1	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.71	-0.137	4.31	-0.21%	-0.69	3B
2	1529	2	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.400	.625	.600	1.225	6	.31	0.033	.68	0.04%	1.42	3B
3	1530	3	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.400	.538	.600	1.138	6	.66	0.093	1.59	0.13%	0.92	3B
4	1531	4	Apr 19	BOS		PHA	W,12-0	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.357	.471	.571	1.042	6	.34	-0.027	.89	-0.04%	-1.54	3B
5	1532	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.381	.444	.825	6	1.31	-0.200	3.81	-0.35%	-2.51	3B
6	1533	6	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.364	.684	6	1.15	-0.119	2.95	-0.18%	-1.78	3B
7	1534	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.310	.320	.630	6	1.29	-0.076	3.20	-0.11%	-0.70	3B
8	1535	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.333	.357	.690	6	1.27	-0.012	2.87	-0.02%	-0.18	3B
9	1536	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.306	.323	.628	6	1.26	-0.149	2.55	-0.18%	-1.26	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1537	16 (6)	May 5	BOS		WSH	W,8-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1				0	0	.206	.325	.324	.649	6						3B
11	1538	18 (1)	May 7	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.333	.316	.649	6	1.97	-0.020	5.49	-0.03%	0.11	3B
12	1539	20 (1)	May 13	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.306	.286	.592	6	1.82	-0.193	5.29	-0.34%	-1.53	3B
13	1540	25 (4)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.288	.267	.555	6	1.62	-0.127	5.26	-0.25%	-1.02	3B
14	1541	30 (4)	May 24	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.286	.265	.551	6	.87	-0.123	3.02	-0.26%	-1.50	SS
15	1542	31	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.300	.321	.621	8	1.75	0.094	6.70	0.22%	1.47	SS
16	1543	32	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.300	.321	.621	8						SS
17	1544	33	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.328	.357	.685	8	1.17	0.081	4.43	0.19%	1.16	SS
18	1545	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.228	.323	.351	.674	8						SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	1546	37 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	5-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.324	.339	.663	6	.65	-0.024	2.44	-0.05%	-0.25	PH 3B SS
20	1547	38	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.306	.317	.623	6	.77	-0.087	3.11	-0.21%	-0.95	3B
21	1548	48 (9)	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.299	.309	.608	5	1.84	-0.105	8.50	-0.29%	-0.92	1B
22	1549	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.309	.333	.642	5	.93	0.156	4.50	0.45%	1.59	1B
23	1550	57 (7)	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.219	.305	.329	.634	9						PH
24	1551	64 (6)	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.313	.329	.642	8	1.27	0.039	3.76	0.07%	1.00	PH SS
25	1552	65	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.321	.338	.659	8	5.01	0.323	14.18	0.55%	0.93	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	1553	67 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.321	.338	.659	8						SS
27	1554	69 (1)	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.318	.333	.651	9	.59	-0.015	1.12	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
28	1555	75 (5)	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.228	.315	.329	.644	6						RF
29	1556	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.311	.325	.636	8	2.40	-0.062	2.11	-0.03%	-0.81	PH SS
30	1557	79 (1)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.309	.321	.630	6	.40	-0.009	.55	-0.01%	-0.13	RF
31	1558	80	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.306	.310	.616	6	.41	-0.013	.56	-0.01%	-0.34	RF
32	1559	81	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	6-GF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.313	.330	.643	6	1.80	0.183	2.13	0.13%	0.97	PH RF
33	1560	82	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	L,8-17	CG	4	4	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.340	.380	.720	8	.18	0.014	.24	0.01%	2.24	SS
34	1561	83	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.346	.372	.718	8	1.38	-0.019	1.47	-0.01%	-0.12	SS
35	1562	84	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.345	.365	.710	8	1.72	-0.060	1.37	-0.03%	-0.50	SS
36	1563	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.342	.361	.703	8	1.30	-0.034	.70	-0.01%	-0.32	PH
37	1564	87 (1)	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,3-4	4-GF(11)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.342	.360	.702	8	1.84	-0.065	.57	-0.01%	-0.16	SS
38	1565	89 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.342	.360	.702	8						SS
39	1566	91 (1)	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	7-GF(11)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.350	.363	.713	8	2.47	0.080	.13	0.00%	0.54	PH SS
40	1567	92	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	W,16-12	4-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.350	.371	.721	8	.64	0.011	.03	0.00%	1.33	SS
41	1568	93	Jul 24	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.360	.385	.745	8	2.03	0.265	.16	0.01%	1.92	SS
42	1569	94	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.357	.381	.737	8	.84	-0.006	.07	0.00%	-0.90	SS
43	1570	95	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.366	.374	.740	8	1.29	-0.015	.14	0.00%	0.42	3B SS
44	1571	96	Jul 28	BOS	@	SLB	T,10-5	CG(10)	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.374	.395	.769	8	1.43	0.081	.14	0.01%	1.07	SS
45	1572	97	Jul 29	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.273	.376	.397	.773	8	1.48	-0.002	.16	0.00%	0.01	SS
46	1573	98	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.274	.375	.395	.770	8	1.09	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.41	SS
47	1574	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.370	.389	.759	8	.99	-0.035	.05	0.00%	-0.34	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	1575	100	Aug 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.360	.377	.737	8	1.90	-0.199	.04	0.00%	-1.28	SS
49	1576	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.357	.373	.730	8	1.13	0.050	.02	0.00%	-0.21	SS
50	1577	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.350	.365	.715	8	1.30	-0.098	.04	0.00%	-0.98	SS
51	1578	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-14	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.344	.357	.701	8	.78	-0.062	.02	0.00%	-1.12	SS
52	1579	104	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.341	.354	.696	8	1.75	-0.203	.04	0.00%	-0.80	SS
53	1580	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.339	.351	.691	8	.81	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.55	SS
54	1581	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.265	.351	.371	.722	8	.43	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.76	SS
55	1582	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-14	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.349	.368	.717	8	.21	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.12	SS
56	1583	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.268	.353	.373	.725	8						SS
57	1584	111 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.353	.373	.725	8						SS
58	1585	115 (3)	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.351	.370	.721	8	2.76	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.32	SS
59	1586	119 (3)	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.354	.370	.724	8	5.02	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
60	1587	121 (1)	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.352	.368	.720	8	1.90	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH SS
61	1588	122	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,4-3	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.268	.354	.369	.723	8						PH SS
62	1589	123	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.356	.384	.739	8	1.64	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.72	PH SS
63	1590	125 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.270	.353	.393	.746	8						SS
64	1591	126	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.274	.354	.399	.753	8						3B SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
65	1592	130 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.267	.347	.390	.737	6	1.24	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.70	3B
66	1593	134 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-11	8-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.349	.391	.740	6	1.61	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH 3B
67	1594	136 (1)	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.347	.388	.734	6	.48	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.47	3B
68	1595	139 (2)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.340	.379	.719	6	.95	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.40	3B
69	1596	142 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.338	.377	.715	2	.35	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.39	2B
70	1597	143	Sep 13 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-11	CG	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.262	.337	.380	.716	2	.95	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.74	2B
71	1598	144	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.332	.373	.705	6	.40	0.008	.00	0.00%	-1.29	3B
72	1599	155 (10)	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.330	.371	.701	9	6.05	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.81	PH
							27-44		224	194	22	50	16	3	0	23	21	1	12	0	7		2		1	0	.258	.330	.371	.701		1.22	-1.106	1.69	-0.86%	-11.54

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