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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 21	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GF	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	11 (2)	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	17 (5)	May 7	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	20 (2)	May 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	22 (1)	May 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	24 (1)	May 14	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	52	13.1	2	0	1	3	0
7	25	May 15	WSH	@	DET	W,11-5	GF	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	1
8	26	May 16	WSH	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	28 (1)	May 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	32 (3)	May 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	41	11.1	2	0	0	2	0
11	36 (3)	May 29 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	37	May 29 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	40 (2)	Jun 1	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	41	Jun 2	WSH		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	42	Jun 4	WSH		SLB	W,7-4	GF	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	43	Jun 5	WSH		SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
17	44	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
18	45	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	46	Jun 8	WSH		CHW	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
20	47	Jun 9	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
21	48	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	T,2-2	CG	63	16.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	49	Jun 13 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	50	Jun 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	T,1-1	CG	41	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	51	Jun 15	WSH		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	52	Jun 16	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	54 (1)	Jun 19	WSH		DET	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	55	Jun 20	WSH		PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	56	Jun 21	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
29	57	Jun 22	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
30	58	Jun 23 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
31	59	Jun 23 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
32	60	Jun 25 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
33	61	Jun 25 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	62	Jun 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
35	63	Jun 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	0	4	0	4	1
36	64	Jun 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
37	65	Jun 29	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	4	1	8	1
38	66	Jun 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-14	CG	48	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
39	67	Jun 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	68	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	3	5	0
41	69	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	70	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
43	71	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
44	72	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	50	12.1	0	1	0	1	0
45	73	Jul 8	WSH	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	74	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	75	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-10	GS	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	76	Jul 10	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	77	Jul 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	78	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	79	Jul 14 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
52	80	Jul 14 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	82	Jul 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
55	83	Jul 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	0	2	0	2	0
56	84	Jul 18 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	85	Jul 18 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	6	3	2	11	0
58	86	Jul 19	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	87	Jul 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
60	88	Jul 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
61	89	Jul 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	90	Jul 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
63	91	Jul 24	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
64	92	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
65	93	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	25	5.0	3	0	1	4	0
66	94	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	95	Jul 27 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	5	2	12	2
68	96	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	4	1	7	1
69	97	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-5	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	102 (4)	Aug 3	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
71	103	Aug 4	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
72	104	Aug 6	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	105	Aug 7	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
74	106	Aug 8	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
75	107	Aug 9	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
76	108	Aug 10	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	109	Aug 11	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
78	110	Aug 13	WSH		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	111	Aug 14 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	112	Aug 14 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
81	113	Aug 17	WSH	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
82	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
83	115	Aug 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	116	Aug 22 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
85	117	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
86	118	Aug 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	119	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	1	10	0
88	120	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
89	121	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
90	122	Aug 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
91	123	Aug 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	42	11.0	2	1	1	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	124	Sep 3 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
93	125	Sep 3 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
94	126	Sep 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	127	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
96	128	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
97	129	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
98	130	Sep 8 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
99	131	Sep 8 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
100	132	Sep 10 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
101	133	Sep 10 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	134	Sep 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
103	135	Sep 12	WSH		BOS	T,1-1	CG	59	16.0	3	3	0	6	1
104	136	Sep 13	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
105	137	Sep 14	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	138	Sep 15 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
107	139	Sep 15 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	140	Sep 18	WSH		SLB	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
109	141	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
110	142	Sep 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	GS	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
111	143	Sep 21	WSH		DET	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
112	144	Sep 22	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
113	151 (6)	Sep 29 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	152	Sep 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
115	153	Sep 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
116	154	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	155	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	7.0	2	2	1	5	2
118	156	Oct 3	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	157	Oct 4	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							118gm		816.0	287	262	38	587	49