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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,7-8	CG	52	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 22	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
6	6	Apr 23	WSH		PHA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 30	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
14	14	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	15	May 4	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	42	10.2	2	6	0	8	1
16	16	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
17	17	May 7	WSH		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 8	WSH		BOS	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 9	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 10	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	62	18.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 16	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 17	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 18	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	51	13.0	3	3	0	6	0
27	27	May 19	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	49	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	28	May 20	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	29	May 21	WSH		SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 22	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 23	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 24	WSH		DET	T,2-2	CG	59	16.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	33	May 25	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
34	34	May 26	WSH		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 27	WSH		DET	W,7-4	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	39 (3)	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41 (1)	Jun 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	43 (1)	Jun 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	45 (1)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	48 (2)	Jun 8	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	49	Jun 9	WSH	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	50	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	51	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	52	Jun 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
45	53	Jun 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	54	Jun 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	55	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	56	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	57	Jun 17	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	58	Jun 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
51	61 (2)	Jun 21	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	64 (2)	Jun 24	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	GF	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	65	Jun 26	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	66	Jun 27 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
55	67	Jun 27 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	68	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	69	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	70	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	71	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	72	Jul 3	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	75 (2)	Jul 5	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	78 (2)	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	79	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	80	Jul 12	WSH		DET	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
65	81	Jul 13	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
66	82	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	83	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	84	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	85	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
70	86	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
71	87	Jul 20	WSH		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
72	88	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	89	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
74	90	Jul 25	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	47	15.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	91	Jul 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	92	Jul 27	WSH	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
77	93	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
78	94	Jul 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	46	12.2	5	1	0	6	1
79	95	Jul 30	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	96	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	97	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
82	98	Aug 2	WSH	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	99	Aug 3	WSH	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	100	Aug 4 (1)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	101	Aug 4 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	75	17.1	1	0	1	2	0
86	102	Aug 6	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
87	103	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
89	105	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	106	Aug 10 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	11	0	12	0
91	107	Aug 11	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	108	Aug 12	WSH	@	PHA	T,1-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	109	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	110	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	111	Aug 14	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	112	Aug 15	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	113	Aug 16	WSH		DET	L,7-8	CG	0	16.0	4	6	0	10	0
98	114	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	115	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,1-3	GS	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
100	116	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	117	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	118	Aug 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	119	Aug 22	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
104	120	Aug 23	WSH		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
105	121	Aug 24	WSH		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
106	122	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	123	Aug 25 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
108	124	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
109	125	Aug 29	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
110	126	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
111	127	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	129	Sep 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	130	Sep 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
							118gm		462.0	283	156	22	461	23