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.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 14	WSH		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
4	4	Apr 16	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 17	WSH		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
6	6	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 21	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 26	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
12	12	Apr 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
14	14	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	Apr 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
17	17	May 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	18	May 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	3	6	0	9	1
19	19	May 6	WSH		NYY	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 7	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	21	May 8	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
22	22	May 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 11	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	25	May 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 14	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,10-13	CG	50	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	28	May 16	WSH	@	DET	L,11-17	CG	45	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	29	May 17	WSH	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 18	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
32	32	May 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	33	May 21	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 23	WSH	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	36	May 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	37	May 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	38	May 27	WSH		NYY	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
39	39	May 28	WSH		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	40	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,6-0	CG	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
41	41	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	May 31	WSH		NYY	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	WSH		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 2	WSH		CHW	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
46	46	Jun 3	WSH		CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
47	47	Jun 4	WSH		CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 7	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 8	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 9	WSH		DET	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
53	53	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 12	WSH		CLE	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
56	56	Jun 13	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 14	WSH		CLE	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 15	WSH		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	59	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 18	WSH		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 19	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 20 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 20 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	59	14.1	1	3	2	6	0
66	66	Jun 22	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS	44	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	67	Jun 23	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
68	68	Jun 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
69	69	Jun 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
70	70	Jun 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	1	8	0	9	2
71	71	Jun 29	WSH		PHA	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 1 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	41	12.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 2	WSH		PHA	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	75	Jul 3	WSH		PHA	L,4-12	GS	17	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	77	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
78	78	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	79	Jul 5 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 6 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	49	11.2	3	1	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	83	Jul 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
84	84	Jul 10	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	87	Jul 13	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
89	89	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	10.2	4	2	0	6	1
90	90	Jul 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
91	91	Jul 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
92	92	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	93	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	94	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	4	4	0	8	1
95	95	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 23	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	97	Jul 24	WSH	@	DET	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	98	Jul 26	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	99	Jul 27	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
100	100	Jul 28	WSH		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
101	101	Jul 30	WSH		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Jul 31	WSH		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1	WSH		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 2	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 4 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 4 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	107	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
108	108	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
109	109	Aug 7	WSH		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 8	WSH		SLB	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
111	111	Aug 9	WSH		SLB	L,6-8	CG	80	19.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	112	Aug 10	WSH		SLB	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
113	113	Aug 13	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	114	Aug 14	WSH		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
115	115	Aug 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	116	Aug 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	117	Aug 19	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	44	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	119	Aug 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	120	Aug 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	121	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,3-12	CG	42	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
122	122	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-15	CG	48	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
123	123	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	124	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	125	Aug 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
126	126	Aug 28	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	127	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
128	128	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,9-17	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	129	Sep 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
130	130	Sep 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
131	131	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	132	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	133	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	134	Sep 5 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	135	Sep 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	136	Sep 9	WSH		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	137	Sep 10	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
138	138	Sep 11	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	139	Sep 13	WSH		SLB	L,1-15	CG	49	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
140	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
141	141	Sep 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	142	Sep 17	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
143	143	Sep 18	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	144	Sep 20	WSH		CHW	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	145	Sep 21 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	146	Sep 21 (2)	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
147	147	Sep 23	WSH		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
148	148	Sep 24	WSH		DET	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	149	Sep 25	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
150	150	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
151	151	Sep 30	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
152	152	Oct 1 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
153	153	Oct 1 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
154	154	Oct 2	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							155gm		1375.0	218	330	23	571	35