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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-10	GF	30	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
2	9 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	43 (33)	Jun 2	NYY		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	44	Jun 3	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	50	12.0	5	7	0	12	2
5	45	Jun 4	NYY		WSH	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	48 (2)	Jun 7	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	49	Jun 8	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	50	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
9	52 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	53	Jun 13	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	54	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	55	Jun 16	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
13	56	Jun 17	NYY		DET	L,1-19	CG	52	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	57	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	58	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	59	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	62 (2)	Jun 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	75 (12)	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-12	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	94 (18)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	GF	0		0	0	1	1	0
20	95	Jul 28	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	96	Jul 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	GS	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	97	Jul 30	NYY		SLB	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	2	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	98	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	99	Aug 2	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	100	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	101	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	102	Aug 6	NYY		DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
28	103	Aug 7	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	104	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	105	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
31	109 (3)	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
32	110	Aug 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	113 (2)	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	2	2	1	5	1
34	114	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
35	116 (1)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	117	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
37	120 (2)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	123 (2)	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	124	Sep 1	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	134 (9)	Sep 11	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	146 (11)	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	147	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	148	Sep 23	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	149	Sep 24	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	150	Sep 26	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	151	Sep 27 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
47	152	Sep 27 (2)	NYY		DET	T,1-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	153	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
49	154	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
50	155	Oct 2	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
51	156	Oct 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
							51gm		350.0	68	87	6	161	13