Spike Shannon

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: February 7, 1875 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: May 17, 1940 in Minneapolis, MN

Buried: St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

School: Grove City College (Grove City, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1904 (Age 29-068d, 2,600th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1908 (Age 33-236d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: William Porter Shannon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

2613

677

.259

383

RBI

183

145

OBP

.337

SLG

.293

OPS

.630

OPS+

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

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1908 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	3	1	0	4	1
14	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
17	17	May 5	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 9	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	19	May 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 21	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	28	May 23 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 23 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
37	37	Jun 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 4	NYG		STL	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	40	Jun 5	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 8	NYG		STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 10	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,10-14	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 26	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
63	63	Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	64	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	67	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 6	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
72	72	Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	82 (9)	Jul 19	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
74	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from New York Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates
75	90	Jul 28	PIT	@	NYG	T,2-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
76	93 (2)	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	109 (15)	Aug 22	PIT		BRO	W,1-0		0	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
78	114 (4)	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	115	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	116	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	117	Aug 29 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
82	118	Aug 31	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	119	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	120	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	0		7	1	0	8	0
85	121	Sep 2	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	122	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	123	Sep 4	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	124	Sep 5	PIT		CHC	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	125	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	126	Sep 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	127	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	128	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
93	129	Sep 8	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	130	Sep 9	PIT		CIN	W,11-1	GS	0		3	0	1	4	0
95	131	Sep 10	PIT		CIN	L,1-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
96	132	Sep 11	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	133	Sep 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	134	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	135	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
100	145 (9)	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	146	Sep 25 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	147	Sep 25 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	148	Sep 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	149	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	150	Sep 29 (2)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	151	Sep 30	PIT		STL	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							110gm			202	10	8	220	3