Billy Shantz

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: July 31, 1927 in Pottstown, PA us

Died: December 13, 1993 in Lauderhill, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 26-256d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 29, 1960 (Age 32-334d)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Wilmer Ebert Shantz

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Relatives: Brother of Bobby Shantz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

381

.257

RBI

OBP

.307

SLG

.328

OPS

.635

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-34 / in Starts: 16-33
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	1 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	100 (55-27-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	116 (61-37-18)

Most Driven In
J DeMaestri	5
B Renna	4
V Power	2
J Finigan	1
Self	1
D Bollweg	1
B Wilson	1
E Joost	1

Most Driven In By
S Jacobs	5
E Valo	2
P Suder	1
J DeMaestri	1
B Trice	1
Self	1
A Kellner	1
V Power	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 13	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	2	3 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.20	-0.007	3.10	-0.01%	-0.32	C
3	3	6 (2)	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	8	.21	0.015	.53	0.02%	-0.27	C
4	4	7	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,1-13	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	8	.63	0.052	1.62	0.08%	0.75	C
5	5	9 (1)	Apr 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	1.08	0.046	2.73	0.07%	0.10	C
6	6	11 (1)	Apr 30	PHA		BAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	8	.24	0.010	.58	0.02%	-0.53	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	12	May 1	PHA		BAL	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.318	.623	8	1.50	0.037	4.12	0.06%	0.00	C
8	8	16 (3)	May 4	PHA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.320	.628	8	1.20	0.000	3.02	0.00%	0.01	C
9	9	17	May 5	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.345	.645	8	.67	-0.053	1.90	-0.09%	-0.27	C
10	10	20 (2)	May 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.324	.455	.778	8	.34	0.036	.66	0.04%	2.66	C
11	11	22 (1)	May 10	PHA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	4	4	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.368	.541	.909	8	1.48	0.326	2.63	0.35%	2.14	C
12	12	23	May 11	PHA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.341	.500	.841	8	.79	-0.057	1.21	-0.05%	-0.43	C
13	13	24	May 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.465	.798	8	.69	-0.041	1.13	-0.04%	-0.40	C
14	14	25	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.277	.306	.426	.732	8	1.53	-0.013	2.84	-0.02%	0.28	C
15	15	26	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.283	.392	.675	8	1.58	-0.205	2.42	-0.19%	-1.51	C
16	16	27	May 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-12	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.364	.639	8	.71	-0.053	.97	-0.04%	-0.86	C
17	17	29 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.274	.373	.647	8	.47	-0.025	.46	-0.02%	-0.27	C
18	18	30	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.288	.381	.669	8	1.03	0.056	.80	0.03%	0.66	C
19	19	31	May 21	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.388	.674	8	.71	0.004	.41	0.00%	-0.28	C
20	20	32	May 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.280	.366	.646	8	.19	-0.016	.10	-0.01%	-2.46	C
21	21	33	May 23	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.278	.360	.638	8	1.42	-0.049	.75	-0.02%	-0.29	C
22	22	38 (4)	May 29	PHA		WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.277	.367	.644	8	.73	0.079	.17	0.01%	0.50	C
23	23	39	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.267	.354	.621	8	1.07	-0.108	.25	-0.02%	-0.95	C
24	24	42 (2)	May 31 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.372	.661	8	.35	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.31	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	25	43	Jun 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,16-6	GS-4	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.301	.404	.706	8	.35	0.050	.06	0.01%	1.22	C
26	26	44	Jun 2	PHA		BAL	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.261	.299	.391	.690	8	1.10	-0.118	.22	-0.01%	-0.94	C
27	27	45	Jun 3	PHA		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.317	.411	.727	8	.90	0.120	.16	0.01%	1.78	C
28	28	46	Jun 4	PHA		BAL	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.324	.408	.732	8	.72	-0.003	.12	0.00%	-0.22	C
29	29	47	Jun 5	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	CG(11)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.330	.400	.730	8	1.83	-0.051	.47	-0.01%	0.04	C
30	30	48	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.339	.408	.747	8	1.18	0.064	.20	0.01%	0.29	C
31	31	50 (1)	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.393	.720	8	.28	-0.028	.02	0.00%	-0.57	C
32	32	51	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.317	.378	.695	8	.61	-0.074	.04	0.00%	-1.09	C
33	33	52	Jun 11 (1)	PHA		DET	L,5-16	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.323	.383	.705	8	.73	-0.027	.02	0.00%	-0.09	C
34	34	61 (8)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.315	.373	.688	8	1.11	-0.087	.01	0.00%	-0.84	C
35	35	64 (2)	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.328	.405	.733	8	.51	0.187	.01	0.00%	2.18	C
36	36	66 (1)	Jun 26	PHA	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.328	.398	.727	8	1.29	-0.050	.03	0.00%	-0.25	C
37	37	68 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	PHA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.321	.389	.710	8	.99	-0.073	.01	0.00%	-0.50	C
38	38	70 (1)	Jun 30	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.326	.388	.714	8	1.12	0.199	.01	0.00%	0.60	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	39	71	Jul 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.326	.394	.720	8	1.00	0.084	.01	0.00%	0.35	C
40	40	73 (1)	Jul 4	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.324	.391	.715	8	1.21	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-0.30	C
41	41	96 (22)	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.329	.394	.723	8	.28	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
42	42	98 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.327	.386	.713	8	.78	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
43	43	99	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.325	.389	.714	8	1.42	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.97	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	44	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.331	.390	.722	8	.99	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.06	C
45	45	102	Aug 1 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.329	.388	.717	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
46	46	109 (6)	Aug 8 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.323	.380	.703	8	1.06	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
47	47	110	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.321	.377	.698	8	.98	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
48	48	111	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.320	.369	.689	8	1.38	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
49	49	112	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.326	.371	.697	8	.70	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.27	C
50	50	114 (1)	Aug 13	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.330	.370	.700	8	.96	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
51	51	115	Aug 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.366	.692	8	.41	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
							17-34		181	164	13	42	9	3	1	17	17	6	23	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.256	.326	.366	.692		.88	0.074	.72	0.18%	-0.10

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