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+

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

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	32	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
2	7 (3)	Apr 19	KCA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
3	8	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	14 (5)	Apr 29	KCA		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15	May 1	KCA		WSH	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	16	May 2	KCA		WSH	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	17	May 3	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
8	20 (2)	May 7	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	22 (1)	May 8 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
10	23	May 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-11	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
11	26 (2)	May 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	27	May 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	28	May 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	29	May 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
15	31 (1)	May 18	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
16	32	May 20	KCA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	33	May 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	35 (1)	May 22 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,6-10	GS	36	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	36	May 24	KCA		DET	L,6-9	GS	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	37	May 25	KCA		DET	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
21	39 (1)	May 29	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	42 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	44 (1)	Jun 2	KCA		NYY	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
25	45	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	46	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,1-5	GS	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	47	Jun 5 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
28	48	Jun 5 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	50 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	51	Jun 8	KCA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	52	Jun 9	KCA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	53	Jun 10	KCA		BAL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	54	Jun 11	KCA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	56 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	57	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	58	Jun 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	59	Jun 16	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	63 (3)	Jun 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	64	Jun 23	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	68 (3)	Jun 26 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
41	69	Jun 28	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	72 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	KCA		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	76 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
44	83 (6)	Jul 10 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	84	Jul 14 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,7-10	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
46	85	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		BAL	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
47	86	Jul 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-8	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	87	Jul 16	KCA		WSH	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
49	89 (1)	Jul 18	KCA		WSH	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	91 (1)	Jul 20	KCA		BOS	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	94 (2)	Jul 23	KCA		NYY	W,8-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
52	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
53	97	Jul 26 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
54	99 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	21	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	101 (1)	Jul 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	103 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	104	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	105	Aug 2	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	106	Aug 3 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	111 (4)	Aug 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,12-16	GF	10	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	112	Aug 9	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	116 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
63	118 (1)	Aug 14	KCA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	121 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
65	122	Aug 19	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	45	10.2	5	1	0	6	1	C
66	124 (1)	Aug 21	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	131 (6)	Aug 31	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	135 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	137 (1)	Sep 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
70	138	Sep 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	139	Sep 9 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	142 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	145 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	148 (2)	Sep 17	KCA		CHW	L,8-12	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
75	150 (1)	Sep 19	KCA	@	DET	L,0-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
76	151	Sep 20	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
77	153 (1)	Sep 23	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
78	155 (1)	Sep 25	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							78gm		544.0	261	27	3	291	8