Bobby Shantz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-6, 139lb (168cm, 63kg)

Born: September 26, 1925 in Pottstown, PA us

High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)

Debut: May 1, 1949 (Age 23-217d, 10,617th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1964 (Age 39-003d)
vs. STL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz

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Relatives: Brother of Billy Shantz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.7

119

ERA

3.38

537

171

1935.2

1072

WHIP

1.260

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-10 / in Starts: 12-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	41 (13-17-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
A Carey	2
T Kubek	2
H Simpson	1
B Martin	1
B Richardson	0

Most Driven In By
M Mantle	2
T Kubek	1
H Bauer	1
G McDougald	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	246	3 (2)	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	8-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.53	-0.136	7.92	-0.26%	-0.52	P
2	247	5 (1)	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	248	9 (3)	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.094	3.73	-0.17%	-0.60	P
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
4	249	16 (6)	May 5 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.44	-0.021	1.93	-0.06%	0.00	P
5	250	22 (5)	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	.75	0.019	2.83	0.04%	0.23	P
6	251	27 (4)	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.72	0.015	3.00	0.04%	0.64	P
7	252	31 (3)	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9	.37	0.070	1.12	0.13%	0.25	P
8	253	33 (1)	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	7						PR
9	254	38 (4)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9	.50	-0.023	1.74	-0.05%	1.26	P
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
10	255	44 (5)	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.250	.200	.450	9	.29	-0.037	1.08	-0.08%	-1.51	P
11	256	50 (5)	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.172	.391	9	1.28	-0.143	6.87	-0.46%	-1.52	P
12	257	56 (5)	Jun 18	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.229	.188	.416	9	1.15	-0.004	5.93	-0.01%	0.04	P
13	258	61 (4)	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.194	.425	9	.52	-0.022	4.15	-0.11%	0.25	P
14	259	67 (5)	Jun 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.225	.189	.414	9	.42	-0.011	2.16	-0.03%	-0.10	P
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
15	260	73 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.179	.394	9	.89	-0.044	5.21	-0.16%	-0.32	P
16	261	77 (3)	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.179	.394	6						P
17	262	81 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9	1.00	-0.053	8.86	-0.28%	-0.44	P
18	263	87 (5)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.217	.209	.427	9	1.18	0.157	3.87	0.31%	1.20	P
19	264	92 (4)	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.229	.205	.434	9	1.00	0.015	7.31	0.07%	0.15	P
20	265	94 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.229	.205	.434	9						PR
21	266	96 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	12-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.229	.205	.434	8						PR
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
22	267	103 (6)	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.229	.205	.434	9						P
23	268	111 (7)	Aug 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.229	.205	.434	9						P
24	269	115 (3)	Aug 17	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.255	.239	.494	9	.45	0.011	1.49	0.02%	0.37	P
25	270	121 (5)	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.245	.229	.474	9	1.10	-0.058	2.50	-0.08%	-0.57	P
26	271	128 (6)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.259	.245	.504	9	.99	0.040	1.36	0.03%	0.37	P
Sept		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
27	272	131 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.259	.245	.504	9						P
28	273	134 (2)	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9	.67	-0.037	1.39	-0.05%	-0.42	P
29	274	138 (3)	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9						P
30	275	140 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.288	.235	.523	9	.64	0.048	.45	0.02%	0.37	P
31	276	145 (4)	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.286	.236	.522	9	.81	-0.036	.59	-0.02%	1.54	P
32	277	150 (4)	Sep 25 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.281	.232	.513	9	.12	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
33	278	153 (2)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.281	.232	.513	9						P
							23-10		65	56	6	10	3	0	0	6	8	0	16	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.179	.281	.232	.513		.77	-0.347	3.10	-1.14%	-0.05

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