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

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	7 (4)	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	GS	16	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	38 (30)	May 30 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	40 (1)	Jun 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	43 (1)	Jun 5	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	45 (1)	Jun 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-9		12	2.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
8	48 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	50 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	60 (9)	Jun 21	KCA		WSH	W,15-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	62 (1)	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	GF	15	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	64 (1)	Jun 25	KCA		NYY	L,3-9		10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
13	68 (3)	Jun 29	KCA		DET	L,0-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	69	Jun 30	KCA		DET	L,2-14	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	70	Jul 1	KCA		DET	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	73 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	74	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,2-4		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	77 (2)	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	81 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7		14	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	84	Jul 18	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	86 (1)	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	88 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-13		19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
24	89	Jul 23	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	91 (1)	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,9-6		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	92	Jul 26	KCA		BOS	L,3-5	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	94 (1)	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,3-14	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	98 (3)	Aug 1	KCA		BAL	W,9-4	GF	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	100 (1)	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	101	Aug 4	KCA		WSH	L,4-5		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	102	Aug 5	KCA		WSH	L,4-10		8	2.0	0	2	1	3	1	P
32	103	Aug 7 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	29	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
33	110 (6)	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-12		25	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	114 (3)	Aug 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	117 (2)	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4		13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
36	119 (1)	Aug 23	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	120	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-4	GF	17	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	122 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	125 (2)	Aug 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	129 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
41	133 (3)	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12		17	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	134	Sep 8	KCA		DET	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR P
43	138 (3)	Sep 13	KCA		NYY	L,2-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	140 (1)	Sep 15	KCA		WSH	W,10-5	GF	15	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	149 (8)	Sep 23 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							45gm		100.2	10	20	2	32	2