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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-23 / in Starts: 3-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 10

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	14	May 1(1)	PHA		WSH	W,15-9	5-5		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.51	3	1	1	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.055	2.41	-0.08%	-0.41	5t 123 1 out d2	5t 3 out d4
2	2	18	May 6	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4		W(1-0)	4	10.0	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	0.84	3.45	37												28	1	0	0		0
3	3	23	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	L(1-1)	4	8.0	10	5	5	3	9	0	0	2.89	2.56	37						48						34	3	0	0		0
4	4	26	May 15(1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.56	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.030	.99	0.05%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
5	5	29	May 18	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	GS-6	L(1-2)	2	6.0	8	6	6	2	7	3	0	4.21	3.76	27	5	5	1	1	8	37			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.421	2.97	-0.66%	-2.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
6	6	39	May 30(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	1-6	L(1-3)	11	6.0	10	10	10	7	0	1	1	6.25	4.69	34	9	7	0	0	10		2	0	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.97	-0.234	3.22	-0.47%	-5.56	1b 12- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.88	4.65	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.079	1.03	0.09%	1.06	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
8	8	45	Jun 5(1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-0	3-GF	W(2-3)	1	6.2	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	4.91	4.35	25	4	11	2	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.538	2.46	0.55%	3.65	3b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 3
9	9	51	Jun 12(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-6	6-8	L(2-4)	6	1.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.36	4.30	8	2	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.267	6.68	-0.43%	-0.44	6b 123 1 out tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
10	10	61	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	9-9		9	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.26	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.039	3.00	0.09%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
11	11	63	Jun 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.00	4.16	6	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.092	2.55	0.18%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	12	65	Jun 26(1)	PHA		CHW	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.89	4.18	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.076	5.35	0.15%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
13	13	66	Jun 26(2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	8-8		-1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.79	4.15	5	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.050	2.26	-0.10%	-0.49	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	74	Jul 4(2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-4)	7	9.0	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.02	3.92	39	10	16	2	2	9	67			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.198	1.78	0.47%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
15	15	79	Jul 10(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS-1	L(3-5)	5	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.79	4.02	6	0	1	0	0	3	23			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.280	3.15	-0.50%	-3.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d3
16	16	82	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.78	4.04	9	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	-0.019	.44	-0.03%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
17	17	84	Jul 17(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	7-GF(11)	BL(3-6)	0	4.1	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.60	4.06	18	7	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.76	0.197	4.88	0.21%	0.53	7b -23 0 out a1	11b end d 1
18	18	87	Jul 19(2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-	L(3-7)	1	2.1	5	5	5	2	2	2	0	5.12	4.43	12						27						10	0	0	0		0
19	19	88	Jul 21(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-15			1	2.1	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.35	4.62	14												12	0	0	0		0
20	20	92	Jul 24(2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	6-GF	BW(4-7)	2	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5.05	4.59	13	5	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.78	0.150	2.14	0.11%	1.03	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
21	21	96	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,5-3	9-GF	S(2)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.98	4.57	6	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.67	0.076	6.55	0.08%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
22	22	97	Jul 30	PHA		DET	L,0-11	5-5		0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	4.55	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.069	1.18	-0.08%	-1.08	5t 12- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d5
23	23	99	Jul 31(2)	PHA		DET	L,0-6	7-8		0	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.92	4.54	8	2	4	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.016	.19	-0.01%	0.03	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	107	Aug 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	4-6		9	1.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.93	4.55	9	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.078	1.09	-0.08%	-0.12	4b 12- 2 out d7	6b 123 1 out d1
25	25	116	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	6-6		9	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.93	4.62	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.005	.02	0.00%	-1.01	6b --- 0 out d6	6b 12- 0 out d6
26	26	123	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-6			7	4.2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.65	4.55	18												16	1	0	0		0
27	27	125	Aug 31(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	4-GF(14)	L(4-8)	2	10.1	7	2	2	8	4	1	0	4.32	4.64	46	15	12	2	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	36	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.89	0.597	.10	0.02%	3.42	4b --- 0 out d3	14b end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	28	128	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.14	4.59	16	7	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.14	0.029	.00	0.00%	2.28	5b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
29	29	132	Sep 5(2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	5-GF(7)		2	3.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.01	4.62	10	5	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.087	.00	0.00%	2.16	5t -2- 0 out d4	7t end d 3
30	30	135	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.85	4.50	37						62						33	0	0	0		0
31	31	139	Sep 14	PHA		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(6-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	1	3.63	4.46	33	11	12	2	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.643	.00	0.00%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	32	142	Sep 17	PHA		CHW	L,5-8	5-GF		2	4.2	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.56	4.42	19	9	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.21	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.74	5t -2- 1 out d4	9t end d 4
33	33	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	3-GF(8)		9	5.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.40	4.34	18	7	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.164	.00	0.00%	3.58	3b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 2
							10-23		W-L:6-8,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.4	127.0	100	50	48	74	58	9	3	3.40	4.34	536	1.10		5%	3%	63	48	19	26%	3	2	1	451	16	1	5	11	0	5	1.10	1.516	1.68	-0.44%	15.09

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