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: 25-8 / in Starts: 25-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	102	2	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.00	1.61	34	7	12	4	0	9	69			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.529	3.03	0.74%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	103	7	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	5	5	2	1	2	1	0	1.80	2.72	25	9	8	0	0	5	49			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.319	.72	-0.31%	-2.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
3	104	10	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	8	9.0	6	1	0	4	5	0	0	1.13	2.68	36	14	7	2	0	6	74			0	1	1	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.17	0.402	1.43	0.29%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
May				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
4	105	14	May 4(1)	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	12	6	6	2	5	0	0	2.45	2.48	37	11	8	1	0	11	42			0	1	0	35	7	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.075	.64	0.06%	-1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	106	19	May 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.57	2.72	34	13	9	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.50	0.177	.75	0.16%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	107	22	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	7	0	0	2.12	2.57	35						79						32			0		0
7	108	25	May 18(1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.80	2.44	33	9	13	2	0	3	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.574	2.03	0.60%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	109	28	May 25(1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(7-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.70	2.39	33	10	13	2	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.615	2.04	0.49%	3.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
9	110	33	May 30(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(8-1)	4	14.0	9	1	1	7	11	1	1	1.52	2.57	57	18	13	1	4	7	94			0	1	0	48	2	0	3	1	0	1	1.86	1.115	2.14	0.77%	5.11	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
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
10	111	37	Jun 4	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	7	3	2	2	7	1	1	1.57	2.64	36	10	9	0	2	7	68			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.317	2.21	0.32%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	112	41	Jun 8(1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-4	CG	W(10-1)	3	9.0	6	4	3	3	6	0	0	1.69	2.59	35	10	10	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.52	0.152	.88	0.15%	0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	113	46	Jun 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	W(11-1)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	1.72	2.57	37	11	13	1	1	8	62			1	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	.70	0.261	.82	0.18%	2.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
13	114	51	Jun 19(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(12-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	1.66	2.46	32	10	11	0	0	5	79			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.365	1.41	0.22%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	115	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-2)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	0	1.70	2.43	28	8	7	0	0	5	72			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.021	.70	0.01%	1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	116	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,12-0	SHO	W(13-2)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.59	2.38	29	11	13	1	3	2	86			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.09	0.061	.08	0.04%	3.93	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
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
16	117	62	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(14-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	1.55	2.47	32	9	14	2	1	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.03	0.469	.69	0.19%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	118	67	Jul 6(1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	GS-4	L(14-3)	3	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	0	1.75	2.61	18	3	5	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.249	.48	-0.08%	-2.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
18	119	72	Jul 13(1)	PHA		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-3)	6	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	1.65	2.59	33	9	12	1	0	7	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.15	0.414	.33	0.07%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	120	78	Jul 17(2)	PHA		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(16-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	0	1.62	2.61	34	11	10	0	3	6	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.08	0.471	.28	0.07%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	121	83	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(17-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	2	0	1.64	2.74	33	19	1	0	0	8	64			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.405	.40	0.08%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	122	89	Jul 27(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(18-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.61	2.72	33	11	11	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.583	.72	0.17%	3.22	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
22	123	94	Jul 31(1)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(19-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	7	0	0	1.53	2.66	32	11	8	4	0	4	82			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.64	0.614	1.40	0.32%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
23	124	100	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(20-3)	4	9.0	7	3	2	1	4	2	0	1.55	2.75	36	9	15	1	3	7	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	0.284	1.20	0.19%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	125	103	Aug 10(1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(20-4)	4	8.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	1.66	2.75	33	8	11	0	2	10	46			0	1	0	29	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	-0.164	1.14	-0.11%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
25	126	111	Aug 15	PHA		WSH	W,11-7	CG	W(21-4)	4	9.0	14	7	7	2	2	3	0	1.88	2.92	43	10	15	2	0	14	31			0	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.240	.36	-0.08%	-2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	127	119	Aug 22(2)	PHA		SLB	W,9-0	SHO	W(22-4)	6	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.81	2.90	33	13	11	0	5	4	80			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.112	.28	0.07%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
27	128	123	Aug 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-6	GS-9		3	9.0	9	3	3	0	7	2	0	1.85	2.93	35	5	14	2	0	9	64			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.210	1.22	-0.14%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	129	128	Aug 31(1)	PHA		BOS	L,1-11	GS-7	L(22-5)	4	7.0	10	7	6	3	2	1	0	2.02	2.99	33	13	5	0	0	10	30			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.148	.82	-0.10%	-3.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d7
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
29	130	135	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	L,2-12	GS-7	L(22-6)	3	6.2	12	11	11	1	5	1	0	2.36	2.99	33	10	5	0	0	12	10			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.284	.32	-0.09%	-5.99	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d8
30	131	140	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(22-7)	4	8.0	12	6	6	3	5	0	0	2.50	2.97	38	12	6	2	0	12	36			2	0	0	34	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.08	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
31	132	145	Sep 14(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	W(23-7)	4	9.0	10	5	5	5	6	1	0	2.58	3.01	40						48						33			0		0
32	133	149	Sep 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(24-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	1	2.50	3.00	36	12	10	1	1	3	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.559	.00	0.00%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	134	152	Sep 23	PHA		WSH	W,4-3	GS-2		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	3.00	7	2	3	1	1	2	52			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.98	1t start tie	2t 3 out a3
							25-8		W-L:24-7	4.0	279.2	230	87	77	63	152	21	4	2.48	3.00	1103	1.05		5%	4%	210	63		---%	8	7	2	1023	47	6	8	24	0	11	1.02	6.890	.98	4.28%	44.15

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