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: 20-10 / in Starts: 12-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 4

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	221	3	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	8-GF(12)	W(1-0)	99	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.00	2.46	18	8	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	0.480	4.87	0.90%	2.48	8b --- 0 out d1	12b end a 3
2	222	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	8-8		1	1.0	2	3	2	3	1	0	0	3.00	3.62	9	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-2.54	8b --- 0 out a12	8b 3 out a9
3	223	9	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	8	2	0	4	3	0	0	1.20	3.32	36	12	9	2	0	8	66			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.14	0.195	3.52	0.36%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	224	16	May 5(1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	1.50	2.87	37	12	11	1	3	5	69			0	0	1	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.325	4.87	0.86%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
5	225	22	May 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-6		6	6.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.10	3.12	27	9	5	2	0	9	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.162	5.48	-0.37%	-0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
6	226	27	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GS-9	W(3-1)	6	8.0	9	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.37	3.51	34	7	12	3	4	7	56			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.106	3.47	0.27%	-0.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
7	227	31	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.11	3.52	34	16	8	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.172	1.72	0.32%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
8	228	38	May 30(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.77	3.30	30	12	10	3	1	4	79			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	3	0	0	.31	0.138	1.07	0.29%	4.13	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
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
9	229	44	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG	W(6-1)	5	9.0	7	3	3	2	5	2	0	1.94	3.52	34	7	13	2	3	7	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.072	1.62	0.16%	1.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
10	230	50	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-1)	5	7.2	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.98	3.34	31	14	6	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.244	7.14	0.78%	1.47	1b start a 2	8b -2- 2 out a1
11	231	56	Jun 18	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(8-1)	6	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	1	1.87	3.20	35	16	5	2	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.565	8.29	1.74%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	232	61	Jun 23(1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.89	3.11	34	12	12	0	3	4	69			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	0	.56	0.181	4.45	0.87%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
13	233	67	Jun 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	GS-4		5	3.1	8	6	5	0	2	2	0	2.30	3.32	18	6	4	0	2	6	24			1	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.385	4.38	-1.19%	-4.51	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
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	234	73	Jul 4(1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.21	3.38	31	9	9	0	5	3	72			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.402	6.21	1.42%	2.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
15	235	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.25	3.48	9	2	4	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	0.092	12.85	0.28%	-1.11	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
16	236	81	Jul 14(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-2)	6	6.0	9	3	2	1	2	0	1	2.29	3.45	30	11	10	2	2	5	45			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.111	12.80	-0.59%	-0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	237	87	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-5		5	4.2	4	2	2	4	0	0	1	2.35	3.54	22	6	7	1	2	4	44			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.049	3.89	-0.10%	-0.08	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out tie
18	238	92	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	GS-8	L(9-3)	4	8.0	7	4	3	2	2	1	0	2.42	3.59	32	11	10	1	4	7	54			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	.87	-0.078	6.38	-0.34%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
19	239	103	Aug 4(2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	7-8		9	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.45	3.64	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.127	3.05	-0.23%	-0.07	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
20	240	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.64	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	0.142	17.88	0.30%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
21	241	115	Aug 17	NYY		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.42	3.67	34	14	7	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	.78	0.244	2.59	0.49%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	242	121	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.1	6	4	2	0	2	1	0	2.45	3.69	20	5	7	1	3	6	46			0	0	2	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.122	1.34	-0.17%	-0.69	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
23	243	128	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	GS-5	L(10-4)	6	4.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	2.63	3.64	19	8	5	0	1	5	37			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	1	1	1	1.03	-0.279	1.42	-0.23%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
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
24	244	131	Sep 2(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	3-3		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	3.64	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	-0.108	6.53	-0.13%	-1.00	3b 123 1 out a3	3b 123 1 out a2
25	245	134	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GS-9		1	8.1	8	4	2	0	0	1	0	2.60	3.66	33	19	8	2	1	6	55			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.20	-0.073	2.49	-0.09%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
26	246	138	Sep 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	9-GF	S(3)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	3.64	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.094	5.64	0.15%	0.87	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
27	247	140	Sep 11(2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-5)	2	7.0	8	3	2	1	4	0	0	2.59	3.56	30	11	8	1	1	6	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	-0.056	.73	-0.02%	0.24	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	248	145	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(11-5)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	2.50	3.56	34	15	10	1	4	4	73			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.403	.94	0.18%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	249	150	Sep 25(1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	8-GF	S(4)	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.47	3.55	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.93	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
30	250	153	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	8-GF	S(5)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.54	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
							20-10		W-L:11-5,Sv:5	4.6	173.0	157	58	47	40	73	15	6	2.45	3.54	698	1.32		7%	9%	134	58	8	38%	3	2	3	644	22	4	1	22	5	7	1.02	2.534	4.10	5.92%	21.13

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