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: 15-17 / in Starts: 8-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 10

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	251	5	Apr 19	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.24	2.48	31	12	9	2	0	5	60			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.09	0.412	3.34	0.76%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
2	252	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-9	BS(1)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	2.48	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.07	-0.309	26.92	-0.71%	-0.53	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b 3 out tie
3	253	12	Apr 29	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.04	1.85	32	14	5	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	1	0	.60	0.288	2.20	0.63%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	254	17	May 11(1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	11	8.2	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.39	1.91	34	10	17	8	2	0	61			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	1	1	1.06	0.230	4.93	0.65%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a1
5	255	22	May 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	W(4-0)	5	7.1	9	5	5	0	3	1	1	3.21	2.33	29	8	8	1	1	9	43			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.14	0.033	5.87	0.10%	-1.57	1b start a 3	8b --- 1 out a1
6	256	27	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.43	2.45	28	7	10	2	0	8	38			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.205	6.41	-0.62%	-0.23	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d1
7	257	35	May 30(2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-1)	7	7.0	6	5	5	0	6	3	0	3.88	3.04	27	9	6	0	1	6	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.256	3.06	-0.77%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
8	258	42	Jun 5(2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-2)	5	8.0	10	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.64	3.21	36	12	9	1	0	8	55			1	1	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	.78	0.059	3.93	0.18%	1.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	259	46	Jun 8(2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.58	3.16	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.032	3.53	0.10%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
10	260	51	Jun 13	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	7.0	9	4	3	1	6	0	0	3.61	2.94	31	12	4	1	0	8	50			0	0	0	29	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.161	5.14	-0.48%	-2.20	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d3
11	261	58	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		6	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.52	2.91	7	3	0	0	0	1		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.16	-0.011	.83	-0.04%	-0.31	7b 1-3 1 out d4	8b end d 6
12	262	63	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.46	2.95	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.046	15.14	-0.15%	-0.16	7b --- 1 out a1	8b 12- 1 out a1
13	263	66	Jun 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,6-12	5-5	BS(2)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	2.95	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	-0.240	16.45	-0.73%	-1.77	5b 123 1 out a3	5b -2- 2 out tie
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	264	73	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	T,3-3	10-10		5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.048	7.93	-0.10%	-0.20	10t 1-- 2 out tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
15	265	74	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.02	9	4	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.003	.33	-0.01%	-0.10	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
16	266	77	Jul 10(2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	8-8	W(5-3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	2.99	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.033	1.59	0.07%	1.42	8t 12- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
17	267	81	Jul 13(2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-5		2	4.2	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.70	3.09	21	8	4	0	1	5	36			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.180	3.17	-0.31%	-1.85	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out tie
18	268	87	Jul 19	NYY		KCA	L,4-6	8-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	3.06	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.025	1.84	0.03%	0.47	8t 1-3 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
19	269	88	Jul 20(1)	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	8-GF(10)	W(6-3)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.54	3.03	10	5	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.57	0.423	6.56	0.65%	1.72	8t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end tie
20	270	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	9-9	H(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.04	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.003	.83	0.00%	0.09	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b 12- 2 out a3
21	271	94	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	7-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.52	3.08	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	-0.062	2.02	-0.02%	-0.33	7b 12- 2 out a1	7b 123 2 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
22	272	104	Aug 3(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	2-GF(8)		7	7.0	5	2	2	5	4	0	0	3.44	3.11	29	13	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	2	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	.37	0.024	.07	0.00%	1.24	2b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
23	273	110	Aug 10(1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	7-7	BS(3)	6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.11	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	-0.199	.69	-0.02%	-1.27	7t 123 2 out a2	7t 3 out tie
24	274	111	Aug 10(2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	8-8		-1	1.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.08	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.057	.01	0.00%	-3.55	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d7
25	275	117	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.77	3.04	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	276	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	5-7		1	3.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.84	3.22	16	5	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	0	1	.34	-0.074	.10	-0.01%	-0.51	5b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d4
27	277	126	Aug 24(2)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	7	2	1	2	7	0	0	3.58	3.07	37	13	9	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.38	0.404	.42	0.07%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	278	132	Sep 1(1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	L(7-4)	7	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.62	3.03	39	11	13	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	36	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.01	-0.150	.18	-0.02%	0.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
29	279	138	Sep 7(1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-5)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.44	2.94	31	6	12	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.253	.03	0.00%	2.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
30	280	143	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	2	3	5	0	0	3.42	2.90	29	8	6	1	0	7	48			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
31	281	146	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.39	2.88	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
32	282	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	7-GF(8)	L(7-6)	3	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.41	2.95	9	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
33	283	155	Sep 28(2)	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	7-8		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	2.91	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.90	7t --- 0 out a4	8t 3 out a4
							15-17		W-L:7-6,BSv:3,Hld:2	3.8	126.0	127	52	47	35	80	8	2	3.36	2.91	531	1.36		6%	3%	102	55	19	42%	2	4	0	484	19	6	7	15	4	8	.96	-0.137	2.66	-0.75%	-0.11

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