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: 15-18 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 14

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	284	10	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		99	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.79	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.066	2.33	0.12%	0.92	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
2	285	11	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	11-GF(11)		1	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.26	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.69	-0.138	7.86	-0.24%	0.08	11t -2- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
3	286	12	Apr 26(1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	7-8		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.31	7	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.201	4.38	0.34%	0.94	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out a1
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	287	16	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	10-10	HL(0-1)	4	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.86	2.97	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	-0.135	12.28	-0.20%	-0.41	10b --- 0 out a1	10b 12- 1 out a1
5	288	21	May 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.54	5	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.067	1.06	0.07%	0.82	8b -2- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
6	289	25	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,6-7	4-6		5	3.0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.00	2.77	11	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.002	1.50	0.00%	0.40	4t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d3
7	290	31	May 20	NYY		DET	L,6-13	GS-6	L(0-2)	7	5.0	7	5	4	4	4	1	0	3.86	3.90	25	6	5	2	0	6	35			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.339	1.27	-0.21%	-2.28	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d2
8	291	36	May 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-12	8-8		5	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.28	4.08	6	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.006	.03	0.00%	-3.07	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 123 1 out d8
9	292	38	May 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.61	4.69	8	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.044	.13	-0.03%	-1.07	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
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	293	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	5-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.23	4.56	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	.77	0.04%	0.52	5b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d2
11	294	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	5-7		0	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.16	4.44	7	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.101	1.97	0.10%	0.60	5b --- 2 out a1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
12	295	50	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8	8-9		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.57	4.16	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.082	1.83	0.14%	0.94	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
13	296	52	Jun 11	NYY		KCA	L,5-9	5-5		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.00	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.027	.75	-0.05%	-1.16	5t 1-- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d7
14	297	56	Jun 14(2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	8-GF		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.00	4.42	8	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	-0.016	.14	-0.03%	-1.07	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
15	298	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	W(1-2)	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.33	4.14	9	4	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.287	3.40	0.45%	1.40	8t --- 0 out d2	10t end tie
16	299	64	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	5-GF	W(2-2)	3	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	3.70	18	8	5	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.272	2.07	0.44%	2.87	5b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
17	300	67	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	6-9	H(2)	2	3.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.29	3.55	14	5	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.232	5.58	0.46%	0.67	6b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 2 out a1
18	301	71	Jun 28(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.06	3.39	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.015	.65	0.04%	0.97	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 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
19	302	76	Jul 4(1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	3.37	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.14	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
20	303	78	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.30	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
21	304	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	2-GF	W(3-2)	2	7.2	6	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.61	3.09	32	8	8	1	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.106	2.40	-0.17%	0.15	2t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 6
22	305	83	Jul 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.59	3.15	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.002	.19	0.00%	0.33	7b -2- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
23	306	87	Jul 16(2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.02	2.91	34	9	11	3	0	5	82			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	0.398	2.03	0.57%	4.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	307	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	6.1	7	5	3	2	3	1	0	3.14	3.08	28	15	4	1	0	4	44			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.075	2.47	-0.11%	-1.06	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
25	308	96	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	2-7		3	5.0	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	2.91	3.07	23	9	10	3	5	0		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.75	0.067	1.76	0.04%	1.58	2b -23 2 out d3	7b -23 2 out a1
26	309	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	5-GF	W(5-3)	5	5.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.71	2.95	18	5	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.081	.21	0.02%	2.49	5b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 9
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
27	310	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.95	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.047	.50	0.01%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
28	311	105	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-3)	2	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.40	2.94	36	17	8	2	0	5	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.09	0.594	.24	0.08%	4.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	312	109	Aug 9(1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	3-4		3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.36	2.92	6	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.065	.10	0.01%	1.12	3t -2- 1 out d3	4t 3 out d3
30	313	110	Aug 9(2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	W(7-3)	-1	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.28	2.88	9	2	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.351	.37	0.05%	2.38	9t 12- 0 out d1	11t end tie
31	314	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.33	2.88	7	1	3	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.047	.10	0.01%	-0.30	8b 1-3 1 out a5	9b end a 3
32	315	115	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	8-8		2	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.53	2.91	5	0	1	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.115	.04	-0.01%	-2.69	8t -2- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d5
33	316	117	Aug 16(1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	2-7		1	5.2	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	2.38	2.74	19	4	7	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.048	.02	0.00%	0.21	2t 12- 1 out tie	7t 3 out d2
							15-18		W-L:7-3,Sv:3,Hld:2	2.6	94.2	64	33	25	33	66	4	0	2.38	2.74	376	1.31		11%	2%	51	60	20	40%	1	1	1	339	15	1	5	8	1	8	.97	1.961	1.67	1.93%	15.96

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