John Shelby

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: February 23, 1958 in Lexington, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (20th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN).

School: Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN)

Debut: September 15, 1981 (Age 23-204d, 14,540th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1991 (Age 33-169d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: John T. Shelby

Nicknames: T-Bone

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Relatives: Uncle of Josh Harrison

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

3090

739

.239

389

RBI

313

OBP

.281

SLG

.364

OPS

.645

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD		SDP	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	4 (2)	Apr 12	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-8	GF	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	10 (5)	Apr 18	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	23 (12)	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
5	33 (9)	May 15	LAD		MON	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	36 (2)	May 19	LAD		PHI	L,12-15	GF	18	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	40 (3)	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	42 (1)	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	43	May 26	LAD	@	STL	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	44	May 27	LAD	@	STL	W,14-7	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
11	45	May 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	49 (3)	Jun 1	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
				Player went from Los Angeles Dodgers to Detroit Tigers
13	66	Jun 18	DET		OAK	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	67	Jun 19	DET		OAK	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	68	Jun 20	DET		OAK	L,7-12	GS	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
16	69	Jun 21	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	70	Jun 22	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
18	71	Jun 23	DET	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	72	Jun 24	DET	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	73	Jun 25	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
21	74	Jun 26	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	75	Jun 27	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	76	Jun 29	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	77	Jun 30	DET	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	78	Jul 1	DET	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
26	79	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	80	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	81	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	W,10-7	GS	52	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	82	Jul 5	DET		KCR	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
30	83	Jul 6	DET		KCR	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	84	Jul 7	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	85	Jul 8	DET		KCR	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	86	Jul 12	DET		TEX	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
34	88 (1)	Jul 14	DET		TEX	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
35	89	Jul 15	DET		TEX	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF LF
36	92 (2)	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
37	93	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	94	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
39	99 (4)	Jul 25	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	100	Jul 26	DET		BOS	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	103 (2)	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	104	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	106 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,15-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	107	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH LF
45	110 (2)	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
46	111	Aug 7	DET	@	TOR	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	112	Aug 8	DET	@	TOR	L,3-8	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	113	Aug 9	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	115 (1)	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	118 (2)	Aug 14	DET		MIL	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	120 (1)	Aug 16	DET		MIL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
52	121	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	122	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	123	Aug 20	DET		CAL	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
55	124	Aug 21	DET		CAL	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	125	Aug 22	DET		CAL	W,7-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	127 (1)	Aug 25	DET		OAK	W,14-4	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
58	128	Aug 26	DET		OAK	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	129	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	130	Aug 29	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	131	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	132	Aug 31	DET	@	MIN	W,12-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	136 (3)	Sep 4	DET		TOR	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	138 (1)	Sep 6	DET		CLE	L,0-6	CG	26	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
65	143 (4)	Sep 11	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
66	144	Sep 12	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	147 (2)	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	148	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
69	150 (1)	Sep 19	DET	@	CAL	W,12-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	151	Sep 21	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	152	Sep 22	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	154 (1)	Sep 25	DET		SEA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
73	155	Sep 26	DET		SEA	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	156	Sep 27	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	157	Sep 28	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	158	Sep 29	DET		MIN	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
77	159	Sep 30	DET		MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
78	160	Oct 1	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	161	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	CF
80	162	Oct 3	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							84gm		535.0	145	5	4	154	3