Art Shires

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 13, 1906 in Italy, TX us

Died: July 13, 1967 in Italy, TX

Buried: Italy Cemetery, Italy, TX

High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX)

Debut: August 20, 1928 (Age 22-007d, 6,770th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1932 (Age 25-353d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Charles Arthur Shires

Nicknames: Art The Great

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

986

287

.291

118

RBI

119

OBP

.347

SLG

.395

OPS

.741

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	40-42 / in Starts: 40-40
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 328 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	188 (91-61-36) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 328 PAs	38
Avg. Runners on Base	217 (109-68-39)

Most Driven In
R Worthington	13
W Berger	5
W Schulmerich	3
Self	3
F Leach	2
R Moore	1

Most Driven In By
A Spohrer	5
P Hargrave	4
Self	3
B Urbanski	2
B Akers	2
F Knothe	2
H Ford	2
R Maranville	2

1932 Batting Game Log

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1932 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	209	1	Apr 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	5	.70	0.050	1.82	0.08%	1.13	1B
2	210	2	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	5	.90	-0.091	2.50	-0.15%	-0.79	1B
3	211	3	Apr 16	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.500	.364	.864	5	2.09	0.089	5.42	0.14%	0.70	1B
4	212	4	Apr 17	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.412	.286	.697	5	.46	-0.035	1.24	-0.06%	-0.43	1B
5	213	5	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.476	.389	.865	5	.86	0.279	2.19	0.43%	2.60	1B
6	214	6	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG(13)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	5	1.23	0.017	3.43	0.03%	0.25	1B
7	215	7	Apr 21	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.370	.433	.444	.878	5	.83	0.085	2.61	0.16%	1.03	1B
8	216	8	Apr 22	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.441	.414	.855	5	.85	-0.008	2.96	-0.02%	-0.19	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	217	19 (10)	May 7	BSN	@	CIN	L,8-9	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.400	.829	9	3.95	-0.119	15.77	-0.29%	-0.80	PH
10	218	25 (5)	May 15	BSN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.314	.400	.371	.771	6						1B
11	219	27 (1)	May 18	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.289	.372	.342	.714	6	.59	0.009	2.47	0.02%	-0.11	1B
12	220	28	May 20	BSN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.362	.357	.719	6	.35	-0.048	1.45	-0.12%	-0.31	1B
13	221	29	May 21	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG(14)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.340	.319	.659	6	1.91	-0.157	8.34	-0.41%	-0.97	1B
14	222	30	May 22 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.333	.314	.647	6	.54	-0.007	2.47	-0.02%	-0.52	1B
15	223	31	May 22 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	GS-9	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.269	.367	.346	.713	6	1.43	0.186	6.64	0.52%	0.94	1B
16	224	32	May 23	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.263	.354	.333	.687	6	2.31	-0.258	10.58	-0.71%	-1.59	1B
17	225	33	May 24	BSN		BRO	L,3-6	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.279	.362	.361	.723	6	1.18	0.070	5.54	0.20%	0.92	1B
18	226	34	May 25	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.356	.354	.710	6	.45	0.001	2.21	0.00%	-0.23	1B
19	227	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,13-17	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.346	.386	.732	6	.74	-0.108	3.51	-0.31%	-0.69	1B
20	228	36	May 27	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.354	.384	.737	6	1.48	0.001	6.93	0.00%	-0.09	1B
21	229	37	May 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.337	.364	.701	6	1.23	-0.123	5.52	-0.33%	-1.16	1B
22	230	38	May 29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		1	0	0				0	0	.268	.341	.402	.743	6						1B
23	231	39	May 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.347	.400	.747	6	.61	-0.019	3.01	-0.06%	-0.15	1B
24	232	40	May 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.354	.404	.758	6	.73	-0.019	3.27	-0.05%	0.30	1B
25	233	41	May 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.350	.409	.758	6	.97	-0.036	4.08	-0.09%	-0.08	1B
26	234	42	May 31	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.346	.412	.758	6	.82	0.045	3.46	0.11%	-0.47	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	235	43	Jun 2 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.342	.416	.758	6	.93	0.010	4.39	0.03%	0.05	1B
28	236	44	Jun 2 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.339	.404	.743	6	.71	-0.030	3.17	-0.08%	-0.68	1B
29	237	45	Jun 3	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.325	.385	.710	6	1.35	-0.183	6.26	-0.51%	-1.72	1B
30	238	46	Jun 4 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.328	.375	.703	6	.53	-0.020	2.63	-0.06%	-0.79	1B
31	239	47	Jun 4 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.259	.333	.379	.713	6	1.53	0.180	7.94	0.56%	1.59	1B
32	240	48	Jun 5 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.336	.383	.719	6	1.04	0.325	5.05	0.95%	0.93	1B
33	241	49	Jun 5 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.341	.395	.736	6	.78	0.063	4.09	0.20%	0.65	1B
34	242	50	Jun 8	BSN		STL	L,8-15	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.343	.395	.738	6	.68	0.082	3.58	0.26%	0.68	1B
35	243	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.336	.386	.722	6	1.39	-0.145	7.11	-0.44%	-1.30	1B
36	244	52	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.336	.400	.736	6	1.22	0.090	6.37	0.28%	0.53	1B
37	245	53	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.336	.399	.734	6	1.83	0.027	10.98	0.10%	-0.34	1B
38	246	54	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	CG(13)	6	6	1	3	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.278	.342	.424	.765	6						1B
39	247	55	Jun 15	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.333	.412	.745	6	1.84	-0.206	8.76	-0.59%	-1.51	1B
40	248	56	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,0-2	CG(11)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.337	.407	.744	6	1.05	0.017	4.80	0.05%	0.05	1B
41	249	57	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.268	.337	.405	.743	6						1B
42	250	58	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.276	.343	.410	.753	6	.73	0.051	2.89	0.12%	0.23	1B
43	251	59	Jun 20	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.345	.408	.752	6	.63	0.022	2.34	0.05%	0.28	1B
44	252	60	Jun 21	BSN		CIN	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.343	.404	.746	6	1.09	0.033	4.28	0.08%	0.10	1B
45	253	61	Jun 22	BSN		CIN	L,8-14	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.343	.402	.745	6	.53	-0.022	1.93	-0.05%	0.46	1B
46	254	62	Jun 23	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.339	.396	.735	6	1.29	-0.123	4.92	-0.28%	-0.65	1B
47	255	63	Jun 24	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.332	.387	.719	6	1.16	-0.120	4.77	-0.30%	-1.23	1B
48	256	64	Jun 25	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.335	.390	.725	6	1.58	-0.019	6.02	-0.04%	0.37	1B
49	257	65	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.333	.387	.720	6	1.27	-0.034	5.42	-0.09%	-0.73	1B
50	258	66	Jun 26 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.265	.327	.378	.705	6						1B
51	259	67	Jun 28	BSN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.325	.376	.701	6	.74	0.052	2.91	0.12%	-0.04	1B
52	260	68	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.322	.372	.694	6	.47	-0.024	1.91	-0.06%	-0.21	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	261	69	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.321	.369	.690	6	1.22	-0.084	4.62	-0.19%	-0.64	1B
54	262	70	Jul 2	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.324	.365	.690	6	.70	0.039	2.35	0.08%	0.32	1B
55	263	71	Jul 3	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.324	.365	.689	6	.82	0.014	3.18	0.03%	0.04	1B
56	264	72	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.326	.363	.689	6	.82	0.014	3.31	0.03%	0.33	1B
57	265	73	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.323	.359	.682	6	.35	-0.005	1.56	-0.01%	-1.06	1B
58	266	74	Jul 6	BSN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.326	.376	.702	6	1.04	0.041	4.72	0.11%	0.62	1B
59	267	75	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.329	.392	.721	6	1.48	0.476	5.88	1.14%	2.19	1B
60	268	76	Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.328	.389	.717	6	1.62	0.034	7.23	0.09%	0.74	1B
61	269	77	Jul 9	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.327	.384	.710	6	1.17	0.041	6.27	0.13%	0.26	1B
62	270	78	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.325	.382	.707	6	.57	-0.046	3.07	-0.15%	-0.32	1B
63	271	79	Jul 11	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.320	.375	.695	6	.26	-0.036	1.26	-0.11%	-1.16	1B
64	272	80	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.319	.373	.692	6	2.24	-0.029	11.19	-0.09%	-0.46	1B
65	273	81	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.258	.318	.375	.693	6	.64	0.014	3.31	0.04%	-0.27	1B
66	274	83 (1)	Jul 14	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.317	.373	.690	9	.14	-0.004	.88	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
67	275	84	Jul 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.313	.369	.682	6	1.35	-0.098	8.08	-0.35%	-0.75	1B
68	276	85	Jul 16 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.312	.364	.677	5	.97	-0.054	5.25	-0.18%	-0.16	1B
69	277	86	Jul 16 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.314	.373	.687	5	2.06	0.015	9.73	0.04%	0.96	1B
70	278	87	Jul 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.254	.313	.371	.684	5	.96	0.055	2.84	0.10%	0.74	1B
71	279	88	Jul 17 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.312	.367	.679	5	1.11	-0.087	3.50	-0.17%	-1.04	1B
72	280	89	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.311	.365	.676	5	.85	-0.077	3.14	-0.17%	-0.71	1B
73	281	90	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-14	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.312	.362	.674	5	1.16	-0.041	4.88	-0.10%	-0.27	1B
74	282	91	Jul 23 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-9	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.308	.358	.666	5	.97	-0.077	3.91	-0.19%	-0.74	1B
75	283	92	Jul 24 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.244	.304	.353	.657	5						1B
76	284	93	Jul 24 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.244	.304	.351	.655	5						1B
77	285	94	Jul 26	BSN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.303	.350	.653	5	.62	-0.073	2.27	-0.16%	0.23	1B
78	286	95	Jul 27 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.245	.305	.350	.655	5	.65	0.015	2.02	0.03%	0.06	1B
79	287	96	Jul 27 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.302	.345	.646	5	1.33	-0.141	4.68	-0.30%	-1.32	1B
80	288	97	Jul 28	BSN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.299	.341	.640	7	1.21	-0.089	3.27	-0.14%	-0.55	1B
81	289	98	Jul 30	BSN		STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.299	.341	.640	7	1.19	-0.113	1.54	-0.09%	-0.56	1B
82	290	99	Jul 31 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.299	.339	.638	7						1B
							40-42		328	298	32	71	9	3	5	30	25	2	21	1	4		4		1	1	.238	.299	.339	.638		1.07	-0.466	4.48	-1.21%	-7.64

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