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+

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	38 (37)	May 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GF	0	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	40 (1)	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-11	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	46 (5)	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-17	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-5	GS	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	49	Jun 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS	24	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
7	51 (1)	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
8	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
9	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
10	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
11	55	Jun 14	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	3
12	56	Jun 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
13	57	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	58	Jun 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
15	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
16	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
17	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
18	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
19	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
20	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
21	65	Jun 26	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
22	66	Jun 27	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
23	67	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	GS	27	5.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	68	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
25	69	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-12	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	70	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	9	2	0	11	1
27	71	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	10.1	6	1	0	7	0
28	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	14	0	0	14	3
29	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
30	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
31	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
32	76	Jul 6	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
33	77	Jul 7	CHW		PHA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
34	78	Jul 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
35	79	Jul 9	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
36	80	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
37	81	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	L,2-12	CG	50	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	82	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
39	83	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-6	CG	59	14.0	11	0	0	11	3
40	84	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
41	85	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
42	86	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
43	87	Jul 17	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	3
44	88	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
45	89	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
46	90	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
47	91	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,10-0	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	92	Jul 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
49	93	Jul 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
50	94	Jul 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	10	2	0	12	1
51	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
52	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
53	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
54	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	99	Jul 31	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-16	CG	50	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	100	Aug 1	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
57	101	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	11	0	0	11	0
58	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,15-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
59	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	2	6	1
60	104	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	GS	42	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
61	105	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	15	2	0	17	3
62	106	Aug 9	CHW		SLB	L,4-9	GS	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
63	107	Aug 10	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
64	108	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	109	Aug 12	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
66	110	Aug 13	CHW		BOS	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
67	111	Aug 14	CHW		WSH	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	9	2	1	12	1
68	112	Aug 15	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	GS	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
69	113	Aug 16	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
70	114	Aug 17	CHW		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
71	115	Aug 18	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	14	3	0	17	2
72	116	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
73	117	Aug 20	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	118	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
75	119	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
76	120	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	121	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
78	122	Aug 25	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
79	123	Aug 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
80	124	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	125	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
82	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
83	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	GS	15	4.0	3	1	0	4	1
84	128	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
85	129	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	130	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	131	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
88	132	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
89	133	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
90	134	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
							93gm		765.0	821	62	9	892	79