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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 16	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 17	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
5	5	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	59	13.0	9	1	0	10	2
7	7	Apr 21	BSN		BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
8	8	Apr 22	BSN		BRO	W,4-1	GS	30	8.1	7	1	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	25 (16)	May 15	BSN	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
10	27 (1)	May 18	BSN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
11	28	May 20	BSN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	29	May 21	BSN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	11	3	0	14	0
13	30	May 22 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
14	31	May 22 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	GS	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	32	May 23	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	2
16	33	May 24	BSN		BRO	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	34	May 25	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
18	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,13-17	CG	51	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
19	36	May 27	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
20	37	May 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
21	38	May 29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
22	39	May 29 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	10	0	0	10	0
23	40	May 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
24	41	May 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	2
25	42	May 31	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	43	Jun 2 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	44	Jun 2 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	45	Jun 3	BSN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
29	46	Jun 4 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
30	47	Jun 4 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
31	48	Jun 5 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	49	Jun 5 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	14	1	0	15	0
33	50	Jun 8	BSN		STL	L,8-15	CG	55	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
34	51	Jun 9	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
35	52	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
36	53	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
37	54	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	13.0	13	3	0	16	2
38	55	Jun 15	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
39	56	Jun 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
40	57	Jun 18 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
41	58	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
42	59	Jun 20	BSN		CIN	W,3-2	GS	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
43	60	Jun 21	BSN		CIN	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
44	61	Jun 22	BSN		CIN	L,8-14	GS	32	6.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	62	Jun 23	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	10	0	1	11	4
46	63	Jun 24	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
47	64	Jun 25	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
48	65	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	66	Jun 26 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
50	67	Jun 28	BSN		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	68	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-9	GS	25	5.0	2	2	0	4	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	69	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
53	70	Jul 2	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
54	71	Jul 3	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	72	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
56	73	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	74	Jul 6	BSN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
58	75	Jul 7	BSN	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
59	76	Jul 8	BSN	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
60	77	Jul 9	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
61	78	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
62	79	Jul 11	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	80	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	0	0	8	2
64	81	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
65	84 (2)	Jul 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	85	Jul 16 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	4	4	0	8	0
67	86	Jul 16 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	47	9.1	9	2	0	11	1
68	87	Jul 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
69	88	Jul 17 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
70	89	Jul 19	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
71	90	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	53	14.0	19	1	0	20	1
72	91	Jul 23 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	92	Jul 24 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
74	93	Jul 24 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
75	94	Jul 26	BSN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
76	95	Jul 27 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
77	96	Jul 27 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
78	97	Jul 28	BSN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	98	Jul 30	BSN		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
80	99	Jul 31 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
							80gm		711.0	715	48	9	772	61