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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: 7-9 / in Starts: 7-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	135	2	Apr 15	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	3	2	2	5	0	0	2.57	2.02	26	9	6	2	1	4	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.096	3.13	-0.15%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	136	5	Apr 19(1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	L(0-2)	3	9.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.94	2.28	38	11	11	2	0	8	53			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.156	2.11	-0.23%	-0.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
3	137	9	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.96	3.03	37	10	12	4	1	9	53			0	0	0	34	4	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.150	2.27	0.20%	0.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	138	12	Apr 28	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.44	3.12	36	10	10	0	1	8	67			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.516	3.73	0.83%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 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
5	139	16	May 3(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.14	3.20	34	13	8	2	0	8	66			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.25	0.376	3.58	0.65%	2.62	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
6	140	20	May 8	PHA		WSH	L,7-10	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	7.1	7	8	7	5	2	0	0	3.93	3.33	33	10	10	2	1	6	31			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.186	2.67	-0.28%	-2.82	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
7	141	24	May 12	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.2	12	6	5	1	1	1	0	4.34	3.50	28	7	7	1	1	12	23			0	1	0	27	4	1	0	2	0	1	.91	-0.340	1.35	-0.30%	-3.36	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
8	142	29	May 17(1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	8	5	4	3	4	1	0	4.43	3.62	32	6	11	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.268	.96	-0.23%	-1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
9	143	33	May 21	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-0	GS-4		3	3.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.19	3.60	14	3	6	0	0	1	59			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.188	1.35	0.15%	1.84	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out tie
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
10	144	74	Jul 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-6	L(3-6)	42	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.21	3.42	26	10	4	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.077	.09	-0.01%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	145	80	Jul 7	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GS-2		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.34	3.54	10	2	3	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out a1
12	146	88	Jul 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-6	L(3-7)	9	6.0	10	5	5	0	5	2	0	4.57	3.67	26	4	7	1	1	10	37			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-2.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
13	147	92	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.22	3.45	34						79						32			0		0
14	148	96	Jul 26(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.10	3.45	35	13	7	1	0	10	58			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.300	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
15	149	103	Aug 2(1)	PHA		CLE	L,1-10	GS-4	L(5-8)	6	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.12	3.40	17	4	7	0	2	5	45			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
Sept				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
16	150	154	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-3	L(5-9)	51	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.09	3.46	11	5	2	0	0	2	53			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.44	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
							7-9		W-L:5-9	4.1	105.2	107	52	48	26	58	10	0	4.09	3.46	437	1.05		7%	4%	101	51		---%	0	5	0	407	22	5	1	10	0	9	1.02	0.221	1.69	0.63%	-1.52

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