Howie Shanks

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL us

Died: July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA

Buried: Union Cemetery, Monaca, PA

Debut: May 9, 1912 (Age 21-293d, 3,676th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1925 (Age 35-074d)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: Howard Samuel Shanks

Nicknames: Hawk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

5699

1440

.253

604

RBI

620

185

OBP

.308

SLG

.337

OPS

.644

OPS+

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

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 21	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 23	WSH		BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	8	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	2	1	1	4	0
13	13	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
15	15	May 5	WSH		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 6	WSH		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 7	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	18	May 8	WSH		PHA	T,9-9	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 9	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	20	May 11	WSH		PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 12	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 13	WSH		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 14	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 15	WSH		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 16	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 18	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 19	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	29	May 21	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
30	30	May 22	WSH		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 23	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 25	WSH		DET	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 26	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 27	WSH		DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	35	May 28	WSH		DET	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	37	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
38	38	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
39	39	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 2	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 3 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	43	Jun 3 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 7	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	9.1	1	0	1	2	0
47	47	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 14	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	54	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 18	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 19	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
57	57	Jun 20	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 21	WSH	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 22	WSH	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 24 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 24 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 26 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
63	64 (1)	Jun 27	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	65	Jun 29	WSH		NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	66	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	68	Jul 2	WSH		NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	69	Jul 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	70	Jul 3 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	73	Jul 6	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	74	Jul 7	WSH		SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	75	Jul 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	76	Jul 9	WSH		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	77	Jul 10	WSH		SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	78	Jul 11	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 13	WSH		DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	80	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
80	81	Jul 15	WSH		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	82	Jul 16	WSH		CLE	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	83	Jul 17	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	84	Jul 18	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	85	Jul 20	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
85	86	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	87	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
87	88	Jul 23	WSH		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	89	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	91	Jul 27	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	92	Jul 28	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	94	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
94	95	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	96	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	97	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
97	98	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	99	Aug 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	100	Aug 5	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
100	101	Aug 7	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 8 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	103	Aug 8 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
103	104	Aug 9	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
104	105	Aug 13	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	106	Aug 14	WSH	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	107	Aug 15	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	108	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
108	109	Aug 17 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
109	110	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	111	Aug 19	WSH		SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	112	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	113	Aug 22	WSH		DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
113	114	Aug 24 (1)	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	115	Aug 24 (2)	WSH		DET	L,0-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
115	116	Aug 25	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	117	Aug 27 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
117	118	Aug 27 (2)	WSH		CLE	T,3-3	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
118	119	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	120	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134 (13)	Sep 14 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
121	136 (1)	Sep 17	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	137	Sep 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	138	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
124	139	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	7.2	3	0	0	3	0
125	140	Sep 20 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	141	Sep 20 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
127	142	Sep 21	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	144 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-7	GF	19	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	146 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-0	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	148 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	1	1	0
131	149	Sep 26 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	150	Sep 27	WSH	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	151	Sep 28	WSH	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	152	Sep 30	WSH		PHA	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	154 (1)	Oct 2	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	155	Oct 3	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	156	Oct 5	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	157	Oct 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
139	158	Oct 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
							139gm			277	14	14	305	3