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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	1	1	1	3	1
4	4	Apr 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
6	6	Apr 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 27	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 28	BOS		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GS	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
13	13	May 2	BOS		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	May 3	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
15	15	May 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
16	16	May 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	43	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	18	May 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
20	20	May 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	28 (7)	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
22	29	May 26	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	30	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
24	31	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
25	32	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
26	33	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
27	34	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	46	8.0	1	1	2	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	35	Jun 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
29	41 (5)	Jun 11	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	43 (1)	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,10-9	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	44	Jun 14	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	45	Jun 15	BOS		DET	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	46	Jun 16	BOS		DET	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	49 (2)	Jun 19	BOS		SLB	L,6-12	GS	53	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	54 (4)	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	L,6-14	CG	50	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	55	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
37	56	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	57	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	58	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	39	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	59	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-8	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	62 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	64 (1)	Jul 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
43	65	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-27	GS	61	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	66	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
45	67	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-15	CG	49	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
46	68	Jul 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	69	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	70	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
49	71	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
50	72	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	46	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	73	Jul 14 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	74	Jul 14 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	75	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
54	76	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	T,6-6	CG	50	11.0	1	2	1	4	1
55	77	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	78	Jul 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
57	79	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
58	80	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	81	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	82	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
61	83	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	84	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
63	85	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	86	Jul 24	BOS		WSH	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	87	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
66	88	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
67	89	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	90	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	91	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	92	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	93	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	94	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	95	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
74	96	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
75	97	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	98	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	99	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	102	Aug 9	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	103	Aug 11	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
82	104	Aug 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	105	Aug 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	106	Aug 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	107	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	2	0	1	3	0
87	109	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	110	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	54	11.1	1	6	0	7	0
89	111	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
90	112	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	113	Aug 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
92	114	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
93	115	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
94	116	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	117	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	118	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	119	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	120	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	121	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	122	Sep 4	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
101	123	Sep 5	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	124	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	125	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	126	Sep 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
105	127	Sep 9 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
106	128	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	129	Sep 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	130	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
109	131	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	132	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	133	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	134	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
113	135	Sep 18	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
114	136	Sep 19	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
115	137	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
116	138	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
117	143 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
118	146 (2)	Sep 26	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
119	147	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
120	148	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,4-24	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	149	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	150	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	61	16.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	151	Oct 4	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
124	152	Oct 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
125	153	Oct 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	154	Oct 7	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
							128gm		1044.0	193	259	25	477	34