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

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

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	11	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	12	Apr 26 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (3)	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4		3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	21 (4)	May 6	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-4	GF	5	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
6	25 (3)	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,6-7		11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	31 (5)	May 20	NYY		DET	L,6-13	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
8	36 (4)	May 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-12		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	38 (1)	May 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	43 (4)	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	50 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	52 (1)	Jun 11	NYY		KCA	L,5-9		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	56 (3)	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	59 (2)	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	64 (4)	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	GF	18	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
17	67 (2)	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4		14	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	71 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	78 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	GF	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	83 (3)	Jul 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	87 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	92 (4)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	28	6.1	1	2	1	4	0	P
25	96 (3)	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8		23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
26	101 (4)	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	GF	18	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	103 (1)	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-5	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	105 (1)	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
29	109 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	112 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	115 (2)	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	117 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6		19	5.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
							33gm		94.2	8	20	2	30	1