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: 24-17

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 16

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	317	7	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	6-7		99	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.50	1.03	9	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.072	2.29	-0.14%	-0.07	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
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
2	318	11	May 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-9	3-4		4	1.2	2	3	3	2	3	0	1	9.82	2.53	10	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.022	2.89	0.04%	0.21	3b --- 0 out a2	4b 123 2 out a3
3	319	14	May 6	NYY		KCA	W,8-7	6-6	BS(1)	4	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	12.27	2.53	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	-0.371	9.88	-0.70%	-2.49	6t 12- 1 out a1	6t -23 1 out d1
4	320	22	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	3-4		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.94	1.82	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.41	0.04%	0.95	3b --- 0 out d5	4b 3 out d5
5	321	25	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	5-7	L(0-1)	3	3.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	8.31	1.49	16	3	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.242	3.17	-0.45%	-1.53	5b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d1
6	322	28	May 24	NYY	@	DET	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.45	1.39	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.12	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	323	31	May 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.68	1.97	11	2	6	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.078	1.51	0.15%	1.39	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
8	324	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	9-9	BS(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.54	2.22	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4.91	-0.077	12.69	-0.12%	-0.24	9t 123 0 out a1	9t 123 1 out tie
9	325	35	May 30(2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.80	2.19	8	1	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.67	0.201	6.59	0.30%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
Jun				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	326	38	Jun 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.21	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.046	1.78	0.08%	0.48	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
11	327	39	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	2.12	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.245	4.49	0.28%	0.81	8t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
12	328	41	Jun 5(1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.66	1.82	10	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	9	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.45	0.290	7.08	0.36%	1.02	7t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
13	329	46	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	7-GF	S(3)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.18	1.87	11	2	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.111	1.73	0.17%	1.39	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
14	330	51	Jun 15	NYY	@	KCA	T,7-7	9-9	H(1)	5	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.13	2.14	3	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.12	-0.071	18.90	-0.16%	-1.20	9b 123 1 out a3	9b 123 2 out a1
15	331	60	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	5-6		8	0.2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.42	2.53	6	2	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.87	-0.211	17.79	-0.78%	-1.10	5b -23 1 out a1	6b -23 0 out a1
16	332	63	Jun 26(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	7-8		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	2.45	4	0	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.172	8.38	0.61%	1.36	7b 12- 1 out d1	8b 3 out tie
17	333	64	Jun 28	NYY		KCA	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.08	2.49	4	0	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.030	2.57	0.08%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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
18	334	68	Jul 3(1)	NYY		DET	W,7-6	8-9	H(2)	4	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.25	2.53	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.121	14.36	-0.40%	-0.94	8t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a1
19	335	73	Jul 7	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-3	7-GF	S(5)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.93	2.40	9	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.195	7.94	0.83%	1.45	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
20	336	75	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	2.40	6	3	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.035	1.82	0.12%	1.42	7b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 2
21	337	80	Jul 17(2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	6-GF(8)	L(1-2)	7	3.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.80	2.50	14	5	7	3	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.174	7.37	-0.62%	0.53	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
22	338	84	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	L,5-11	4-4		4	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	2.50	4	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.023	2.53	-0.11%	-0.35	4t -2- 1 out d4	4t 3 out d5
23	339	85	Jul 23	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	2.45	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.028	2.66	0.14%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
24	340	89	Jul 28(1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	6-GF	S(6)	4	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	2.41	15	6	7	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.121	2.90	0.45%	1.86	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
25	341	92	Jul 31(1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-5	9-11	L(1-3)	2	2.1	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	2.23	2.46	12	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.14	-0.054	13.05	-0.20%	-0.14	9t --- 0 out d1	11t 123 1 out tie
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
26	342	95	Aug 2(1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	W(2-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	2.46	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.130	10.39	0.46%	0.46	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
27	343	98	Aug 5	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	9-GF	S(7)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	2.46	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.63	0.169	43.55	0.67%	0.43	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
28	344	100	Aug 7(1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-2	7-GF	W(3-3)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.03	2.40	11	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.270	6.58	0.98%	1.48	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
29	345	104	Aug 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-0	7-GF	S(8)	2	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.94	2.25	7	1	2	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.207	11.66	1.23%	1.74	7b 123 2 out a1	9b end a 6
30	346	108	Aug 14(2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	9-9		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	2.26	3	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.06	-0.252	20.50	-1.01%	-0.35	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t 3 out d1
31	347	111	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(4-3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.87	2.23	5	1	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	0.313	29.98	1.31%	0.94	9b 12- 2 out tie	10b end a 1
32	348	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	9-9	BS(3)	2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.03	2.47	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	-0.430	15.34	-1.91%	-1.58	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b --- 2 out tie
33	349	115	Aug 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	7-GF(8)	L(4-4)	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	2	0	2.44	2.96	9	3	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.273	9.20	-1.23%	-2.00	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
34	350	123	Aug 28(2)	NYY		DET	W,8-5	7-GF	S(9)	6	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.47	3.06	11	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.059	2.15	0.30%	0.39	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
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
35	351	129	Sep 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	3.01	8	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.028	3.52	0.25%	0.97	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
36	352	131	Sep 5(2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	W(5-4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.35	3.02	5	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.76	0.130	32.96	0.68%	0.46	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
37	353	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-7	BS(4)	2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	2.98	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.409	25.78	-2.66%	-1.57	7b 12- 2 out a1	7b 3 out d1
38	354	138	Sep 11(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	10-10	H(3)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.47	2.98	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.56	-0.262	44.97	-1.55%	-0.69	10b --- 0 out a1	10b 1-3 1 out a1
39	355	141	Sep 16	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	9-GF	S(10)	4	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	2.94	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.035	43.06	0.44%	-1.26	9t 123 2 out a4	9t end a 2
40	356	142	Sep 17	NYY		BAL	W,5-3	6-7		0	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.54	3.11	5	0	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.063	29.21	-0.78%	-0.14	6t 1-- 1 out tie	7t --- 2 out tie
41	357	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	S(11)	5	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.47	3.08	8	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.046	1.64	0.06%	1.01	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
42	358	153	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	5-6		6	2.0	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.79	3.01	10	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-2.07	5t --- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d3
							24-17		W-L:5-4,Sv:11,BSv:4,Hld:3	2.7	67.2	58	24	21	24	55	5	2	2.79	3.01	281	0.85		10%	6%	32		31	42%	1	1	0	244	5	3	5	6	5	2	1.43	-0.404	8.04	-2.80%	5.88

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