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: 12-19 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 8

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	402	1	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,11-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.00	3.84	33	14	12	5	1	1	71			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	1	1	.43	0.217	.90	0.27%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
2	403	6	Apr 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS-6		6	5.2	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.23	2.89	21	9	3	1	1	3	65			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.309	2.14	0.41%	2.72	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a2
3	404	14	Apr 27	HOU		MLN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(1-1)	9	6.0	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	1.31	2.62	24	8	3	0	0	6	57			0	0	1	22	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.020	2.06	0.02%	0.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
				Player went from Houston Colt .45s to St. Louis Cardinals
4	405	26	May 10	STL		SFG	L,0-6	7-8		12	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.19	2.40	8	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.013	.61	0.03%	1.12	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
5	406	28	May 12	STL		LAD	W,6-5	6-10		1	5.0	2	2	2	2	6	1	0	1.63	2.69	19	4	7	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.167	5.45	0.33%	0.79	6t --- 0 out d1	10t 3 out tie
6	407	36	May 21	STL		PHI	W,4-1	8-GF	S(1)	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	2.62	4	1	2	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.176	2.84	0.33%	2.03	8t -23 1 out a3	9t end a 3
7	408	40	May 25	STL		MLN	L,8-11	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	2.55	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.010	.48	0.02%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
8	409	44	May 29	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(1-2)	3	0.1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.76	2.58	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	-0.797	9.32	-0.99%	-2.18	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 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
9	410	55	Jun 10(1)	STL		SFG	W,6-5	7-GF	W(2-2)	11	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	2.47	11	6	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.165	1.37	0.12%	1.68	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
10	411	65	Jun 20	STL	@	LAD	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	BW(3-2)	9	4.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.43	2.30	15	3	6	3	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.53	0.661	4.63	0.52%	2.72	8b 123 0 out a1	11b end a 1
11	412	69	Jun 24(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	2.35	10	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.064	.42	0.06%	1.46	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
12	413	75	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.30	2.50	5	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
13	414	77	Jun 30	STL		PIT	L,7-17	2-6		1	4.1	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	1.76	2.81	18	6	5	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.026	.20	-0.04%	-0.65	2t --- 2 out d8	6t 3 out d8
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
14	415	81	Jul 3 susp	STL		MLN	L,5-7	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	2.77	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.15	0.01%	0.56	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
15	416	83	Jul 6	STL	@	NYM	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	5	6	1	0	1	1	0	1.84	2.98	13	6	2	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	.12	-0.014	.09	-0.01%	-4.98	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 9
16	417	91	Jul 15(2)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	4-5		8	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.29	3.28	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.105	.58	-0.07%	-1.98	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d5
17	418	98	Jul 21(2)	STL	@	HOU	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.21	3.30	9	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.05	0.00%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
18	419	100	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,2-9	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.17	3.21	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
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
19	420	108	Aug 1	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	3.20	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
20	421	110	Aug 3	STL		HOU	L,3-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.09	3.15	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
21	422	116	Aug 10	STL		PHI	W,7-4	6-GF	W(4-2)	6	4.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.10	3.40	16	7	3	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.088	.10	0.00%	1.23	6t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
22	423	125	Aug 19	STL	@	NYM	W,10-5	9-GF	S(2)	8	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.07	3.40	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.017	.03	0.00%	1.00	9b -23 0 out a6	9b end a 5
23	424	126	Aug 21	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.04	3.44	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.017	.02	0.00%	0.67	7b -2- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
24	425	131	Aug 26(1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	4-GF	W(5-2)	4	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.00	3.53	22	7	6	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	0.197	.00	0.00%	2.35	4t --- 0 out d4	9t end a 1
25	426	135	Aug 31	STL		NYM	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.52	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.11	0.171	.00	0.00%	0.97	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
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
26	427	137	Sep 2	STL		NYM	L,3-4	8-GF	L(5-3)	1	2.0	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.92	3.53	12	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.17	-0.283	.00	0.00%	-0.88	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
27	428	143	Sep 7	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	10-10		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	3.53	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.39	10b 1-- 1 out tie	10b 12- 1 out tie
28	429	145	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	8-9	W(6-3)	1	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.00	3.66	8	0	4	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.19	8b --- 0 out d2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
29	430	149	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(6-4)	5	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.13	3.66	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.43	-0.795	.00	0.00%	-2.39	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
30	431	156	Sep 22	STL		LAD	L,1-4	5-8		6	4.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.01	3.54	14	5	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.39	0.103	.00	0.00%	2.23	5t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
31	432	160	Sep 27	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	7-GF	S(4)	4	2.1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.95	3.38	9	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.43	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
							12-19		W-L:6-4,Sv:4,BSv:3	4.2	78.1	60	26	17	25	61	8	1	1.95	3.38	314	1.21		12%	6%	48	64	14	21%	2	2	1	285	6	2	2	8	1	8	1.03	0.487	1.22	1.03%	15.94

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