Bobby Shantz | Major Leaguer 1949-1964

Full Name: Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: September 26,1925 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Height: 5-6 Weight: 142 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown,PA)
College:

Brother of Billy Shantz

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1948] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Athletics. [Feb 19,1957] - Traded by Athletics with Clete Boyer, Curt Roberts, Wayne Belardi, Jack McMahan and Art Ditmar to Yankees for Jack Urban, Billy Hunter, Rip Coleman, Tom Morgan, Mickey McDermott, Milt Graff and Irv Noren. [Dec 14,1960] - Selected by Senators from Yankees in expansion draft. [Dec 16,1960] - Traded by Senators to Pirates for R.C. Stevens, Harry Bright and Bennie Daniels. [Oct 10,1961] - Selected by Astros from Pirates in expansion draft. [May 7,1962] - Traded by Astros to Cardinals for John Anderson and Carl Warwick. [Jun 15,1964] - Traded by Cardinals with Doug Clemens and Ernie Broglio to Cubs for Paul Toth, Jack Spring and Lou Brock. [Aug 15,1964] - Purchased by Phillies from Cubs.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1949	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	6	8	3.40	33	7	4	1	16	2	127.0	100	50	48	9	74	58	3	0	7.09	0.64	5.24	4.11	1.37	--
1950	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	8	14	4.61	36	23	6	1	9	0	214.2	251	122	110	18	85	93	0	3	10.52	0.75	3.56	3.90	1.57	--
1951	Philadelph	AL	25	Pha	MLB	18	10	3.94	32	25	13	3	2	0	205.1	213	96	90	15	70	77	1	1	9.34	0.66	3.07	3.38	1.38	--
1952	Philadelph	AL	26	Pha	MLB	24	7	2.48	33	33	27	5	0	0	279.2	230	87	77	21	63	152	0	0	7.40	0.68	2.03	4.89	1.05	--
1953	Philadelph	AL	27	Pha	MLB	5	9	4.09	16	16	6	0	0	0	105.2	107	52	48	10	26	58	3	0	9.11	0.85	2.21	4.94	1.26	--
1954	Philadelph	AL	28	Pha	MLB	1	0	7.88	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	7	7	2	3	3	0	0	13.50	2.25	3.38	3.38	1.88	--
1955	KC A's	AL	29	Kca	MLB	5	10	4.54	23	17	4	1	2	0	125.0	124	70	63	8	66	58	2	0	8.93	0.58	4.75	4.18	1.52	--
1956	KC A's	AL	30	Kca	MLB	2	7	4.35	45	2	1	0	26	9	101.1	95	51	49	12	37	67	1	0	8.44	1.07	3.29	5.95	1.30	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	11	5	2.45	30	21	9	1	6	5	173.0	157	58	47	15	40	72	3	1	8.17	0.78	2.08	3.75	1.14	57%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	7	6	3.36	33	13	3	0	7	0	126.0	127	52	47	8	35	80	3	1	9.07	0.57	2.50	5.71	1.29	56%
1959	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	7	3	2.38	33	4	2	2	14	3	94.2	64	33	25	4	33	66	3	0	6.08	0.38	3.14	6.28	1.02	52%
1960	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	5	4	2.79	42	0	0	0	21	11	67.2	57	24	21	5	24	54	3	0	7.58	0.67	3.19	7.18	1.20	47%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	6	3	3.32	43	6	2	1	16	2	89.1	91	38	33	5	26	61	0	0	9.17	0.50	2.62	6.15	1.31	60%
1962	Houston	NL	36	Hoc	MLB	1	1	1.31	3	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	15	4	3	1	5	14	0	0	6.53	0.44	2.18	6.10	0.97	--
	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	5	3	2.19	28	0	0	0	19	4	57.2	45	22	14	7	20	47	0	0	7.02	1.09	3.12	7.34	1.13	60%
1963	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	6	4	2.61	55	0	0	0	32	11	79.1	55	28	23	6	17	70	5	0	6.24	0.68	1.93	7.94	0.91	54%
1964	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	1	1	2.25	14	0	0	0	3	0	32.0	23	10	8	1	6	18	1	0	6.47	0.28	1.69	5.06	0.91	65%
	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	0	1	5.56	20	0	0	0	9	1	11.1	15	7	7	2	6	12	0	0	11.92	1.59	4.77	9.53	1.85	72%
	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	1	3	3.12	16	0	0	0	10	0	17.1	14	6	6	2	7	12	1	0	7.27	1.04	3.64	6.23	1.21	47%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						119	99	3.38	537	171	78	15	192	48	1,935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	1072	29	6	8.35	0.70	2.99	4.98	1.26	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1949	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	p		33	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	1		3		0	.189	*.291	.189	*480	--
1950	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	p		37	66	4	11	1	0	1	4	1	0	6	10	0		6		2	.167	*.242	.227	*469	--
1951	Philadelph	AL	25	Pha	MLB	p		36	72	11	18	4	0	0	9	1	0	6	7	0		8		1	.250	*.313	.306	*619	--
1952	Philadelph	AL	26	Pha	MLB	p		34	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	0	2	5	9	2		13		0	.198	*.244	.260	*504	--
1953	Philadelph	AL	27	Pha	MLB	p		21	38	6	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	3	0		1		0	.237	*.281	.316	*597	--
1954	Philadelph	AL	28	Pha	MLB	p		7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
1955	KC A's	AL	29	Kca	MLB	p		26	41	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.146	.167	.146	313	--
1956	KC A's	AL	30	Kca	MLB	p		51	22	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.136	303	--
1957	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	9	33	56	6	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	8	16	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.281	.232	513	44%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	p	9	33	35	1	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	1	0	1	0	0	.229	.289	.314	603	55%
1959	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	p	9	40	23	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	3	0	0	.217	.308	.304	612	55%
1960	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	p	9	43	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.182	.100	282	50%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p	9	44	16	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.438	.526	.500	1026	57%
1962	Houston	NL	36	Hoc	MLB	p	9	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	p	9	28	13	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	.154	.143	.154	297	75%
1963	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	p	9	55	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.333	.143	476	100%
1964	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	p	9	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0%
	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	p	9	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	p	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	0%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								578	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	5		44		4	.195		.245	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1957	NY Yankees	AL	31		Ws	0	1	4.05	3		0			0	6.2	8		3		2	7			10.81	---	2.70	9.46	1.50	--
1960	NY Yankees	AL	34		Ws	0	0	4.27	3		0			1	6.1	4		3		1	1			5.69	---	1.42	1.42	0.79	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	1	4.15	6		0			1	13.0	12		6		3	8			8.31	---	2.08	5.54	1.15	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1957	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	Ws	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1960	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	Ws	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1949	Philadelph	AL	23	Pha	MLB	P	33		127	12	36	0	48	5	-	-	-	1.000	3.40

1950	Philadelph	AL	24	Pha	MLB	P	36		214.2	13	52	2	67	6	-	-	-	.970	2.73

1951	Philadelph	AL	25	Pha	MLB	P	32		205.1	20	44	2	66	7	-	-	-	.970	2.81

1952	Philadelph	AL	26	Pha	MLB	P	33		279.2	29	49	0	78	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.51

1953	Philadelph	AL	27	Pha	MLB	P	16		105.2	10	21	1	32	3	-	-	-	.969	2.64

1954	Philadelph	AL	28	Pha	MLB	P	2		8	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	3.38

1955	KC A's	AL	29	Kca	MLB	P	23		125	9	26	2	37	2	-	-	-	.946	2.52

1956	KC A's	AL	30	Kca	MLB	P	45		101.1	10	20	2	32	2	-	-	-	.938	2.66

1957	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	30		173	14	57	1	72	8	-	-	-	.986	3.69

1958	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	P	33		126	6	35	0	41	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.93
1958	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1959	NY Yankees	AL	33	Nyy	MLB	P	33		94.2	8	20	2	30	1	-	-	-	.933	2.66

1960	NY Yankees	AL	34	Nyy	MLB	P	42		67.2	4	13	0	17	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.26

1961	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	43		89.1	13	18	0	31	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.12

1962	Houston	NL	36	Hoc	MLB	P	3		20.2	1	13	0	14	1	-	-	-	1.000	6.10
1962	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	P	28		57.2	9	12	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	3.28

1963	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	P	55		79.1	9	22	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	3.52

1964	Chi Cubs	NL	38	Chc	MLB	P	20		11.1	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.18
1964	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	14		32	5	16	1	22	0	-	-	-	.955	5.91
1964	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	P	16		17.1	1	8	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.67

Awards

[1951] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21) [1952] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, American League Most Valuable Player [1957] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #26), MLB Gold Glove Award (P), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1958] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1959] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1960] - AL Gold Glove Award (P) [1961] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1962] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1963] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1964] - NL Gold Glove Award (P) [1970] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 2.33%) [1971] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (5 votes - 1.39%) [1972] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (9 votes - 2.27%) [1973] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (5 votes - 1.32%) [1974] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (3 votes - 0.82%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1951-1952, 1957)

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