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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: 25-30

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 26

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	433	4	Apr 14(1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	99	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	9.00	6.48	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	3.31	-0.311	9.27	-0.52%	-0.53	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
2	434	10	Apr 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	6.00	6.81	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	-0.018	.17	-0.03%	-0.16	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	435	12	Apr 21(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	1-1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	6.81	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						4b 12- 2 out a4	4b 1-3 2 out a3
4	436	16	Apr 25	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	5.98	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.58	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
5	437	17	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	4.88	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.161	7.26	0.31%	0.39	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
6	438	26	May 5(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	7-GF(10)	W(1-1)	8	4.0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.00	3.26	14	5	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.274	3.08	0.55%	0.75	7b --- 0 out d1	10b end a 3
7	439	28	May 8	STL		LAD	L,5-11	8-GF	L(1-2)	2	2.0	6	6	4	0	2	2	0	5.73	5.12	13	4	4	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.485	2.52	-0.95%	-5.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 6
8	440	32	May 12(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	12-GF(12)	S(2)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.90	2	1	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.306	13.35	0.70%	0.79	12b 1-- 0 out a1	12b end a 1
9	441	36	May 16	STL	@	MLN	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.50	4.48	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.16	0.01%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
10	442	39	May 19	STL		CIN	L,6-10	7-8		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.94	3.98	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.004	.11	0.01%	0.93	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
11	443	41	May 22	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	3-7		2	4.2	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.48	3.79	18	4	6	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.067	1.73	0.11%	0.52	3b --- 0 out d1	7b 123 2 out d2
12	444	43	May 24	STL		NYM	W,10-4	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.32	3.54	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.15	0.01%	0.84	9t 1-- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
13	445	46	May 26(2)	STL		NYM	L,2-3	7-9		1	2.1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.35	12	5	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.41	-0.121	4.31	-0.22%	-0.25	7t --- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out d1
14	446	48	May 29	STL		HOU	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(2-2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.24	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.131	5.60	0.23%	0.47	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
15	447	52	Jun 2	STL		SFG	L,4-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.12	3.71	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.22	-0.02%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
16	448	53	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	3.52	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
17	449	54	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	6-8	H(1)	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.47	6	2	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	-0.023	7.49	-0.05%	-0.15	6b 12- 2 out a1	8b 12- 0 out a2
18	450	57	Jun 9(1)	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	3.37	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.24	0.01%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	451	60	Jun 12	STL		PHI	L,2-6	1-6		2	5.1	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.14	19	8	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	1	2	0	0	.84	-0.045	3.79	-0.12%	-0.10	1t 12- 1 out d3	6t -2- 2 out d4
20	452	62	Jun 14	STL		PIT	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.28	3.07	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.030	1.78	0.08%	0.47	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
21	453	63	Jun 16(1)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.01	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.143	14.71	0.37%	0.57	8t --3 1 out tie	8t --3 2 out tie
22	454	67	Jun 19	STL		NYM	W,9-4	9-GF	S(5)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.00	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.013	1.31	0.04%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out a5	9t end a 5
23	455	69	Jun 22	STL		LAD	W,2-1	8-9	H(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	2.99	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	0.138	19.14	0.48%	0.55	8t -23 2 out a1	9t 1-- 1 out a1
24	456	70	Jun 23	STL		LAD	L,3-4	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.97	2.86	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.082	3.19	0.28%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
25	457	73	Jun 26	STL		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	W(3-2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	2.86	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	0.100	20.19	0.34%	0.31	9t -2- 2 out tie	9t end tie
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
26	458	77	Jul 1	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	7-8	BS(1)	4	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.29	2.87	8	2	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	-0.511	17.82	-1.59%	-1.22	7b 12- 2 out a1	8b 3 out d1
27	459	79	Jul 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.19	2.88	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.14	0.01%	0.77	7b 12- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
28	460	80	Jul 4	STL	@	LAD	L,7-10	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.25	2.82	7	3	2	1	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.046	.76	-0.16%	-1.43	6b 123 0 out d2	7b 3 out d6
29	461	81	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	L,5-6	9-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.20	2.72	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.18	0.325	29.75	0.94%	1.47	9b 123 1 out tie	9b 3 out tie
30	462	83	Jul 7(1)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	10-11		1	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	2.67	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.142	9.26	0.35%	0.55	10b --- 0 out tie	11b -2- 2 out tie
31	463	86	Jul 11(2)	STL		MLN	L,3-5	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.04	2.69	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.070	3.31	-0.15%	-0.51	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
32	464	90	Jul 14(2)	STL		CHC	L,3-7	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.92	2.56	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.040	1.14	0.07%	0.93	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
33	465	92	Jul 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	W(4-2)	1	3.1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.73	2.25	11	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0.440	4.94	0.60%	1.51	7b 1-- 2 out tie	10b end a 1
34	466	102	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	S(6)	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.67	2.18	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.149	8.19	0.35%	-0.21	8b --3 2 out a2	9b end a 1
35	467	104	Jul 28(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,11-16	6-6		0	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.96	2.15	5	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.48	-0.230	6.51	-0.61%	-2.79	6b 12- 0 out a5	6b 1-- 2 out a1
36	468	105	Jul 30	STL		CIN	W,7-5	8-GF	S(7)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.16	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.350	6.87	0.78%	1.62	8t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 2
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
37	469	107	Aug 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(8)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.16	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.076	10.33	0.17%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
38	470	108	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(9)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84	2.16	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.034	5.66	0.09%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
39	471	111	Aug 4(2)	STL		PHI	L,2-5	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.95	2.10	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.032	1.02	-0.09%	-0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
40	472	112	Aug 6	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	8-GF	S(10)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	2.11	6	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	0.311	11.69	0.65%	0.88	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
41	473	114	Aug 8	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	7-GF(8)	L(4-3)	1	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.93	2.30	6	4	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.050	5.36	-0.09%	0.54	7b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
42	474	122	Aug 17	STL		SFG	W,8-7	8-9		8	1.2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	3.14	2.54	9	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.34	-0.190	8.53	-0.42%	-0.76	8t -2- 0 out tie	9t -2- 2 out d2
43	475	123	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,8-7	6-6		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.14	2.59	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.37	-0.010	6.78	-0.02%	-0.17	6t -23 1 out tie	6t 123 1 out tie
44	476	124	Aug 20	STL	@	LAD	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.05	2.56	6	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.025	.87	0.08%	0.78	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
45	477	125	Aug 21	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	14-15		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	2.55	8	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.227	9.41	0.53%	0.78	14b --- 0 out tie	15b 3 out tie
46	478	129	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.87	2.44	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.026	.51	0.05%	0.80	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
47	479	130	Aug 26	STL	@	SFG	W,6-3	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	2.44	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.032	1.08	0.05%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
48	480	134	Aug 31	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	10-GF(11)	W(5-3)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.75	2.38	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.194	2.70	0.23%	0.84	10b --- 0 out tie	11b 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
49	481	138	Sep 3	STL		PIT	W,10-5	7-GF	W(6-3)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.64	2.36	9	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.142	1.87	0.25%	1.40	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 5
50	482	139	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,6-5	8-8	H(3)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.63	2.44	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	-0.234	7.37	-0.40%	-1.06	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 123 1 out a1
51	483	143	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	6-6		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	2.44	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.256	4.95	-0.53%	-1.45	6b -23 2 out tie	6b 3 out d2
52	484	144	Sep 8	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-9	H(4)	0	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	2.44	7	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.043	14.82	0.13%	0.23	8b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 1 out a1
53	485	153	Sep 16	STL		LAD	L,1-3	9-9	L(6-4)	7	0.1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.68	2.45	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.369	51.81	-5.08%	-1.41	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
54	486	155	Sep 18	STL		LAD	L,5-6	8-8	H(5)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.67	2.49	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.07	-0.028	36.55	-0.15%	-0.54	8t 12- 1 out a2	8t 12- 2 out a1
55	487	161	Sep 28	STL		CIN	L,1-3	7-8		9	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.61	2.42	6	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.34	7t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
							25-30		W-L:6-4,Sv:11,BSv:1,Hld:5	1.9	79.1	55	28	23	17	70	6	2	2.61	2.42	312	1.40		5%	0%	48		42	24%	3	1	0	286	11	3	5	4	3	7	1.30	1.062	5.51	-2.36%	5.77

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