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Tex Shirley
Alvis Newman Shirley

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 6, 1941
Final Game September 21, 1946
Born April 25, 1918 in Birthright, TX
Died November 7, 1993 in DeSoto, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 23 PHA AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   4  1    7.3    8    4    2   1    6    1   0   0    35       0  2.45  4.19  171 1.909
 1942 24 PHA AL   0   1  15   1   0   0   7  1   35.7   37   30   21   0   22   10   2   0   162       0  5.30  3.77   71 1.654
 1944 26 SLB AL   5   4  23  11   2   1   6  0   80.3   59   45   37   4   64   35   1   2   360       0  4.15  3.60   87 1.531
 1945 27 SLB AL   8  12  32  24  10   2   5  0  183.7  191   79   74   8   93   77   1   5   808       0  3.63  3.53   97 1.546
 1946 28 SLB AL   6  12  27  18   7   0   4  0  139.7  148   89   77   7  105   45   1   0   656       0  4.96  3.71   75 1.811
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .388  19  30 102  54  19   3  26  2  446.7  443  247  211  20  290  168   5   7  2021       0  4.25  3.63   85 1.641
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  44  23   8   1  11  0  194.7  193  107   91   8  126   73   2   3   880   0   0  4.25  3.63   85 1.641
 Career High      8  12  32  24  10   2   7  1  183.7  191   89   77   8  105   77   2   5   808   0   0  3.63  3.71   97 1.531

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 23 PHA AL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1942 24 PHA AL  15    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
 1944 26 SLB AL  30   28    7    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   9  .143  .143  .143  -20    4   0           0   1
 1945 27 SLB AL  43   70    7   20   1  0   0    8   1  0   0  11  .286  .296  .300   70   21   2           1   0
 1946 28 SLB AL  35   51    9   10   2  0   0    0   0  0   0  15  .196  .196  .235   18   12   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      128  159   23   34   3  0   0    9   1  0   0  38  .214  .219  .233   26   37   4   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        201   29   43   4  0   0   11   1  0   0  48  .214  .219  .233   26   47   5   0   0   1   1
 Career High     43   70    9   20   2  0   0    8   1  0   0  15                          21   2   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 23 PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .000  .349| .000  .402| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1942 24 PHA AL   10   10    0   0.0    94| .000  .264| .000  .339| .000  .370| .000  .709|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1944 26 SLB AL   28   25    1   1.1    96| .143  .275| .143  .343| .143  .375| .286  .718| -20  .082  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1945 27 SLB AL   73   52    6   3.1    92| .286  .267| .296  .340| .300  .363| .596  .703|  70  .400  -3.1  -0.3 100%
 1946 28 SLB AL   52   42    2   1.3   100| .196  .269| .196  .345| .235  .387| .431  .732|  18  .102  -5.9  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       164  130    9   1.9    96| .214  .269| .219  .342| .233  .374| .452  .716|  26  .197 -16.3  -1.7 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 23 PHA AL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.16 3.70 2.10 0 7.3 1942 24 PHA AL P 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.30 1.51 2.32 1 35.7 1944 26 SLB AL P 23 6 7 2 1 .867 .963 0.57 1.14 1.46 2.08 11 80.3 1945 27 SLB AL P 32 8 31 2 3 .951 .956 1.22 1.28 1.91 2.24 24 183.7 1946 28 SLB AL P 27 6 23 2 1 .935 .951 1.07 1.01 1.87 2.01 18 139.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 23 PHA AL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 1.16 3.70 2.10 0 7.3 1942 24 PHA AL P 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.30 1.51 2.32 1 35.7 1944 26 SLB AL P 23 6 7 2 1 .867 .963 0.57 1.14 1.46 2.08 11 80.3 1945 27 SLB AL P 32 8 31 2 3 .951 .956 1.22 1.28 1.91 2.24 24 183.7 1946 28 SLB AL P 27 6 23 2 1 .935 .951 1.07 1.01 1.87 2.01 18 139.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 102 21 69 6 5 .938 .955 0.88 1.17 1.81 2.14 54 446.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 102 21 69 6 5 .938 .955 0.88 1.17 1.81 2.14 54 447
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     2   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    SLB STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases On Balls Allow.
1945 AL-93-5
1946 AL-105-4

Losses
1945 AL-12-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1946 AL-77-9

Wild Pitches
1945 AL-5-6

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 17, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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