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Bill Shores
William David Shores

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 11, 1928
Final Game September 20, 1936
Born May 26, 1904 in Abilene, TX
Died February 19, 1984 in Purcell, OK

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1928 24 PHA AL   1   1   3   2   1   0   0  0   14.0   13    7    5   0    7    5   0   1    61       0  3.21  4.00  124 1.429
 1929 25 PHA AL  11   6  39  13   5   1  19  7  152.7  150   71   61   9   59   49   3   1   653       0  3.60  4.24  118 1.369
 1930 26 PHA AL  12   4  31  19   7   1   7  0  159.0  169   86   74  11   70   48   3   1   700       0  4.19  4.69  112 1.503
 1931 27 PHA AL   0   3   6   2   0   0   3  0   16.0   26   18    9   3   10    2   0   1    83       0  5.06  4.51   89 2.250
 1933 29 NYG NL   2   1   8   3   1   0   3  0   36.7   41   18   16   4   14   20   0   2   159       0  3.93  3.20   82 1.500
 1936 32 CHW AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   7  0   17.0   26   18   18   1    8    5   0   0    84       0  9.53  5.19   54 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .634  26  15  96  39  14   2  39  7  395.3  425  218  183  28  168  129   6   6  1740       0  4.17  4.37  105 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   7  48  19   7   1  19  3  199.0  214  109   92  14   84   64   3   3   876   0   0  4.17  4.37  105 1.500
 Career High     12   6  39  19   7   1  19  7  159.0  169   86   74  11   70   49   3   2   700   0   0  3.60  4.69  118 1.369

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 24 PHA AL   3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1929 25 PHA AL  39   40    5    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   6  16  .125  .239  .125   -5    5   6           0    
 1930 26 PHA AL  31   57    6   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  20  .193  .220  .211    8   12   3           0    
 1931 27 PHA AL   6    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .333  .500  .333  118    1   0           0    
 1933 29 NYG NL   8   11    0    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .273  .333  .273   75    3   0           0   0
 1936 32 CHW AL   9    5    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200   -3    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       96  121   12   21   1  0   0    6   0  0  10  46  .174  .237  .182    8   22   9   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        204   20   35   2  0   0   10   0  0  17  78  .174  .237  .182    8   37  15   0   0   0   0
 Career High     39   57    6   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   6  20                          12   6   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 24 PHA AL    5    5    0   0.0   111| .000  .292| .000  .358| .000  .415| .000  .773|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1929 25 PHA AL   52   41    1   0.6   116| .125  .297| .239  .364| .125  .429| .364  .793|  -5  .024  -6.5  -0.6   0%
 1930 26 PHA AL   62   49    3   1.6   119| .193  .300| .220  .365| .211  .441| .431  .806|   8  .105  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1931 27 PHA AL    4    2    1  13.4   113| .333  .294| .500  .362| .333  .420| .833  .782| 118  .862   0.2   0.0   0%
 1933 29 NYG NL   12    8    1   3.3    91| .273  .273| .333  .326| .273  .374| .606  .699|  75  .412  -0.3   0.0     
 1936 32 CHW AL    5    4    0   0.0   125| .200  .304| .200  .380| .200  .446| .400  .826|  -3  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       140  109    6   1.5   115| .174  .296| .237  .361| .182  .430| .419  .791|   8  .096 -17.3  -1.6     

* 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 ------+
1928 24 PHA AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.37 1.29 2.44 2 14.0 1929 25 PHA AL P 39 7 28 3 2 .921 .959 0.90 1.29 2.06 2.34 13 152.7 1930 26 PHA AL P 31 8 35 3 1 .935 .945 1.39 1.18 2.43 2.20 19 159.0 1931 27 PHA AL P 6 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.83 1.18 2.81 2.19 2 16.0 1933 29 NYG NL P 8 2 13 0 0 1.000 .962 1.88 1.27 3.68 2.35 3 36.7 1936 32 CHW AL P 9 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.04 3.18 2.01 0 17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 24 PHA AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.37 1.29 2.44 2 14.0 1929 25 PHA AL P 39 7 28 3 2 .921 .959 0.90 1.29 2.06 2.34 13 152.7 1930 26 PHA AL P 31 8 35 3 1 .935 .945 1.39 1.18 2.43 2.20 19 159.0 1931 27 PHA AL P 6 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.83 1.18 2.81 2.19 2 16.0 1933 29 NYG NL P 8 2 13 0 0 1.000 .962 1.88 1.27 3.68 2.35 3 36.7 1936 32 CHW AL P 9 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.04 3.18 2.01 0 17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 96 20 86 7 3 .938 .953 1.10 1.23 2.41 2.27 39 395.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 96 20 86 7 3 .938 .953 1.10 1.23 2.42 2.27 39 395
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   1   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   1.1   3   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1930   WS    PHA STL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         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.

Won-Loss %
1929 AL-.647-5
1930 AL-.750-3

Saves
1929 AL-7-3

Shutouts
1930 AL-1-10

Games Finished
1929 AL-19-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 9, 1934: Purchased by the Kansas City (American Association) from the New York Giants.

July 27, 1936: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Kansas City (American Association).


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