Art Shires
1928–1932 · bats L / throws R · ALS, ASG, Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, KLK, Washington Senators (1901-60)
290G
.291AVG
.347OBP
.395SLG
More career statistics
287H
11HR
119RBI
8SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 986 | 987 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 17 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 62 | 63 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,089 | 1,090 |
| Batting · RBI | 119 | 118 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | 1,089 | 986 | 118 | 287 | 45 | 12 | 11 | 119 | 81 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 389 | .291 | .347 | .395 | .742 |
Streaks
20longest hitting streak · 1929-07-02 to 1929-07-20
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1929-07-21 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1928-08-20 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1929-06-17 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 148 | 537 | 136 | 2 | 50 | 43 | 28 | .282 | .333 | .362 |
| Away | 142 | 553 | 151 | 9 | 68 | 38 | 35 | .300 | .342 | .425 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | .261 | .333 | .304 |
| May | 48 | 179 | 42 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | .261 | .296 | .391 |
| June | 67 | 264 | 68 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | .282 | .326 | .382 |
| July | 75 | 282 | 75 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 15 | .296 | .344 | .399 |
| August | 40 | 148 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | .257 | .297 | .343 |
| September | 43 | 163 | 54 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | .370 | .429 | .486 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 151 | 43 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 7 | .331 | .384 | .431 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 33 | 122 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | .281 | .320 | .360 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 109 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | .337 | .376 | .439 |
| st-louis-browns | 29 | 99 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | .264 | .323 | .440 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 28 | 114 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .308 | .333 | .404 |
| new-york-yankees | 24 | 80 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .329 | .350 | .408 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 68 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | .368 | .441 | .509 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 17 | 74 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | .242 | .311 | .348 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Chicago White Sox | 33 | 123 | 42 | 1 | 10 | – | .341 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 100 | 354 | 110 | 3 | 41 | 4 | .311 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 75 | 212 | 64 | 2 | 37 | 3 | .302 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Boston Braves | 82 | 298 | 71 | 5 | 30 | 1 | .238 | – | – |