Billy Shantz
1954–1960 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
131G
.257AVG
.309OBP
.328SLG
More career statistics
98H
2HR
29RBI
0SB
Recorded totals from Retrosheet, including regular-season tiebreakers. These are sums of available game records, not a claim to a complete official MLB career. Historical Negro League coverage can include games outside MLB’s recognized 1920–1948 window. Sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 414 | 381 | 31 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125 | .257 | .309 | .328 | .637 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1955-05-15 to 1955-05-24
10longest on-base streak
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 51 | 164 | 42 | 1 | 17 | – | .256 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 79 | 217 | 56 | 1 | 12 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1960 |  New York Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |