Bob Shaw
1957–1967 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants
433G
.133AVG
.191OBP
.141SLG
More career statistics
69H
0HR
18RBI
2SB
108–98W–L
1,778.0IP
880K
3.52ERA
223GS
32SV
4Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 599 | 598 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,587 | 7,589 |
| Pitching · p k | 880 | 878 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | 599 | 519 | 21 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 73 | .133 | .191 | .141 | .332 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,778.0 | 430 | 223 | 55 | 108 | 98 | 32 | 1,837 | 791 | 696 | 150 | 511 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 1.321 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1966-07-26 to 1966-08-14
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Three Balks | 1963-05-04 | 1 in 4,657 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1962-07-07 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1963-04-23 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 216 | 273 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 57 | .142 | .183 | .147 |
| Away | 217 | 325 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 85 | .125 | .172 | .136 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | .196 | .273 | .196 |
| May | 79 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | .103 | .147 | .103 |
| June | 73 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 32 | .099 | .139 | .108 |
| July | 87 | 122 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 29 | .165 | .205 | .165 |
| August | 82 | 116 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 29 | .149 | .216 | .149 |
| September | 62 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | .111 | .111 | .153 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 36 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .150 | .234 | .150 |
| houston-astros | 30 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .162 | .159 | .216 |
| chicago-cubs | 28 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .152 | .200 | .152 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 27 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .139 | .205 | .139 |
| cincinnati-reds | 26 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .138 | .206 | .138 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 26 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .100 | .088 | .100 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 26 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .071 | .069 | .071 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 25 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .179 | .229 | .179 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 4 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 41 | 22 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .136 | 90 | 34 |
| 1959 |  Chicago White Sox | 47 | 73 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .123 | 230 | 89 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 36 | 58 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 192 | 46 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 42 | 73 | 11 | – | – | – | .151 | 221 | 90 |
| 1962 |  Milwaukee Braves | 38 | 73 | 10 | – | 2 | 1 | .137 | 225 | 124 |
| 1963 | Milwaukee Braves | 48 | 41 | 5 | – | 3 | 1 | .122 | 159 | 105 |
| 1964 |  San Francisco Giants | 61 | 13 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 93 | 57 |
| 1965 | San Francisco Giants | 42 | 79 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .101 | 235 | 148 |
| 1966 | New York Mets, San Francisco Giants | 39 | 56 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .232 | 199 | 125 |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs, New York Mets | 32 | 29 | 2 | – | – | – | .069 | 121 | 56 |