Bobby Shantz
1949–1964 · bats R / throws L · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
578G
.195AVG
.265OBP
.245SLG
More career statistics
107H
1HR
46RBI
3SB
119–99W–L
1,935.2IP
1,072K
3.38ERA
171GS
48SV
2Rare 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 · At bats | 548 | 549 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 98 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 645 | 646 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,045 | 8,054 |
| Pitching · p er | 726 | 723 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,795 | 1,796 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,807 | 5,805 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,072 | 1,075 |
| Pitching · p r | 817 | 815 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | 645 | 548 | 60 | 107 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 47 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 134 | .195 | .265 | .245 | .510 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,935.7 | 537 | 171 | 78 | 119 | 99 | 48 | 1,795 | 817 | 726 | 151 | 643 | 1,072 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.260 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1949-06-05 to 1949-07-04
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1955-05-15 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 14 innings pitched | 1952-05-30 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1949-05-30 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 299 | 327 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 57 | .195 | .245 | .238 |
| Away | 279 | 319 | 53 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 41 | .195 | .232 | .250 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | .200 | .261 | .233 |
| May | 96 | 135 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 13 | .198 | .237 | .252 |
| June | 109 | 119 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 18 | .245 | .252 | .304 |
| July | 120 | 131 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | .193 | .267 | .239 |
| August | 116 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | .191 | .216 | .270 |
| September | 89 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 21 | .128 | .189 | .141 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 60 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .119 | .147 | .136 |
| detroit-tigers | 58 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | .192 | .222 | .247 |
| chicago-white-sox | 57 | 85 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | .154 | .165 | .205 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | .141 | .216 | .154 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 54 | 84 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | .254 | .286 | .296 |
| new-york-yankees | 39 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .239 | .269 | .343 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .100 | .000 |
| baltimore-orioles | 28 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .071 | .222 | .143 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 37 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .189 | 127 | 58 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .167 | 214 | 94 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 72 | 18 | – | 9 | 1 | .250 | 205 | 77 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 96 | 19 | – | 12 | – | .198 | 279 | 152 |
| 1953 | Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 38 | 9 | – | 4 | 1 | .237 | 105 | 58 |
| 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 8 | 3 |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 26 | 41 | 6 | – | – | – | .146 | 125 | 58 |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 51 | 22 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .091 | 100 | 67 |
| 1957 |  New York Yankees | 33 | 56 | 10 | – | 6 | – | .179 | 173 | 73 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 33 | 35 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .229 | 126 | 80 |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 40 | 24 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .208 | 94 | 66 |
| 1960 | New York Yankees | 43 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 67 | 55 |
| 1961 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 16 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .438 | 89 | 61 |
| 1962 | Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 21 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 78 | 61 |
| 1963 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 79 | 70 |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 50 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 60 | 42 |