Charlie Shields
1941–1945 · bats L / throws L · Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, New York Cubans
31G
.269AVG
.279OBP
.448SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
6RBI
1SB
6–5W–L
115.2IP
67K
4.75ERA
14GS
1Rare feat
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 · Games | 31 | 29 |
| Batting · At bats | 67 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Hits | 18 | 11 |
| Batting · Home runs | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 70 | 33 |
| Batting · Runs | 10 | 5 |
| Batting · RBI | 6 | 4 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 551 | 314 |
| Pitching · p er | 61 | 10 |
| Pitching · p gs | 14 | 18 |
| Pitching · p h | 121 | 78 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 347 | 293 |
| Pitching · p k | 67 | 38 |
| Pitching · p r | 77 | 63 |
| Pitching · p w | 76 | 41 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 70 | 67 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .269 | .279 | .448 | .727 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115.7 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 77 | 61 | 1 | 76 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 4.75 | 1.703 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1943-06-13 to 1943-08-26
3longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1943-08-30 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | – |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 9 | 14 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .214 | 40 | 23 |
| 1943 | Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .500 | 44 | 15 |
| 1945 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |