Jack Shepard
1953–1956 · bats R / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates
278G
.260AVG
.331OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
195H
12HR
75RBI
2SB
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 · Strikeouts | 97 | 96 |
| Batting · RBI | 75 | 76 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | 860 | 751 | 72 | 195 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 75 | 84 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 272 | .260 | .331 | .362 | .693 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1956-09-09 to 1956-09-25
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | 1954-08-27 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1956-04-29 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1954-08-10 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 143 | 440 | 90 | 3 | 37 | 48 | 44 | .237 | .314 | .306 |
| Away | 135 | 420 | 105 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 52 | .282 | .336 | .419 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 73 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | .359 | .438 | .500 |
| May | 59 | 203 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 19 | .240 | .300 | .296 |
| June | 30 | 63 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .333 | .450 |
| July | 65 | 198 | 37 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 30 | .213 | .293 | .293 |
| August | 59 | 184 | 38 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 22 | .245 | .304 | .355 |
| September | 43 | 139 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 10 | .303 | .367 | .454 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-braves | 47 | 142 | 31 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 15 | .248 | .324 | .368 |
| new-york-giants | 43 | 143 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | .191 | .308 | .287 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 39 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | .303 | .345 | .364 |
| chicago-cubs | 39 | 129 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 14 | .282 | .310 | .410 |
| cincinnati-reds | 38 | 122 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | .238 | .303 | .362 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 37 | 113 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 | .350 | .398 | .470 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 35 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | .211 | .287 | .267 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1954 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 227 | 69 | 3 | 23 | – | .304 | – | – |
| 1955 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 94 | 264 | 63 | 2 | 23 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 100 | 256 | 62 | 7 | 30 | 1 | .242 | – | – |