Jim Shellenback
1966–1977 · bats L / throws L · Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Washington Senators (1961-71)
161G
.135AVG
.159OBP
.154SLG
More career statistics
14H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
16–30W–L
454.0IP
222K
3.81ERA
48GS
2SV
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 | 161 | 166 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,960 | 1,959 |
| Pitching · p h | 443 | 444 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 113 | 104 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .135 | .159 | .154 | .313 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454.0 | 165 | 48 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 443 | 228 | 192 | 40 | 200 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 1.416 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1969-05-21 to 1969-05-25
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1971-09-02 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1967-09-25 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1969-07-26 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 23 | 11 |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 38 | 28 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .179 | 101 | 57 |
| 1970 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 40 | 30 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .067 | 117 | 57 |
| 1971 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 40 | 30 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 120 | 47 |
| 1972 |  Texas Rangers | 22 | 10 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .100 | 57 | 30 |
| 1973 | Texas Rangers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 1974 | Texas Rangers | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 14 |
| 1977 |  Minnesota Twins | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 |