Red Shannon
1915–1926 · bats B / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
311G
.259AVG
.334OBP
.336SLG
More career statistics
277H
0HR
91RBI
21SB
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 · At bats | 1,070 | 1,073 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 21 |
| Batting · Doubles | 38 | 39 |
| Batting · Hits | 277 | 278 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 178 | 182 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,220 | 1,226 |
| Batting · Runs | 124 | 125 |
| Batting · RBI | 91 | 92 |
| Batting · Walks | 109 | 110 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 | 1,220 | 1,070 | 124 | 277 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 91 | 109 | 178 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 359 | .259 | .334 | .336 | .670 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1919-07-30 to 1919-08-09
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1920-05-20 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1918-06-13 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1918-07-10 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 170 | 631 | 140 | 0 | 52 | 61 | 93 | .257 | .319 | .327 |
| Away | 141 | 595 | 138 | 0 | 40 | 49 | 89 | .261 | .314 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 124 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 21 | .238 | .315 | .286 |
| May | 78 | 319 | 79 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 39 | .285 | .339 | .357 |
| June | 65 | 256 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 45 | .276 | .359 | .387 |
| July | 50 | 194 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 34 | .277 | .330 | .382 |
| August | 53 | 208 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 28 | .221 | .245 | .284 |
| September | 29 | 111 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 13 | .204 | .261 | .245 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .357 | .308 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 189 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 28 | .269 | .370 | .381 |
| st-louis-browns | 45 | 175 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 28 | .238 | .326 | .320 |
| new-york-yankees | 43 | 169 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 23 | .283 | .331 | .366 |
| chicago-white-sox | 41 | 158 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 20 | .228 | .278 | .297 |
| cleveland-guardians | 32 | 131 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | .252 | .290 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 31 | 125 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 21 | .208 | .280 | .245 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 30 | 125 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 21 | .302 | .312 | .397 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 22 | 91 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 14 | .272 | .297 | .358 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  Boston Braves | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1917 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 35 | 10 | – | 3 | 2 | .286 | – | – |
| 1918 | Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 224 | 54 | – | 15 | 5 | .241 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 120 | 449 | 118 | – | 36 | 11 | .263 | – | – |
| 1920 | Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 87 | 310 | 79 | – | 34 | 3 | .255 | – | – |
| 1921 | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1926 |  Chicago Cubs | 19 | 51 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .333 | – | – |