Spike Shannon
1904–1908 · bats B / throws R · New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
697G
.259AVG
.337OBP
.293SLG
More career statistics
677H
3HR
183RBI
145SB
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 | 697 | 694 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,613 | 2,617 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,015 | 3,022 |
| Batting · Runs | 383 | 385 |
| Batting · RBI | 183 | 150 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 145 | 143 |
| Batting · Walks | 286 | 288 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 697 | 3,015 | 2,613 | 383 | 677 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 183 | 286 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 765 | .259 | .337 | .293 | .630 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1904-07-13 to 1904-07-26
46longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1905-08-18 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1905-07-24 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1904-05-06 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 356 | 1512 | 336 | 3 | 81 | 151 | 87 | .259 | .322 | .293 |
| Away | 338 | 1510 | 341 | 0 | 69 | 137 | 143 | .259 | .317 | .291 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 62 | 285 | 58 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 21 | .252 | .344 | .261 |
| May | 125 | 563 | 145 | 1 | 25 | 54 | 39 | .302 | .353 | .360 |
| June | 125 | 542 | 112 | 1 | 29 | 45 | 44 | .232 | .290 | .268 |
| July | 131 | 555 | 122 | 1 | 29 | 47 | 43 | .251 | .305 | .290 |
| August | 121 | 516 | 120 | 0 | 25 | 49 | 44 | .266 | .328 | .286 |
| September | 117 | 513 | 109 | 0 | 27 | 49 | 36 | .244 | .308 | .269 |
| October | 13 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .262 | .312 | .310 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 107 | 465 | 97 | 0 | 32 | 51 | 27 | .247 | .318 | .288 |
| chicago-cubs | 105 | 459 | 105 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 50 | .271 | .342 | .299 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 100 | 435 | 100 | 0 | 24 | 39 | 32 | .262 | .320 | .301 |
| boston-braves | 98 | 433 | 93 | 2 | 26 | 40 | 21 | .245 | .307 | .279 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 95 | 414 | 104 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 30 | .282 | .326 | .322 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 93 | 407 | 99 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 21 | .280 | .332 | .314 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 53 | 226 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | .228 | .279 | .249 |
| new-york-giants | 43 | 183 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 26 | .221 | .301 | .234 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 134 | 500 | 140 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .280 | – | – |
| 1905 | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 544 | 146 | – | 29 | 27 | .268 | – | – |
| 1906 | New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 590 | 151 | – | 35 | 33 | .256 | – | – |
| 1907 |  New York Giants | 155 | 588 | 155 | 1 | 31 | 32 | .264 | – | – |
| 1908 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates | 109 | 395 | 85 | 1 | 40 | 17 | .215 | – | – |