Tex Shirley
1941–1946 · bats B / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
128G
.214AVG
.219OBP
.233SLG
More career statistics
34H
0HR
9RBI
1SB
19–30W–L
446.2IP
168K
4.25ERA
54GS
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 · Strikeouts | 38 | 39 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,021 | 2,020 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 164 | 159 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | .214 | .219 | .233 | .452 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 446.7 | 102 | 54 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 2 | 443 | 247 | 211 | 20 | 290 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 4.25 | 1.641 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1945-07-16 to 1945-08-08
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1945-06-03 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1946-09-12 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1945-05-30 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 1 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 35 | 10 |
| 1944 |  St. Louis Browns | 30 | 28 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 80 | 35 |
| 1945 | St. Louis Browns | 43 | 70 | 20 | – | 8 | 1 | .286 | 183 | 77 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Browns | 35 | 51 | 10 | – | – | – | .196 | 139 | 45 |