Art Shamsky stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 665
- AB
- 1,686
- R
- 194
- H
- 426
- HR
- 68
- RBI
- 233
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .253
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CIN | 64 | 96 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .260 |
| 1966 | CIN | 96 | 234 | 41 | 54 | 21 | 47 | 0 | .231 |
| 1967 | CIN | 76 | 147 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .197 |
| 1968 | NYM | 116 | 345 | 30 | 82 | 12 | 48 | 1 | .238 |
| 1969 | NYM | 100 | 303 | 42 | 91 | 14 | 47 | 1 | .300 |
| 1970 | NYM | 122 | 403 | 48 | 118 | 11 | 49 | 1 | .293 |
| 1971 | NYM | 68 | 135 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 1 | .185 |
| 1972 |  ATH/CHC | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .087 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 19
- R
- 3
- H
- 7
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .368
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,913
- TB
- 720
- XBH
- 143
- HBP
- 15
- IBB
- 29
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CIN | 106 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN | 271 | 122 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CIN | 164 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 381 | 140 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 349 | 148 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYM | 458 | 174 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYM | 157 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | ATH/CHC | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 5.5
- RC
- 252.5
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .174
- SECA
- .285
- BB/K
- 0.74
- AB/HR
- 24.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CIN | 0.0 | 14.2 | 5.4 | .167 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 48 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN | 1.1 | 40.5 | 5.9 | .291 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 1967 | CIN | -0.9 | 12.1 | 2.7 | .095 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 49 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYM | 1.7 | 43.5 | 4.3 | .168 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 28.8 | 0 |
| 1969 | NYM | 1.9 | 57.4 | 7 | .188 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 21.6 | 0 |
| 1970 | NYM | 2.0 | 68.6 | 6.4 | .139 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 36.6 | 0 |
| 1971 | NYM | -0.1 | 16.3 | 4 | .185 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 27 | 0 |
| 1972 | ATH/CHC | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Art Shamsky's career stats?
Art Shamsky played 8 seasons for the Reds and the Mets. He was a career .253 hitter with 426 hits, 68 home runs and 233 RBI. His best season was 1969: a .300 batting average, 14 home runs and 47 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1965 to 1972
Championships ×2
- 1969 World Series with the New York Mets
- 1972 World Series with the Athletics