Art Shires stats

Last played for the Atlanta Braves, 1932

Age 119

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Art Shires played 4 MLB seasons, 1928 to 1932.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
290
AB
986
R
118
H
287
HR
11
RBI
119
SB
8
AVG
.291
Standard by season
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.
1928CHW3312320421110.341
1929CHW100353411103414.312
1930CHW/MIN7521225642373.302
1932ATL8229832715301.238

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
1,089
TB
389
XBH
68
HBP
3
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1928CHW1375381000
1929CHW392153301000
1930CHW/MIN23282130000
1932ATL328101171000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
1.4
RC
139.8
RC/27
5.20
ISOP
.103
SECA
.183
BB/K
1.31
AB/HR
89.6
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1928CHW0.821.46.9.0890.21.31230
1929CHW1.357.86.1.1220.21.6117.70
1930CHW/MIN-0.128.34.8.0850.111060
1932ATL-0.632.43.8.1010.21.259.60

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
119 yearsAug 13, 1907
Debut
1928

What were Art Shires's career stats?

Art Shires played 4 seasons for the White Sox and the Braves. He was a career .291 hitter with 287 hits, 11 home runs and 119 RBI. His best season was 1928: a .341 batting average, 1 home run and 11 RBI.

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