Billy Shantz stats

Last played for the Athletics, 1955

Age 99

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Billy Shantz played 2 MLB seasons, 1954 to 1955.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
131
AB
381
R
31
H
98
HR
2
RBI
29
SB
0
AVG
.257
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.
1954ATH5116413421170.256
1955ATH7921718561120.258

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
413
TB
125
XBH
19
HBP
0
IBB
1
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.
1954ATH18160130000
1955ATH2326560100

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.4
RC
40.8
RC/27
3.80
ISOP
.071
SECA
.144
BB/K
0.76
AB/HR
190.5
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.
1954ATH0.020.94.6.1100.20.71640
1955ATH-0.419.93.3.0410.10.82170

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

Bio

Age
99 yearsJul 31, 1927
Debut
1954

What were Billy Shantz's career stats?

ESPN's season-by-season log for Billy Shantz covers 2 seasons with the Athletics; its career totals count every season. He was a career .257 hitter with 98 hits, 2 home runs and 29 RBI. His best season was 1955: a .258 batting average, 1 home run and 12 RBI.

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