Bobby Shantz stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- AL MVP
- 1952
- NL Gold Glove
- 5x
- AL Gold Glove
- 4x
Bio
- Debut
- 1949
- AL MVP
- 1952
- NL Gold Glove
- 5x
- AL Gold Glove
- 4x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 537
- W
- 119
- L
- 99
- ERA
- 3.38
- IP
- 1935.2
- K
- 1,072
- BB
- 643
- WHIP
- 1.26
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | ATH | 33 | 6 | 8 | 3.40 | 127.0 | 58 | 74 | 1.37 |
| 1950 | ATH | 36 | 8 | 14 | 4.61 | 214.2 | 93 | 85 | 1.57 |
| 1951 | ATH | 32 | 18 | 10 | 3.94 | 205.1 | 77 | 70 | 1.38 |
| 1952 | ATH | 33 | 24 | 7 | 2.48 | 279.2 | 152 | 63 | 1.05 |
| 1953 | ATH | 16 | 5 | 9 | 4.09 | 105.2 | 58 | 26 | 1.26 |
| 1954 | ATH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.88 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | 1.88 |
| 1955 | ATH | 23 | 5 | 10 | 4.54 | 125.0 | 58 | 66 | 1.52 |
| 1956 | ATH | 45 | 2 | 7 | 4.35 | 101.1 | 67 | 37 | 1.30 |
| 1957 | NYY | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2.45 | 173.0 | 72 | 40 | 1.14 |
| 1958 | NYY | 33 | 7 | 6 | 3.36 | 126.0 | 80 | 35 | 1.29 |
| 1959 | NYY | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2.38 | 94.2 | 66 | 33 | 1.02 |
| 1960 | NYY | 42 | 5 | 4 | 2.79 | 67.2 | 54 | 24 | 1.20 |
| 1961 | PIT | 43 | 6 | 3 | 3.32 | 89.1 | 61 | 26 | 1.31 |
| 1962 |  HOU/STL | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1.95 | 78.1 | 61 | 25 | 1.09 |
| 1963 | STL | 55 | 6 | 4 | 2.61 | 79.1 | 70 | 17 | 0.91 |
| 1964 |  STL/CHC/PHI | 50 | 2 | 5 | 3.12 | 60.2 | 42 | 19 | 1.17 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 4.50
- IP
- 12.0
- K
- 8
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 1.25
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 78
- SHO
- 15
- K/9
- 5.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | ATH | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | ATH | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATH | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATH | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | ATH | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | ATH | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | NYY | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU/STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL/CHC/PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bobby Shantz's career stats?
Bobby Shantz played 16 seasons for the Athletics, the Yankees, the Pirates and the Cardinals. He had 119 wins and 1,072 strikeouts with a 3.38 ERA over 1,935.2 innings. His best season was 1952: 24 wins, a 2.48 ERA and 152 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1949 to 1964
Championships ×2
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
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