Burt Shotton stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1923

Age 142

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Burt Shotton played 14 MLB seasons, 1909 to 1923.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,387
AB
4,945
R
746
H
1,338
HR
9
RBI
21
SB
293
AVG
.271
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.
1909BAL1761516003.262
1911BAL139572841460026.255
1912BAL154580871682035.290
1913BAL1475491051631043.297
1914BAL154579821560040.269
1915BAL156559931581043.283
1916BAL156614971741041.283
1917BAL11839847891016.224
1918MIN126505681320025.261
1919STL8527035771016.285
1920STL6218028411125.228
1921STL3848912170.250
1922STL343056020.200
1923STL1010000.000

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,742
TB
1,649
XBH
228
HBP
22
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.
1909BAL711811000
1911BAL630173191000
1912BAL681205259000
1913BAL655205321000
1914BAL655193282000
1915BAL685201302000
1916BAL728212300000
1917BAL469103111000
1918MIN576162231000
1919STL299103191000
1920STL2034962000
1921STL561831000
1922STL34710000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
15.1
RC
710.7
RC/27
5.10
ISOP
.063
SECA
.248
BB/K
1.88
AB/HR
549.4
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.
1909BAL0.27.34.0330.2000
1911BAL0.365.24.1.0470.2000
1912BAL3.798.66.4.0640.302900
1913BAL4.71037.1.0770.31.65490
1914BAL0.070.44.1.0640.21.000
1915BAL0.093.55.8.0770.31.95590
1916BAL4.694.25.4.0620.31.76140
1917BAL-0.843.93.7.0350.21.33980
1918MIN2.3695.0590.22.400
1919STL0.740.45.5.0960.20.92700
1920STL-0.517.23.3.0440.21.31800
1921STL0.16.44.6.1250.21.8480
1922STL-0.21.92.1.0330.10.700

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

Bio

Age
142 yearsOct 18, 1884
Debut
1909

What were Burt Shotton's career stats?

Burt Shotton played 14 seasons for the Orioles, the Twins and the Cardinals. He was a career .271 hitter with 1,338 hits, 9 home runs and 21 RBI. His best season was 1913: a .297 batting average, 1 home run and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 1909 to 1923

All-time career rank

  • 175th in stolen bases (293)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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