Howie Shanks stats

Last played for the New York Yankees, 1925

Age 136

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Howie Shanks played 14 MLB seasons, 1912 to 1925.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,665
AB
5,699
R
604
H
1,440
HR
25
RBI
238
SB
185
AVG
.253
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.
1912MIN11639952921021.231
1913MIN10939038991024.254
1914MIN143500441124018.224
1915MIN141492521230012.250
1916MIN140471511191023.253
1917MIN12643045870015.202
1918MIN120436421121023.257
1919MIN135491331221013.248
1920MIN1284445611943711.268
1921MIN1545628117076911.302
1922MIN8427235771326.283
1923BOS131464381183576.254
1924BOS7219322500251.259
1925NYY6615515401181.258

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,414
TB
1,918
XBH
332
HBP
37
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.
1912MIN461123223000
1913MIN416123173000
1914MIN561166362000
1915MIN546158273000
1916MIN540151233000
1917MIN496112206000
1918MIN488142244000
1919MIN551147163000
1920MIN489161272000
1921MIN646251493000
1922MIN314108204000
1923BOS499156271000
1924BOS22372190000
1925NYY1844850000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
5.9
RC
648.1
RC/27
3.80
ISOP
.084
SECA
.178
BB/K
0.94
AB/HR
228.0
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.
1912MIN-0.546.13.8.0780.203990
1913MIN0.140.93.7.0620.20.43900
1914MIN-0.444.62.8.1080.20.61250
1915MIN0.647.23.2.0710.10.700
1916MIN1.452.73.7.0680.21.24710
1917MIN0.235.12.6.0580.20.900
1918MIN1.352.54.2.0690.21.54360
1919MIN-2.047.83.2.0510.10.54910
1920MIN0.253.74.2.0950.20.71110
1921MIN3.695.66.1.1440.21.580.30
1922MIN1.442.15.5.1140.212720
1923BOS0.0453.3.0820.10.5154.70
1924BOS0.026.34.7.1140.21.800
1925NYY0.019.24.2.0520.21.31550

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

Bio

Age
136 yearsJul 21, 1890
Debut
1912

What were Howie Shanks's career stats?

Howie Shanks played 14 seasons for the Twins, the Red Sox and the Yankees. He was a career .253 hitter with 1,440 hits, 25 home runs and 238 RBI. His best season was 1921: a .302 batting average, 7 home runs and 69 RBI.

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