Zack Short stats
Shortstop · #40
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2021
- Draft
- 2016Rd 17, Pk 524
- College
- Sacred Heart
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2021
- Draft
- 2016Rd 17, Pk 524
- College
- Sacred Heart
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- PA
- 656
- TB
- 159
- XBH
- 35
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 7
- P/PA
- 4.26
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | 184 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | DET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | DET | 253 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2024 |  NYM/BOS/ATL | 88 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | HOU | 56 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 2026 |  DET/NYM | 62 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 656
- TB
- 159
- XBH
- 35
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 7
- P/PA
- 4.26
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | 184 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | DET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | DET | 253 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | NYM/BOS/ATL | 88 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | HOU | 56 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 2026 | DET/NYM | 62 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.5
- RC
- 46.0
- RC/27
- 2.50
- ISOP
- .117
- SECA
- .272
- BB/K
- 0.41
- AB/HR
- 37.1
- GO/FO
- 0.50
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DET | -0.4 | 10.2 | 1.9 | .141 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 26 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | DET | -0.1 | 0 | -0.1 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | DET | 0.5 | 23.5 | 3.5 | .136 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 31.6 | 0.6 |
| 2024 | NYM/BOS/ATL | -0.1 | 4.2 | 1.7 | .043 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | HOU | 0.0 | 5.4 | 3.6 | .160 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.7 |
| 2026 | DET/NYM | -0.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | .040 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Latest performance
Zack Short
Jul 12 · vs BOS · L 3-2 F/10
- H
- 0
- R
- 0
- 2B
- 0
- 3B
- 0
- AB
- 3
- BB
- 0
- CS
- 0
- HR
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jul 12 | vs BOSL 3-2 F/10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jul 11 | vsBOSL 4-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Jul 10 | vsBOSL 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jun 20 | at PHIL 15-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Jun 18 | atPHIW 6-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Jun 17 | at CINW 9-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Zack Short's career stats?
Zack Short played 6 seasons for the Tigers and the Astros. He was a career .169 hitter with 94 hits, 15 home runs and 69 RBI. His best season was 2025: a .220 batting average, 2 home runs and 7 RBI.
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Zack Short against each club
- vs Minnesota Twins (15)
- vs Chicago White Sox (13)
- vs Kansas City Royals (13)
- vs Athletics (12)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (11)
- vs Texas Rangers (10)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
- vs Boston Red Sox (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Seattle Mariners (8)
- vs Chicago Cubs (7)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (7)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (7)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (6)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (6)
- vs San Diego Padres (6)
- vs San Francisco Giants (6)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (5)
- vs New York Mets (5)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (5)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (5)
- vs Colorado Rockies (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (4)
- vs Atlanta Braves (3)
- vs Detroit Tigers (3)
- vs Miami Marlins (3)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (3)
- vs Houston Astros (2)
- vs New York Yankees (2)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (1)
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