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Howie
Shanks		  
Nickname: Hawk
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 21, 1890 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1914    1915   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 21 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 8 9
1913 22 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 9 9
1914 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 6 5 5 9 9 9
1915 24 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1916 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 9 9 9
1917 26 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1918 27 CHA AL $ 571,429   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 10 9 9
1919 28 CHA AL $ 1,621,429   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1920 29 CHA AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9
1921 30 PHA AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9
1922 31 PHA AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 10 9 9
1923 32 CHA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 9
1924 33 CHA AL $ 3,090,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
1925 34 CHA AL $ 3,090,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1926 35 BOS AL $ 420,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 7 6 7 4 3 4 8 8 8
1927 36 BOS AL $ 589,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 8
1928 37 BOS AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 8 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 21 AAA   123 458 84 126 18 12 9 47 25 11 100 82 .275 .405 .426 .831 85.0  
1913 22 AAA   129 470 62 126 20 6 4 47 24 9 84 47 .268 .379 .362 .741 71.4  
1914 23 DET AL 41 112 5 20 5 1 0 11 7 3 9 10 .179 .236 .241 .477 6.8 0.0
  SLN NL 10 26 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 .231 .286 .308 .593 2.0 0.1
  TOT   51 138 5 26 7 1 0 11 9 4 11 14 .188 .245 .254 .499 8.8 0.1
1915 24 SLN NL 51 151 20 47 3 3 0 17 11 8 9 13 .311 .348 .371 .719 18.9 4.1
1916 25 SLN NL 21 42 6 13 1 0 0 4 3 2 7 4 .310 .408 .333 .741 5.6 0.9
  CHA AL 39 134 13 37 4 1 0 16 11 8 18 10 .276 .357 .321 .678 15.2 2.6
  TOT   60 176 19 50 5 1 0 20 14 10 25 14 .284 .369 .324 .693 20.8 3.6
1917 26 CHA AL 57 171 31 49 6 5 0 26 11 6 19 8 .287 .352 .380 .732 22.6 5.2
1918 27 CHA AL 140 525 61 146 23 4 1 62 33 15 40 29 .278 .331 .343 .674 56.8 11.0
1919 28 CHA AL 132 487 78 147 20 9 1 53 29 16 44 31 .302 .361 .386 .747 63.3 14.3
1920 29 CHA AL 139 556 95 190 18 14 2 93 29 23 53 23 .342 .399 .435 .834 83.3 19.2
1921 30 CHA AL 48 193 24 56 6 4 0 34 10 5 9 5 .290 .320 .363 .683 22.3 2.9
  PHA AL 73 281 48 101 14 6 3 43 15 7 21 14 .359 .401 .484 .885 50.1 11.3
  TOT   121 474 72 157 20 10 3 77 25 12 30 19 .331 .368 .435 .803 72.4 14.2
1922 31 PHA AL 137 513 73 155 30 10 1 57 28 25 41 20 .302 .353 .405 .759 62.0 12.1
1923 32 PHA AL 56 171 22 45 4 1 0 14 5 5 10 5 .263 .306 .298 .604 13.3 1.1
  CHA AL 35 84 9 26 8 2 0 7 3 3 6 2 .310 .363 .452 .815 11.5 2.5
  TOT   91 255 31 71 12 3 0 21 8 8 16 7 .278 .325 .349 .674 24.8 3.5
1924 33 CHA AL 56 126 22 49 4 5 0 19 6 5 17 9 .389 .462 .500 .962 24.9 6.0
1925 34 CHA AL 50 71 11 23 7 3 1 21 0 5 5 3 .324 .368 .549 .918 9.7 1.4
1926 35 BOS AL 43 53 8 16 1 0 0 9 1 1 2 6 .302 .327 .321 .648 4.6 0.4
1927 36 BOS AL 24 12 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 1.4 0.0
1928 37 BOS AL 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
15 Years Sim 1158 3709 531 1129 156 68 9 488 204 140 314 198 .304 .358 .390 .749 473.9 95.1
2 Years AAA 252 928 146 252 38 18 13 94 49 20 184 129 .272 .394 .393 .787 156.4  
162 Game Average 518 74 157 21 9 1 68 28 19 43 27 .304 .358 .390 .749 66.3  
Career Highs 140 556 95 190 30 14 3 93 33 25 53 31 .389 .462 .549 .962 83.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2194 322 652 90 40 6 286 119 81 164 135 .297 .345 .383 .728 276.3
vs LH   1515 206 477 66 28 3 202 85 59 150 63 .315 .376 .401 .778 218.7
Home 560 1790 247 542 71 38 5 230 104 70 151 100 .303 .356 .393 .750 239.7
Away 596 1919 283 587 85 30 4 258 100 69 163 98 .306 .360 .388 .747 255.6
RISP   1038 0 326 49 27 0 447 0 0 135 52 .314 .385 .413 .798 165.9
Pinch Hitting   82 15 27 2 3 1 21 3 3 11 4 .329 .404 .463 .868 14.5
Close/Late   447 68 136 14 8 2 58 0 1 47 29 .304 .368 .385 .753 63.1
Mar/Apr 123 382 59 110 20 6 1 55 16 13 44 21 .288 .362 .380 .742 51.1
May 207 659 96 210 24 13 2 94 35 29 51 22 .319 .366 .404 .770 90.4
June 191 620 82 181 21 9 1 78 38 28 42 39 .292 .338 .360 .697 70.9
July 209 681 104 209 27 23 3 81 43 21 62 36 .307 .364 .427 .791 102.5
August 227 726 89 205 31 7 1 90 38 24 61 42 .282 .337 .348 .686 83.9
Sep/Oct 185 641 98 214 33 10 1 90 34 23 54 38 .334 .385 .421 .806 96.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1914 23 DET AL LF 22 20 187.0 40 3 3 1 .935 2.07   0.5
    CF 5 4 35.8 9 0 2 0 .818 2.26   0.0
    SS 2 2 24.4 3 8 1 0 .917 4.06   0.1
    3B 4 2 17.1 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.1
    2B 4 1 10.6 2 5 0 2 1.000 5.94   0.1
  SLN NL LF 5 5 43.0 9 1 1 0 .909 2.09   0.2
    CF 1 1 8.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.0
    SS 1 1 5.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.82   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.4 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  TOT   LF 27 25 230.0 49 4 4 1 .930 2.07   0.8
      CF 6 5 44.0 11 0 2 0 .846 2.25   0.0
      SS 3 3 30.0 4 10 1 0 .933 4.20   0.1
      3B 5 2 21.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.1
      2B 5 1 13.0 3 6 0 2 1.000 6.23   0.1
1915 24 SLN NL 2B 20 17 158.7 44 63 3 13 .973 6.07   0.8
    CF 10 10 92.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.4
    LF 7 7 63.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.14    
    SS 1 0 11.3 1 3 1 1 .800 3.18   0.0
1916 25 SLN NL LF 12 12 72.9 11 0 1 0 .917 1.36   0.2
    CF 3 2 14.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.04   0.0
    2B 1 1 6.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.14   0.0
    SS 1 1 6.1 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.43   0.0
  CHA AL LF 22 21 229.1 35 1 4 0 .900 1.41   0.5
    CF 5 5 46.5 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
    2B 3 1 19.7 6 10 0 3 1.000 7.31   0.0
    SS 2 2 19.2 3 8 1 2 .917 5.16   0.1
  TOT   LF 34 33 302.0 46 1 5 0 .904 1.40   0.7
      CF 8 7 61.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.08   0.0
      2B 4 2 26.0 8 13 0 4 1.000 7.27   0.1
      SS 3 3 25.3 4 10 1 2 .933 4.98   0.1
1917 26 CHA AL LF 46 41 395.0 74 1 0 0 1.000 1.71   1.3
    CF 3 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    SS 1 0 2.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 10.15   0.0
1918 27 CHA AL LF 140 140 1265.0 239 5 9 2 .964 1.74   2.7
1919 28 CHA AL 3B 130 129 1165.3 67 275 23 18 .937 2.64   2.7
1920 29 CHA AL 3B 137 137 1230.7 70 293 21 22 .945 2.65   3.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1921 30 CHA AL LF 30 30 260.7 52 0 2 0 .963 1.80   0.5
    3B 12 11 97.6 5 19 3 2 .889 2.21   0.3
    SS 7 6 53.0 15 31 2 7 .958 7.81   0.6
    RF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHA AL LF 46 45 388.6 78 1 3 1 .963 1.83   0.9
    3B 17 16 145.4 7 29 5 4 .878 2.23   0.4
    SS 11 9 79.0 22 47 3 11 .958 7.86   0.5
    RF 1 0 2.8 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.21   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 76 75 649.3 130 1 5 1 .963 1.82   1.4
      3B 29 27 243.0 12 48 8 6 .882 2.22   0.7
      SS 18 15 132.0 37 78 5 18 .958 7.84   1.1
      RF 2 0 4.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.0
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1922 31 PHA AL LF 92 92 787.7 158 4 8 0 .953 1.85   1.5
    SS 26 19 185.3 36 95 5 19 .963 6.36   0.9
    2B 13 4 66.0 25 33 2 7 .967 7.91   0.3
    3B 12 4 53.0 1 18 0 0 1.000 3.23   0.2
    CF 4 3 27.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.25    
1923 32 PHA AL 2B 18 14 134.7 44 62 4 13 .964 7.08   0.5
    3B 15 12 122.0 8 30 3 1 .927 2.80   0.3
    LF 11 8 73.3 14 1 1 0 .938 1.84   0.2
    CF 4 2 20.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
    SS 4 1 13.3 3 7 1 1 .909 6.77   0.1
  CHA AL 2B 11 9 67.3 22 31 2 6 .964 7.09   0.2
    3B 10 8 61.0 4 15 2 0 .905 2.80   0.3
    LF 7 5 36.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.1
    CF 2 1 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.50   0.0
    SS 3 0 6.7 1 4 1 1 .833 6.72   0.0
  TOT   2B 29 23 202.0 66 93 6 19 .964 7.08   0.7
      3B 25 20 183.0 12 45 5 1 .919 2.80   0.6
      LF 18 13 110.0 21 1 1 0 .957 1.80   0.3
      CF 6 3 31.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.77   0.0
      SS 7 1 20.0 4 11 2 2 .882 6.75   0.1
1924 33 CHA AL 1B 28 28 242.3 314 29 10 32 .972 12.74   0.5
    2B 7 3 28.7 7 13 0 2 1.000 6.28   0.1
    3B 11 1 21.3 3 6 2 2 .818 3.80   0.1
    CF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 34 CHA AL 3B 22 5 65.3 5 17 1 0 .957 3.03   0.3
    SS 8 7 62.0 12 23 3 2 .921 5.08   0.3
    CF 7 3 31.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1926 35 BOS AL 3B 15 9 91.0 5 29 7 3 .829 3.36   0.3
    SS 10 0 24.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.1
    2B 11 0 15.0 2 11 0 2 1.000 7.80   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1927 36 BOS AL 3B 3 3 24.0 0 4 1 0 .800 1.50   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1928 37 BOS AL LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 450 426 3817.0 726 17 35 4 .955 1.75   8.7
  3B 389 337 3097.7 176 740 68 52 .931 2.66   8.0
  2B 95 50 518.3 156 235 11 49 .973 6.79   2.3
  SS 77 48 492.6 100 237 18 45 .949 6.16   2.8
  CF 48 31 301.3 77 0 2 0 .975 2.30   0.4
  1B 28 28 242.3 314 29 10 32 .972 12.74   0.5
  RF 2 0 4.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.0
Career Totals   1089 920 8473.9 1549 1259 144 183 .951 2.98   22.7
Career Highs   147 140 1265.0 324 293 23 36 1.000 11.36    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1915 24 SLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1923 32 CHA AL 4 16 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .313 .353 .438 .790
1924 33 CHA AL 3 10 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .300 .417 .600 1.017
Career Post-Season Batting 8 27 2 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 3 .296 .367 .481 .848
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1920-3-.342
1921-8-.331
CAR-44-.304
 On-Base Pct
1920-1-.399
 Slugging Pct
1920-6-.435
 OPS
1920-3-.834
 XR
1920-5-83.3
 Games
1919-6-132
At-Bats
1920-10-556
 Runs
1919-7-78
1920-3-95
 Hits
1920-2-190
 Total Bases
1920-5-242
 Singles
1920-1-156
 Triples
1919-3-9
1920-8-14
RBIs
1920-2-93
 Caught Stealing
1920-7-23
1922-2-25
 Walks
1919-9-44
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Harry Wolverton (952)
  2. Jack Burnett (924)
  3. Jud Wilson (921)
  4. Ira Flagstead (921)
  5. Ray Powell (917)
  6. Tommy Griffith (916)
  7. Jimmy Collins (914)
  8. Willie Keeler (913)
  9. Clyde Barnhart (913)
  10. Cliff Heathcote (911)
History
Injured on 4/23/1912 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/20/1914, off Ralph Caldwell (WAS)
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (N) on 7/31/1914 (Going to SLN: LF Howie Shanks. Going to DET: RF Frank Gilhooley)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1914
3/15/1915: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis (N)
Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1915
Traded from St. Louis (N) to Chicago (A) on 7/31/1916 (Going to CHA: LF Howie Shanks, P Ray Keating, C Verne Clemons, CF Hub Northen. Going to SLN: RF Al Bridwell)
Injured on 9/17/1916 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1918, off Frank Lange (SLA)
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
6/16/1919: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1920, hitting .404 with 1 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/25/1921, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 6/16/1921 (Going to PHA: LF Howie Shanks. Going to CHA: P Bill Doak)
6/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $3,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Chicago (A) on 7/1/1923 (Going to CHA: CF Howie Shanks. Going to PHA: P Howard Ehmke)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/19/1926 to a 1-year deal worth $420,000 per year
9/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $589,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Boston (A) on 5/16/1928
 
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