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Bob
Shawkey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 178
 
Born: December 4, 1890 in Usa, PA, SIGEL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923   
Rookie of the Year Award 1913   
Gold Glove Award 1914   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1913 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 9 10 9 10 10 10
1914 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 10 10 10
1915 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 10 10 10
1916 25 CIN NL $ 3,664,286 8 6 6 6 8 9 8 10 10 10
1917 26 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1918 27 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1919 28 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 10 10 10
1920 29 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 10 10 10
1921 30 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1922 31 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1923 32 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 10 10 10
1924 33 CIN NL $ 6,400,000 7 5 5 5 5 7 6 10 10 10
1925 34 BSN NL $ 15,111,220 7 4 4 4 5 7 6 10 10 10
1926 35 BSN NL $ 15,111,220 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9
1927 36 BSN NL $ 15,111,220 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,111,220 9 6 6 6 9 10 9 10 10 10
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
1913 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1914 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1915 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1916 25 CIN NL $ 3,664,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1917 26 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1918 27 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1919 28 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1920 29 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1921 30 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1922 31 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1923 32 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1924 33 CIN NL $ 6,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 34 BSN NL $ 15,111,220   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1926 35 BSN NL $ 15,111,220   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1927 36 BSN NL $ 15,111,220   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,111,220   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1913 22 CIN NL 20 13 .606 40 40 27 4 0 342.0 337 121 3 112 151 3.18 .255 .315 .314 .629 23.4
1914 23 CIN NL 18 19 .486 41 41 31 0 0 350.3 378 147 3 132 166 3.78 .275 .339 .344 .683 17.4
1915 24 CIN NL 22 13 .629 39 39 32 4 0 338.3 295 93 5 104 118 2.47 .236 .297 .296 .593 28.9
1916 25 CIN NL 14 19 .424 37 36 27 1 0 301.3 318 121 2 105 138 3.61 .272 .332 .326 .658 19.9
1917 26 CIN NL 9 13 .409 25 25 14 0 0 202.0 226 92 1 76 103 4.10 .284 .344 .350 .694 8.7
1918 27 CIN NL 21 8 .724 34 34 25 5 0 296.0 263 85 2 102 147 2.58 .236 .300 .282 .582 24.4
1919 28 CIN NL 19 13 .594 36 36 25 1 0 308.3 324 107 2 90 139 3.12 .271 .325 .340 .665 19.2
1920 29 CIN NL 15 8 .652 26 26 19 4 0 226.7 216 60 2 83 100 2.38 .254 .321 .326 .647 23.2
1921 30 CIN NL 23 12 .657 40 40 24 1 0 320.7 343 140 5 129 149 3.93 .274 .343 .367 .710 26.0
1922 31 CIN NL 8 15 .348 28 27 16 2 0 202.7 230 108 1 92 92 4.80 .285 .359 .372 .731 7.3
1923 32 CIN NL 23 11 .676 38 38 25 4 0 317.7 315 122 4 126 116 3.46 .255 .327 .337 .664 27.7
1924 33 CIN NL 18 15 .545 38 38 23 1 0 300.3 327 124 1 115 79 3.72 .279 .343 .353 .697 18.6
1925 34 BSN NL 9 20 .310 32 32 14 2 0 245.3 255 110 8 96 72 4.04 .267 .334 .362 .696 13.6
1926 35 BSN NL 2 6 .250 17 9 1 0 0 71.3 94 50 2 31 7 6.31 .316 .378 .441 .819 0.0
1927 36 BSN NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0.7 4 3 0 2 0 40.91 .667 .750 1.167 1.917 0.0
15 Years Sim 221 185 .544 474 461 303 29 0 3823.6 3925 1483 41 1395 1577 3.49 .265 .330 .337 .667 258.2
Season Average 14 12 .538 31 30 20 1 0 254.9 261 98 2 93 105 3.49 .265 .330 .337 .667  
Career Highs 23 20 .724 41 41 32 5 0 350.3 378 147 8 132 166 40.91 .667 .750 1.167 1.917  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1619 605 14 462 855   .245 .294 .307 .601
vs LH   2306 878 27 933 722   .282 .356 .362 .717
Home 104 97 .517 234 229 141 13 0 1939.0 2016 769 22 724 811 3.57 .267 .331 .342 .673
Away 117 88 .571 240 232 162 16 0 1884.6 1909 714 19 671 766 3.41 .263 .326 .332 .658
Mar/Apr 21 22 .488 51 51 30 1 0 404.3 428 185 3 170 155 4.12 .271 .342 .356 .699
May 48 39 .552 97 94 59 7 0 784.6 806 310 11 287 301 3.56 .265 .329 .336 .665
June 31 41 .431 86 85 57 7 0 682.3 741 303 8 254 289 4.00 .276 .339 .346 .685
July 37 38 .493 87 83 51 4 0 677.6 746 265 8 221 287 3.52 .280 .335 .359 .693
August 35 26 .574 75 73 51 4 0 623.3 608 213 1 209 227 3.08 .258 .319 .317 .635
Sep/Oct 49 19 .721 78 75 63 6 0 651.3 596 207 10 254 318 2.86 .242 .313 .313 .625
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
1913 22 CIN NL 40 126 4 19 1 1 0 17 1 0 1 40 .151 .157 .175 .332 0.7 0.0
1914 23 CIN NL 41 121 4 19 3 0 0 11 0 0 2 34 .157 .176 .182 .358 2.7 0.0
1915 24 CIN NL 39 126 13 21 4 0 0 10 1 0 2 31 .167 .180 .198 .378 1.7 0.0
1916 25 CIN NL 37 106 3 20 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 27 .189 .207 .217 .424 4.6 0.0
1917 26 CIN NL 25 70 4 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 20 .214 .236 .214 .450 3.0 0.0
1918 27 CIN NL 34 112 9 21 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 .188 .186 .223 .409 2.6 0.0
1919 28 CIN NL 36 111 4 17 0 0 0 7 1 0 4 27 .153 .179 .153 .333 2.0 0.0
1920 29 CIN NL 26 76 5 14 4 1 0 6 0 0 3 14 .184 .207 .263 .470 4.7 0.0
1921 30 CIN NL 40 117 12 23 3 0 0 12 1 0 4 23 .197 .223 .222 .445 5.2 0.0
1922 31 CIN NL 28 73 7 12 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 8 .164 .176 .164 .340 0.1 0.0
1923 32 CIN NL 38 119 8 15 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 21 .126 .139 .151 .291 0.3 0.0
1924 33 CIN NL 38 108 11 21 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 22 .194 .207 .222 .429 3.1 0.0
1925 34 BSN NL 32 85 10 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .106 .146 .106 .252 -1.5 0.0
1926 35 BSN NL 17 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .167 .160 .167 .327 0.3 0.0
14 Years Sim 471 1374 96 230 24 4 0 104 5 0 30 297 .167 .184 .191 .375 29.5 0.0
162 Game Average 472 33 79 8 1 0 35 1 0 10 102 .167 .184 .191 .375 10.2  
Career Highs 41 126 13 23 4 1 0 17 1 0 4 40 .214 .236 .263 .470 5.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1070 73 171 17 3 0 80 4 0 28 249 .160 .181 .181 .362 14.8
vs LH   304 23 59 7 1 0 24 1 0 2 48 .194 .197 .224 .421 8.9
Home 231 654 48 106 9 3 0 54 2 0 18 144 .162 .183 .185 .368 10.5
Away 240 720 48 124 15 1 0 50 3 0 12 153 .172 .185 .196 .381 13.2
RISP   405 0 55 6 1 0 102 0 0 13 93 .136 .158 .156 .314 0.2
Close/Late   131 7 28 5 0 0 12 0 0 2 30 .214 .226 .252 .477 5.9
Mar/Apr 51 147 8 25 1 0 0 20 2 0 3 39 .170 .190 .177 .366 2.4
May 94 283 20 54 5 1 0 25 1 0 9 59 .191 .215 .216 .431 9.9
June 85 243 21 37 4 1 0 16 1 0 5 48 .152 .168 .177 .345 2.0
July 87 238 14 37 1 0 0 15 0 0 5 53 .155 .171 .160 .331 1.1
August 74 220 16 35 3 1 0 12 1 0 7 50 .159 .183 .182 .364 3.5
Sep/Oct 78 243 17 42 10 1 0 16 0 0 1 48 .173 .175 .222 .397 4.8
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    
1913 22 CIN NL P 40 40 342.0 31 78 4 7 .965 2.87    
1914 23 CIN NL P 41 41 350.3 27 99 2 5 .984 3.24    
1915 24 CIN NL P 39 39 338.3 13 96 3 4 .973 2.90    
1916 25 CIN NL P 37 36 301.3 18 75 3 4 .969 2.78    
1917 26 CIN NL P 25 25 202.0 12 36 3 2 .941 2.14    
1918 27 CIN NL P 34 34 296.0 22 73 8 2 .922 2.89    
1919 28 CIN NL P 36 36 308.3 24 71 3 0 .969 2.77    
1920 29 CIN NL P 26 26 226.7 14 44 3 3 .951 2.30    
1921 30 CIN NL P 40 40 320.7 22 54 4 6 .950 2.13    
1922 31 CIN NL P 28 27 202.7 17 49 6 3 .917 2.93    
1923 32 CIN NL P 38 38 317.7 19 65 4 2 .955 2.38    
1924 33 CIN NL P 38 38 300.3 15 79 3 6 .969 2.82    
1925 34 BSN NL P 32 32 245.3 22 57 6 4 .929 2.90    
1926 35 BSN NL P 17 9 71.3 10 12 0 1 1.000 2.78    
1927 36 BSN NL P 3 0 0.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   474 461 3823.6 266 888 53 49 .956 2.72    
Career Highs   41 41 350.3 31 99 8 7 1.000 3.24    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1919 28 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 9.3 12 2 0 2 7 1.93 .300 .333 .350 .683
1921 30 CIN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 19 9 0 3 6 5.06 .317 .349 .400 .749
1923 32 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4 4 3 0 0 34.0 31 14 2 18 11 3.71 .238 .331 .331 .662
1924 33 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4 4 3 0 0 35.0 31 10 2 10 8 2.57 .244 .299 .370 .669
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 3 .667 12 12 8 0 0 94.3 93 35 4 33 32 3.34 .261 .323 .359 .682
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
1919 28 CIN NL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1921 30 CIN NL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
1923 32 CIN NL 4 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583
1924 33 CIN NL 4 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .154 .368
Career Post-Season Batting 12 34 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .206 .229 .235 .464
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1913-9-3.18
1915-4-2.47
1918-8-2.58
1919-9-3.12
1920-1-2.38
1921-6-3.93
1923-3-3.46
1924-5-3.72
1925-7-4.04
 Wins
1913-7-20
1914-10-18
1915-3-22
1918-6-21
1919-5-19
1921-1-23
1923-4-23
1924-5-18
CAR-20-221
 Losses
1914-5-19
1916-7-19
1924-10-15
1925-1-20
CAR-21-185
 Winning Pct
1913-9-.606
1915-2-.629
1918-4-.724
1919-8-.594
1920-7-.652
1921-3-.657
1923-3-.676
1924-10-.545
 Games Pitched
1914-9-41
1921-5-40
CAR-22-474
 Games Started
1913-8-40
1914-6-41
1919-9-36
1921-1-40
1924-5-38
CAR-16-461
Complete Games
1913-9-27
1914-8-31
1915-5-32
1919-10-25
1921-10-24
1923-10-25
CAR-28-303
 Shutouts
1913-2-4
1915-6-4
1918-4-5
1920-3-4
1921-7-1
1922-3-2
1923-2-4
1924-7-1
1925-5-2
CAR-21-29
 Innings Pitched
1913-6-342.0
1914-7-350.3
1915-8-338.3
1921-4-320.7
1923-9-317.7
1924-8-300.3
CAR-17-3823.6
 Hits Allowed
1913-6-337
1914-2-378
1916-8-318
1919-6-324
1921-8-343
CAR-15-3925
 Strikeouts
1913-7-151
1918-7-147
1919-9-139
1921-7-149
1923-9-116
CAR-32-1577
 Walks Allowed
1913-4-112
1914-4-132
1915-10-104
1918-7-102
1919-8-90
1921-3-129
1923-5-126
1924-6-115
CAR-4-1395
Hits per 9IP
1915-9-7.8
1918-8-8.0
1920-9-8.6
1921-9-9.6
1923-5-8.9
1925-8-9.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1917-9-4.6
1918-10-4.5
1919-10-4.1
1921-8-4.2
1922-8-4.1
 WHiP
1915-9-1.18
1923-9-1.39
 OAVG
1913-10-.255
1915-10-.236
1918-7-.236
1920-8-.254
1921-9-.274
1923-4-.255
1925-8-.267
 OOBP
1915-8-.297
1923-7-.327
1925-10-.334
 OSLG
1913-8-.314
1915-5-.296
1918-3-.282
1920-4-.326
1921-5-.367
1922-4-.372
1923-3-.337
1924-6-.353
1925-5-.362
OOPS
1913-10-.629
1915-5-.593
1918-6-.582
1920-6-.647
1921-9-.710
1923-4-.664
1924-9-.697
1925-4-.696
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 180    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 78    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  3. George Ruth (922)
  4. Harry Ables (922)
  5. Dazzy Vance (917)
  6. Hooks Wiltse (914)
  7. Doc White (905)
  8. Pete Alexander (896)
  9. Claude Hendrix (894)
  10. Lefty Tyler (892)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bob Dresser (985)
  2. Rube Vickers (982)
  3. Sam Leever (981)
  4. Claude Hendrix (980)
  5. Sam Jones (977)
  6. Tom Hughes (977)
  7. Tom Walker (974)
  8. Chief Yellowhorse (973)
  9. Joe Rogan (970)
  10. Hooks Dauss (969)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1913
Earned first career win on 4/11/1913
Had first career hit (double) on 4/19/1913, off Hub Knolls (PIT)
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 1913, going 20-13, 3.18 ERA
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1914
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1915, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/1915, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1915, going 6-0, 1.41
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/1915, winning 2 games with a 0.95 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1915, going 6-0, 1.25
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/12/1916 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
9/29/1916: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,400,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/11/1917 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/2/1917 with a Broken Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1918, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1918, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1918, going 7-0, 1.01
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1919, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
5/16/1919: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,400,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1919, going 6-1, 1.89
Injured on 8/14/1919 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 10/8/1919 with a Broken Elbow, out for 9-10 weeks
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
Injured on 5/15/1920 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1920, going 2-2, 0.75
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/1921, winning 2 games with a 2.50 ERA
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/25/1925 to a 3-year deal worth $15,111,222 per year
 
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