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Howie Shanks
Howard Samuel Shanks (Hawk)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 9, 1912
Final Game October 3, 1925
Born July 21, 1890 in Chicago, IL
Died July 30, 1941 in Monaca, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 21 WSH AL 116  399   52   92  14  7   1   48  21     40      .231  .305  .308   75  123  19           3    
 1913 22 WSH AL 109  390   38   99  11  5   1   37  24     15  40  .254  .287  .315   75  123   8           3    
 1914 23 WSH AL 143  500   44  112  22 10   4   64  18 16  29  51  .224  .269  .332   78  166  30           2    
 1915 24 WSH AL 141  492   52  123  19  8   0   47  12 14  30  42  .250  .297  .321   83  158  21           3    
 1916 25 WSH AL 140  471   51  119  15  7   1   48  23 12  41  34  .253  .317  .321   92  151  25           3    
 1917 26 WSH AL 126  430   45   87  15  5   0   28  15     33  37  .202  .269  .260   62  112  27           6    
 1918 27 WSH AL 120  436   42  112  19  4   1   56  23     31  21  .257  .312  .326   93  142  17           4    
 1919 28 WSH AL 135  491   33  122   8  7   1   54  13     25  48  .248  .289  .299   66  147  32           3    
 1920 29 WSH AL 128  444   56  119  16  7   4   37  11  6  29  43  .268  .316  .363   82  161  14           2    
 1921 30 WSH AL 154  562   81  170  24 18   7   69  11 10  57  38  .302  .370  .447  112  251  24           3    
 1922 31 WSH AL  84  272   35   77  10  9   1   32   6  0  25  25  .283  .352  .397   99  108  13           4    
 1923 32 BOS AL 131  464   38  118  19  5   3   57   6  6  19  37  .254  .285  .336   63  156  15           1    
 1924 33 BOS AL  72  193   22   50  16  3   0   25   1  0  21  12  .259  .332  .373   81   72   9           0    
 1925 34 NYY AL  66  155   15   40   3  1   1   18   1  0  20  15  .258  .343  .310   68   48   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1665 5699  604 1440 211 96  25  620 185 64 415 443  .253  .308  .337   82 1918 263   0   0  37   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        554   59  140  21  9   2   60  18  6  40  43  .253  .308  .337   82  187  26   0   0   4   0
 Career High    154  562   81  170  24 18   7   69  24 16  57  51  .302  .370  .447  112  251  32   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 21 WSH AL  461  326   37   3.0    92| .231  .274| .305  .342| .308  .360| .613  .702|  75  .383 -13.4  -1.4     
 1913 22 WSH AL  416  299   35   3.1    89| .254  .267| .287  .339| .315  .350| .602  .689|  75  .433 -14.5  -1.6     
 1914 23 WSH AL  561  434   42   2.6    85| .224  .261| .269  .335| .332  .342| .601  .676|  78  .395 -16.9  -2.0  52%
 1915 24 WSH AL  546  404   44   2.9    85| .250  .257| .297  .336| .321  .338| .618  .674|  83  .427 -12.2  -1.4  46%
 1916 25 WSH AL  540  389   47   3.3    82| .253  .255| .317  .329| .321  .334| .638  .663|  92  .476  -5.4  -0.6  65%
 1917 26 WSH AL  496  370   29   2.1    79| .202  .254| .269  .324| .260  .328| .529  .653|  62  .298 -19.9  -2.3     
 1918 27 WSH AL  488  341   43   3.4    81| .257  .259| .312  .330| .326  .331| .638  .661|  93  .491  -4.5  -0.5     
 1919 28 WSH AL  551  401   42   2.8    94| .248  .275| .289  .341| .299  .370| .588  .710|  66  .338 -24.1  -2.6     
 1920 29 WSH AL  489  345   50   3.9   104| .268  .288| .316  .352| .363  .395| .679  .747|  82  .425 -12.9  -1.3  64%
 1921 30 WSH AL  646  426   90   5.7   110| .302  .293| .370  .358| .447  .412| .817  .770| 112  .549   9.4   0.9  52%
 1922 31 WSH AL  314  208   38   4.9   105| .283  .286| .352  .351| .397  .402| .749  .753|  99  .513  -0.4   0.0 100%
 1923 32 BOS AL  499  367   43   3.1   108| .254  .290| .285  .360| .336  .401| .621  .761|  63  .324 -27.2  -2.7  50%
 1924 33 BOS AL  223  152   24   4.2   112| .259  .298| .332  .368| .373  .409| .705  .776|  81  .433  -5.3  -0.5 100%
 1925 34 NYY AL  184  124   17   3.7   114| .258  .297| .343  .367| .310  .416| .653  .783|  68  .352  -7.2  -0.7 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     6414 4586  581   3.4    94| .253  .273| .308  .343| .337  .366| .645  .709|  82  .422 -154.6 -16.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 21 WSH AL OF 114 189 14 8 2 .962 .951 1.78 1.98 111 0 2 1913 22 WSH AL OF 109 207 13 5 3 .978 .953 2.02 1.95 109 0 0 1914 23 WSH AL OF 139 276 14 14 3 .954 .956 2.09 1.92 94 43 2 1915 24 WSH AL OF 80 151 13 3 1 .982 .958 2.05 1.98 75 1 4 3B 49 57 94 14 10 .915 .925 3.08 3.01 2B 10 18 21 1 4 .975 .956 3.90 4.89 1916 25 WSH AL OF 88 203 19 3 4 .987 .963 2.52 2.03 72 3 13 3B 31 45 49 4 3 .959 .939 3.03 3.23 SS 8 11 22 6 4 .846 .937 4.12 4.92 1B 7 54 2 4 4 .933 .988 8.00 10.44 1917 26 WSH AL SS 90 205 255 35 44 .929 .931 5.11 4.84 OF 26 73 12 2 3 .977 .967 3.27 2.14 21 5 0 1B 2 18 0 1 2 .947 .989 9.00 10.75 1918 27 WSH AL OF 64 149 7 7 1 .957 .962 2.44 2.17 54 2 8 2B 48 130 136 14 20 .950 .958 5.54 5.31 3B 3 5 11 1 1 .941 .947 5.33 3.27 1919 28 WSH AL SS 94 238 260 42 25 .922 .942 5.30 5.04 2B 34 72 98 14 8 .924 .961 5.00 5.19 OF 6 19 1 1 1 .952 .957 3.33 2.17 6 0 0 1920 29 WSH AL 3B 63 102 131 12 4 .951 .946 3.70 3.45 OF 35 74 2 0 0 1.000 .962 2.17 2.16 32 0 3 1B 14 112 6 3 6 .975 .990 8.43 10.40 2B 5 5 11 2 2 .889 .964 3.20 5.54 SS 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.00 1921 30 WSH AL 3B 154 218 330 23 35 .960 .952 3.56 3.26 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1922 31 WSH AL 3B 54 61 112 15 14 .920 .950 3.20 3.24 OF 27 65 3 2 2 .971 .965 2.52 2.22 21 0 6 1923 32 BOS AL 3B 83 89 173 17 16 .939 .945 3.16 3.27 2B 38 92 82 7 18 .961 .965 4.58 5.35 OF 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 .965 1.83 2.27 4 1 1 SS 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 5.00 4.80 1924 33 BOS AL SS 41 62 75 4 15 .972 .949 3.34 4.83 3B 22 37 58 4 9 .960 .951 4.32 3.01 OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.27 0 0 4 1B 2 16 1 0 1 1.000 .988 8.50 10.15 2B 2 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 5.40 1925 34 NYY AL 3B 26 32 29 4 2 .938 .947 2.35 3.02 2B 21 32 58 2 11 .978 .962 4.29 5.31 OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 2.27 3 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 25 WSH AL 1B 7 54 2 4 4 .933 .988 8.00 10.44 1917 26 WSH AL 1B 2 18 0 1 2 .947 .989 9.00 10.75 1920 29 WSH AL 1B 14 112 6 3 6 .975 .990 8.43 10.40 1924 33 BOS AL 1B 2 16 1 0 1 1.000 .988 8.50 10.15 1915 24 WSH AL 2B 10 18 21 1 4 .975 .956 3.90 4.89 1918 27 WSH AL 2B 48 130 136 14 20 .950 .958 5.54 5.31 1919 28 WSH AL 2B 34 72 98 14 8 .924 .961 5.00 5.19 1920 29 WSH AL 2B 5 5 11 2 2 .889 .964 3.20 5.54 1921 30 WSH AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1923 32 BOS AL 2B 38 92 82 7 18 .961 .965 4.58 5.35 1924 33 BOS AL 2B 2 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 5.40 1925 34 NYY AL 2B 21 32 58 2 11 .978 .962 4.29 5.31 1915 24 WSH AL 3B 49 57 94 14 10 .915 .925 3.08 3.01 1916 25 WSH AL 3B 31 45 49 4 3 .959 .939 3.03 3.23 1918 27 WSH AL 3B 3 5 11 1 1 .941 .947 5.33 3.27 1920 29 WSH AL 3B 63 102 131 12 4 .951 .946 3.70 3.45 1921 30 WSH AL 3B 154 218 330 23 35 .960 .952 3.56 3.26 1922 31 WSH AL 3B 54 61 112 15 14 .920 .950 3.20 3.24 1923 32 BOS AL 3B 83 89 173 17 16 .939 .945 3.16 3.27 1924 33 BOS AL 3B 22 37 58 4 9 .960 .951 4.32 3.01 1925 34 NYY AL 3B 26 32 29 4 2 .938 .947 2.35 3.02 1912 21 WSH AL OF 114 189 14 8 2 .962 .951 1.78 1.98 111 0 2 1913 22 WSH AL OF 109 207 13 5 3 .978 .953 2.02 1.95 109 0 0 1914 23 WSH AL OF 139 276 14 14 3 .954 .956 2.09 1.92 94 43 2 1915 24 WSH AL OF 80 151 13 3 1 .982 .958 2.05 1.98 75 1 4 1916 25 WSH AL OF 88 203 19 3 4 .987 .963 2.52 2.03 72 3 13 1917 26 WSH AL OF 26 73 12 2 3 .977 .967 3.27 2.14 21 5 0 1918 27 WSH AL OF 64 149 7 7 1 .957 .962 2.44 2.17 54 2 8 1919 28 WSH AL OF 6 19 1 1 1 .952 .957 3.33 2.17 6 0 0 1920 29 WSH AL OF 35 74 2 0 0 1.000 .962 2.17 2.16 32 0 3 1922 31 WSH AL OF 27 65 3 2 2 .971 .965 2.52 2.22 21 0 6 1923 32 BOS AL OF 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 .965 1.83 2.27 4 1 1 1924 33 BOS AL OF 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 2.27 0 0 4 1925 34 NYY AL OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 2.27 3 0 1 1916 25 WSH AL SS 8 11 22 6 4 .846 .937 4.12 4.92 1917 26 WSH AL SS 90 205 255 35 44 .929 .931 5.11 4.84 1919 28 WSH AL SS 94 238 260 42 25 .922 .942 5.30 5.04 1920 29 WSH AL SS 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 5.00 5.00 1923 32 BOS AL SS 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 5.00 4.80 1924 33 BOS AL SS 41 62 75 4 15 .972 .949 3.34 4.83
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 702 1423 99 45 20 .971 .958 2.17 2.02 602 55 44 3B 485 646 987 94 94 .946 .946 3.37 3.23 SS 235 518 620 88 88 .928 .938 4.84 4.92 2B 159 353 407 41 63 .949 .961 4.78 5.28 1B 25 200 9 8 13 .963 .989 8.36 10.42 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1606 3140 2122 276 278 .950 .952 3.28 3.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1921 AL-154-2

Triples
1921 AL-18-1

Home Runs
1914 AL-4-7

RBI
1918 AL-56-10

Strikeouts
1919 AL-48-6

Stolen Bases
1918 AL-23-9

Hit By Pitch
1917 AL-6-10

Sac. Hits
1914 AL-30-6
1919 AL-32-7
Car-263-30

Power/Speed Number
1914 AL-6.5-9

Outs
1919 AL-401-8

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1653) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

February 10, 1923: Traded by the Washington Senators with Ed Goebel and Val Picinich to the Boston Red Sox for Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell.

December 10, 1924: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Mike McNally.

December 16, 1925: Released by the New York Yankees.


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