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Urban Shocker
Urban James Shocker
born Urbain Jacques Shockcor

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 24, 1916
Final Game May 30, 1928
Born August 22, 1890 in Cleveland, OH
Died September 9, 1928 in Denver, CO

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1916 25 NYY AL   4   3  12   9   4   1   3  0   82.3   67   25   24   2   32   43   6   2   329       0  2.62  2.88  110 1.202
 1917 26 NYY AL   8   5  26  13   7   0   5  1  145.0  124   59   42   4   46   68   0   4   564       1  2.61  2.69  103 1.172
 1918 27 SLB AL   6   5  14   9   7   0   5  2   94.7   69   26   19   0   40   33   1   2   377       0  1.81  2.74  152 1.151
 1919 28 SLB AL  13  11  30  25  14   5   5  0  211.0  193   75   63   6   55   86   4   2   850       0  2.69  3.31  123 1.175
 1920 29 SLB AL  20  10  38  28  22   5  10  5  245.7  224   97   74  10   70  107   4   0   981       0  2.71  3.90  144 1.197
 1921 30 SLB AL  27  12  47  38  30   4   7  4  326.7  345  151  129  21   86  132   6   3  1401       0  3.55  4.50  127 1.319
 1922 31 SLB AL  24  17  48  38  29   2   8  3  348.0  365  141  115  22   57  149   4   2  1441       2  2.97  4.11  138 1.213 MVP-17
 1923 32 SLB AL  20  12  43  35  24   3   7  5  277.3  292  122  105  12   49  109   3   2  1154       0  3.41  4.18  123 1.230 MVP-14
 1924 33 SLB AL  16  13  40  33  17   4   3  1  246.3  270  124  115  11   52   88   3   0  1057       0  4.20  4.52  108 1.307
 1925 34 NYY AL  12  12  41  30  15   2   7  2  244.3  278  108   99  17   58   74   3   1  1032       0  3.65  4.26  117 1.375
 1926 35 NYY AL  19  11  41  32  18   0   6  2  258.3  272  113   97  13   71   59   2   1  1108       0  3.38  3.86  114 1.328
 1927 36 NYY AL  18   6  31  27  13   2   1  0  200.0  207   86   63   8   41   35   1   1   839       0  2.84  3.84  136 1.240
 1928 37 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    3    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     7       0  0.00  3.76  inf 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .615 187 117 412 317 200  28  68 25 2681.7 2709 1127  945 126  657  983  37  20 11140       3  3.17  3.93  124 1.255
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  10  38  29  18   2   6  2  250.0  252  105   88  11   61   91   3   1  1039   0   0  3.17  3.93  124 1.255
 Career High     27  17  48  38  30   5  10  5  348.0  365  151  129  22   86  149   6   4  1441   0   2  1.81  4.52  152 1.151

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 25 NYY AL  12   21    2    4   0  0   0    1   0      5   7  .190  .370  .190   67    4   2           1    
 1917 26 NYY AL  26   45    0    8   0  0   0    6   0      1  17  .178  .213  .178   19    8   5           1    
 1918 27 SLB AL  14   34    1   11   3  0   0    3   0      3   9  .324  .378  .412  141   14   0           0    
 1919 28 SLB AL  30   58    2    8   0  0   0    4   0     12  13  .138  .286  .138   20    8   2           0    
 1920 29 SLB AL  38   80    8   18   3  0   0   10   0  1  11  21  .225  .333  .263   57   21   5           2    
 1921 30 SLB AL  47  104   18   27   4  1   0    9   0  2  18  26  .260  .374  .317   74   33   7           1    
 1922 31 SLB AL  48  115   14   22   3  1   1    6   1  0  14  34  .191  .279  .261   40   30   6           0     MVP-17
 1923 32 SLB AL  43   80    9   16   1  0   0    6   0  0  16  21  .200  .333  .213   42   17  12           0     MVP-14
 1924 33 SLB AL  40   67   11   16   2  0   0    7   0  0  22  14  .239  .433  .269   79   18   9           1    
 1925 34 NYY AL  41   64   12   11   5  1   0    4   0  0  20  17  .172  .369  .281   68   18  10           0    
 1926 35 NYY AL  41   76    6   13   1  0   0    4   0  0  10  20  .171  .284  .184   24   14  20           2    
 1927 36 NYY AL  31   54    6   13   1  0   0   10   0  0   7  12  .241  .359  .259   65   14  20           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     412  798   89  167  23  3   1   70   1  3 139 211  .209  .334  .249   55  199  98   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        314   35   66   9  1   0   28   0  1  55  83  .209  .334  .249   55   78  39   0   0   4   0
 Career High     48  115   18   27   5  1   1   10   1  2  22  34                          33  20   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 25 NYY AL   29   19    1   1.4    84| .190  .259| .370  .333| .190  .338| .560  .672|  67  .166  -0.4   0.0     
 1917 26 NYY AL   52   42    2   1.3    80| .178  .256| .213  .327| .178  .331| .391  .658|  19  .146  -4.5  -0.5     
 1918 27 SLB AL   37   23    5   5.9    80| .324  .257| .378  .328| .412  .328| .790  .655| 141  .723   1.8   0.2     
 1919 28 SLB AL   72   52    2   1.0    97| .138  .279| .286  .345| .138  .374| .424  .719|  20  .075  -5.9  -0.6     
 1920 29 SLB AL   98   68    6   2.4   109| .225  .295| .333  .360| .263  .405| .596  .765|  57  .230  -4.5  -0.4   0%
 1921 30 SLB AL  130   86   12   3.7   119| .260  .307| .374  .374| .317  .431| .691  .805|  74  .363  -3.6  -0.3   0%
 1922 31 SLB AL  135   99    9   2.4   112| .191  .297| .279  .362| .261  .417| .540  .779|  40  .227 -10.6  -1.0 100%
 1923 32 SLB AL  108   76    6   2.1   113| .200  .297| .333  .368| .213  .411| .546  .779|  42  .190  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1924 33 SLB AL   99   60    8   3.6   117| .239  .305| .433  .376| .269  .419| .702  .795|  79  .359  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1925 34 NYY AL   94   63    7   3.0   114| .172  .297| .369  .367| .281  .416| .650  .784|  68  .270  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1926 35 NYY AL  108   83    4   1.3   109| .171  .289| .284  .360| .184  .405| .468  .765|  24  .085  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1927 36 NYY AL   84   61    5   2.2   108| .241  .289| .359  .357| .259  .406| .618  .763|  65  .189  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     1046  732   67   2.4   108| .209  .291| .334  .360| .249  .401| .583  .762|  55  .239 -46.9  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 25 NYY AL P 12 9 18 1 0 .964 .944 2.25 1.69 2.95 2.95 9 82.3 1917 26 NYY AL P 26 6 50 2 2 .966 .948 2.15 1.83 3.48 3.04 13 145.0 1918 27 SLB AL P 14 8 25 0 3 1.000 .951 2.36 1.85 3.14 2.82 9 94.7 1919 28 SLB AL P 30 11 48 3 2 .952 .949 1.97 1.76 2.52 2.83 25 211.0 1920 29 SLB AL P 38 13 58 1 0 .986 .949 1.87 1.66 2.60 2.70 28 245.7 1921 30 SLB AL P 47 21 91 2 1 .982 .956 2.38 1.56 3.09 2.70 38 326.7 1922 31 SLB AL P 48 33 59 1 1 .989 .963 1.92 1.48 2.38 2.60 38 348.0 1923 32 SLB AL P 43 11 56 3 3 .957 .959 1.56 1.49 2.17 2.72 35 277.3 1924 33 SLB AL P 40 11 43 0 3 1.000 .959 1.35 1.32 1.97 2.53 33 246.3 1925 34 NYY AL P 41 11 50 0 5 1.000 .961 1.49 1.40 2.25 2.66 30 244.3 1926 35 NYY AL P 41 11 59 1 0 .986 .958 1.71 1.39 2.44 2.66 32 258.3 1927 36 NYY AL P 31 10 42 1 2 .981 .959 1.68 1.40 2.34 2.62 27 200.0 1928 37 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1916 25 NYY AL P 12 9 18 1 0 .964 .944 2.25 1.69 2.95 2.95 9 82.3 1917 26 NYY AL P 26 6 50 2 2 .966 .948 2.15 1.83 3.48 3.04 13 145.0 1918 27 SLB AL P 14 8 25 0 3 1.000 .951 2.36 1.85 3.14 2.82 9 94.7 1919 28 SLB AL P 30 11 48 3 2 .952 .949 1.97 1.76 2.52 2.83 25 211.0 1920 29 SLB AL P 38 13 58 1 0 .986 .949 1.87 1.66 2.60 2.70 28 245.7 1921 30 SLB AL P 47 21 91 2 1 .982 .956 2.38 1.56 3.09 2.70 38 326.7 1922 31 SLB AL P 48 33 59 1 1 .989 .963 1.92 1.48 2.38 2.60 38 348.0 1923 32 SLB AL P 43 11 56 3 3 .957 .959 1.56 1.49 2.17 2.72 35 277.3 1924 33 SLB AL P 40 11 43 0 3 1.000 .959 1.35 1.32 1.97 2.53 33 246.3 1925 34 NYY AL P 41 11 50 0 5 1.000 .961 1.49 1.40 2.25 2.66 30 244.3 1926 35 NYY AL P 41 11 59 1 0 .986 .958 1.71 1.39 2.44 2.66 32 258.3 1927 36 NYY AL P 31 10 42 1 2 .981 .959 1.68 1.40 2.34 2.62 27 200.0 1928 37 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 412 155 599 15 22 .980 .956 1.83 1.53 2.53 2.70 317 2681.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 412 155 599 15 22 .980 .956 1.83 1.53 2.53 2.70 317 2682
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    NYY STL     L   2   1   5.87  0  1  0  0   7.2  13   5   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1926   WS    NYY STL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-17-0.08
1923-AL-14-0.08
Car-783-0.16 shares

ERA
1919 AL-2.69-10
1920 AL-2.71-3
1921 AL-3.55-9
1922 AL-2.97-5
1923 AL-3.41-9
1925 AL-3.65-10
1926 AL-3.38-7
1927 AL-2.84-3

Wins
1920 AL-20-8
1921 AL-27-1
1922 AL-24-3
1923 AL-20-4
1924 AL-16-10
1926 AL-19-3
1927 AL-18-7

Won-Loss %
1917 AL-.615-9
1920 AL-.667-6
1921 AL-.692-2
1923 AL-.625-7
1926 AL-.633-4
1927 AL-.750-4
Car-.615-76

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1919 AL-1.175-7
1920 AL-1.197-2
1921 AL-1.319-4
1922 AL-1.213-3
1923 AL-1.230-2
1924 AL-1.307-9
1925 AL-1.375-8
1926 AL-1.328-9
1927 AL-1.240-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1920 AL-8.21-2
1921 AL-9.51-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1919 AL-2.35-9
1921 AL-2.37-9
1922 AL-1.47-1
1923 AL-1.59-1
1924 AL-1.90-3
1925 AL-2.14-3
1926 AL-2.47-6
1927 AL-1.85-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1920 AL-3.92-4
1921 AL-3.64-8
1922 AL-3.85-4
1923 AL-3.54-8
1924 AL-3.22-4

Games
1921 AL-47-2
1922 AL-48-3
1926 AL-41-8

Saves
1918 AL-2-9
1920 AL-5-1
1921 AL-4-3
1922 AL-3-7
1923 AL-5-4

Innings
1921 AL-326.7-3
1922 AL-348.0-2
1923 AL-277.3-6
1924 AL-246.3-10
1925 AL-244.3-8
1926 AL-258.3-5

Strikeouts
1920 AL-107-5
1921 AL-132-2
1922 AL-149-1
1923 AL-109-5
1924 AL-88-5

Games Started
1921 AL-38-3
1922 AL-38-2
1923 AL-35-6
1924 AL-33-7
1925 AL-30-10
1926 AL-32-7

Comp. Games
1920 AL-22-8
1921 AL-30-2
1922 AL-29-2
1923 AL-24-3
1924 AL-17-10
1926 AL-18-6

Shutouts
1919 AL-5-2
1920 AL-5-2
1921 AL-4-2
1923 AL-3-4
1924 AL-4-3
1925 AL-2-8
1927 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1917 AL-4-7
1920 AL-10-7
1921 AL-21-1
1922 AL-22-1
1923 AL-12-4
1924 AL-11-5
1925 AL-17-3
1926 AL-13-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1921 AL-86-9

Hits Allowed
1921 AL-345-2
1922 AL-365-1
1923 AL-292-6
1924 AL-270-10
1925 AL-278-6
1926 AL-272-3

SO to Walk
1919 AL-1.56-7
1920 AL-1.53-4
1921 AL-1.53-4
1922 AL-2.61-1
1923 AL-2.22-1
1924 AL-1.69-2
1925 AL-1.28-2

Losses
1922 AL-17-3
1924 AL-13-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1921 AL-129-3
1922 AL-115-4
1923 AL-105-8
1924 AL-115-6

Batters Faced
1921 AL-1401-1
1922 AL-1441-2
1923 AL-1154-7
1926 AL-1108-4

Adjusted ERA+
1919 AL-123-7
1920 AL-144-3
1921 AL-127-7
1922 AL-138-3
1923 AL-123-8
1927 AL-136-7
Car-124-76

Oldest Player
1928 AL-37-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 15 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 179 (58) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) Pitching - 33.0 (115) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 65.0 (182) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September, 1915: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Guelph (Canadian) in the 1915 rule 5 draft.

January 22, 1918: Traded by the New York Yankees with Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon, Fritz Maisel, Les Nunamaker, and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Eddie Plank and Del Pratt.

December 17, 1924: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the New York Yankees for Joe Bush, Milt Gaston, and Joe Giard.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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