Chick Shorten

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Full Name: Charles Henry Shorten	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: September 22, 1915
Birthdate: April 19, 1892	Final Game: September 24, 1924
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: October 23, 1965
Deathplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Chick Shorten (Charles Henry Shorten) was born on April 19, 1892 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1915 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1917, his rookie year, he hit .179 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Shorten played for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Chick Shorten's best season was 1920, when he hit for a .288 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1915	BOS	A	6	14	1	3	0	0	.214	.214	.286	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1916	BOS	A	53	112	14	33	0	11	.295	.352	.330	2	1	10	8	0	1	1	0	0
1917	BOS	A	69	168	12	30	0	16	.179	.229	.226	4	2	10	10	1	9	2	0	0
1919	DET	A	95	270	37	85	0	22	.315	.366	.370	9	3	22	13	0	21	5	0	0
1920	DET	A	116	364	35	105	1	40	.288	.339	.354	9	6	28	14	0	18	2	0	0
1921	DET	A	92	217	33	59	0	23	.272	.333	.350	11	3	20	11	0	6	2	0	0
1922	STL	A	55	131	22	36	2	16	.275	.354	.489	12	5	16	8	0	5	0	0	0
1924	CIN	N	41	69	7	19	0	6	.275	.315	.319	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total	NL		41	69	7	19	0	6	.275	.315	.319	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		486	1276	154	351	3	128	.275	.331	.351	48	20	106	66	1	60	12	0	0
Total			527	1345	161	370	3	134	.275	.330	.349	51	20	110	68	1	62	12	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1915	BOS	A	OF	5	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	BOS	A	OF	33	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	BOS	A	OF	43	0	0	82	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1919	DET	A	OF	75	0	0	143	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1920	DET	A	OF	99	0	0	168	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1921	DET	A	OF	51	0	0	101	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1921	DET	A	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1922	STL	A	OF	31	0	0	58	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	CIN	N	OF	15	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	352	0	0	617	25	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	.985

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Eddie Ainsmith and Slim Love to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ossie Vitt (January 17, 1919).
Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Detroit Tigers (December 14, 1921).
Sold by Minneapolis (American Association) to Cincinnati Reds (May 29, 1924).

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