Howie Shanks
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[edit] Biography
Howie Shanks (Howard Samuel Shanks) was born on July 21, 1890 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on May 9, 1912 for the Washington Senators. In 1912, his rookie year, he hit .231 with 1 home run and 48 RBI. Shanks played for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Howie Shanks's best season was 1921, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 69 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | WAS | A | 116 | 399 | 52 | 92 | 1 | 48 | .231 | .305 | .308 | 14 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | WAS | A | 109 | 390 | 38 | 99 | 1 | 37 | .254 | .287 | .315 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | WAS | A | 143 | 500 | 44 | 112 | 4 | 64 | .224 | .269 | .332 | 22 | 10 | 29 | 51 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | WAS | A | 141 | 492 | 52 | 123 | 0 | 47 | .250 | .297 | .321 | 19 | 8 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | WAS | A | 140 | 471 | 51 | 119 | 1 | 48 | .253 | .317 | .321 | 15 | 7 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | WAS | A | 126 | 430 | 45 | 87 | 0 | 28 | .202 | .269 | .260 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | 120 | 436 | 42 | 112 | 1 | 56 | .257 | .312 | .326 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | 135 | 491 | 33 | 122 | 1 | 54 | .248 | .289 | .299 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 48 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | 128 | 444 | 56 | 119 | 4 | 37 | .268 | .316 | .363 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | WAS | A | 154 | 562 | 81 | 170 | 7 | 69 | .302 | .370 | .447 | 24 | 18 | 57 | 38 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | WAS | A | 84 | 272 | 35 | 77 | 1 | 32 | .283 | .352 | .397 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 131 | 464 | 38 | 118 | 3 | 57 | .254 | .285 | .336 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 72 | 193 | 22 | 50 | 0 | 25 | .259 | .332 | .373 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 66 | 155 | 15 | 40 | 1 | 18 | .258 | .343 | .310 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1665 | 5699 | 604 | 1440 | 25 | 620 | .253 | .308 | .337 | 211 | 96 | 415 | 443 | 37 | 263 | 185 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | WAS | A | OF | 114 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1913 | WAS | A | OF | 109 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1914 | WAS | A | OF | 139 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .954 |
| 1915 | WAS | A | OF | 80 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1915 | WAS | A | 3B | 49 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 94 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .915 |
| 1915 | WAS | A | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1916 | WAS | A | SS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .846 |
| 1916 | WAS | A | OF | 88 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .987 |
| 1916 | WAS | A | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1916 | WAS | A | 3B | 31 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1917 | WAS | A | OF | 26 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 |
| 1917 | WAS | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1917 | WAS | A | SS | 90 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 255 | 35 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | 2B | 48 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 136 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1918 | WAS | A | OF | 64 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | 2B | 34 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 98 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .924 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | OF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1919 | WAS | A | SS | 94 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 260 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .922 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | OF | 35 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | 3B | 63 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 131 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1920 | WAS | A | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1921 | WAS | A | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 330 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1921 | WAS | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1922 | WAS | A | 3B | 54 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 112 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1922 | WAS | A | OF | 27 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 2B | 38 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 82 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | OF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | 3B | 83 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 173 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
| 1923 | BOS | A | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | SS | 41 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 75 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 3B | 22 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1924 | BOS | A | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 2B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 58 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1925 | NY | A | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 3B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| Total | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .963 | ||
| Total | OF | 702 | 0 | 0 | 1423 | 99 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 | ||
| Total | 2B | 159 | 0 | 0 | 353 | 407 | 41 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 | ||
| Total | SS | 235 | 0 | 0 | 518 | 620 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .928 | ||
| Total | 3B | 485 | 0 | 0 | 646 | 987 | 94 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .946 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators with Val Picinich and Ed Goebel to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell (February 10, 1923).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Mike McNally (December 10, 1924).
- Released by New York Yankees (December 16, 1925).
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