Urban Shocker
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[edit] Biography
Born on September 22, 1890 in Cleveland, Ohio, Urban Shocker (Urban James Shocker) played for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 13 year career. Shocker broke into the bigs on April 24, 1916 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.62 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1916, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Urban Shocker's best season was 1922, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 149 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NY | A | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2.62 | 43 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 82.1 | 67 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1917 | NY | A | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2.61 | 68 | 59 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 124 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1918 | STL | A | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1.81 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 94.2 | 69 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1919 | STL | A | 30 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2.69 | 86 | 75 | 63 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 211 | 193 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1920 | STL | A | 38 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 2.71 | 107 | 97 | 74 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 245.2 | 224 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1921 | STL | A | 47 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 3.55 | 132 | 151 | 129 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 326.2 | 345 | 21 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1922 | STL | A | 48 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 2.97 | 149 | 141 | 115 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 348 | 365 | 22 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1923 | STL | A | 43 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 3.41 | 109 | 122 | 105 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 277.1 | 292 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1924 | STL | A | 40 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4.20 | 88 | 124 | 115 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 246.1 | 270 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 41 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 3.65 | 74 | 108 | 99 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 244.1 | 278 | 17 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1926 | NY | A | 41 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 3.38 | 59 | 113 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 258.1 | 272 | 13 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1927 | NY | A | 31 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2.84 | 35 | 86 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 207 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1928 | NY | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 412 | 317 | 187 | 117 | 3.17 | 983 | 1127 | 945 | 200 | 28 | 25 | 2681.2 | 2709 | 126 | 657 | 0 | 20 | 37 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NY | A | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1917 | NY | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1918 | STL | A | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1919 | STL | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1920 | STL | A | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1921 | STL | A | P | 47 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1922 | STL | A | P | 48 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1923 | STL | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1924 | STL | A | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1925 | NY | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1926 | NY | A | P | 41 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1927 | NY | A | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1928 | NY | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | P | 412 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 599 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .980 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | NY | A | 12 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .370 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NY | A | 26 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .178 | .213 | .178 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | STL | A | 14 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .324 | .378 | .412 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | STL | A | 30 | 58 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .138 | .286 | .138 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | STL | A | 38 | 80 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 10 | .225 | .333 | .262 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | STL | A | 47 | 104 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 9 | .260 | .374 | .317 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | STL | A | 48 | 115 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 6 | .191 | .279 | .261 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | STL | A | 43 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .213 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | STL | A | 40 | 67 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 7 | .239 | .433 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 41 | 64 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .172 | .369 | .281 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NY | A | 41 | 76 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | .171 | .284 | .184 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NY | A | 31 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 10 | .241 | .359 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NY | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 412 | 798 | 89 | 167 | 1 | 70 | .209 | .334 | .249 | 23 | 3 | 139 | 211 | 11 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Yankees from Guelph (Canadian) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September, 1915).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Les Nunamaker, Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon and $15000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Eddie Plank and Del Pratt (January 22, 1918).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to New York Yankees in exchange for Bullet Joe Bush, Milt Gaston and Joe Giard (December 17, 1924).
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