Howie Shanks

Left Field

1912—1925

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Howard Samuel
GIVEN NAME
Shanks
SURNAME
July 21, 1890, in Chicago, IL
BORN
July 30, 1941, in Monaca, PA, USA
DIED
1912—1925
Playing Career
Played from 21-34
PLAYING AGE
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Hawk
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
May 9, 1912
Major League Debut
October 3, 1925
FINAL GAME

Related Content

  • Howie Shanks Scouting Report

30

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1665
1440
25
620
.253

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
9.5
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.644
.771
83.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.253
.308
.337

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Bobby Veach
Duffy Lewis
Ken Williams

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.256
.314
.342

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Howie Shanks Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Shanks
533
135
57
20
9
2
58
39
41
17
179
177
.253
.308
.337
644
AVG LF
524
151
76
25
9
7
54
43
17
216
209
.288
.359
.412
.771

Howie Shanks Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Howie Shanks PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
8.5
10.6
5.8
7.3
0.82
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Howie Shanks
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
136.9
90.7
UNK
UNK
13.3
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Howie Shanks
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF