Jimmy Sheckard

Left Field

1897—1913

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
#51

Player Detail

Samuel James Tilden
GIVEN NAME
Sheckard
SURNAME
November 23, 1878, in Upper Chanceford, PA
BORN
January 15, 1947, in Lancaster, PA, USA
DIED
1897—1913
Playing Career
Played from 22-34
PLAYING AGE
Brooklyn Dodgers
BLN
BLA
Chicago Cubs
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago Cubs
PRIMARY TEAM
1907-08
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 14, 1897
Major League Debut
September 28, 1913
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Jimmy Sheckard?

Excellent left fielder for the Cubs when they won pennants in 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1910. Great Hall of Fame candidate.
In 1908, Sheckard nearly lost the use of his left eye as a result of a fistfight with teammate Heinie Zimmerman, who tossed a bottle of ammonia at Jimmy during the disagreement.
  • Jimmy Sheckard Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

50

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
2122
1717
45
618
.271

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
42.0
55.9

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.746
.728
103.5

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.271
.374
.372

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Fred Clarke
Mike Donlin

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Johnny Kling
Frank Chance
Johnny Evers
Joe Tinker
John McGraw
Bob Bescher
Jimmy Slagle
Wildfire Schulte
Mordecai Brown
Ed Reulbach
Ned Hanlon

Jimmy Sheckard 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
Sheckard
500
137
85
23
9
4
53
75
56
31
189
218
.271
.374
.372
746
AVG LF
530
150
81
21
9
4
50
47
27
200
205
.282
.350
.378
.728

Jimmy Sheckard Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
51
33
40
28
20
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
24
32
53
23
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jimmy Sheckard PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
49.7
34.3
19.8
19.7
3.79
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Jimmy Sheckard
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
340.3
191.7
124.3
96.8
25.9
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Jimmy Sheckard
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF