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Don Newcombe League
9-26-2165
John Shanks Third Base
Retired (1985, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .285 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .765 Status Deceased (2035) Option Years 0  
H 1227 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 07-21-1949
HR 87 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1971)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(118 games)
RBI 577
SB 172
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B (40.2%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B D- (4.5%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1972 3B WAS 15 10 89.0 20 8 10 2 1 -3 1.82 .900
1974 3B WAS 69 69 626.2 199 45 143 11 10 0 2.70 .945
1B WAS 7 6 54.0 58 55 2 1 5 0 9.50 .983
SS WAS 2 2 18.1 7 3 2 2 0 -2 2.45 .714
1975 3B WAS 79 79 702.2 216 47 161 8 11 +4 2.66 .963
1976 3B WAS 116 116 1042.2 338 77 241 20 12 +5 2.74 .941
1B WAS 10 10 94.0 106 101 5 0 8 +2 10.15 1.000
SS WAS 3 3 26.0 19 9 9 1 4 -3 6.23 .947
2B WAS 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
1977 3B WAS 43 42 365.2 129 32 91 6 6 -6 3.03 .953
1B WAS 2 2 17.1 18 17 1 0 0 0 9.35 1.000
SS WAS 2 2 17.0 5 0 5 0 1 0 2.65 1.000
1978 3B WAS 32 31 264.2 90 18 71 1 1 -3 3.03 .989
2B WAS 14 14 122.2 85 35 44 6 7 -1 5.80 .929
SS WAS 8 8 71.2 49 21 26 2 4 -1 5.90 .959
RF WAS 3 3 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.33 1.000
1979 3B WAS 157 157 1403.1 494 97 379 18 24 0 3.05 .964
1980 3B WAS 147 147 1317.1 487 111 360 16 15 +2 3.22 .967
1981 3B WAS 158 158 1408.2 503 89 399 15 21 +2 3.12 .970
1982 3B WAS 47 47 407.0 126 31 89 6 2 -4 2.65 .952
1B WAS 15 15 131.0 140 137 2 1 7 -3 9.55 .993
SS WAS 6 6 53.0 28 9 17 2 0 -1 4.42 .929
2B WAS 5 5 43.2 22 11 11 0 1 0 4.54 1.000
C WAS 4 4 36.0 25 21 1 3 0 0 10 0 0.0% 0 5.50 .880
1983 3B TEX 21 21 201.0 68 13 53 2 6 0 2.96 .971
1B TEX 8 8 70.2 65 65 0 0 6 -2 8.28 1.000
2B TEX 5 5 44.0 24 11 12 1 4 0 4.70 .958
SS TEX 3 3 26.0 13 6 6 1 1 -2 4.15 .923
C TEX 1 1 9.0 8 7 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 7.00 .875
RF TEX 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
LF TEX 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1984 3B TEX 36 36 322.0 106 14 85 7 5 -5 2.77 .934
2B TEX 5 5 44.0 27 10 15 2 0 -3 5.11 .926
1B TEX 2 2 17.0 18 17 1 0 1 0 9.53 1.000
SS TEX 2 2 16.0 10 3 6 1 0 0 5.06 .900
1985 3B TEX-STL-KC 11 11 98.0 17 9 8 0 0 -2 1.56 1.000
Pos Total 3B 931 924 8248.2 2793 591 2090 112 114 -10 2.93 .960
1B 44 43 384.0 405 392 11 2 27 -3 9.45 .995
2B 30 30 263.1 159 67 82 10 12 -4 5.09 .937
SS 26 26 228.0 131 51 71 9 10 -9 4.82 .931
C 5 5 45.0 33 28 1 4 0 0 13 0 0.0% 0 5.80 .879
RF 4 3 30.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.20 1.000
LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1041 1031 9200.0 3525 1133 2255 137 163 0 13 0 0.0% -27 3.31 .961
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01John Shanks has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1985-09-30The Kansas City Eggmen have waived John Shanks.
1985-09-24The Kansas City Eggmen have acquired John Shanks from the waiver wire.
1985-08-17The St. Louis Stars have waived John Shanks.
1985-07-15The St. Louis Stars have designated John Shanks for assignment.
1985-06-26The St. Louis Stars have promoted John Shanks to the major league team. The St. Louis Stars have sent Gene Klingenbeck to the minors.
1985-06-05The St. Louis Stars have designated John Shanks for assignment.
1985-05-27The St. Louis Stars have promoted John Shanks to the major league team.
1985-05-27The St. Louis Stars have acquired John Shanks from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Stars have waived Chick Lapp.
1985-05-05The Texas Outlaws have waived John Shanks. The Texas Outlaws have waived Ralph Bero.
1985-04-13The Texas Outlaws have promoted Joe Davis to the major league team. The Texas Outlaws have designated John Shanks for assignment.
1980-07-16John Shanks of the Washington Mudducks is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1978-04-19John Shanks of the Washington Mudducks is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1977-05-14John Shanks of the Washington Mudducks is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1975-06-27John Shanks of the Washington Mudducks is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1974-04-01The Washington Mudducks have promoted John Shanks to the major league team.
1972-06-13The Washington Mudducks have sent John Shanks to the minors.
1972-05-14The Washington Mudducks have promoted John Shanks to the major league team.
1972-05-08The Washington Mudducks have sent John Shanks to the minors.
1972-04-08The Washington Mudducks have promoted Hal Beebe to the major league team. The Washington Mudducks have promoted John Shanks to the major league team.