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Mike Piazza League
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Shorty Guth Second Base
Retired (1958, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .782 Status Deceased (2000) Option Years 0  
H 978 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 05-25-1921
HR 89 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 8 years
(30 games)
RBI 424
SB 11
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D+   Mentor vR A-
Speed Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS (3.5%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 2
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 4
3B (1.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 2B SEA 98 96 857.2 504 195 303 6 74 +3 5.23 .988
1B SEA 4 4 35.0 52 50 1 1 6 -1 13.11 .981
3B SEA 3 3 26.0 10 4 5 1 0 -1 3.12 .900
1951 2B SEA 58 52 489.0 292 117 172 3 37 0 5.32 .990
3B SEA 9 9 76.0 20 4 14 2 2 +2 2.13 .900
1952 2B SEA 106 103 908.0 511 215 284 12 56 -4 4.95 .977
SS SEA 8 8 68.2 30 11 17 2 2 -2 3.67 .933
1953 2B SEA 139 139 1252.2 720 296 412 12 91 +4 5.09 .983
1954 2B SEA 51 51 449.2 262 112 149 1 37 0 5.22 .996
3B SEA 8 8 75.0 18 3 12 3 1 -1 1.80 .833
RF SEA 3 3 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 1.73 1.000
1955 2B SEA 126 126 1131.1 673 256 400 17 73 +7 5.22 .975
RF SEA 11 11 93.0 26 26 0 0 0 -1 2.52 1.000
1956 2B SEA 58 58 520.2 287 122 160 5 38 +1 4.87 .983
CF SEA 46 46 400.2 106 106 0 0 0 -4 2.38 1.000
SS SEA 11 11 95.0 52 15 35 2 6 -7 4.74 .962
3B SEA 10 10 87.0 23 1 21 1 2 0 2.28 .957
1957 2B SEA 115 112 1008.2 555 257 291 7 70 +1 4.89 .987
SS SEA 3 3 26.0 11 1 10 0 3 -1 3.81 1.000
3B SEA 2 2 18.0 8 1 7 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
Pos Total 2B 751 737 6617.2 3804 1570 2171 63 476 +12 5.09 .983
CF 46 46 400.2 106 106 0 0 0 -4 2.38 1.000
3B 32 32 282.0 79 13 59 7 5 -1 2.30 .911
SS 22 22 189.2 93 27 62 4 11 -10 4.22 .957
RF 14 14 119.0 31 31 0 0 0 -2 2.34 1.000
1B 4 4 35.0 52 50 1 1 6 -1 13.11 .981
Total 869 855 7644.0 4165 1797 2293 75 498 -6 4.82 .982
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Shorty Guth has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-04-08The Seattle Mariners have waived Shorty Guth.
1958-04-01The Seattle Mariners have promoted Jimmy Allis to the major league team. The Seattle Mariners have designated Shorty Guth for assignment.
1956-04-01The Seattle Mariners have placed Shorty Guth on the trade block.
1950-04-02Shorty Guth of the Seattle Mariners is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.