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Name	Team	Age
Bob "Elephant" Shannon	Retired (1980, Age 39)	Died (2029, Age 88)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1 (1963)	1B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League	0	13 years (26 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	2/7/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)
B- (58.7 %)	B- (56.1 %)	C  (42.8 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1963

Majors

0.00

9 / 9

0 / 8

6 / 6

0 / 13

8 / 13

5 / 9

9 / 9

37 / 0

1964

Majors

0.00

5 / 7

0 / 17

7 / 7

0 / 3

6 / 14

5 / 8

10 / 10

33 / 0

1965

Majors

0.00

5 / 9

0 / 10

10 / 14

0 / 8

2 / 7

6 / 8

7 / 9

30 / 0

1966

Majors

0.00

6 / 12

0 / 9

6 / 12

0 / 11

3 / 8

2 / 7

4 / 8

21 / 0

1967

Majors

0.00

1 / 8

0 / 12

4 / 10

0 / 11

1 / 8

1 / 6

6 / 13

13 / 0

1968

Majors

0.00

1 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 10

2 / 17

1 / 8

2 / 8

6 / 0

1969

Majors

0.00

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 13

2 / 9

1 / 8

2 / 5

5 / 0

1970

Majors

0.00

1 / 8

0 / 11

2 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 5

5 / 0

1971

Majors

0.00

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 0

1972

Majors

0.00

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 13

1 / 0

1973

Majors

0.00

0 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 8

0 / 13

1 / 10

1 / 7

1 / 7

3 / 0

1974

Majors

0.00

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 12

1 / 15

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 9

1 / 0

1975

Majors

0.00

0 / 14

0 / 11

0 / 15

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 0

1976

Majors

0.00

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 10

0 / 0

1977

Majors

0.00

1 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 11

1 / 0

1978

Majors

0.00

0 / 3

0 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 0

1979

Majors

0.00

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 0

1980

Majors

0.00

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 8

1 / 16

1 / 0

Total

0

0

0

29 / 154

0 / 171

36 / 184

1 / 171

26 / 178

23 / 143

43 / 160

158 / 1161

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Bob "Elephant" Shannon has retired from the Chicago Cubbies
1978-06-18	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Quakers and the Chicago Cubbies. The Chicago Cubbies receive Charlie Lockwood, Bob "Elephant" Shannon, Boxcar Murphy, Ray "Ogre" Simon, Doug Ball from the Pittsburgh Quakers in exchange for Carlos Felix, Anton Dostler, Candy "Man" Colfax.
1963-03-30	The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Boog Hart to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Arlie "Waves" Mason to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Bobby Winfield to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Adrian "Ferrari" Whitehurst to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Nap Garrison to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have promoted Bob "Elephant" Shannon to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Bunk Pope to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Jerry Duff to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Eddie Weis to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Roy Lancaster to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Darrell Schroll to the minors. The Pittsburgh Quakers have sent Foghorn Twitty to the minors.
1963-03-30	The Pittsburgh Quakers have renamed Bob Shannon to Bob "Elephant" Shannon.