Art Shires

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 13, 1906 in Italy, TX us

Died: July 13, 1967 in Italy, TX

Buried: Italy Cemetery, Italy, TX

High School: Waxahachie HS (Waxahachie, TX)

Debut: August 20, 1928 (Age 22-007d, 6,770th in major league history)
vs. BOS 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1932 (Age 25-353d)
vs. STL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Charles Arthur Shires

Nicknames: Art The Great

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

986

287

.291

118

RBI

119

OBP

.347

SLG

.395

OPS

.741

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-43 / in Starts: 24-26
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 232 PAs	37
Actual Runners on Base	146 (69-44-33)
Avg. MLBer w/ 232 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	157 (79-48-29)

Most Driven In
C Reynolds	6
B Cissell	3
D Harris	3
J Cronin	2
B Hunnefield	2
S West	2
A Metzler	2
S Rice	2

Most Driven In By
W Kamm	3
B Cissell	2
O Bluege	2
D Harris	1
J Hayes	1
S Jolley	1
J Riddle	1
J Watwood	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	134	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	1.55	0.227	4.06	0.36%	1.62	1B
2	135	2	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	5	1.17	-0.128	3.23	-0.21%	-1.52	1B
3	136	3	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	5	1.08	-0.114	2.67	-0.17%	-0.70	1B
4	137	4	Apr 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	5	1.65	0.077	4.55	0.13%	1.00	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	138	13 (8)	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	7	.47	0.025	1.31	0.04%	0.28	PH
6	139	15 (1)	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	3	1.21	0.052	3.01	0.08%	0.31	1B
7	140	16	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	1.04	0.072	2.69	0.11%	0.78	1B
8	141	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.292	.292	.583	3	1.04	0.016	2.63	0.02%	0.03	1B
9	142	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-14	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.310	.310	.621	3	.40	0.003	1.02	0.00%	-0.28	1B
10	143	19	May 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.303	.281	.584	4	.56	-0.045	1.39	-0.07%	-0.62	1B
11	144	20	May 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.250	.270	.250	.520	4						1B
12	145	21	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-13	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.282	.263	.545	7	.69	0.006	1.68	0.01%	0.01	1B
13	146	23 (1)	May 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.286	.293	.578	4	.51	0.056	1.03	0.07%	0.23	1B
14	147	24	May 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.283	.289	.571	4	1.25	-0.027	2.78	-0.04%	-0.59	1B
15	148	25	May 18	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.280	.327	.607	4	2.14	0.063	5.04	0.09%	0.45	1B
16	149	26	May 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.346	.642	4	.95	0.062	1.92	0.08%	0.76	1B
17	150	27	May 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.322	.375	.697	4	2.15	-0.139	3.98	-0.15%	0.00	1B
18	151	28	May 21	CHW		DET	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.302	.350	.652	3	.57	-0.060	.80	-0.05%	-0.85	1B
19	152	29	May 22	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.299	.333	.632	4	1.00	-0.088	1.47	-0.08%	-0.47	1B
20	153	30	May 24	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.309	.587	3	1.04	-0.096	1.32	-0.07%	-0.98	1B
21	154	31	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.236	.276	.306	.582	3	.98	-0.083	1.61	-0.08%	-1.22	1B
22	155	32	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.275	.303	.578	3	.49	-0.032	.89	-0.04%	-0.01	1B
23	156	33	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.262	.288	.549	3	.98	-0.102	1.55	-0.10%	-1.13	1B
24	157	34	May 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.273	.310	.582	5	1.10	0.025	1.58	0.02%	-0.05	1B
25	158	35	May 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.280	.307	.586	5	1.49	0.152	1.85	0.11%	0.44	1B
26	159	36	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.258	.296	.333	.629	5	1.56	0.320	1.37	0.17%	1.53	1B
27	160	37	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.258	.294	.361	.655	5						1B
28	161	38	May 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.302	.360	.662	5	.67	-0.015	.61	-0.01%	-0.12	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	162	39	Jun 1	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.260	.300	.356	.656	6						1B
30	163	40	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-13	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.250	.289	.343	.632	5	.56	-0.082	.54	-0.05%	-0.35	1B
31	164	41	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.294	.345	.639	5	2.12	-0.097	1.52	-0.04%	-0.55	1B
32	165	42	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.293	.342	.635	6	1.05	0.023	.96	0.01%	0.05	1B
33	166	43	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.264	.299	.347	.646	6	1.11	0.033	1.20	0.02%	0.30	1B
34	167	44	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.290	.336	.626	6	1.11	-0.117	.95	-0.06%	-1.38	1B
35	168	48 (3)	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.288	.333	.621	9	1.40	-0.026	.93	-0.01%	-0.34	PH
36	169	49	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.252	.286	.331	.616	9	.38	0.015	.17	0.00%	0.92	PH
37	170	50	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.291	.336	.627	9	.22	0.010	.08	0.00%	0.19	PH
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
38	171	55	Jun 19	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.304	.348	.653	5	.94	0.086	3.50	0.19%	1.07	1B
39	172	56	Jun 20	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.265	.296	.338	.634	5	2.07	-0.094	8.00	-0.22%	-0.43	1B
40	173	57	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.288	.329	.616	5	.83	-0.099	3.06	-0.22%	-1.43	1B
41	174	58	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.269	.298	.338	.636	5						1B
42	175	59	Jun 23 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.282	.310	.356	.665	6	1.39	0.094	5.60	0.23%	1.58	1B
43	176	60	Jun 23 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.321	.368	.689	6	.46	0.040	2.00	0.11%	0.53	1B
44	177	61	Jun 24	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.315	.361	.676	6	.75	-0.068	3.40	-0.19%	-1.23	1B
45	178	62	Jun 25	WSH		CLE	W,13-5	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.319	.361	.680	5	1.26	0.042	5.88	0.12%	0.33	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	179	68 (5)	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-4	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.317	.358	.676	9	2.14	-0.058	8.82	-0.14%	-0.28	PH
47	180	73 (4)	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.321	.363	.684	8	8.35	0.440	49.42	1.56%	1.33	PH
48	181	77 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.320	.360	.680	9	.51	-0.018	2.70	-0.06%	-0.66	PH
49	182	80 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,7-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.324	.364	.688	9	2.85	0.175	15.34	0.57%	1.09	PH
50	183	81	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.327	.368	.696	9	3.01	0.114	16.49	0.38%	0.41	PH
51	184	82	Jul 14	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.326	.366	.691	8	1.71	-0.040	9.02	-0.13%	-0.77	PH
52	185	85 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-13	5-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.328	.367	.695	5	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.52	1B
53	186	86	Jul 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.331	.376	.708	5	1.14	0.011	5.58	0.03%	0.20	1B
54	187	87	Jul 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.330	.379	.709	3	.95	-0.059	4.15	-0.15%	-1.23	1B
55	188	88	Jul 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.305	.335	.384	.719	3	1.36	0.004	5.78	0.01%	-0.32	1B
56	189	90 (1)	Jul 20	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.308	.337	.401	.738	3						1B
57	190	94 (3)	Jul 24	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.335	.399	.734	9	.33	-0.009	1.30	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
58	191	97 (2)	Jul 27	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.333	.397	.730	2	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.27	PH 1B
59	192	98	Jul 30	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.332	.395	.726	9	1.23	-0.034	6.96	-0.11%	-0.28	PH
60	193	99	Jul 31	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.335	.395	.730	8	1.59	0.054	6.82	0.14%	0.40	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	194	103 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,1-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.333	.392	.726	8	.76	-0.032	1.41	-0.04%	-1.03	PH
62	195	105 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.332	.390	.722	9	.18	-0.005	.37	-0.01%	-0.27	PH
63	196	109 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,7-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.330	.388	.718	9	.12	-0.003	.19	0.00%	-0.35	PH
64	197	110	Aug 9 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.328	.386	.715	9	.28	-0.008	.36	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
65	198	117 (6)	Aug 17	WSH		DET	L,1-15	5-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.332	.389	.721	9	.05	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.41	PH
66	199	120 (2)	Aug 20	WSH		SLB	W,14-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.330	.387	.717	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH 1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	200	133 (12)	Sep 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.330	.387	.717	5						1B
68	201	136 (2)	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.298	.333	.387	.721	9	5.31	0.224	3.71	0.10%	1.05	PH
69	202	137	Sep 9	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.332	.385	.717	9	5.13	-0.162	3.82	-0.07%	-0.69	PH
70	203	138	Sep 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.335	.394	.729	9	2.31	0.151	1.63	0.06%	0.91	PH
71	204	150 (11)	Sep 24	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.333	.391	.724	5	1.32	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.32	1B
72	205	151	Sep 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.299	.332	.388	.720	5	1.11	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.59	1B
73	206	152	Sep 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.327	.382	.709	5	1.54	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1B
74	207	153	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.333	.385	.718	5	.78	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.68	1B
75	208	154	Sep 28	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.302	.336	.387	.723	5						1B
							32-43		232	212	25	64	10	1	2	37	11	0	11	0	3		4		3	3	.302	.336	.387	.723		1.19	0.536	2.72	2.23%	-4.18

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