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Art Shires
Charles Arthur Shires (Art The Great)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut August 20, 1928
Final Game July 31, 1932
Born August 13, 1907 in Italy, TX
Died July 13, 1967 in Italy, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 20 CHW AL  33  123   20   42   6  1   1   11   0  3  13  10  .341  .409  .431  122   53   0           1    
 1929 21 CHW AL 100  353   41  110  20  7   3   41   4  5  32  20  .312  .370  .433  107  153   6           1    
 1930 22 TOT AL  75  212   25   64  10  1   2   37   3  3  11  11  .302  .336  .387   84   82   9           0    
         CHW AL  37  128   14   33   5  1   1   18   2  0   6   6  .258  .291  .336   60   43   7           0    
         WSH AL  38   84   11   31   5  0   1   19   1  3   5   5  .369  .404  .464  120   39   2           0    
 1932 24 BSN NL  82  298   32   71   9  3   5   30   1     25  21  .238  .299  .339   74  101   4           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      290  986  118  287  45 12  11  119   8 11  81  62  .291  .347  .395   94  389  19   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   66  160  25  7   6   66   4  6  45  35  .291  .347  .395   94  217  11   0   0   2   0
 Career High    100  353   41  110  20  7   5   41   4  5  32  21  .312  .370  .433  107  153   9   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 20 CHW AL  137   84   20   6.4   107| .341  .287| .409  .352| .431  .408| .840  .761| 122  .631   4.5   0.4   0%
 1929 21 CHW AL  392  254   55   5.8   111| .312  .290| .370  .357| .433  .420| .803  .777| 107  .570   3.8   0.4  44%
 1930 22 TOT AL  232  160   28   4.6   114| .302  .293| .336  .357| .387  .430| .723  .787|  84  .445  -5.2  -0.5  50%
         CHW AL  141  102   13   3.4   113| .258  .291| .291  .355| .336  .428| .627  .783|  60  .310  -7.9  -0.7 100%
         WSH AL   91   58   15   6.9   116| .369  .295| .404  .359| .464  .434| .868  .793| 120  .621   2.7   0.2  25%
 1932 24 BSN NL  328  231   30   3.5   100| .238  .279| .299  .332| .339  .404| .638  .736|  74  .369 -10.8  -1.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1089  729  133   4.9   108| .291  .287| .347  .349| .395  .416| .742  .765|  94  .496  -7.7  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 20 CHW AL 1B 32 282 28 3 22 .990 .990 9.69 9.90 1929 21 CHW AL 1B 90 815 58 8 78 .991 .993 9.70 9.74 2B 3 6 4 1 1 .909 .971 3.33 5.47 1930 22 TOT AL 1B 54 468 26 10 37 .980 .989 9.15 9.53 CHW AL 1B 33 317 15 7 18 .979 .989 10.06 9.53 WSH AL 1B 21 151 11 3 19 .982 .989 7.71 9.53 1932 24 BSN NL 1B 80 715 48 9 61 .988 .990 9.54 9.91
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 20 CHW AL 1B 32 282 28 3 22 .990 .990 9.69 9.90 1929 21 CHW AL 1B 90 815 58 8 78 .991 .993 9.70 9.74 1930 22 TOT AL 1B 54 468 26 10 37 .980 .989 9.15 9.53 CHW AL 1B 33 317 15 7 18 .979 .989 10.06 9.53 WSH AL 1B 21 151 11 3 19 .982 .989 7.71 9.53 1932 24 BSN NL 1B 80 715 48 9 61 .988 .990 9.54 9.91 1929 21 CHW AL 2B 3 6 4 1 1 .909 .971 3.33 5.47
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 256 2280 160 30 198 .988 .991 9.53 9.77 2B 3 6 4 1 1 .909 .971 3.33 5.47 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 259 2286 164 31 199 .988 .991 9.46 9.72
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1928 AL-20-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 16, 1930: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Garland Braxton and Bennie Tate.


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