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Chick Shorten
Charles Henry Shorten

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 22, 1915
Final Game September 24, 1924
Born April 19, 1892 in Scranton, PA
Died October 23, 1965 in Scranton, PA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1915 23 BOS AL   6   14    1    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   2  .214  .214  .286   52    4   0           0    
 1916 24 BOS AL  53  112   14   33   2  1   0   11   1     10   8  .295  .352  .330  104   37   1           0    
 1917 25 BOS AL  69  168   12   30   4  2   0   16   2     10  10  .179  .229  .226   40   38   9           1    
 1919 27 DET AL  95  270   37   85   9  3   0   22   5     22  13  .315  .366  .370  109  100  21           0    
 1920 28 DET AL 116  364   35  105   9  6   1   40   2  4  28  14  .288  .339  .354   85  129  18           0    
 1921 29 DET AL  92  217   33   59  11  3   0   23   2  3  20  11  .272  .333  .350   75   76   6           0    
 1922 30 SLB AL  55  131   22   36  12  5   2   16   0  1  16   8  .275  .354  .489  115   64   5           0    
 1924 32 CIN NL  41   69    7   19   3  0   0    6   0  0   4   2  .275  .315  .319   71   22   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      527 1345  161  370  51 20   3  134  12  8 110  68  .275  .330  .349   87  470  62   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        413   49  114  16  6   1   41   4  2  34  21  .275  .330  .349   87  144  19   0   0   0   0
 Career High    116  364   37  105  12  6   2   40   5  4  28  14  .315  .366  .370  109  129  21   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1915 23 BOS AL   14   11    1   2.4    81| .214  .252| .214  .329| .286  .330| .500  .660|  52  .349  -0.9  -0.1     
 1916 24 BOS AL  123   80   13   4.4    83| .295  .258| .352  .332| .330  .337| .682  .669| 104  .609   0.5   0.1     
 1917 25 BOS AL  188  147    9   1.7    79| .179  .254| .229  .325| .226  .328| .455  .653|  40  .213 -12.7  -1.5     
 1919 27 DET AL  313  206   37   4.8    93| .315  .274| .366  .340| .370  .368| .736  .708| 109  .578   3.3   0.3     
 1920 28 DET AL  410  281   43   4.1   105| .288  .289| .339  .353| .354  .397| .693  .750|  85  .450  -8.1  -0.8  33%
 1921 29 DET AL  243  167   25   4.0   113| .272  .298| .333  .364| .350  .419| .683  .783|  75  .394  -8.0  -0.8  40%
 1922 30 SLB AL  152  101   22   5.8   112| .275  .297| .354  .362| .489  .417| .843  .779| 115  .593   2.6   0.2   0%
 1924 32 CIN NL   75   52    7   3.6   103| .275  .289| .315  .344| .319  .402| .634  .746|  71  .395  -2.7  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1518 1045  157   4.0    99| .275  .281| .330  .347| .349  .382| .679  .730|  87  .468 -26.0  -2.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1915 23 BOS AL OF 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.98 0 4 1 1916 24 BOS AL OF 33 46 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.39 2.03 13 19 1 1917 25 BOS AL OF 43 82 2 2 0 .977 .967 1.95 2.14 16 20 7 1919 27 DET AL OF 75 143 2 4 2 .973 .958 1.93 2.16 0 18 57 1920 28 DET AL OF 99 168 14 2 3 .989 .962 1.84 2.16 0 31 68 1921 29 DET AL OF 51 101 3 2 2 .981 .960 2.04 2.21 3 36 12 1922 30 SLB AL OF 31 58 2 0 1 1.000 .965 1.94 2.22 4 16 12 1924 32 CIN NL OF 15 13 1 0 0 1.000 .966 0.93 2.24 11 0 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 23 BOS AL OF 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.98 0 4 1 1916 24 BOS AL OF 33 46 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.39 2.03 13 19 1 1917 25 BOS AL OF 43 82 2 2 0 .977 .967 1.95 2.14 16 20 7 1919 27 DET AL OF 75 143 2 4 2 .973 .958 1.93 2.16 0 18 57 1920 28 DET AL OF 99 168 14 2 3 .989 .962 1.84 2.16 0 31 68 1921 29 DET AL OF 51 101 3 2 2 .981 .960 2.04 2.21 3 36 12 1922 30 SLB AL OF 31 58 2 0 1 1.000 .965 1.94 2.22 4 16 12 1924 32 CIN NL OF 15 13 1 0 0 1.000 .966 0.93 2.24 11 0 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 352 617 25 10 8 .985 .962 1.82 2.16 47 144 162 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 352 617 25 10 8 .985 .962 1.82 2.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1916   WS    BOS BRO     W   2   7   0   4  0  0  0   2   0   1  .571  .571  .571   0  2   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

January 17, 1919: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Eddie Ainsmith and Slim Love to the Detroit Tigers for Ossie Vitt.

December 14, 1921: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Detroit Tigers.

May 29, 1924: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Minneapolis (American Association).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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