Batting

Pitching

Ben Shields

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Age: 78

Bats/Throws: R/L

6'2" / 195

6/17/1903 - 1/24/1982

(78 years, 7 months, 7 days)

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Stats

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1924	NYY	MLB	21	0	0	0	2	0	2.0		13.50	9.00	0.00	.750	25.0%						27.00		3.15		0.0
1925	NYY	MLB	22	3	0	0	4	2	24.0		1.88	4.50	0.75	.262	71.0%						4.88		5.75		-0.1
1930	BOS	MLB	27	0	0	0	3	0	10.0		0.90	5.40	0.00	.390	50.0%						9.00		5.09		0.0
1931	PHI	MLB	28	1	0	0	4	0	5.1		0.00	11.81	1.69	.333	47.9%						15.19		9.51		-0.2
Total	- - -	MLB		4	0	0	13	2	41.1		1.96	5.88	0.65	.331	56.4%						8.27		5.95		-0.3

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
1924	NYY	MLB	21	0	0	0	2	0	2.0		13.50	9.00	0.00	.750	25.0%						27.00		3.15		0.0
1925	NYY	MLB	22	3	0	0	4	2	24.0		1.88	4.50	0.75	.262	71.0%						4.88		5.75		-0.1
1930	BOS	MLB	27	0	0	0	3	0	10.0		0.90	5.40	0.00	.390	50.0%						9.00		5.09		0.0
1931	PHI	MLB	28	1	0	0	4	0	5.1		0.00	11.81	1.69	.333	47.9%						15.19		9.51		-0.2
Total	- - -	MLB		4	0	0	13	2	41.1		1.96	5.88	0.65	.331	56.4%						8.27		5.95		-0.3

MLB Regular Season

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1924	NYY	MLB	0	0	27.00	2	0		0	0	0			2.0	13	6	6	6	0	2		0	0	0	3
1925	NYY	MLB	3	0	4.88	4	2		2	0	0			24.0	105	24	13	13	2	12		2	0	0	5
1930	BOS	MLB	0	0	9.00	3	0		0	0	0			10.0	48	16	11	10	0	6		0	0	0	1
1931	PHI	MLB	1	0	15.19	4	0		0	0	0			5.1	32	9	9	9	1	7		0	0	0	0
Total	- - -	MLB	4	0	8.27	13	2		2	0	0			41.1	198	55	39	38	3	27		2	0	0	9

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
1924	NYY	MLB	0	0	27.00	2	0		0	0	0			2.0	13	6	6	6	0	2		0	0	0	3
1925	NYY	MLB	3	0	4.88	4	2		2	0	0			24.0	105	24	13	13	2	12		2	0	0	5
1930	BOS	MLB	0	0	9.00	3	0		0	0	0			10.0	48	16	11	10	0	6		0	0	0	1
1931	PHI	MLB	1	0	15.19	4	0		0	0	0			5.1	32	9	9	9	1	7		0	0	0	0
Total	- - -	MLB	4	0	8.27	13	2		2	0	0			41.1	198	55	39	38	3	27		2	0	0	9

MLB Regular SeasonAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1924	NYY	MLB	13.50	9.00	1.50	0.00		23.1%	15.4%	7.7%		.545	4.00	.750	25.0%		652	75		3.15
1924			3.12	2.96	1.05	0.36		9.1%	8.6%	0.5%		.274	1.42	.291	64.0%					4.16
1925	NYY	MLB	1.88	4.50	0.42	0.75		4.8%	11.4%	-6.7%		.264	1.50	.262	71.0%		113	129		5.75
1925			3.02	3.15	0.96	0.48		7.6%	8.0%	-0.3%		.279	1.48	.296	62.6%					4.42
1930	BOS	MLB	0.90	5.40	0.17	0.00		2.1%	12.5%	-10.4%		.381	2.20	.390	50.0%		198	111		5.09
1930			3.46	3.11	1.11	0.64		10.6%	9.5%	1.1%		.285	1.50	.302	62.1%					4.51
1931	PHI	MLB	0.00	11.81	0.00	1.69		0.0%	21.9%	-21.9%		.360	3.00	.333	47.9%		350	216		9.51
1931			3.33	3.16	1.06	0.43		8.5%	8.0%	0.5%		.272	1.44	.291	65.6%					4.19
Total	- - -	MLB	1.96	5.88	0.33	0.65		4.5%	13.6%	-9.1%		.325	1.98	.331	56.4%		191	133		5.95

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
1924	NYY	MLB	13.50	9.00	1.50	0.00		23.1%	15.4%	7.7%		.545	4.00	.750	25.0%		652	75		3.15
1924			3.12	2.96	1.05	0.36		9.1%	8.6%	0.5%		.274	1.42	.291	64.0%					4.16
1925	NYY	MLB	1.88	4.50	0.42	0.75		4.8%	11.4%	-6.7%		.264	1.50	.262	71.0%		113	129		5.75
1925			3.02	3.15	0.96	0.48		7.6%	8.0%	-0.3%		.279	1.48	.296	62.6%					4.42
1930	BOS	MLB	0.90	5.40	0.17	0.00		2.1%	12.5%	-10.4%		.381	2.20	.390	50.0%		198	111		5.09
1930			3.46	3.11	1.11	0.64		10.6%	9.5%	1.1%		.285	1.50	.302	62.1%					4.51
1931	PHI	MLB	0.00	11.81	0.00	1.69		0.0%	21.9%	-21.9%		.360	3.00	.333	47.9%		350	216		9.51
1931			3.33	3.16	1.06	0.43		8.5%	8.0%	0.5%		.272	1.44	.291	65.6%					4.19
Total	- - -	MLB	1.96	5.88	0.33	0.65		4.5%	13.6%	-9.1%		.325	1.98	.331	56.4%		191	133		5.95