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Bobby Shantz
vs. the Mets

Bobby Shantz
Robert Clayton Shantz
Born: September 26, 1925 at Pottstown, Pa.
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 5.06 Weight: 142

Bobby Shantz played for the following teams:

Philadelphia Athletics 1952 - 1954; Kansas City Athletics 1955, 1956; New York Yankees 1957 - 1960; Pittsburgh Pirates 1961; St. Louis Cardinals 1962 - 1964; Houston Colt .45's 1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1964; Chicago Cubs 1964

Bobby Shantz as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Pitching Record

Year Team G IP W L Pct. R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1962 Houston (NL) 1 5.2 0 0 0.000 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0.00

1962 St. Louis (NL) 4 5.2 0 1 0.000 8 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 1.59

1963 St. Louis (NL) 7 8.2 0 1 0.000 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.04

1964 Philadelphia (NL) 1 5.0 0 0 0.000 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.20

1964 St. Louis (NL) 2 3.1 1 1 0.500 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.70

Totals 15 28.1 1 3 0.250 15 7 18 7 1 0 0 0 2.22

Bobby Shantz as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg. TB Slg. OBP

1962 Houston (NL) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1962 St. Louis (NL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1963 St. Louis (NL) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1964 Philadelphia (NL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1964 St. Louis (NL) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Totals 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Mets Batters vs. Bobby Shantz
34 results. Click on column header to sort.

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Carmel, Duke 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .500 2.000 .500

Altman, George 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .667 1.333 .667

Klaus, Bobby 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .667 .667 .667

Kanehl, Rod 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .600 .200

Hunt, Ron 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .571 .286

Mantilla, Felix 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .600

Hook, Jay 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Ashburn, Richie 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750

Smith, Bobby 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Taylor, Hawk 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Hickman, Jim 10 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 .300 .400 .417

Cannizzaro, Chris 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400

McMillan, Roy 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

Snider, Duke 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

Christopher, Joe 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286

Hodges, Gil 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250

Neal, Charlie 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200

Thomas, Frank 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .286

Harkness, Tim 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .143

Kranepool, Ed 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Cisco, Galen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Throneberry, Marv 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Zimmer, Don 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Fernandez, Chico 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP
Smith, Dick 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .333

Willey, Carl 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Chacon, Elio 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Moran, Al 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Woodling, Gene 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Cook, Cliff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Sherry, Norm 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Jackson, Al 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Craig, Roger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Samuel, Amado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Bobby Shantz vs. Mets Pitchers
3 results. Click on column header to sort.

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Hook, Jay 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Bearnarth, Larry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Cisco, Galen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

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