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Chick Shorten

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 19, 1892 in Scranton, PA us

Died: October 23, 1965 in Clarks Summit, PA

Buried: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clarks Summit, PA

Debut: September 22, 1915 (Age 23-156d, 4,444th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1924 (Age 32-158d)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1916 season

Full Name: Charles Henry Shorten

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1916 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

1345

370

.275

159

RBI

138

OBP

.330

SLG

.349

OPS

.680

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-39 / in Starts: 19-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	67 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 187 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	133 (65-43-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 187 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	113 (54-38-20)

Most Driven In
D Hoblitzell	3
H Janvrin	3
T Walker	2
H Hooper	2
L Gardner	2
D Lewis	1
E Scott	1
C Mays	1

Most Driven In By
E Scott	5
L Gardner	1
F Cady	1
D Lewis	1
E Shore	1
S Agnew	1
P Thomas	0
S Jones	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	61	8 (7)	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	5	.32	0.007	1.11	0.01%	0.09	CF
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
2	62	17 (8)	May 9 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9	3.74	0.114	15.63	0.29%	0.65	PH
3	63	22 (4)	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.333	.250	.583	1	.59	-0.046	2.78	-0.13%	-0.34	RF
4	64	23	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	1-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.182	.250	.182	.432	5	.55	-0.049	2.56	-0.14%	-0.92	RF
5	65	24	May 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0		0		.308	.400	.385	.785	5	.87	0.009	4.04	0.03%	0.34	RF
6	66	25	May 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.250	.333	.313	.646	5	.64	-0.084	3.03	-0.24%	-1.48	RF
7	67	26	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.235	.316	.294	.610	1	.05	-0.001	.26	0.00%	-0.25	PH RF
8	68	28 (1)	May 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.261	.238	.499	5	.80	-0.076	3.78	-0.22%	-0.85	CF
9	69	29	May 23	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		2		0		.208	.269	.250	.519	5	.55	0.104	2.36	0.27%	2.46	CF
10	70	30	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.267	.250	.517	5	.99	-0.050	4.25	-0.13%	-0.43	CF
11	71	31	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.294	.281	.575	5	.78	0.101	3.39	0.26%	0.96	CF
12	72	32	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0		.243	.282	.270	.552	5						CF
13	73	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	T,1-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.220	.256	.244	.500	5	2.55	-0.311	11.36	-0.83%	-1.34	CF
14	74	34	May 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.234	.222	.456	5	2.04	-0.158	9.48	-0.44%	-0.91	CF
15	75	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.224	.255	.265	.520	5	1.37	0.152	6.50	0.43%	1.01	CF
16	76	37	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.259	.269	.528	5	.95	0.000	4.50	0.00%	-0.08	CF
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
17	77	39 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		CLE	L,0-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.250	.259	.509	5	.82	-0.039	4.12	-0.12%	-0.44	PH CF
18	78	40	Jun 2	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.218	.246	.255	.500	7	.24	-0.006	1.22	-0.02%	-0.19	PH
19	79	43 (2)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.241	.250	.491	5	.72	-0.017	3.35	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
20	80	44	Jun 8	BOS		DET	L,4-7	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.211	.237	.246	.483	9	.47	-0.011	2.23	-0.03%	-0.19	PH
21	81	45	Jun 9	BOS		DET	L,0-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.233	.241	.475	7	4.11	-0.105	19.80	-0.31%	-0.31	PH LF
22	82	47 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.203	.230	.237	.467	9	.25	-0.007	1.13	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
23	83	48	Jun 14	BOS		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.194	.219	.226	.445	5	1.21	-0.085	5.50	-0.23%	-0.64	CF
24	84	50 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.215	.222	.438	7	.56	-0.013	3.53	-0.05%	-0.13	PH
25	85	51	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.227	.222	.449	2	3.61	0.112	22.24	0.41%	0.65	PH
26	86	52	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.224	.219	.443	9	1.14	-0.032	7.37	-0.12%	-0.41	PH
27	87	53	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.211	.206	.417	6	1.32	-0.129	7.21	-0.43%	-1.26	LF
28	88	54	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.200	.194	.394	6	1.03	-0.130	5.68	-0.43%	-1.34	LF
29	89	55	Jun 21	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.160	.203	.187	.389	6	1.32	-0.064	7.31	-0.21%	-0.47	LF
30	90	56	Jun 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.165	.205	.190	.395	6	1.52	0.012	8.59	0.04%	-0.47	LF
31	91	59 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.163	.202	.188	.390	7	2.73	-0.060	12.79	-0.17%	-0.74	PH
32	92	61 (1)	Jun 26	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.160	.200	.185	.385	9	4.65	-0.106	19.86	-0.27%	0.10	PH
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
33	93	68 (6)	Jul 3 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.159	.198	.183	.381	2	.72	-0.017	3.58	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
34	94	74 (5)	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.157	.195	.181	.376	2	.83	-0.020	4.33	-0.06%	-0.14	PH
35	95	77 (2)	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.205	.214	.419	8	4.31	0.365	23.88	1.22%	1.00	PH
36	96	78	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.213	.235	.449	9	.21	0.014	1.16	0.05%	0.61	PH
37	97	79	Jul 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.172	.209	.230	.439	5	.71	-0.034	3.81	-0.11%	-0.28	LF
38	98	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.178	.221	.233	.454	5	1.19	-0.013	6.45	-0.04%	-0.27	LF
39	99	81	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.183	.224	.237	.461	5	.53	0.003	2.68	0.01%	0.03	LF
40	100	82	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.177	.218	.229	.447	5	1.24	-0.132	6.44	-0.41%	-1.29	LF
41	101	83	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.219	.222	.441	5	.84	-0.026	4.51	-0.08%	-0.20	LF
42	102	92 (8)	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.226	.230	.456	5	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	1.00	PH RF
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
43	103	99 (6)	Aug 2	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.234	.238	.471	9	3.22	0.136	36.83	0.93%	1.00	PH
44	104	100	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.231	.235	.467	6	3.17	-0.075	18.30	-0.26%	-0.19	CF
45	105	101	Aug 4	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.189	.232	.236	.468	6	2.02	0.204	11.54	0.70%	0.02	CF
46	106	102	Aug 6	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.224	.227	.451	6	2.74	-0.232	14.30	-0.73%	-1.37	CF
47	107	104 (1)	Aug 8	BOS		DET	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.222	.225	.447	9	.16	-0.004	.91	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
48	108	105	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.220	.223	.444	7	.76	-0.021	4.20	-0.07%	-0.28	PH
49	109	108 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.177	.218	.221	.440	9	.67	-0.018	4.17	-0.07%	-0.28	PH
50	110	110 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.217	.219	.436	7	1.29	-0.030	8.26	-0.12%	-0.19	PH
51	111	111	Aug 15	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.174	.215	.217	.432	7	6.16	-0.069	38.41	-0.26%	-0.26	PH
52	112	115 (3)	Aug 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.172	.213	.216	.429	9	1.50	-0.034	9.95	-0.14%	-0.26	PH
53	113	116	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.171	.211	.214	.425	7	.19	-0.005	2.51	-0.04%	-0.20	PH
54	114	123 (6)	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.178	.218	.220	.438	7	.83	0.041	6.11	0.18%	0.23	PH
55	115	124	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	T,1-1	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.176	.216	.218	.434	7	6.41	-0.149	34.73	-0.48%	-0.71	PH
Sep/Oct		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
56	116	129 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.183	.222	.225	.447	7	1.13	0.052	5.20	0.15%	0.59	PH
57	117	131 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.220	.223	.444	2	2.75	-0.073	8.96	-0.14%	-0.28	PH
58	118	136 (4)	Sep 10 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0		0		2		.185	.229	.226	.455	5	2.35	0.267	3.33	0.23%	1.52	CF
59	119	137	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.222	.219	.441	5	1.05	-0.102	1.88	-0.11%	-0.70	CF
60	120	138	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	T,1-1	CG(16)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.225	.216	.442	5	1.82	-0.135	2.39	-0.11%	-0.44	CF
61	121	139	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.187	.231	.223	.454	5	.41	-0.008	.74	-0.01%	-0.47	CF RF
62	122	142 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.232	.238	.470	5	1.03	0.000	.94	0.00%	0.44	CF
63	123	143	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.185	.232	.233	.465	5	1.22	-0.061	.51	-0.02%	-0.40	CF
64	124	144	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.181	.228	.228	.456	5	.90	-0.067	.34	-0.02%	-0.40	CF
65	125	146 (1)	Sep 21	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.183	.228	.229	.457	5	1.32	0.016	.03	0.00%	-0.21	CF
66	126	147	Sep 22	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.185	.229	.236	.465	5	.62	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.01	CF
67	127	149 (1)	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.227	.228	.455	5	1.94	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-1.18	CF
68	128	156 (6)	Oct 3	BOS		WSH	L,0-6	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.183	.230	.232	.462	4	.32	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.24	LF
69	129	157	Oct 4	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.179	.225	.226	.451	1	1.97	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.96	RF
							27-39		187	168	12	30	4	2	0	16	9	0	10	1	8		2		2		.179	.225	.226	.451		1.34	-1.833	5.20	-2.70%	-13.21

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