Bill Shores Stats

Bill Shores was born on Thursday, May 26, 1904, in Abilene, Texas. Shores was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 11, 1928, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Shores baseball stats page.

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Bill Shores



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Birth Name:   William David Shores
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   05-26-1904  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Abilene, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-19-1984 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Purcell, Oklahoma
Cemetery:   Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Oklahoma
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-11-1928 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-20-1936
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bill Shores Pitching Stats

1928 24 Athletics 3 2 0 1 1 .500 3.21 1 0 0 14.0 61 13 5 7 0 7 - 5 1 0 0 -
1929 25 Athletics 39 13 19 11 6 .647 3.60 5 1 7 152.2 653 150 61 71 9 59 - 49 1 3 0 -
1930 26 Athletics 31 19 7 12 4 .750 4.19 7 1 0 159.0 700 169 74 86 11 70 - 48 1 3 0 -
1931 27 Athletics 6 2 3 0 3 .000 5.06 0 0 0 16.0 83 26 9 18 3 10 - 2 1 0 0 -
1933 29 Giants 8 3 3 2 1 .667 3.93 1 0 0 36.2 159 41 16 18 4 14 - 20 2 0 0 -
1936 32 White Sox 9 0 7 0 0 .000 9.53 0 0 0 17.0 84 26 18 18 1 8 - 5 0 0 0 -
6 Years 96 39 39 26 15 .634 4.17 14 2 7 395.1 1,740 425 183 218 28 168 - 129 6 6 0 -

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Bill Shores Hitting Stats

1928 24 Athletics 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1929 25 Athletics 39 40 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 16 6 0 0 - .125 .239 .125
1930 26 Athletics 31 57 6 11 1 0 0 0 3 2 - 20 3 - 0 - .193 .220 .211
1931 27 Athletics 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 - 0 - .333 .500 .333
1933 29 Giants 8 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .273
1936 32 White Sox 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 - 0 - .200 .200 .200
6 Years 96 121 12 21 1 0 0 0 6 10 0 46 9 0 0 0 .174 .237 .182

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Bill Shores Fielding Stats

1928 Athletics P 3 2 42 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1929 Athletics P 39 13 458 38 1.0 35 7 28 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .921 2.06
1930 Athletics P 31 19 477 46 1.5 43 8 35 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.43
1931 Athletics P 6 2 48 6 1.0 5 1 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 2.81
1933 Giants P 8 3 110 15 1.9 15 2 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.68
1936 White Sox P 9 0 51 6 0.7 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.18
P Totals 96 39 1,186 113 1.2 106 20 86 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.41
6 Years 96 39 1,186 113 1.2 106 20 86 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .938 2.41

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Bill Shores Miscellaneous Stats

1928 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.71 3.21 4.50
1929 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.83 2.89 3.48
1930 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 19.0 0.69 2.72 3.96
1931 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.20 1.13 5.63
1933 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 0.0 1.43 4.91 3.44
1936 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.7 2.5 0.63 2.65 4.24
6 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 20.2 0.77 2.94 3.82

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Bill Shores Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1928 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1931 Philadelphia Athletics 13 Undetermined n/a -
1933 New York Giants 22 Undetermined - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 29 Undetermined - -

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