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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	6	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	7	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	9 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	23 (13)	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	28 (4)	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	36 (7)	May 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	37	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	38	Jun 2	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	40 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	42 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	43	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	46 (2)	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	47	Jun 11	DET		NYY	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	48	Jun 12	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	49	Jun 13	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	50	Jun 14	DET		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	51	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	52	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	53	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	54	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	55	Jun 20	DET		WSH	L,4-9	CG	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	57 (1)	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	58	Jun 24	DET	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	60 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	61	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	62	Jun 28	DET		CHW	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	64 (1)	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	65	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	66	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
34	67	Jul 4	DET		CLE	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	68	Jul 5 (1)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	69	Jul 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	70	Jul 8	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	71	Jul 9	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	73 (1)	Jul 11	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	78 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-1	GS	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	80 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	82 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	83	Jul 22	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	84	Jul 23	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	85	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	86	Jul 25	DET		SLB	W,21-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	88 (1)	Jul 27	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	89	Jul 28	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	90	Jul 29 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	91	Jul 29 (2)	DET		WSH	W,13-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	95 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	98 (2)	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	99	Aug 5	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	100	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,7-11	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	101	Aug 7	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	102	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	103	Aug 9	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	104	Aug 11	DET		PHA	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	105	Aug 12	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	107 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	108	Aug 15	DET		CHW	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	110 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	112 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
64	113	Aug 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	114	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	115	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	W,11-9	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	116	Aug 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	117	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	118	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	12.2	1	0	0	1	0
70	120 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	121	Aug 30	DET	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	122	Aug 31	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	123	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	124	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	125	Sep 2	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	126	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
77	127	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	128	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	129	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	130	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
81	132 (1)	Sep 8	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
84	135	Sep 11	DET		PHA	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	136	Sep 12	DET		NYY	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	137	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	138	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	139	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
89	140	Sep 17	DET		BOS	W,14-13	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	141	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	142	Sep 19 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-7	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	143	Sep 19 (2)	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	145 (1)	Sep 21	DET		WSH	W,12-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	146	Sep 23 (1)	DET		SLB	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	148 (1)	Sep 24	DET		SLB	W,16-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	149	Sep 25	DET	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	150	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	153 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	155 (1)	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							101gm			164	16	3	183	4