MLB / Players

Howie Shanks

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornJuly 21, 1890 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutMay 9, 1912

Final gameOctober 3, 1925

Seasons14 (1912–1925)

Washington Senators 1912–1922; Boston Red Sox 1923–1924; New York Yankees 1925

Percentile snapshot

1923 season — qualified batters

131

60.9

499

55.3

464

59.2

30.2

118

55.9

49.7

44.7

RBI

58.7

30.7

18.4

39.7

30.7

.254

12.8

OBP

.285

6.1

SLG

.336

17.9

OPS

.621

9.5

wRC+

56.2

5.6

OPS+

62.0

7.3

wOBA

.291

9.5

sWAR

-0.9

1.1

of 180 qualified 1923 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

80.0

10.1

OPS+

82.3

11.9

sWAR

3.9

76.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1912	116	461	399	52	92	14	7	1	48	40	64	21	17	.231	.305	.308	.614	77.8	76.1	.303	-0.3
1913	109	416	390	38	99	11	5	1	37	15	40	24	0	.254	.287	.315	.602	70.9	76.2	.292	-0.7
1914	143	561	500	44	112	22	10	4	64	29	51	18	16	.224	.269	.332	.601	72.1	79.4	.292	-0.4
1915	141	546	492	52	123	19	8	0	47	30	42	12	14	.250	.297	.321	.618	81.1	85.2	.304	0.3
1916	140	540	471	51	119	15	7	1	48	41	34	23	12	.253	.317	.321	.637	92.1	93.6	.316	0.8
1917	126	496	430	45	87	15	5	0	28	33	37	15	0	.202	.269	.260	.529	60.6	62.8	.267	-0.3
1918	120	488	436	42	112	19	4	1	56	31	21	23	0	.257	.312	.326	.638	92.0	94.9	.316	0.9
1919	135	551	491	33	122	8	7	1	54	25	48	13	0	.248	.289	.299	.588	62.6	66.8	.283	-0.1
1920	128	489	444	56	119	16	7	4	37	29	43	11	6	.268	.316	.363	.678	79.4	81.5	.319	0.1
1921	154	646	562	81	170	24	18	7	69	57	38	11	10	.302	.370	.447	.816	110.8	111.6	.377	3.2
1922	84	314	272	35	77	10	9	1	32	25	25	6	0	.283	.352	.397	.749	99.6	99.5	.350	1.0
1923	131	499	464	38	118	19	5	3	57	19	37	6	6	.254	.285	.336	.621	56.2	62.0	.291	-0.9
1924	72	223	193	22	50	16	3	0	25	21	12	1	0	.259	.332	.373	.705	79.5	80.7	.335	0.3
1925	66	184	155	15	40	3	1	1	18	20	15	1	0	.258	.343	.310	.653	72.4	68.6	.319	0.0

Career totals

1,665

6,414

5,699

604

1,440

211

177th-most career 3B

RBI

620

415

507

185

418th-most career SB

.2527

OBP

.3076

SLG

.3366

OPS

.6442

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1922-07-25	MIN @ DET Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	1	5	0	9
1921-05-18	MIN @ BAL Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	8
1917-10-02	MIN @ BOS Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	7
1914-06-02	MIN @ NYY Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	7
1923-04-21	BOS @ NYY Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1912-04-11	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-12	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-15	MIN @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-16	MIN @ NYY Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912-04-19	ATH @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.