John Shelby
Baltimore Orioles 1981–1987; Los Angeles Dodgers 1987–1989; Detroit Tigers 1990; Los Angeles Dodgers 1990; Detroit Tigers 1991
Percentile snapshot
1988 season — qualified batters
of 130 qualified 1988 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126.8 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| 1982 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .486 | .800 | 117.0 | 117.7 | .351 | 0.2 |
| 1983 | 126 | 349 | 325 | 52 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 64 | 15 | 2 | .258 | .297 | .363 | .660 | 81.9 | 83.6 | .297 | 0.6 |
| 1984 | 128 | 415 | 383 | 44 | 80 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 71 | 12 | 4 | .209 | .248 | .313 | .561 | 53.8 | 56.6 | .256 | -0.7 |
| 1985 | 69 | 214 | 205 | 28 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 1 | .283 | .307 | .434 | .741 | 102.4 | 103.0 | .327 | 0.7 |
| 1986 | 135 | 428 | 404 | 54 | 92 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 18 | 75 | 18 | 6 | .228 | .263 | .364 | .627 | 66.6 | 69.6 | .279 | -0.6 |
| 1987 | 141 | 552 | 508 | 65 | 138 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 72 | 32 | 110 | 16 | 7 | .272 | .311 | .453 | .764 | 100.8 | 103.2 | .335 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 140 | 545 | 494 | 65 | 130 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 44 | 128 | 16 | 5 | .263 | .320 | .395 | .715 | 108.8 | 109.1 | .327 | 2.7 |
| 1989 | 108 | 371 | 345 | 28 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 92 | 10 | 7 | .183 | .237 | .229 | .466 | 30.0 | 36.1 | .218 | -1.7 |
| 1990 | 103 | 262 | 246 | 24 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 58 | 4 | 5 | .248 | .277 | .362 | .639 | 74.0 | 76.9 | .292 | -0.2 |
| 1991 | 53 | 153 | 143 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .204 | .287 | .491 | 25.6 | 33.4 | .222 | -1.0 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-06-17 | LAD @ SD Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990-08-25 | ATH @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1986-09-01 | BAL @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-06-01 | BAL @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-10-04 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
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.