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Milton
Shifman		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 13, 1879 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
BATTER OF THE YEAR 1909    1910    1911   
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1901    1902    1905   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 21 BSN NL 134 489 85 171 13 3 2 58 23 9 73 39 .350 .436 .401 .837 85.3 24.6
1902 22 BSN NL 134 479 66 174 9 4 0 39 19 17 77 19 .363 .452 .399 .851 82.7 23.7
1903 23 BSN NL 134 482 68 139 14 1 1 42 22 14 90 37 .288 .397 .328 .725 66.8 17.3
1904 24 BSN NL 145 513 63 134 11 9 0 42 18 15 95 45 .261 .377 .318 .695 63.5 17.7
1905 25 BSN NL 147 495 67 156 23 4 2 61 25 14 93 24 .315 .423 .390 .813 85.5 27.9
1906 26 BSN NL 145 525 68 169 24 10 1 60 16 15 80 50 .322 .410 .411 .822 84.4 27.7
1907 27 BSN NL 144 502 67 136 28 4 1 57 18 17 87 34 .271 .380 .349 .728 68.5 17.2
1908 28 BSN NL 145 504 66 142 29 2 0 40 22 18 88 42 .282 .390 .347 .738 70.0 19.7
1909 29 BSN NL 145 528 89 174 25 11 1 62 16 11 94 47 .330 .430 .424 .854 94.2 28.8
1910 30 BSN NL 149 541 81 172 22 8 0 69 15 12 93 39 .318 .420 .388 .808 86.4 22.9
1911 31 BSN NL 147 542 88 198 30 10 1 85 0 0 95 45 .365 .462 .463 .925 107.7 30.0
1912 32 BSN NL 146 558 90 188 27 10 1 64 0 1 69 58 .337 .412 .427 .838 93.6 26.1
1913 33 BSN NL 117 443 60 127 10 2 1 39 3 2 48 48 .287 .357 .325 .682 52.0 12.7
1914 34 BSN NL 33 92 6 16 1 0 1 8 0 0 12 13 .174 .276 .217 .494 6.5 0.3
1915 35 BSN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   68 112 10 26 1 0 0 13 0 1 14 20 .232 .317 .241 .559 9.4  
15 Years Sim 1866 6694 964 2096 266 78 12 726 197 145 1094 540 .313 .410 .382 .792 1047.0 296.6
1 Years AAA 68 112 10 26 1 0 0 13 0 1 14 20 .232 .313 .241 .554 9.4  
162 Game Average 581 83 181 23 6 1 63 17 12 94 46 .313 .410 .382 .792 90.9  
Career Highs 149 558 90 198 30 11 2 85 25 18 95 58 .365 .462 .463 .925 107.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5688 812 1783 219 60 8 618 180 130 944 455 .313 .411 .377 .789 916.5
vs LH   1006 152 313 47 18 4 108 17 15 150 85 .311 .402 .406 .808 163.1
Home 944 3331 450 1043 138 35 5 356 85 72 503 277 .313 .403 .380 .783 519.1
Away 922 3363 514 1053 128 43 7 370 112 73 591 263 .313 .417 .383 .800 560.4
RISP   1575 0 495 79 14 3 656 0 0 441 120 .314 .457 .388 .845 321.5
Pinch Hitting   55 9 16 4 2 0 4 1 0 14 5 .291 .435 .436 .871 11.2
Close/Late   858 95 246 38 11 3 72 0 0 191 59 .287 .419 .367 .786 146.3
Mar/Apr 195 706 102 189 28 2 3 62 21 12 114 70 .268 .369 .326 .695 93.6
May 357 1274 181 417 50 24 2 151 33 27 216 113 .327 .428 .409 .836 222.8
June 295 1018 140 328 40 12 0 105 40 25 183 77 .322 .427 .385 .812 174.5
July 345 1267 188 391 44 14 3 133 42 29 198 101 .309 .402 .373 .774 197.1
August 322 1169 161 381 49 16 2 132 21 30 187 94 .326 .418 .400 .818 193.9
Sep/Oct 352 1260 192 390 55 10 2 143 40 22 196 85 .310 .403 .374 .777 197.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1901 21 BSN NL CF 130 129 1164.7 466 5 7 2 .985 3.64   4.3
    LF 3 0 7.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1902 22 BSN NL CF 130 130 1167.3 455 11 9 4 .981 3.59   5.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1903 23 BSN NL CF 132 132 1169.7 409 11 12 4 .972 3.23   2.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1904 24 BSN NL CF 140 140 1270.7 467 9 10 2 .979 3.37   5.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1905 25 BSN NL CF 140 140 1251.3 493 9 9 4 .982 3.61   3.9
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1906 26 BSN NL CF 137 137 1249.0 455 12 14 5 .971 3.37   2.9
1907 27 BSN NL CF 135 135 1224.0 429 6 15 2 .967 3.20   4.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1908 28 BSN NL CF 140 140 1269.3 374 6 13 0 .967 2.69   4.9
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1909 29 BSN NL CF 139 139 1255.7 437 1 18 1 .961 3.14   5.0
    LF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1910 30 BSN NL CF 144 144 1275.3 447 7 7 1 .985 3.20   4.8
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1911 31 BSN NL CF 141 141 1228.7 409 5 7 5 .983 3.03   3.4
    RF 1 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1912 32 BSN NL CF 144 143 1262.7 384 6 5 4 .987 2.78   2.8
1913 33 BSN NL CF 113 113 1018.0 313 8 9 1 .973 2.84   2.6
    RF 1 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1914 34 BSN NL LF 18 14 134.3 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.5
    CF 8 8 68.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    RF 4 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
1915 35 BSN NL RF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
  CF 1773 1771 15874.3 5553 96 135 35 .977 3.20   52.1
  LF 29 14 153.0 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.5
  RF 12 2 43.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.0
Career Totals   1814 1787 16070.6 5607 97 135 35 .977 3.19   52.6
Career Highs   145 144 1279.3 494 12 18 5 1.000 3.64    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1901-5-.350
1902-2-.363
1905-2-.315
1906-3-.322
1908-6-.282
1909-2-.330
1910-2-.318
1911-1-.365
1912-4-.337
 On-Base Pct
1901-2-.436
1902-3-.452
1903-5-.397
1904-9-.377
1905-2-.423
1906-4-.410
1907-8-.380
1908-4-.390
1909-1-.430
1910-1-.420
1911-1-.462
1912-2-.412
 Slugging Pct
1905-5-.390
1906-6-.411
1909-1-.424
1910-9-.388
1911-1-.463
 OPS
1901-7-.837
1902-7-.851
1905-2-.813
1906-2-.822
1908-8-.738
1909-1-.854
1910-1-.808
1911-1-.925
1912-4-.838
 XR
1901-5-85.3
1902-6-82.7
1905-2-85.5
1906-3-84.4
1908-8-70.0
1909-1-94.2
1910-1-86.4
1911-2-107.7
1912-3-93.6
 Games
1901-8-134
1902-6-134
1905-10-147
1910-1-149
1911-10-147
1912-4-146
Runs
1901-6-85
1908-10-66
1909-1-89
1910-2-81
1911-6-88
1912-3-90
 Hits
1901-4-171
1902-1-174
1906-5-169
1908-10-142
1909-2-174
1910-1-172
1911-1-198
1912-2-188
 Walks
1901-5-73
1902-3-77
1903-2-90
1904-3-95
1905-5-93
1906-4-80
1907-3-87
1908-4-88
1909-3-94
1910-2-93
1911-4-95
1912-5-69
 Total Bases
1906-7-216
1909-2-224
1910-8-210
1911-3-251
1912-10-238
 Singles
1901-2-153
1902-1-161
1906-10-134
1909-5-137
1910-1-142
1911-1-157
1912-2-150
 Doubles
1908-4-29
1909-3-25
1911-10-30
Triples
1904-7-9
1906-9-10
1909-5-11
1911-9-10
 RBIs
1910-6-69
1911-5-85
 Caught Stealing
1902-10-17
 Strikeouts
1909-8-47
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 141    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1901
Had first career hit on 4/18/1901, off Albert Murtha (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1901, off Brendan Hammond (NY1)
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1901
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1902
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Centerfield in 1905
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 5/8/1906
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1906, hitting .386 with 0 HR, 17 RBI
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1909, hitting .330 with 1 HR, 62 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1910, hitting .347 with 0 HR, 15 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 6/1/1910
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1910, hitting .318 with 0 HR, 69 RBI
Had 31-game hitting streak snapped on 8/17/1911
Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1911, hitting .365 with 1 HR, 85 RBI
Injured on 5/30/1913 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 4-5 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 7/8/1913, off Sean O' Cathasaigh (CIN)
 
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