Charlie Shields - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Charlie Shields

Charles Thomas Shields
(Lefty)

Born: October 20, 1922 in Whipple, WV
Died: October 18, 1955 in Scarbro, WV
(32 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 206

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Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1941	CAG	NAL	18	RP	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	5.2	5	4	7	0	4	2	0	0	0	29	6.35	61
1942	CAG/NYC	NAL/NN2	19	SP	2	4	.333	9	6		3	0	0	50.0	31	27	58	0	31	37	2	0	3	238	4.86	86
1943	CAG/HG	NAL/NN2	20	SP	4	0	1.000	8	6		2	0	0	53.0	29	21	48	1	32	28	0	0	0	245	3.57	118
1945	CAG	NAL	22	SP	0	1	.000	2	2		0	0	0	7.0	12	9	8	0	9	0	1	0	1	39	11.57	37
4	3			SP	6	5	.545	21	14		5	0	0	115.2	77	61	121	1	76	67	3	0	4	551	4.75	88
162 Game Average					12	10	.545	41	27		10	0	0	224.2	150	119	235	2	148	130	6	0	8	1071	4.75	88

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
4	Chicago American Giants			RP	3	4	.429	15	9		3	0	0	81.1	60	46	91	0	48	46	3	0	4	387	5.09	80
1	New York Cubans			RP	0	1	.000	1	1		0	0	0	6.0	2	2	6	0	6	5	0	0	0	30	3.00	133
1	Homestead Grays			SP	3	0	1.000	5	4		2	0	0	28.1	15	13	24	1	22	16	0	0	0	134	4.13	113

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1941	CAG	NAL	18	RP	5.2		1.94	1.31		6.9%	15.2%		13.8%	7.7%		0.50	1.99		0.0%	0.6%
1942	CAG/NYC	NAL/NN2	19	SP	50.0		1.78	1.43		15.5%	12.0%		13.0%	8.4%		1.19	1.48		0.0%	0.9%
1943	CAG/HG	NAL/NN2	20	SP	53.0		1.51	1.40		11.4%	11.7%		13.1%	8.3%		0.88	1.42		0.4%	0.6%
1945	CAG	NAL	22	SP	7.0		2.43	1.38		0.0%	12.0%		23.1%	8.0%		0.00	1.51		0.0%	0.7%
4	3			SP	115.2		1.70	1.41		12.2%	12.0%		13.8%	8.2%		0.88	1.48		0.2%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
4	Chicago American Giants			RP	81.1		1.71	1.39		11.9%	12.2%		12.4%	7.8%		0.96	1.56		0.0%	0.7%
1	New York Cubans			RP	6.0		2.00	1.36		16.7%	12.1%		20.0%	8.8%		0.83	1.38		0.0%	1.0%
1	Homestead Grays			SP	28.1		1.62	1.48		11.9%	11.5%		16.4%	9.1%		0.73	1.26		0.7%	0.7%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1941	CAG	NAL	18	RP	2	29	25	5	7	1	1	0	1		4	2		0	0		0	.280	.379	.400	.779
1942	CAG/NYC	NAL/NN2	19	SP	9	238	200	31	58	11	4	0	12		31	37		3	4		2	.290	.393	.385	.778
1943	CAG/HG	NAL/NN2	20	SP	8	245	209	29	48	8	3	1	2		32	28		0	4		2	.230	.332	.311	.643
1945	CAG	NAL	22	SP	2	39	27	12	8	2	0	0	2		9	0		1	2		1	.296	.486	.370	.857
4	3			SP	21	551	461	77	121	22	8	1	17		76	67		4	10		5	.262	.372	.351	.723

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
4	Chicago American Giants			RP	15	387	329	60	91	19	6	0	12		48	46		4	6		4	.277	.375	.371	.746
1	New York Cubans			RP	1	30	24	2	6	0	0	0	3		6	5		0	0		0	.250	.400	.250	.650
1	Homestead Grays			SP	5	134	108	15	24	3	2	1	2		22	16		0	4		1	.222	.354	.315	.669

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