Marty Shay
Arthur Joseph Shay
 
 
Born: April 25, 1896 in Boston, MA
Died: February 20, 1951 - 54 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'7" Wt: 148
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Comparison

Comparison
Second Basemen
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Rogers Hornsby
1915 - 1937
2B
127.0
Pl
 
121.6
13.9
0.0
8.6
2 Eddie Collins
1906 - 1930
2B
124.0
Pl
WW1
 
119.7
8.1
0.0
3.8
3 Frankie Frisch
1919 - 1937
2B
70.4
Pl
 
56.8
21.6
0.0
8.0
4 Johnny Evers
1902 - 1929
2B
47.8
Pl
WW1
 
33.2
15.4
0.0
0.8
5 Del Pratt
1912 - 1924
2B
45.5
 
41.8
5.6
0.0
1.9
6 Larry Doyle
1907 - 1920
2B
45.3
 
48.6
-2.2
0.0
1.1
7 Marty McManus
1920 - 1934
2B
33.4
WW1
 
33.2
4.8
0.0
4.5
8 Dots Miller
1909 - 1921
2B
18.4
WW1
 
15.2
2.1
0.0
-1.2
9 George Cutshaw
1912 - 1923
2B
16.1
 
13.2
4.7
0.0
1.8
10 Bucky Harris
1919 - 1931
2B
15.1
Ma
 
16.9
2.0
0.0
3.7
11 Aaron Ward
1917 - 1928
2B
13.5
WW1
 
9.6
7.1
0.0
3.2
12 Morrie Rath
1909 - 1920
2B
10.5
 
6.4
4.7
0.0
0.6
13 Lee Magee
1911 - 1919
2B
10.3
BANg
 
10.3
-1.8
0.0
-1.8
14 Sam Bohne
1916 - 1926
2B
7.3
 
4.0
5.9
0.0
2.5
15 Pete Kilduff
1917 - 1921
2B
6.3
 
6.1
1.5
0.0
1.3
16 Cotton Tierney
1920 - 1925
2B
5.6
 
7.0
0.4
0.0
1.8
17 Johnny Rawlings
1914 - 1926
2B
5.1
 
1.4
7.4
0.0
3.7
18 Charlie Pick
1914 - 1920
2B
4.2
 
5.1
-0.1
0.0
0.8
19 Bill Wambsganss
1914 - 1926
2B
3.8
WW1
 
9.8
-2.1
0.0
4.0
20 Red Shannon
1915 - 1926
2B
3.0
WW1
 
3.9
0.4
0.0
1.3
21 Ralph Young
1913 - 1922
2B
1.4
WW2
 
8.3
-5.5
0.0
1.5
22 Dave Shean
1906 - 1919
2B
1.3
 
-0.1
2.0
0.0
0.6
23 Joe Gedeon
1913 - 1920
2B
1.2
BANg
 
2.4
-0.5
0.0
0.7
24 Lloyd Christenbury
1919 - 1922
2B
1.1
 
1.6
-0.6
0.0
-0.1
25 Al Baird
1917 - 1919
2B
0.3
WW1
 
0.1
0.4
0.0
0.2
26 Cliff Brady
1920 - 1920
2B
0.1
 
-0.4
0.6
0.0
0.1
27 John Monroe
1921 - 1921
2B
0.1
 
0.2
-0.0
0.0
0.1
28 Howard Berry
1921 - 1922
2B
0.1
WW1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
29 Luke Stuart
1921 - 1921
2B
0.1
WW1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
30 Allie Watt
1920 - 1920
2B
0.1
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
31 Sam Fishburn
1919 - 1919
2B
0.1
 
0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
32 Lou Raymond
1919 - 1919
2B
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
33 Sam Barnes
1921 - 1921
2B
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
34 Red Sheridan
1918 - 1920
2B
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35 Jim Mahady
1921 - 1921
2B
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
36 Bud Heine
1921 - 1921
2B
-0.1
 
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
37 Marty Shay
1916 - 1924
2B
-0.2
 
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.1
38 John Shovlin
1911 - 1920
2B
-0.2
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
39 Frank Fuller
1915 - 1923
2B
-0.3
WW1
 
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
40 Frank Parkinson
1921 - 1924
2B
-0.3
WW1
 
-0.5
1.9
0.0
1.7
41 Snooks Dowd
1919 - 1926
2B
-0.4
WW1
 
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
42 Billy Gleason
1916 - 1921
2B
-0.4
WW1
 
-0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
43 Roy Grimes
1920 - 1920
2B
-0.4
 
-0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
44 Joe Klugmann
1921 - 1925
2B
-0.5
 
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
0.2
45 Stuffy Stewart
1916 - 1929
2B
-0.7
 
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.2
46 Oscar Dugey
1913 - 1920
2B
-0.7
 
-0.5
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
47 Jack Hammond
1915 - 1922
2B
-0.8
 
-0.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
48 Ed Sicking
1916 - 1927
2B
-1.0
WW1
 
-0.6
0.4
0.0
0.8
49 Roy Grover
1916 - 1919
2B
-1.4
 
0.5
-1.7
0.0
0.1
50 Lew Malone
1915 - 1919
2B
-1.8
 
-0.2
-1.4
0.0
0.2
 
  Marty Shay
1916 - 1924
2B
-0.2
 
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.1
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