John Shanks

John Benjamin Shanks
(Sam)

Born: March 5, 1900 in Jacksonville, TX
Died: March 24, 1975 in Amarillo, TX
(75 years old)

Bats:

Throws:

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 195

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• Buried: Llano Cemetery (Amarillo, TX)

Compared to Contemporary First Basemen (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Mule Suttles	1B	22	1923-1944	✔	38.3	40.9	1.6	-0.1	-3.8
2	Ben Taylor	1B	21	1909-1929	✔	34.3	29.8	5.5	2.7	-3.6
3	Edgar Wesley	1B	11	1917-1927		15.0	15.0	2.0	0.0	-2.1
4	George Carr	1B	12	1920-1934		13.4	19.1	-3.6	0.0	-2.1
5	George Giles	1B	11	1927-1938		11.8	11.1	2.8	0.0	-2.0
6	Willie Bobo	1B	8	1923-1930		6.6	8.4	0.0	-0.3	-1.5
7	Robert Hudspeth	1B	12	1920-1932		3.5	7.7	-2.4	0.0	-1.8
8	George McAllister	1B	10	1923-1934		2.8	4.5	0.4	0.0	-2.1
9	José Rodríguez	1B	9	1915-1928		2.7	-0.2	3.0	0.0	-0.2
10	Joe Scott	1B	7	1927-1936		1.7	2.1	0.2	0.0	-0.6
11	Lemuel Hawkins	1B	9	1917-1928		1.5	2.9	0.6	0.2	-2.2
12	Eggie Dallard	1B	11	1921-1933		1.2	3.1	-0.3	0.0	-1.6
13	George Burns	1B	4	1922-1927		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.1
14	John Shanks	1B	1	1927		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
15	Everett Goldie	1B	3	1926-1928		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
16	Jasper Washington	1B	11	1921-1933		-0.3	1.3	-0.9	-0.3	-0.4
17	Fred Dewitt	1B	3	1927-1929		-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
18	Manuel Parrado	1B	3	1921-1927		-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.4
19	José Pérez	1B	15	1922-1937		-0.5	0.2	0.7	0.0	-1.3
20	Jim Starks	1B	14	1927-1946		-0.9	2.0	-2.2	0.0	-0.7
21	Odis Turner	1B	3	1926-1930		-0.9	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Eli Juran	1B	3	1923-1932		-1.5	-0.1	-0.6	-0.8	-0.1
23	Salvador Massip	1B	8	1925-1936		-1.9	-1.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1
24	Toussaint Allen	1B	9	1919-1928		-2.1	-0.8	-0.3	0.0	-1.1
25	Chance Cummings	1B	11	1916-1928		-2.4	-1.1	0.1	-0.1	-1.3
26	J. C. McHaskell	1B	3	1927-1929		-3.3	-2.9	0.5	0.0	-0.9