1B Dave Short #8
Age: 36 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
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1B DAVE SHORT #8 - AGE: 36 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/22/1938
Born in:Erie, PA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1959, 13th Pick in Round 6
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1959 Ottumwa - R 21 51 197 60 17 3 4 46 27 35 2 4 37 5 1 .305 .408 .482 .890 108 107 0.9
1959 Savannah - A 21 19 58 13 2 1 3 16 10 7 0 1 20 0 0 .224 .303 .448 .751 90 41 -0.2
1960 Ottumwa - R 22 52 199 58 13 1 3 39 26 35 3 6 53 3 5 .291 .395 .412 .807 85 81 0.3
1960 Savannah - A 22 31 111 27 5 2 3 14 17 14 1 0 25 1 0 .243 .333 .405 .739 83 79 0.2
1961 Savannah - A 23 9 29 13 4 2 1 11 9 11 0 0 8 2 0 .448 .600 .828 1.428 262 256 0.8
1961 Arlington - A 23 89 320 89 20 1 7 40 40 43 3 2 77 7 6 .278 .367 .412 .779 102 103 0.9
1961 Total - A 23 98 349 102 24 3 8 51 49 54 3 2 85 9 6 .292 .390 .447 .837 118 118 1.8
1962 Arlington - A 24 70 271 73 12 1 9 48 44 37 0 5 54 6 2 .269 .351 .421 .772 100 99 0.7
1962 Springfield - A 24 37 72 12 1 0 3 14 7 12 0 0 16 1 1 .167 .286 .306 .591 70 60 -0.1
1963 Arlington - A 25 135 498 132 28 6 15 64 71 87 3 8 105 6 2 .265 .372 .436 .808 108 109 2.8
1964 Springfield - A 26 90 326 76 13 2 7 33 41 52 3 3 91 0 2 .233 .341 .350 .691 92 86 0.7
1964 Worcester - AA 26 33 71 12 3 0 3 15 9 15 1 4 26 0 1 .169 .308 .338 .646 83 82 -0.3
1965 Arlington - A 27 6 22 7 1 0 1 2 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 .318 .464 .500 .964 141 155 0.1
1965 Springfield - A 27 40 75 19 2 1 1 5 7 11 0 0 16 0 0 .253 .349 .347 .696 96 95 0.4
1965 Worcester - AA 27 15 34 6 1 0 0 2 4 4 1 0 7 0 0 .176 .282 .206 .488 42 45 -0.1
1965 Columbus - AAA 27 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 419 412 0.2
1966 Arlington - A 28 3 8 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 .375 .583 .500 1.083 185 214 0.1
1966 Springfield - A 28 84 247 58 8 0 6 26 30 25 1 0 72 0 1 .235 .308 .340 .648 85 78 0.5
1966 Worcester - AA 28 16 39 11 2 0 0 4 6 12 0 0 10 0 0 .282 .451 .333 .784 115 132 0.2
Total EA 64 144 29 6 0 3 21 19 31 2 4 43 0 1 .201 .343 .306 .648 83 88
Total UL 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 419 412
Total MAL 251 720 165 24 3 17 78 85 100 4 3 195 1 4 .229 .325 .342 .667 88 81
Total SEL 362 1317 357 73 13 39 195 198 209 7 16 292 22 11 .271 .370 .435 .805 107 106
Total UMVA 103 396 118 30 4 7 85 53 70 5 10 90 8 6 .298 .401 .447 .848 96 94
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1959 Savannah - A 3B 17 17 10 30 1 43 3 .930 143.2 2.51 +0.2 .986
1959 Ottumwa - R 3B 50 50 34 75 17 115 6 .948 426.1 2.30 -0.1 .971
1960 Savannah - A 2B 5 5 12 8 1 20 0 1.000 44.0 4.09 -0.1 .969
1960 Ottumwa - R 2B 1 1 3 5 3 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 -0.2 .957
1960 Savannah - A 3B 22 22 24 39 3 64 1 .984 187.1 3.03 +1.5 1.066
1960 Ottumwa - R 3B 50 49 33 82 7 117 2 .983 421.1 2.46 +4.5 1.041
1960 Savannah - A SS 3 3 3 8 2 12 1 .917 24.1 4.07 -0.4 .915
1960 Ottumwa - R SS 1 1 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 -0.6 .678
1961 Arlington - A 1B 72 71 520 32 56 557 5 .991 581.2 8.54 +3.9 1.080
1961 Savannah - A 1B 8 8 48 4 4 52 0 1.000 61.0 7.67 -0.2 1.034
1961 Arlington - A 2B 7 5 7 13 3 20 0 1.000 38.0 4.74 -0.5 .956
1961 Savannah - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Arlington - A 3B 10 3 4 10 2 15 1 .933 49.0 2.57 -0.1 .957
1961 Savannah - A 3B 3 1 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 17.0 1.59 -0.1 1.044
1961 Arlington - A SS 7 6 10 18 6 28 0 1.000 51.0 4.94 -1.1 .901
1961 Savannah - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Springfield - A 1B 19 17 156 8 18 166 2 .988 153.2 9.61 +0.8 1.032
1962 Arlington - A 1B 68 68 474 32 48 509 3 .994 514.1 8.85 +1.3 1.039
1962 Springfield - A 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
1962 Arlington - A 3B 37 0 6 14 4 22 2 .909 87.2 2.05 -0.2 .921
1962 Springfield - A SS 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.0 1.003
1963 Arlington - A 1B 63 61 501 34 56 537 2 .996 520.0 9.26 +4.0 1.132
1963 Arlington - A 2B 1 1 4 3 1 8 1 .875 9.0 7.00 -0.8 .484
1963 Arlington - A 3B 79 66 53 130 18 188 5 .973 600.0 2.75 +3.3 1.032
1963 Arlington - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1964 Worcester - AA 1B 19 11 103 8 12 112 1 .991 128.0 7.80 -0.3 .965
1964 Springfield - A 1B 20 18 150 9 14 161 2 .988 164.1 8.71 +1.3 1.029
1964 Worcester - AA 2B 1 0 3 1 1 4 0 1.000 2.0 18.00 +0.1 1.038
1964 Springfield - A 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.4 .000
1964 Worcester - AA 3B 8 6 2 15 3 20 3 .850 53.0 2.89 -2.3 .809
1964 Springfield - A 3B 63 61 37 112 6 155 6 .961 539.1 2.49 +1.1 1.028
1964 Worcester - AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1964 Springfield - A SS 7 7 5 16 1 24 3 .875 59.2 3.17 -1.4 .886
1965 Columbus - AAA 1B 1 1 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 9.0 12.00 +0.1 1.036
1965 Worcester - AA 1B 6 2 21 0 6 21 0 1.000 27.1 6.91 +0.1 1.067
1965 Springfield - A 1B 18 7 79 3 8 83 1 .988 75.2 9.75 -0.1 .956
1965 Columbus - AAA 2B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.2 1.031
1965 Arlington - A 2B 3 3 11 6 2 17 0 1.000 27.0 5.67 -0.7 .877
1965 Worcester - AA 3B 7 5 1 6 1 7 0 1.000 47.1 1.33 -0.1 1.075
1965 Springfield - A 3B 11 10 9 19 3 28 0 1.000 92.0 2.74 +1.4 1.078
1965 Arlington - A 3B 2 2 0 4 0 6 2 .667 18.0 2.00 -0.4 .843
1965 Worcester - AA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1965 Arlington - A SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.3 1.077
1966 Worcester - AA 1B 8 3 33 2 4 35 0 1.000 38.2 8.15 -0.1 1.062
1966 Springfield - A 1B 13 2 22 3 2 25 0 1.000 31.1 7.18 +0.4 1.060
1966 Springfield - A 2B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.3 1.029
1966 Worcester - AA 3B 8 7 3 11 1 15 1 .933 67.0 1.88 -1.0 .860
1966 Springfield - A 3B 64 54 26 85 4 120 9 .925 477.1 2.09 -0.6 .989
1966 Arlington - A 3B 3 3 4 3 0 8 1 .875 26.0 2.42 -0.3 .808
1966 Springfield - A SS 7 5 2 11 0 13 0 1.000 43.1 2.70 +0.9 1.076
TOTAL 1B 315 269 2119 135 228 2270 16 .993 2305.0 8.80 +11.3 1.063
TOTAL 2B 24 15 41 38 11 80 1 .988 138.0 5.15 -3.0 .878
TOTAL 3B 435 356 247 638 71 927 42 .955 3253.1 2.45 +6.9 1.005
TOTAL SS 29 23 23 58 10 85 4 .953 202.1 3.60 -3.1 .925
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1956 Was not drafted and joined Eastern Oklahoma.
06/19/1959 Drafted in the 1959 first-year player draft out of college (Eastern Oklahoma; Tulsa, OK) by the Cleveland Foresters. (Round 6, Pick 13, 93rd overall pick).
08/10/1959 Wins the UMVA Player of the Week Award.
05/08/1961 Released by the Cleveland organization.
05/09/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Boston Minutemen organization.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
09/22/1963 Wins the 1963 Championship with the Arlington Patriots!
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
04/19/1967 Released by the Boston organization.
10/13/1967 Retired from professional baseball.
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