Edward
Shiflett
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: December 12, 1922 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award 1954   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 29 KC PL $ 1,430,000  
1953 30 KC PL $ 1,430,000  
1954 31 KC PL $ 1,430,000  
1955 32 KC PL $ 1,430,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,430,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,430,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 29 KC PL 126 516 68 133 29 4 4 41 16 9 48 96 .258 .321 .353 .674 60.2 5.1
1953 30 KC PL 125 497 81 151 38 5 8 48 36 21 46 87 .304 .361 .449 .810 77.7 10.0
1954 31 KC PL 144 585 97 173 39 3 8 59 41 18 56 112 .296 .354 .414 .768 87.7 10.3
1955 32 KC PL 33 131 20 38 7 3 1 13 10 6 15 26 .290 .365 .412 .777 20.0 2.4
4 Years Sim 428 1729 266 495 113 15 21 161 103 54 165 321 .286 .347 .405 .753 245.6 27.8
162 Game Average 654 100 187 42 5 7 60 38 20 62 121 .286 .347 .405 .753 93.0  
Career Highs 144 585 97 173 39 5 8 59 41 21 56 112 .304 .365 .449 .810 87.7  
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   1485 226 423 92 9 18 139 84 49 150 277 .285 .349 .395 .744 202.0
vs LH   244 40 72 21 6 3 22 19 5 15 44 .295 .335 .467 .802 37.1
Home 213 850 137 250 54 8 10 83 47 29 88 157 .294 .358 .412 .770 122.1
Away 215 879 129 245 59 7 11 78 56 25 77 164 .279 .336 .399 .736 117.0
RISP   345 0 89 20 1 2 127 0 0 43 62 .258 .331 .339 .670 41.4
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   155 19 37 9 1 0 11 0 0 18 32 .239 .316 .310 .626 15.8
Mar/Apr 60 246 45 86 20 3 5 21 18 11 22 37 .350 .403 .516 .919 45.6
May 101 385 57 93 20 3 0 24 29 8 44 73 .242 .318 .309 .627 42.1
June 77 317 44 90 19 3 6 32 12 10 30 58 .284 .345 .420 .764 43.8
July 62 254 38 64 14 3 3 27 14 3 26 50 .252 .319 .366 .685 31.7
August 71 303 47 97 19 0 5 27 16 16 19 65 .320 .361 .432 .793 41.8
Sep/Oct 57 224 35 65 21 3 2 30 14 6 24 38 .290 .355 .438 .792 34.1
Fielding Stats     Help
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Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 29 KC PL 2B 125 119 1078.0 244 388 13 71 .980 5.28   3.8
1953 30 KC PL 2B 110 109 939.0 235 379 22 81 .965 5.88   3.0
    SS 14 14 117.3 34 39 2 10 .973 5.60   0.5
1954 31 KC PL 2B 112 112 978.3 246 392 13 71 .980 5.87   3.1
    SS 32 32 280.3 52 106 6 19 .963 5.07   0.9
1955 32 KC PL 2B 26 26 221.7 49 77 1 10 .992 5.12   1.2
    SS 7 7 58.0 7 26 0 6 1.000 5.12   0.5
  2B 373 366 3217.0 774 1236 49 233 .976 5.62   11.1
  SS 53 53 455.7 93 171 8 35 .971 5.21   1.9
Career Totals   426 419 3672.7 867 1407 57 268 .976 5.57   13.0
Career Highs   144 144 1258.7 298 498 24 91 .994 5.85    
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.
Games
1954-1-144
At-Bats
1952-9-516
1954-1-585
Hits
1954-5-173
Singles
1954-7-123
Doubles
1953-9-38
1954-9-39
CAR-46-113
Stolen Bases
CAR-41-103
Caught Stealing
1953-7-21
1954-10-18
CAR-22-54
Strikeouts
1952-7-96
1953-6-87
1954-3-112
CAR-23-321
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 2
   Gray Ink Test: 10
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29
 
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  1. Francis Gaston (951)
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  6. Claude Ring (936)
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  8. Toby Paschke (934)
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History
Drafted in 20th round, 388th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/15/1952, off Theo Pettry (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1952, off Donald Fleeman (OKC)
Injured on 7/18/1953 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1953 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minneapolis on 4/18/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1954, hitting .467 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Platinum Glove Award at Second Base in 1954
Injured on 5/18/1955 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season