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Ashburn Crawford League
4-27-2012
John Shields Starting Pitcher
Retired (1973, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.33 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 43-85 Status Deceased (2009) Option Years 0  
SV 0 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 02-26-1939
K 702 Drafted Round 2, Pick 34
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(56 games)
IP 987.2
WHIP 1.46
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance A+   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L F  Velocity B-   Mentor Val A-
Speed C  Bunt F  Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1963 ARI
1
 8
15
15
1
0
0
 0
75.0
 74 52 50 2 42
51
1.55
6.00
1964 COL
4
 10
18
17
1
0
0
 0
81.1
 102 64 62 3 34
56
1.67
6.86
1965 OAK
1
 1
3
3
0
0
0
 0
14.2
 19 13 11 0 7
13
1.77
6.75
1968 MIN
0
 6
18
5
1
0
0
 0
39.2
 47 31 31 2 13
31
1.51
7.03
1969 TEX
10
 20
38
38
2
0
0
 0
245.2
 276 162 149 2 78
170
1.44
5.46
1970 TEX
13
 22
38
38
5
1
0
 0
256.1
 273 159 139 1 89
184
1.41
4.88
1971 TEX
13
 16
37
37
6
2
0
 0
247.2
 258 136 121 2 89
180
1.40
4.40
1972 TEX
0
 0
1
1
0
0
0
 0
6.0
 5 4 4 0 4
2
1.50
6.00
1973 TOR
1
 2
3
3
1
0
0
 0
21.1
 26 18 18 0 7
15
1.55
7.59
2012
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
43
 85
171
157
17
3
0
 0
987.2
 1080 639 585 12 363
702
1.46
5.33
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1973-11-01John Shields has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1973-08-10The Toronto Seagulls have waived John Shields.
1973-08-03The Toronto Seagulls have promoted Ray Willis to the major league team. The Toronto Seagulls have designated John Shields for assignment.
1973-07-06The Toronto Seagulls have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Toronto Seagulls have sent Jose Citarella to the minors.
1973-07-06The Toronto Seagulls have acquired John Shields from the waiver wire.
1972-05-29The Texas Barons have waived John Shields.
1972-04-05The Texas Barons have designated John Shields for assignment.
1969-03-07The Minnesota Gophers have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Minnesota Gophers have designated Johnny Manon for assignment.
1968-08-13The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted Jack Baker to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have designated John Shields for assignment.
1968-06-05John Shields of the Minnesota Scotsmen is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1968-05-22The Minnesota Scotsmen have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Minnesota Scotsmen have sent Jesus Hrabosky to the minors.
1968-05-22The Minnesota Scotsmen have acquired John Shields from the waiver wire.
1968-04-02The Oakland Klones have waived John Shields.
1966-07-03The Oakland Klones have promoted Tom McNamara to the major league team. The Oakland Klones have sent John Shields to the minors.
1966-07-03The Oakland Klones have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1965-09-20The Oakland Klones have sent John Shields to the minors.
1965-08-27The Oakland Klones have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1965-08-27The Oakland Klones have acquired John Shields from the waiver wire.
1965-04-15The Colorado Stoners have waived John Shields.
1964-09-29The Colorado Stoners have promoted Jesse Franklin to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent John Shields to the minors.
1964-09-22The Colorado Stoners have promoted Elmer Kalfass to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1964-09-20The Colorado Stoners have promoted Jimmy Dugan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent John Shields to the minors.
1964-09-12The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Elmer Kalfass to the minors.
1964-08-31The Colorado Stoners have promoted Lorenzo Rivera to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent John Shields to the minors.
1964-08-14The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Jesse Franklin to the minors.
1964-08-01The Colorado Stoners have promoted Spider Loudell to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent John Shields to the minors.
1964-07-30The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Lorenzo Rivera to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors.
1964-05-14The Colorado Stoners have promoted Jesse Franklin to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent John Shields to the minors.
1964-03-03The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1963-10-05The Arizona Sun have designated Bob Moore for assignment. The Arizona Sun have sent Joe Aldridge to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Lorenzo Rivera to the minors.
1963-09-03The Arizona Sun have promoted Lorenzo Rivera to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1963-08-29The Arizona Sun have promoted Jesse Franklin to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Jimmy Dugan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Lee Jackson to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Oscar Wall to the minors.
1963-08-26The Arizona Sun have promoted Spider Loudell to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Wink Dickerson to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Jimmy Dugan to the minors.
1963-08-23The Arizona Sun have promoted Wink Dickerson to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-08-21The Arizona Sun have promoted Oscar Wall to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Lee Jackson to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors.
1963-08-17The Arizona Sun have promoted Spider Loudell to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-08-16The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Bobby Brooks to the minors.
1963-08-05The Arizona Sun have promoted Bobby Brooks to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-07-29The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Jimmy Dugan to the minors.
1963-07-25The Arizona Sun have promoted Jimmy Dugan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-07-21The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Jimmy Dugan to the minors.
1963-07-17The Arizona Sun have promoted Lorenzo Rivera to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Harley Quinn to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-07-14The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Bobby Brooks to the minors.
1963-06-27The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors.
1963-06-25The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Lorenzo Rivera to the minors.
1963-06-19The Arizona Sun have demoted John Shields to the minor leagues.
1963-06-06The Arizona Sun have promoted Wink Dickerson to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team.
1963-05-23The Arizona Sun have acquired John Shields from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01The Pittsburgh Worzellians have waived John Shields.