Rob Shabansky
#19
Sr. LHP
6-0 185
Bats: L Throws: L
Las Vegas, Nev.
Bishop Gorman HS

Arizona 1999: Cats' opening day starter ... Struck out four in 1.2 innings vs. St. Mary's (1/22) before leaving game with injury to left medial collateral ligament ... Underwent Tommy John surgery Feb. 18 and red-shirted the season.

Arizona 1998: Starting pitcher and, for much of the season, a left-handed designated hitter ... Earned the Jim McConnell Award as Arizona's most inspirational player ... Pitched in only seven games and missed 20 contests as a hitter (3/1-4/9) due to tendinitis in his left elbow ... Named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball (2/16) ... Named Six-Pac Pitcher of the Week after 11-strike out, one-walk performance vs. Baylor (2/6), marking a career-high in strike outs ... Matched career high with eight strike outs and allowed just one runner to reach third in earning win over Cal State Northridge (1/21) ... Earned second win in five days in relief vs. San Diego (1/25) ... Posted a nearly 4-to-1 strike out-to-walk ratio (44/12) ... Cats averaged 17.6 runs in his five home starts ... Did not allow an unearned run ... Held lefties to a .200 average ... Opponents hit .234 with runners on base and with two outs ... Collected career-highs in total bases (7) and runs (4) vs. Grand Canyon (4/28) ... Hit first career homer, a grand slam, to top Portland State (2/14) with two outs in the bottom of the 10th ... All but one of his 66 at-bats came against right-handers ... Collected at least one hit in 19 of the 22 games in which he appeared at the plate ... 15 of his 29 hits went for extra bases ... Hit .500 with runners on base (16-for-32) and .462 with two outs ... Hit .462-1-3 with a .923 slugging percentage in four games vs. Cal ... With nine more at-bats, would have set UA's single-season slugging percentage record (.788).

Arizona 1997: Starting pitcher ... Led the Cats in wins (8), earned-run average (3.86) and walks allowed per nine innings (2.76) ... Ranked sixth in the Six-Pac in ERA, was tied for seventh in the Pac-10 South in wins, was eighth in walks per nine innings, tied for ninth in innings pitched (88.2) and was 10th in hits allowed per nine innings ... His eight wins matched the top Arizona single-season total since 1989 (Scott Erickson, 18) ... Earned his first career shutout vs. California (4/6), throwing a seven-hitter ... Opposing base runners stole just 10 bases in 18 attempts (55.6 percent) ... Left-handers hit just .228 off him ... Opponents batted .279 with two outs and .266 with runners on base ... Had four wins in a seven-game stretch (2/25-3/8), including two wins in one day at California (3/1) ... Allowed just seven home runs in 88.2 innings and only 26 extra-base hits ... Went at least 6.0 innings in seven of his nine league starts ... Did not allow an extra-base hit in 57 at-bats by opponents (2/12-3/8) ... Tied an Arizona record by striking out six consecutive batters vs. Eastern Michigan (2/25) ... Forced to leave the Texas A&M contest (2/16) in the third inning after suffering a hip pointer ... Lefties hit .255 off him in league play ... Was 4-3, 3.83 at home; 4-3, 3.89 on the road ... Was 3-0, 0.61 in three appearances against California ... Went 1-1, 2.51 in two games against Arizona State ... Went 2-for-6 at the plate.

Summer 1996: Played for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League ... Team won postseason championship.

Arizona 1996: Appeared in 11 games on the mound, starting five ... Allowed no home runs in 30.0 innings ... Picked up both of his wins in a four-game, five-day span from Feb. 21-25 ... Season-high six strike outs in win vs. Wyoming (2/21) ... Season-best 6.2 innings pitched in win vs. Minnesota (2/25) ... Went 6-for-19 (.316) at the plate with a pair of doubles ... All 19 of his at-bats came against right-handers ... Had a pair of two-hit games.

Summer 1995: Played first base, outfield and pitched for the Las Vegas Knights of the American Legion ... Batted .520-12-80 RBI with 30 steals, 25 doubles, 10 triples and 55 walks ... Went 17-2, 1.20 on the mound.

Draft Status: Taken in the 68th round of the 1995 draft by the Kansas City Royals ... Chosen again in the 39th round of the 1998 draft by the Boston Red Sox.

High School: Graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas where he played for Coach Tim Chambers ... Earned four letters as a pitcher, first baseman and outfielder ... Served as team captain as a senior ... First-team all-city four years and all-state twice ... Legion most valuable player when he hit .435-5-40 and went 6-1, 1.40 on the mound. Personal: Full name: Robert Jacob Shabansky ... Nicknamed "Chubbs" ... Born: 2/27/77 in Las Vegas ... Major: communications ... Son of Ben Shabansky and E.J. Morse.