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Name Team Age
Splinters Shannon Retired (1962, Age 34) Died (2008, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 19, Pick 289
(1950)
RF B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Medwick League 0 6 years (145 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 2/11/1928
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (97.1 %) A+ (97.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 KC 105 315 33 77 9 1 5 37 28 56 1 4 12 .633 .306 .327 .244
1951 KC 64 168 20 37 5 2 3 15 18 32 2 1 0 .629 .302 .327 .220
1952 KC 88 160 32 50 14 3 5 17 21 23 2 2 2 .925 .393 .531 .312
1953 KC 30 61 5 9 0 0 2 9 6 13 0 0 1 .470 .224 .246 .148
1954 KC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1958 CHN 34 107 7 24 5 2 2 14 11 18 3 1 3 .661 .297 .364 .224
1959 CHN 49 118 8 21 6 0 2 8 6 23 2 1 1 .497 .218 .280 .178
1960 CHN 64 191 23 41 6 3 4 22 14 28 2 2 2 .609 .268 .340 .215
1962 DET 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Total 438 1122 128 260 45 11 23 124 104 194 12 11 21 .651 .298 .353 .232
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Splinters Shannon has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1962-06-30The Detroit Lugnuts have waived Splinters Shannon.
1962-06-15The Detroit Lugnuts have designated Splinters Shannon for assignment.
1962-05-01The Detroit Lugnuts have promoted Splinters Shannon to the major league team. The Detroit Lugnuts have designated Luke Lyons for assignment.
1962-05-01The Detroit Lugnuts have acquired Splinters Shannon from the waiver wire.
1961-08-06The Chicago Maulers have waived Splinters Shannon.
1961-04-01The Chicago Maulers have promoted Ernie Stringer to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Callix Crabbe to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have promoted Eric Snyder to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Brady Clark for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Big Slick Donohue for assignment. The Chicago Maulers have designated Splinters Shannon for assignment.
1958-07-04The Chicago Maulers have promoted Splinters Shannon to the major league team.
1958-05-23The Chicago Maulers have promoted Callix Crabbe to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have designated Splinters Shannon for assignment.
1958-04-08The Chicago Maulers have renamed Mike Shannon to Splinters Shannon.
1958-04-08The Chicago Maulers have promoted Mike Shannon to the major league team. The Chicago Maulers have sent Kennard Bibbs to the minors.
1958-04-05The Chicago Maulers have acquired Mike Shannon from the waiver wire.
1958-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have waived Mike Shannon.
1954-10-13The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Mike Shannon to the minors.
1954-10-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Mike Shannon to the major league team.
1954-04-23The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Geronimo Pena to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Mike Shannon to the minors.
1952-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Mike Shannon to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Charley Lakeman to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Terry Pendleton to the minors. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Jason Simontacchi to the minors.
1951-09-20The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Daric Barton to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Mike Shannon to the minors.
1951-04-25The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Mike Shannon to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Kerry Robinson to the minors.
1951-04-01The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Dave Wieand to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Mike Shannon to the minors.
1950-04-04The Kansas City Monarchs have renamed Ron Shannon to Mike Shannon.