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Name Team Age
Shane Piano Retired (1959, Age 35) Died (1996, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 7, Pick 110
(1950)		 2B B/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ty Cobb League 0 0 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
D  D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 11/11/1923
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (LF)
C+ (50.5 %) F  (1.0 %) F  (0.6 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 BAL 142 546 57 141 25 10 4 41 53 78 15 5 17 .690 .327 .363 .258
1951 CLE-BAL 144 556 85 154 37 6 16 69 77 79 26 4 13 .819 .367 .451 .277
1952 BAL 144 572 79 148 22 7 13 64 62 94 15 7 15 .722 .332 .390 .259
1953 CLE 106 298 40 87 15 1 11 50 26 48 4 0 9 .803 .343 .460 .292
1954 CLE 51 103 17 37 7 1 3 13 13 7 1 0 3 .966 .432 .534 .359
1955 CLE 116 211 31 64 9 5 3 19 21 34 5 1 6 .800 .364 .436 .303
1956 CLE 52 101 11 25 4 0 2 9 12 16 5 0 1 .674 .327 .347 .248
1957 CLE 146 553 61 148 20 5 12 76 44 76 25 5 28 .709 .322 .387 .268
1958 CLE 67 173 20 46 6 1 2 18 19 34 7 4 9 .689 .342 .347 .266
1959 CLE-CHN 48 117 19 28 5 2 3 24 3 19 2 0 2 .670 .276 .393 .239
Total 1016 3230 420 878 150 38 69 383 330 485 105 26 103 .747 .341 .406 .272
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Shane Piano has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1959-04-13The Chicago Cubs have promoted Shane Piano to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have promoted Mike Munger to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Johnny Kantlehner to the minors. The Chicago Cubs have sent George Patterson to the minors.
1959-04-02The Chicago Cubs have acquired Shane Piano from the waiver wire. The Chicago Cubs have waived Neil Sentell.
1959-04-02The Cleveland Indians have waived Shane Piano.
1959-03-01The Cleveland Indians have promoted Eric Murphy to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Shane Piano to the minors.
1954-09-25The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shane Piano to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Jeff Weber to the minors.
1954-09-11The Cleveland Crush have promoted Vince Coleman to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shane Piano to the minors.
1954-07-06The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shane Piano to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Wayne Dietrich to the minors.
1954-04-15The Cleveland Crush have promoted Dick Redmon to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shane Piano to the minors.
1954-04-04The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shane Piano to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1954-04-01The Cleveland Crush have promoted Eduardo Redfern to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shane Piano to the minors.
1951-05-22A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Leviathan and the Cleveland Puppetmen. The Cleveland Puppetmen receive Derek Guzman, Harry Mayeux, Haywood Schmidt from the Baltimore Leviathan in exchange for Shane Piano, Bill Dalrymple.
1951-04-01The Cleveland Puppetmen have renamed Barry Bonds to Shane Piano.