Wilfred William Shanner (November 4, 1894 – December 18, 1986) was a

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

. Shanner played for the

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, they became the Oakland ...

in . In one career game, he had a 0–0 record, going four innings, and having a 6.75 ERA. He batted left and threw right-handed. Shanner was born in

Oakland City, Indiana Oakland City is the second-largest city, but third largest community in Gibson County, Indiana, Gibson County, Indiana, United States, after Princeton, Indiana, Princeton and the town of Fort Branch, Indiana, Fort Branch. It is the site of Oakla ...

, and died in

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...

External links

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