Merv Shea

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Full Name: Mervyn John Shea	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: April 23, 1927
Birthdate: September 5, 1900	Final Game: August 19, 1944
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: January 27, 1953
Deathplace: Sacramento, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Merv Shea (Mervyn John Shea) was born on September 5, 1900 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1927 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 3 home runs and 24 RBI. Shea played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 11 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1927	DET	A	34	85	5	15	0	9	.176	.239	.318	6	3	7	15	0	2	0	0	0
1928	DET	A	39	85	8	20	0	9	.235	.316	.329	2	3	9	11	1	2	2	0	0
1929	DET	A	50	162	23	47	3	24	.290	.365	.383	6	0	19	18	0	1	2	0	0
1933	STL	A	94	279	26	73	1	27	.262	.360	.319	11	1	43	26	0	3	2	0	0
1933	BOS	A	16	56	1	8	0	8	.143	.200	.196	3	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0
1933	TOT	A	110	335	27	81	1	35	.242	.335	.299	14	1	47	33	0	3	2	0	0
1934	CHI	A	62	176	8	28	0	5	.159	.260	.176	3	0	24	19	0	2	0	0	0
1935	CHI	A	46	122	8	28	0	13	.230	.382	.246	2	0	30	9	0	2	0	0	0
1936	CHI	A	14	24	3	3	0	2	.125	.300	.125	0	0	6	5	0	1	0	0	0
1937	CHI	A	25	71	7	15	0	5	.211	.349	.225	1	0	15	10	0	0	1	0	0
1938	BRO	N	48	120	14	22	0	12	.183	.338	.225	5	0	28	20	0	0	1	0	2
1939	DET	A	4	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1944	PHI	N	7	15	2	4	1	1	.267	.421	.467	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		55	135	16	26	1	13	.193	.347	.252	5	0	32	24	0	0	1	0	3
Total	AL		384	1062	89	237	4	102	.223	.324	.280	34	7	157	121	1	13	7	0	0
Total			439	1197	105	263	5	115	.220	.327	.277	39	7	189	145	1	13	8	0	3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1927	DET	A	C	31	0	0	94	17	6	1	0	3	0	0	0	.949
1928	DET	A	C	30	0	0	93	24	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	.951
1929	DET	A	C	46	0	0	157	32	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	.964
1933	STL	A	C	85	0	0	328	60	2	15	0	3	0	0	0	.995
1933	BOS	A	C	16	0	0	48	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	TOT	A	C	101	0	0	376	71	2	17	0	3	0	0	0	.996
1934	CHI	A	C	60	0	0	240	35	8	4	0	7	0	0	0	.972
1935	CHI	A	C	43	0	0	161	30	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	.990
1936	CHI	A	C	14	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	CHI	A	C	25	0	0	91	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1938	BRO	N	C	47	0	0	149	19	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1939	DET	A	C	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1944	PHI	N	C	6	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.952
Total			C	407	0	0	1412	254	41	33	0	20	0	0	0	.976

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Louisville (American Association) to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Al Van Camp and cash (January 7, 1933).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with cash to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Rick Ferrell and Lloyd Brown (May 9, 1933).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox (December 11, 1933).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (May 3, 1938).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (September 22, 1938).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 14, 1945).

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