Red Shannon
[edit] Biography
Red Shannon (Maurice Joseph Shannon) was born on February 11, 1897 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on October 7, 1915 for the Boston Braves. In 1918, his rookie year, he hit .240 with 0 home runs and 16 RBI. Shannon played for the Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| 11
| 35
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 7
| .286
| .390
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| 72
| 225
| 23
| 54
| 0
| 16
| .240
| .367
| .311
| 6
| 5
| 42
| 52
| 3
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 155
| 14
| 42
| 0
| 14
| .271
| .331
| .342
| 7
| 2
| 12
| 28
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BOS
| A
| 80
| 290
| 36
| 75
| 0
| 17
| .259
| .313
| .345
| 11
| 7
| 17
| 42
| 6
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| 119
| 445
| 50
| 117
| 0
| 31
| .263
| .320
| .344
| 18
| 9
| 29
| 70
| 8
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| WAS
| A
| 63
| 222
| 30
| 64
| 0
| 30
| .288
| .352
| .387
| 8
| 7
| 22
| 32
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| 24
| 88
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 3
| .170
| .207
| .205
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| TOT
| A
| 87
| 310
| 34
| 79
| 0
| 33
| .255
| .313
| .335
| 9
| 8
| 26
| 44
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CHI
| N
| 19
| 51
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 4
| .333
| .414
| .431
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 20
| 54
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 4
| .315
| .393
| .407
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 290
| 1016
| 115
| 260
| 0
| 87
| .256
| .331
| .332
| 33
| 22
| 103
| 175
| 11
| 26
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 310
| 1070
| 124
| 277
| 0
| 91
| .259
| .334
| .336
| 38
| 22
| 109
| 178
| 12
| 29
| 21
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1917
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 31
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 90
| 12
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1918
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 133
| 27
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
| 1919
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 116
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1919
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 171
| 228
| 11
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 237
| 344
| 21
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1920
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 32
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1920
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 77
| 11
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1920
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 39
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1920
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 77
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1920
| TOT
| A
| SS
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 154
| 18
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1926
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 42
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 159
| 0
| 0
| 316
| 476
| 36
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 32
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 238
| 360
| 55
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Braggo Roth to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Amos Strunk and Jack Barry (June 27, 1919).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Braggo Roth to Washington Senators in exchange for Mike Menosky, Harry Harper and Eddie Foster (January 20, 1920).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Fred Thomas (July, 1920).
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