Tex Shirley

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Full Name: Alvis Newman Shirley	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: September 6, 1941
Birthdate: April 25, 1918	Final Game: September 21, 1946
Birthplace: Birthright, Texas	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 7, 1993
Deathplace: DeSoto, Texas
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Born on April 25, 1918 in Birthright, Texas, Tex Shirley (Alvis Newman Shirley) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Shirley broke into the bigs on September 6, 1941 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.15 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tex Shirley's best season was 1945, when he posted a 3.63 ERA and struck out 77 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1941	PHI	A	5	0	0	1	2.45	1	4	2	0	0	1	7.1	8	1	6	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	15	1	0	1	5.30	10	30	21	0	0	1	35.2	37	0	22	0	0	2
1944	STL	A	23	11	5	4	4.15	35	45	37	2	1	0	80.1	59	4	64	0	2	1
1945	STL	A	32	24	8	12	3.63	77	79	74	10	2	0	183.2	191	8	93	0	5	1
1946	STL	A	27	18	6	12	4.96	45	89	77	7	0	0	139.2	148	7	105	0	0	1
Total			102	54	19	30	4.25	168	247	211	19	3	2	446.2	443	20	290	0	7	5

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1941	PHI	A	P	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	PHI	A	P	15	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	STL	A	P	23	0	0	6	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1945	STL	A	P	32	0	0	8	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1946	STL	A	P	27	0	0	6	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.935
Total			P	102	0	0	21	69	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	.938

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1941	PHI	A	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	15	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1944	STL	A	30	28	7	4	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
1945	STL	A	43	70	7	20	0	8	.286	.296	.300	1	0	0	11	1	2	1	0	0
1946	STL	A	35	51	9	10	0	0	.196	.196	.235	2	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
Total			128	159	23	34	0	9	.214	.219	.233	3	0	0	38	1	4	1	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Released by Philadelphia Athletics (August 17, 1942).

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