Billy Shantz

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Full Name: Wilmer Ebert Shantz	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/160	First Game: April 13, 1954
Birthdate: July 31, 1927	Final Game: June 29, 1960
Birthplace: Pottstown, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 3 years
Died: December 13, 1993
Deathplace: Lauderhill, Florida
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

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Billy Shantz (Wilmer Ebert Shantz) was born on July 31, 1927 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .256 with 1 home run and 17 RBI. Shantz played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 3 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	PHI	A	51	164	13	42	1	17	.256	.326	.366	9	3	17	23	0	0	0	0	5
1955	KC	A	79	217	18	56	1	12	.258	.293	.300	4	1	11	14	0	3	0	1	6
1960	NY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			131	381	31	98	2	29	.257	.307	.328	13	4	28	37	0	3	0	1	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	PHI	A	C	51	0	0	170	28	5	1	0	5	0	0	0	.975
1955	KC	A	C	78	0	0	261	27	3	8	0	3	0	0	0	.990
1960	NY	A	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	130	0	1	432	55	8	9	0	8	0	0	0	.984

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1948).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees (April 4, 1959).

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