Maurice Joseph "Red" Shannon (February 11, 1897 - April 12, 1970) born in Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey

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 was an infielder

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 for the Boston Braves

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 (1915), Philadelphia Athletics (1917-19 and 1920-21), Boston Red Sox

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 (1919), Washington Senators

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 (1920) and Chicago Cubs

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(1926).

In parts of seven seasons, he played in 310 games and had 1,070 At Bats, 124 Runs, 277 Hits, 38 Doubles, 22 Triples, 91 RBI, 21 Stolen Bases, 109 Walks, a .259 Batting Average, .334 On-base percentage, .336 Slugging Percentage, 359 Total Bases and 29 Sacrifice Hits.

He died in his hometown at the age of 73.

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