Billy Shantz

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Wilmer Ebert Shantz

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut April 13, 1954
• Final Game June 29, 1960
• Born July 31, 1927 in Pottstown, PA USA
• Died December 13, 1993 in Lauderhill, FL USA

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Billy Shantz served in the Navy during World War II and had worked apprenticeship training as a machinist for SKF before being signed along with his brother Bobby by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1948. He played first at Kewanee (IL) in the Class C Central Association. He was a catcher for 131 major league games for the Athletics in 1954, the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 and the New York Yankees in 1960.

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