Charlie Shoemaker

Charlie Shoemaker
Charlie Shoemaker
	Second baseman
	Born:August 10, 1939; Los Angeles
	Died:May 31, 1990(aged 50); Mount Penn, Pennsylvania
	Batted:Left Threw:Right
MLB debut
	September 9, 1961, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	July 26, 1964, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.258
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	4
Teams
	Kansas City Athletics(1961–1962,1964);

Charles Landis Shoemaker(August 10, 1939 – May 31, 1990) was an Americanprofessional baseballplayer. A native ofLos Angeles,he appeared as asecond basemanin parts of threeMajor League Baseballseasons (1961–1962; 1964) for theKansas City Athletics.He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 155 pounds (70 kg).

Shoemaker attended high school inMontebello, California,where he was a top athlete, and then theUniversity of Arizona.He led Arizona to second place at theCollege World Seriesin 1959 and third in 1960. He was a three timeAll-American.In 1961, he attained the rare distinction of earning All-American honors at two different positions (shortstopand second base). Over his college career, he led the Wildcats inat bats,hits,triplesandstolen bases.He was named to the 1950s All-Decade Team and inducted to the University of Arizona Hall of Fame in 1991. At the time of his induction, he still held the team record for triples in a season (12) and in a career (31) and was fifth in strike-out/at-bat ratio for a season, having struck out only six times in 1961. Upon graduation, his coach, Frank Sancet, called him the best college infielder he had ever seen.^{[citation needed]}

Shoemaker signed with the Athletics in1961.Afterbatting.271 in 82games playedfor the Class APortsmouth-Norfolk Tidesof theSally League,he was recalled by the A's that September. He started in six games at second andpinch hitin a seventh, and had four multi-hit games.^[1]In his Major League debut, Shoemaker collected tenhitsin 28at bats,including twodoubles,for a.385 average. However, in his next two MLB trials — in1962and1964— he batted.206 (13 for 63), and the final seven years of his career (1965–1971) were spent exclusively inminor league baseball.

Charlie Shoemaker died inMount Penn, Pennsylvania,of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 50 on May 31, 1990.^[2]

References

External links

Career statisticsfromBaseball Reference

[1] InformationatRetrosheet

[2] Coleman, Loren,The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines.New York Pocket Books, 2004, page 214

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