Harvey Shank

Shank attended Wheaton College in Illinois where he played college basketball on a team which defeated both Notre Dame and Portland) as well as college baseball.^[1] After one year, he transferred to Stanford University,^[2][3] and was selected by the California Angels in the 10th round of the 1968 MLB draft.^[4] He then had a four-season minor league career, playing from 1968 through 1971 within the Angels' farm system.^[5] He pitched in 134 minor league games (17 starts) compiling a win–loss record of 23–15 with a 3.57 earned run average (ERA).^[5]

Shank's lone major league appearance was with the Angels on May 16, 1970, in an away game against the Oakland Athletics.^[6][7] With the Angels losing, 7–2, Shank entered the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.^[7] He pitched three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks while recording one strikeout (that of catcher Dave Duncan).^[6][7] Shank left the game in the top of the eighth inning, when Chico Ruiz replaced him as a pinch hitter.^[7]

Following his baseball career, Shank worked as a sales and marketing executive for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association for over 40 years.^[8][9]

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet