Tom Shopay
American baseball player
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Thomas Michael Shopay (born February 21, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player. Shopay was a left-handed hitter who played outfielder for the New York Yankees (1967, 1969) and Baltimore Orioles (1971–72, 1975–77).
| Tom Shopay | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: February 21, 1945 Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 17, 1967, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 30, 1977, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .201 |
| Home runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 20 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Professional career
Shopay attended Bristol Eastern High School in Bristol, CT.[1] He was attending Dean College in Franklin, MA when he was selected by the New York Yankees in the 34th round (624th overall) of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft.[2] He was picked in the Rule 5 draft by the Baltimore Orioles on December 1, 1969.[3] He never had more than 74 at-bats in any of his seven seasons in the majors.
Although only a .201 career hitter (62-for-309) with 3 home runs and 20 RBI in 253 games over 7 seasons, Shopay was good defensively, recording a .993 fielding percentage, committing only 1 error in 151 total chances in 525 innings at all three outfield positions and catcher.[4] Said error occurred during his Yankees tenure on September 23, 1967 in the 6th inning of an away game against the Minnesota Twins.[5]
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