Dave Shean

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David William Shean played second base for the 1918 Red Sox.

Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Moment in the Sun 3 Trivia 4 Transactions 5 External Links

Overall Career

Dave Shean turned 35 years old during the 1918 season and had his finest year of his career. The Red Sox had originally thought longtime Cubs star infielder Johnny Evers would play second base for them in 1918, but he was showing his age, so they traded pitcher Rube Foster to the Cincinnati Reds for Shean during spring training.

Shean attended Fordham University before he was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1906. Shean was moved around regularly: minor league Montreal in 1907, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1908, then traded to the Boston Braves in 1909.

He played with the Chicago Cubs in 1911, was sent back to the Braves in 1912. In 1913, Shean began a four-year association with the International League Providence Grays as a player-manager. In 1914, he won the IL batting crown (.334) and was a teammate of Babe Ruth.

In 1917, Shean was the Cincinnati Reds' regular second baseman and was traded to the Red Sox during spring training in 1918.

Moment in the Sun

Shean batted a career-high .264 with the 1918 Red Sox. He went 4-for-19 (.211) with a .348 OBP in the World Series against the Cubs.

Trivia

During the off-seasons, he worked as a butcher in his family's meat market in a Boston suburb.

Transactions

July 16, 1909: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Buster Brown and Lew Richie to the Boston Doves for Johnny Bates and Charlie Starr.

February 25, 1911: Traded by the Boston Rustlers to the Chicago Cubs for Scotty Ingerton and Big Jeff Pfeffer.

October 1911: Purchased by the Boston Rustlers from the Chicago Cubs.

April 1918: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Red Sox for Rube Foster. Foster refused to report to his new team, so the Red Sox sent some cash to the Reds to complete the trade.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis