Red Shannon
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Overall Career
Maurice Joseph "Red" Shannon was born on February 11, 1897, in Jersey City, NJ. Shannon was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 7, 1915, with the Boston Braves.
Shannon had a 7-year career as a second baseman. In 310 games he batted .259 with 277 hits, 0 HR and 91 RBI. Red went straight from Seton Hall to the Braves in 1915 with Joe, his identical twin. Joe's ML career consisted of five games with Boston, but he returned to the majors two seasons later and spent several years as a utility infielder.
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Transactions
- June 27, 1919: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Braggo Roth to the Boston Red Sox for Amos Strunk and Jack Barry.
- January 20, 1920: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Braggo Roth to the Washington Senators for Mike Menosky, Harry Harper, and Eddie Foster
- July, 1920: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Philadelphia Athletics for Fred Thomas.
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