Spike Shannon

Spike Shannon
Spike Shannon
	Outfielder
	Born: February 7, 1878; Pittsburgh
	Died: May 16, 1940 (aged 62); Minneapolis
Batted: Both	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 15, 1904, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1908, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.259
Stolen bases	145
Runs batted in	183
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (1904–1906); New York Giants (1906–1908); Pittsburgh Pirates (1908);
Career highlights and awards
	NL runs scored leader (1907);

William Porter "Spike" Shannon (February 7, 1878 – May 16, 1940) was a professional baseball player and umpire.

Shannon was an outfielder over parts of five seasons (1904–1908) with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was the National League leader in runs scored in 1907, when he scored 104 runs for the Giants. For his career, he compiled a .259 batting average, 183 runs batted in, 383 runs scored, and 145 stolen bases. After his playing career, he was an umpire in the Federal League during 1914 and 1915 for a total of 177 games.

Shannon was an alumnus of Grove City College. He was born in Pittsburgh, and later died in Minneapolis at the age of 62.

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