Art Shamsky
| Art Shamsky | |||
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| Outfielder/First baseman | |||
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Born: October 14, 1941 St. Louis, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1965, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 18, 1972, for the Oakland A's | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .253 | ||
| Hits | 426 | ||
| Home runs | 68 | ||
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Arthur Louis Shamsky (born October 14, 1941) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics. In 2007 he was the manager of the Modi'in Miracle of the Israel Baseball League.
Shamsky is Jewish and was born in St. Louis. He attended University City High School in St. Louis and played on the school's baseball team as did fellow major leaguer and Israel Baseball League manager Ken Holtzman four years later. After playing ball for the University of Missouri in 1958–59, he was signed by Cincinnati as a free agent in 1959.
Shamsky began his professional baseball career in 1960 with the Geneva Redlegs of the New York–Penn League. He finished the season with a .271 batting average and 18 homers (second in the league), and was named to the All-Star team. He played with the Topeka Reds in 1961 (hit .288 with 15 home runs) and the Macon Peaches in 1962 (hit .284 with 16 home runs). Shamsky played with the AAA San Diego Padres in 1963 and 1964, where he hit .267 with 18 home runs his first year and .272 with 25 home runs his second year.
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