Burt Shotton
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Born: October 18, 1884 Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio |
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Died: July 29, 1962 (aged 77) Lake Wales, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 13, 1909, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| April 21, 1923, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .271 | ||
| Home runs | 9 | ||
| Runs batted in | 290 | ||
| Managerial record | 697–764 | ||
| Winning % | .477 | ||
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Burton Edwin Shotton (October 18, 1884 – July 29, 1962) was an American player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. As manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947; 1948–50), he won two National League pennants and served as Jackie Robinson's first permanent Major League manager.
Shotton was born in Brownhelm, a township in Lorain County, Ohio. In his playing days, he was a speedy outfielder — he was nicknamed "Barney" after race car driver Barney Oldfield — who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 175 lb (79 kg) Shotton compiled a .271 batting average with 1,338 hits in 1,387 Major League games played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals (1909; 1911–23).
Although he stole over 40 bases in four consecutive seasons (1913–16), he was also caught stealing over 26 times in each of those seasons. In an American League dominated by speedsters such as Ty Cobb and Clyde Milan, Shotton was never among the top five base stealers in the league, and he had a high rate of being caught stealing, but he pilfered 294 bases during his MLB career. His real talent, however, may be shown in his on-base percentage, in which he finished in the top ten in the league four times in his career. He twice (in 1913 and 1916) led AL batters in walks, and finished in the top ten six seasons.
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