OT: Bobby Shantz turns 99

[RUhasarrived]

The 1952 AL MVP is the oldest living player-No.3 overall-for 4 different franchises:The Athletics,Cubs,Houston,and the Phillies but not for the Yankees nor for the Cardinals as the top two guys,Art Shallock and Bill Greason,played for those teams.
The No.4 guy,Frank Saucier,and the No.5 guy,Ed Mickelson aren't the top dog for any team as one of the top three have them beaten out.
If Bobby makes it one more time around the Sun,it'll be the first time in MLB history that 3 centenarians are concurrently living.
Stay,Bobby,Stay.

 

[MADHAT1]

1952 was Bobby's best year

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shantbo01.shtml

I remember him from his yankee days
>Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Art Ditmar, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957). <

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=shantbo01

 

[hoquat63]

His brother also had brief career with A’s as a catcher

 

[zappaa]

Fielded his position very well.

 

[LETSGORU91_]

Fielded his position very well.
RIP Bobby

Quick read but he turned 99, he isn't dead...right?

 

[PiscatawayMike]

God bless Bobby. He still gets around, too. He was signing autographs at a Philly sports memorabilia show earlier this year.

 

[zappaa]

Quick read but he turned 99, he isn't dead...right?

Sorry Bobby!
He was shooting his age in golf at 70.
Since then he’s probably done it 99 times

 

[LETSGORU91_]

Sorry Bobby!
He was shooting his age in golf at 70.
Since then he’s probably done it 99 times

My wife did that to Tom Petty. My son and I wanted to see him and I told her. She replied, "Tom Petty is dead. You mean a tribute band?" I told her he was alive and well, doing his 50th year tour or something like that. He died weeks later. We still joke that she jinxed him.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

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