OT: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧" 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠

[OldRed]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧" 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐳 is the last surviving player from the Philadelphia Athletics and the last living player to have played under legendary manager Connie Mack. He is the final surviving MLB player who debuted in the 1940s., and he is also the oldest living former MVP in Major League Baseball.


#MLB #baseball #athletics #MVP #philadelphia

[WLTFE]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧" 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐳 is the last surviving player from the Philadelphia Athletics and the last living player to have played under legendary manager Connie Mack. He is the final surviving MLB player who debuted in the 1940s., and he is also the oldest living former MVP in Major League Baseball.


#MLB #baseball #athletics #MVP #philadelphia

Played a couple of innings in CF for the Yankees...#Immaculate Grid

[45s]

Won the first game ever for the Colt .45s in 62

Traded to cards later than year..

[kdkauf70]

He was part of the Brock - Broligo trade

[rockondlouie]

I thought it was Tim Allen

[jcgmoi]

Shantz was the little leftys' little lefty, all 5-6 and 140 pounds of him.

[The Nard]

I'm still trying to rationalize how the 1960 Yankees lost that World Series to the Pirates. Bobby Shantz threw 3 innings in that Game 7; gave up a 3-run HR to the Pirates catcher Hal Smith (not to be confused with the Cardinal's catcher Hal Smith), that may have been even more important that Mazeroski's HR in the bottom of the 9th.

Both "small" pitchers like Bobby Shantz and the White Sox's Billy Pierce had good, long careers, and demonstrated that the "Art of Pitching" wasn't all about power.

[45s]

Won the first game ever for the Colt .45s in 62

Traded to cards later than year..

For Carl Warwick who was traded back to the cards in 64 and contributed to then cards World Series win

[45s]

I'm still trying to rationalize how the 1960 Yankees lost that World Series to the Pirates. Bobby Shantz threw 3 innings in that Game 7; gave up a 3-run HR to the Pirates catcher Hal Smith (not to be confused with the Cardinal's catcher Hal Smith), that may have been even more important that Mazeroski's HR in the bottom of the 9th.

Both "small" pitchers like Bobby Shantz and the White Sox's Billy Pierce had good, long careers, and demonstrated that the "Art of Pitching" wasn't all about power.

As did Stu Miller…165 pounds who had a nice career….some of it with Stl

Literally blown off the mound in candlestick

[jcgmoi]

Bobby Shantz threw 3 innings in that Game 7; gave up a 3-run HR to the Pirates catcher Hal Smith

Your memory is off. It was Jim Coates who gave up the HR to Smith. Coates relieved Shantz after he gave up three straight singles and a run to start the eighth inning.

[BrummerStealsHome]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧" 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐳 is the last surviving player from the Philadelphia Athletics and the last living player to have played under legendary manager Connie Mack. He is the final surviving MLB player who debuted in the 1940s., and he is also the oldest living former MVP in Major League Baseball.


#MLB #baseball #athletics #MVP #philadelphia

My very first glove was a Bobby Schantz model. Naturally, I didn't know who the hell he was. I had to ask my Dad, and I was wholly uninterested in hearing about a good fielding pitcher.

[fullswing]

I worked with a guy who told me Shantz is his great uncle. He didn’t think it was a big deal but I sure thought it was cool.

[ggnoobs]

I'm still trying to rationalize how the 1960 Yankees lost that World Series to the Pirates. Bobby Shantz threw 3 innings in that Game 7; gave up a 3-run HR to the Pirates catcher Hal Smith (not to be confused with the Cardinal's catcher Hal Smith), that may have been even more important that Mazeroski's HR in the bottom of the 9th.

Both "small" pitchers like Bobby Shantz and the White Sox's Billy Pierce had good, long careers, and demonstrated that the "Art of Pitching" wasn't all about power.

Daniel Ray Herrera comes to mind as one of the small lefties of recent memory.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... da01.shtml

[Sheepdawg]

Some sites say he passed away two weeks ago.