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American baseball player
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Male
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Birth:
31 July 1927
Death:
13 December 1993
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Biography
Wilmer Ebert Shantz (July 31, 1927 – December 13, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball player. Shantz played for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees in 1954, 1955 and 1960. Shantz batted and threw right-handed.
He was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and died in Lauderhill, Florida.
His older brother, Bobby Shantz, a left-handed pitcher, played in the Majors for 16 seasons (1949–1964) and was the Most Valuable Player in the American League in 1952.