Batting average .154 Role Baseball player Name Strick Shofner | Runs scored 0 Home runs 0 | |
Died October 10, 1998, Crawford, Texas, United States | ||
Frank Strickland Shofner (July 23, 1919 – October 10, 1998) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 10.5", 187 lb., he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
A native of Crawford, Texas, Shofner played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1947 season. In five games, he was a .154 hitter (2-for-13) with one run and one triple without home runs or RBI.
At the end of the season, Shofner was sent by Boston along with pitcher Tommy Fine to Triple-A San Francisco Seals in exchange for utility player Neill Sheridan.
Shofner died in his hometown of Crawford, Texas, at the age of 79.
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