Jim Shellenback
| Jim Shellenback | ||
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Strikeouts | 222 | |
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James Philip Shellenback (born November 18, 1943) is an American former
Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (1969–1974) and Minnesota Twins (1977). The 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 200 lb (91 kg) Shellenback threw and batted left-handed. He is the nephew of Frank Shellenback
, also a former MLB pitcher and coach.
In his nine-year MLB career, he had a 16–30
balks and a 3.81 earned run average
.
Like his uncle, who won a record 295 games in the
decisions
and posted a 2.03 earned run average. He won 103 minor league games over 12 seasons.
Shellenback was a longtime coach in the Twins'
minor league system, and served on their Major League staff in 1983. He also managed the Triple-A Portland Beavers from June 22, 1988, through the end of the season after the resignation of Jim Mahoney. Late in his career, Shellenback was the pitching coach of the Rookie-level Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League for 18 consecutive seasons, from 1994 through his 2011 retirement.[1][2]
References
- ^ milb.com
- ^ Joe Christensen (September 10, 2011). "Twins fire Class AAA Rochester manager Tom Nieto". Star Tribune. Minneapolis.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)