- Shawn Gilbert
Infobox MLB retired
name=Shawn Gilbert
position=Outfielder /Utility Infielder
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1965|3|12|
debutdate=June 2
debutyear=by|1997
debutteam=New York Mets
finaldate=July 2
finalyear=by|2000
finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.149
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=2
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=4
teams=
*New York Mets (1997–1998)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1998)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (2000)
*Kintetsu Buffaloes (2001)
highlights=
*Hit .500 in 4 games with the Cardinals in 1998.Albert Shawn Gilbert Jr. (known as Shawn Gilbert) is a former major league baseball player. He was born on
March 12 ,1965 inCamden, New Jersey . He attended wasAgua Fria Union High School inAvondale, Arizona . After high school, he attendedFresno State andArizona State University .Gilbert was drafted four times by for three different teams-the Dodgers, Reds and Twins. It wasn't until their second try that the Twins were able to finally sign him in 1987.
The 5'9", 185 pound Gilbert was not too imposing (some sources say he was as small as 170 pounds), but he held his own in the minors by using his small stature to swipe 40 or more bases in 3 out of 4 seasons between 1988 and 1991. He also hit .372 in 43 at-bats with Visalia in 1988.
Gilbert, who batted and threw right-handed, made his major league debut
June 2 ,1997 . Over the next few years, he bounced between the majors and minors. He ended up swiping only 2 bases in 51 total major league games and hitting .149.An interesting fact about Gilbert's major league career is in 51 games, he only had 47 at-bats and he scored more runs than had actual hits. Rarely for someone to appear in 50 or more career games does anyone have more runs than hits and more games than at-bats. Two other examples of this are
Charles Gipson andGlen Barker .This second baseman/left fielder's last major league game was
July 2 ,2000 , with the Dodgers.He ended up retiring from professional baseball in 2003 at the age of 38 after playing for the
Kintetsu Buffaloes in by|2001, then in the Dodgers and Pirates farm systems in 2001, 2002, and 2003.Willie Banks, David West and
Jarvis Brown had been teammates of Gilbert for four seasons, longer than any other teammates.Gilbert currently lives in
Fresno, California and is an assistant baseball coach at Fresno Pacific University.Major Transaction
*On June 10, 1998, Gilbert was traded from the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for
Wayne Kirby .References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=g/gilbesh01 |fangraphs=1004696 |cube=G/shawn-gilbert
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