Shane Mack (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#c6011f
bgcolor2=#072764
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Shane Mack
birthdate=birth date and age|1963|12|7
position=Outfielder
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=May 25
debutyear=by|1987
debutteam=San Diego Padres
finaldate=July 30
finalyear=by|1998
finalteam=Kansas City Royals
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.299
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=80
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=398
teams=
*San Diego Padres (by|1987-by|1988)
*Minnesota Twins (by|1990-by|1994)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1997)
*Oakland Athletics (by|1998)
*Kansas City Royals (by|1998)
highlights=
*American League pennant: 1991
*World Series champion: 1991

Shane Lee Mack (born December 7 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a former left and center fielder in Major League Baseball.

Mack played for Richard Gahr High School in Cerritos, California from 1978-1982. Upon graduation, he accepted an athletic scholarship to play for the UCLA Bruins baseball team where he starred from 1982-1984. His career college statistics include a .361 batting average, 29 home runs, 142 runs batted in, 158 runs scored and 44 stolen bases. Mack was the runner-up for the Pac-10 Conference Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1983. His .419 batting average that year was the seventh best all-time in the Pac-10. Mack was selected to the All-Pac-10 and All-American College Baseball Teams in 1983 and 1984. Mack was the 11th player selected in the 1st round of the major league draft in by|1984. Following college, he played on the U.S. Olympic baseball team which won a silver medal in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Subsequently, he played nine professional major league seasons. His career statistics include a .299 lifetime batting average, 80 home runs, and 398 RBIs in 923 games. Mack started his career with the San Diego Padres. In by|1990, he was selected in the Rule 5 Draft by the Minnesota Twins where he starred from by|1990-by|1994. Notably, he was a key component of the Twins' 1991 World Series championship team. In by|1992 Mack had his best year, hitting .315 (fifth in the American League), scoring 75 runs (seventh in the AL), stealing 24 bases, driving in 75 runs, and hitting 16 home runs.

After a three-year contract playing in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants (1994-1997), he returned to the United States to play ball for the Boston Red Sox in the by|1997 season. Mack played for the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals in by|1998 before retiring. Mack was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame on October 10, 2002.

On March 6 2006, having been informed of the condition of former teammate Kirby Puckett, who suffered a massive stroke the previous day, Mack flew to Arizona to be with Puckett, along with a number of other current and former Twins. Puckett died late that day.

His brother is former major league outfielder Quinn Mack. He currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=m/macksh01