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- Spec_Shea abstract "Francis Joseph "Spec" Shea (October 2, 1920 – July 19, 2002) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1947-1955. He played for the New York Yankees from 1947–1951 and the Washington Senators from 1952-1955. He was known as "The Naugatuck Nugget" as a result of him being from Naugatuck, Connecticut, and was named as such by Yankees broadcaster Mel Allen, and was nicknamed "Spec" because of his freckles.Shea originally signed with the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1940. He spent the 1940 season playing in Amsterdam, winning 11 and losing four while pitching 137 innings. In 1941, he was promoted to Norfolk, where he struck out 154 in 199 innings, and in 1942 he played in Kansas City, where he improved upon his earned run average. He was a member of the United States Military, serving in World War II. He joined in 1943 and served for three years, where he served solely as a soldier and did not play baseball.He was promoted to the Yankees' major league roster at the start of the 1947 New York Yankees season, and made his debut on April 19, 1947. He made his debut against the Boston Red Sox, which was so looked forward to at Naugatuck High School, his alma mater, that the school suspended operations for the day because most of the student body went to New York to root for Spec. As a rookie, Shea played in his first and only All-Star Game, playing in the 1947 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In the game, Shea pitched the 4th, 5th, and 6th innings, relieving for Hal Newhouser. He allowed one earned run, and was declared the winning pitcher of the All-Star Game.The same year, MLB instated the Rookie of the Year Award. In the middle of the season, however, Shea was sidelined for seven weeks due to a pulled neck muscle. Shea finished the season with a 14–5 record in 27 appearances, had the lowest hits allowed per nine innings pitched in the majors with 6.4, had the best win-loss record in the American League with .737%, threw 13 complete games, three shutouts, and had an ERA of 3.07. Shea was in the running for the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, which went to Jackie Robinson. Shea finished third in voting behind Robinson and Larry Jansen, but would have won the award had the American and National Leagues had separate Rookie of the Year winners. In the 1947 World Series, Shea started games one, five and seven, winning the first two en route to the Yankees' World Series victory.From 1948 to 1951, however, Shea had a combined 15-16 record, continuing to pitch in pain due to a nagging neck injury suffered in 1947. Instead of it being arm trouble as the Yankees believed, it was an issue that was solved by Shea visiting a chiropractor during the winter before the 1951 New York Yankees season. On May 3, 1952, Shea was traded by the Yankees with Jackie Jensen, Jerry Snyder, and Archie Wilson to the Washington Senators for Irv Noren and Tom Upton. In 1952 he had an 11–7 record with a 2.93 ERA, and in 1953 he had a 12–7 record with a 3.94 ERA. He was used in his final two seasons primarily as a relief pitcher, and pitched his final major league game on August 27, 1955.Robert Redford called Shea during production of the film The Natural for pitching consultation, where he taught Redford how to pitch in an old-time style. Shea died in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 19, 2002 at the age of 81 after having heart valve replacement surgery.".
- Spec_Shea birthDate "1920-10-02".
- Spec_Shea birthPlace Naugatuck,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea birthYear "1920".
- Spec_Shea deathDate "2002-07-19".
- Spec_Shea deathPlace New_Haven,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea deathYear "2002".
- Spec_Shea debutTeam New_York_Yankees.
- Spec_Shea position Pitcher.
- Spec_Shea thumbnail Spec_Shea_1953.jpg?width=300.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageExternalLink fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13759597.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageID "11555661".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageLength "7295".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageOutDegree "53".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageRevisionID "681749397".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink 1947_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink 1947_New_York_Yankees_season.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink 1947_World_Series.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink 1951_New_York_Yankees_season.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink American_League.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Archie_Wilson_(baseball).
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Boston_Red_Sox.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:1920_births.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:2002_deaths.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baseball_players_from_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Major_League_Baseball_pitchers.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:New_York_Yankees_players.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Naugatuck,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sportspeople_from_New_Haven_County,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Washington_Senators_(1901–60)_players.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Complete_game.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Earned_run_average.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Find_a_Grave.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Hal_Newhouser.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Irv_Noren.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Jackie_Jensen.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Jackie_Robinson.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Jerry_Snyder.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Larry_Jansen.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Major_League_Baseball.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Mel_Allen.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Minnesota_Twins.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Naugatuck,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Naugatuck_High_School.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink New_Haven,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink New_York_Yankees.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Pitcher.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Relief_pitcher.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Redford.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Rookie_of_the_Year_(award).
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Shutout.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Strikeout.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink The_Natural_(film).
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Tom_Upton.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Armed_Forces.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Military.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink Win–loss_record_(pitching).
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink World_Series.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLinkText "Frank "Spec" Shea".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLinkText "Shea".
- Spec_Shea wikiPageWikiLinkText "Spec Shea".
- Spec_Shea bats "Right".
- Spec_Shea birthDate "1920-10-02".
- Spec_Shea birthPlace Naugatuck,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea br "s/sheasp01".
- Spec_Shea caption "Shea in about 1953.".
- Spec_Shea cube "Spec-Shea".
- Spec_Shea dateOfBirth "1920-10-02".
- Spec_Shea dateOfDeath "2002-07-19".
- Spec_Shea deathDate "2002-07-19".
- Spec_Shea deathPlace New_Haven,_Connecticut.
- Spec_Shea debutdate "--04-19".
- Spec_Shea debutleague "MLB".
- Spec_Shea debutteam "New York Yankees".
- Spec_Shea debutyear "1947".
- Spec_Shea fangraphs "1011841".
- Spec_Shea finaldate "--08-27".
- Spec_Shea finalleague "MLB".
- Spec_Shea finalteam "Washington Senators".
- Spec_Shea finalyear "1955".
- Spec_Shea hasPhotoCollection Spec_Shea.
- Spec_Shea highlights "*All-Star selection * World Series champion".
- Spec_Shea name "Shea, Spec".
- Spec_Shea name "Spec Shea".
- Spec_Shea placeOfBirth "Naugatuck, Connecticut".
- Spec_Shea placeOfDeath "New Haven, Connecticut".
- Spec_Shea position Pitcher.
- Spec_Shea shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Spec_Shea stat1label Win–loss_record_(pitching).
- Spec_Shea stat1value "56".
- Spec_Shea stat2label Earned_run_average.
- Spec_Shea stat2value "3.8".
- Spec_Shea stat3label "Strikeouts".
- Spec_Shea stat3value "361".
- Spec_Shea statleague "MLB".
- Spec_Shea teams "*New York Yankees *Washington Senators".
- Spec_Shea throws "Right".