|
Anthony Razor Shines〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Razor Shines )〕 (born July 18, 1956 in Durham, North Carolina) is a retired baseball player who played first base for the Montreal Expos for four seasons, from 1983–1985 and 1987. He also served as a base coach for the New York Mets from 2009 to 2010. ==Playing career== Shines was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the 1978 MLB Draft out of St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Expos assigned him to the Jamestown Expos in the New York–Penn League for his first season in 1978. He spent the next three seasons (1979–1981) with the West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League. Shines was promoted to the Memphis Chicks of the Southern League in 1981 and remained there through 1983, when he was promoted to the AAA Wichita Aeros of the American Association. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1983 as a pinch hitter against the New York Mets but did not get an official appearance because the Mets made a pitching change and he was subsequently pinch hit for himself.〔(September 9, 1983 Mets vs. Expos box score )〕 He played in two more games that season, as late inning defensive replacement against the Chicago Cubs on September 12〔(September 12, 1983 Cubs vs. Expos box score )〕 and as a pinch hitter on October 2 against the Mets. He recorded his first Major League hit in that at-bat, a single to left field off of Tim Leary.〔(October 2, 1983 Mets vs. Expos box score )〕 In parts of four Major League seasons with the Expos he played in 68 games and had 81 at bats, 15 hits, one double, five RBI, one stolen base, five walks, a .185 batting average, .239 on-base percentage, .198 slugging percentage, 16 total bases and one sacrifice fly. He also pitched an inning in a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1985.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=April 30, 1985 Montreal Expos at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score and Play by Play )〕 He spent the majority of nine seasons with the Indianapolis Indians,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Razor Shines Statistics )〕 and he became a local legend and fan favorite within the city of Indianapolis. He became a free agent in 1990 and signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who sent him to the Buffalo Bisons, where he hit .170 in 42 games. When the Pirates released him during the season, he signed with the Mexico City Reds of the Mexican League. He retired after spending 1993 in the Cincinnati Reds system. On May 16, 2006, the Indianapolis Indians honored Shines, who was managing the visiting Charlotte Knights, with a "Razor Shines Night". This kind of honor, for a player of an opposing team, is quite rare in minor league baseball. Shines kept his residence in Indianapolis during his playing years and for a few years afterwards. After retirement, he began his coaching career there at a local baseball academy and at Bishop Chatard High School.〔 Shines also coached at Lebanon High school in Lebanon, IN for the 1997-1998 season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Razor Shines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|