Arthur Joseph "Marty" Shay (April 25, 1896 - February 20, 1951) was a professional baseball

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 player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 for the Chicago Cubs

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 (1916) and Boston Braves

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 (1924), primarily as a second baseman

Second baseman

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. Listed at 5 ft 7 in, 148 lb, Shay batted and threw right-handed.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Shay was a .240 hitter (18-for-75) with three doubles

Double (baseball)

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 and one triple

Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

 in 21 games, stealing

Stolen base

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 two bases and scoring four runs

Run (baseball)

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 while driving in

Run batted in

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 two more.

Shay played in the minor leagues

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 from 1917 until 1927 in addition to his two brief stints in the majors with the Cubs and Braves. In 1130 minor league games, he batted .286 with one home run

Home run

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 and collected 1259 hits, but only 174 were for extra bases.

Shay died in Worcester, Massachusetts

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, at the age of 54.

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