Andrew Kemper "Skeeter" Shelton (June 29, 1888 – January 9, 1954) was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 outfielder

Outfielder

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. Shelton played for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 in the season. In ten career games, he had one hit in 40 at-bats for a .025 batting average. He batted and threw right-handed. Shelton was the baseball coach at West Virginia University

West Virginia University

West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...

 from 1918 to 1920 and at Marshall University

Marshall University

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 from 1922 to 1923. He was born and died in Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...

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