# George Shears

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{{short description|American baseball player (1890–1978)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=George Shears
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1890|4|13|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Marshall, Missouri](/source/Marshall%2C_Missouri), U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1978|11|12|1890|4|13|mf=y}}
|death_place=[Loveland, Colorado](/source/Loveland%2C_Colorado), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 24
|debutyear={{Baseball year|1912}}
|debutteam=[New York Highlanders](/source/New_York_Yankees)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 20
|finalyear={{Baseball year|1912}}
|finalteam=[New York Highlanders](/source/New_York_Yankees)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win_(baseball))
|stat1value=0–0
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=5.40
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=9
|teams=
*[New York Highlanders](/source/New_York_Yankees) ({{Baseball year|1912}})
}}
'''George Penfield Shears''' (April 13, 1890 – November 12, 1978) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher). In 1912, Shears played for the [New York Highlanders](/source/New_York_Yankees). In 4 career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 5.40 ERA. He batted [right-handed](/source/right-handed) and threw [left-handed](/source/left-handed).

George Shears was a Doctor of Chiropractic who led the G.P.C. chiropractic movement in the late 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Layne|first=Laurence|title=Keepers of the Flame: A History of Attunement|year=2008|publisher=Health Light Publishing Company|location=St. Augustine, Florida|isbn=978-0-9771193-3-2|pages=19–22|url=http://healthlightbooks.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4|access-date=2012-05-20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709054705/http://healthlightbooks.com/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4|archive-date=2012-07-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shears was born in [Marshall, Missouri](/source/Marshall%2C_Missouri), and died in [Loveland, Colorado](/source/Loveland%2C_Colorado).<ref>{{cite web|title=The USGenWeb Project|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/larimer/cemeteries/sunrise.txt|access-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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Category:1890 births
Category:1978 deaths
Category:New York Highlanders players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Baseball players from Missouri
Category:Paris Bourbonites players
Category:Brockton Shoemakers players
Category:Hamilton Hams players
Category:Jersey City Skeeters players
Category:Erie Sailors players
Category:Lawrence Barristers players
Category:Moline Plowboys players
Category:People from Marshall, Missouri
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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