Joe Shipley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1935–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Joe Shipley |image=Joe Shipley.jpg |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1935|05|09}} |birth_place=Morristown, Tennessee, U.S. |death_date= {{death date and age|2024|05|01|1935|05|09}} |death_place=St. Charles, Missouri, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 14 |debutyear=1958 |debutteam=San Francisco Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 23 |finalyear=1963 |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.93 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=23 |teams= *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1958}}–{{mlby|1960}}) *Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1963}}) }}

'''Joseph Clark Shipley''' (May 9, 1935 – May 1, 2024) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 29 games over four seasons in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants (1958–60) and Chicago White Sox (1963).<ref name="statistics">{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shipljo01.shtml |title=Joe Shipley Statistics and History |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=February 8, 2011}}</ref> He was born in Morristown, Tennessee, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and {{convert|210|lb}}. Shipley died in St. Charles, Missouri, on May 1, 2024, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph C. Shipley |url=https://www.baue.com/obituaries/joseph-shipley |website=Baue |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>

==Career== Shipley's pro career lasted for 13 seasons (1953–65). Twenty-eight of his 29 big-league appearances came as a relief pitcher. In his one starting assignment, the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 14, 1959, he allowed two hits, five bases on balls and two earned runs in 2<small>{{fraction|2|3}}</small> innings pitched, and did not gain a decision in an eventual 6–3 Giants' loss.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06142PHI1959.htm |publisher=Retrosheet |title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 3 (2) |date=1959-06-14 |access-date=May 10, 2024}}</ref>

All told, Shipley posted a 0–1 record with a 5.93 earned run average in the majors. He worked 44 innings, allowing 48 hits and 35 walks; he struck out 23. He had 13 games finished and no saves.

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