Today's PONY (New York-Penn) League Birthday: Joe Shipley (Olean Giants, 1954))

Credits: Topps Co. via The Trading Card Database

Happy Birthday to former PONY (New York-Penn since 1957) League prospect Joe Shipley, who was born on this date in 1935, in Morristown, Tennessee.

He pitched in 16 games for the 1954 Olean Giants (41 IP, 1-7 win/loss record, 12.29 ERA, 3.122 WHIP). He appeared in 29 major league games over four seasons with the San Francisco Giants (1958-60) and Chicago White Sox (1963).

Shipley was the head baseball coach at East Tennessee State University from 1966 to 1977 and was elected to the school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Source: Baseball Reference

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