Shane Halter

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Shane Halter
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Born: November 8, 1969 (1969-11-08) (age 38)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 6, 1997
for the Kansas City Royals
Final game
October 3, 2004
for the Anaheim Angels
Career statistics
Batting average     .246
Home runs     45
Runs batted in     197
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • No notable achievements

Shane David Halter (born November 8, 1969 in La Plata, Maryland) is a former Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder and right-handed batter.

[edit] High School Years

Halter attended Hooks High School in Hooks, Texas and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, track, and golf.

[edit] Major League Baseball Career

Halter played for the Kansas City Royals (1997-98), New York Mets (1999), Detroit Tigers (2000-03), and Anaheim Angels (2004). Although he is essentially a backup player, he has notable power and he is adequate defensively in all infield and outfield positions.

On October 1, 2000 Halter showed his versatility by playing all 9 positions in a single game, joining Bert Campaneris (Kansas City Athletics, September 8, 1965), Cesar Tovar (Minnesota Twins, September 22, 1968) and Scott Sheldon (Texas Rangers, September 6, 2000), in the select list of nine-position players in a Major League game. No National League player has ever done it. (The Tigers won Halter's nine-position game over the Twins, 12-11, on Hal Morris' RBI single in the bottom of the ninth; it was Morris' last major league at-bat.)

In his 644-game career Halter batted .246, with 45 home runs and 197 runs batted in.

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