Vince Shupe

Vincent William Shupe (September 5, 1921 – April 5, 1962) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played for the 1945 Boston Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he batted and threw left-handed.

Biography Shupe's minor league career spanned 1939 to 1950; he did not play professionally for two seasons (1942–1943) during World War II. Primarily a first baseman, he also made nine appearances as a pitcher early in his career, and five appearances in the outfield late in his career. for the Boston Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played first base regularly for the Braves through the end of the season, Baseball records list Shupe as appearing in a game earlier in the season, against the Brooklyn Dodgers on June 17; however, that was a suspended game, and he only played in the completion of the game, when it was resumed on August 4. Shupe played in 78 major league games, registering a .269 batting average (76-for-283), 15 RBIs, and no home runs. After his professional baseball career, he worked as a petroleum salesman. Shupe died at the age of 40 in Canton, Ohio.

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