Pete McShannic

Peter Robert McShannic

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut September 15, 1888
• Final Game October 13, 1888
• Born March 20, 1864 in Pittsburgh, PA USA
• Died November 30, 1946 in Toledo, OH USA

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Biographical Information

"McShannic is the best third baseman in the Tri-State League. Some of his stops are immense." - Sporting Life, May 9, 1888

Pete McShannic played 26 games at third base at the end of the season for the 1888 Pittsbugh Alleghenys. Second baseman Fred Dunlap played only 82 games in the field that year (he would return the following year), so Pop Smith, the shortstop, moved over to second, and Bill Kuehne, the regular third baseman, moved to shortstop.

In an unusual post-baseball profession, McShannic became a portrait painter. Sporting Life in 1886 had remarked on his ability as a "crayon artist", saying in 1888 that he made a living at it, and in 1900 he was still employed doing portraits.

"McShannic has reduced the art of pushing the ball almost to a science. He says that is the coming style of batting, unless the rules are changed." - Sporting Life, Oct. 10, 1888