Sheldon Mallory

Sheldon Mallory

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 175 lb.
• School Manatee Junior College, Illinois State University
• High School Argo High School
• Debut April 10, 1977
• Final Game September 27, 1977
• Born July 16, 1953 in Argo, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Sheldon Mallory played 64 games at age 23 for the Oakland Athletics in 1977. His minor league career was from 1972-1979, and finished when he was 25 years old.

Sheldon was born in Argo, IL, and went to Argo High School. Ted Kluszewski was also born in Argo and went to the same high school. Shell was signed as a free agent at age 18. He was a minor league speedster, most notably stealing 81 bases in 90 attempts in 1973. When he made the Athletics' team in 1977, he was the same age (23) as teammate Tony Armas.

He was used at all three outfield positions (more in right field than elsewhere) as well as at first base and DH, and as a pinch-runner and pinch-hitter. He stole 12 bases.

Through 2019, three other big league players have had the first name Sheldon - Sheldon Lejeune, Sheldon Burnside and Sheldon Jones. One other major leaguer has had the last name Mallory - Jim Mallory.

". . . the A's tied the score in the eighth on a walk to Manny Sanguillen, a stolen base by pinch‐runner Sheldon Mallory and a single by Jim Tyrone, his third hit of the game." - from the New York Times, August 30, 1977, about Mallory doing his part to help defeat the Boston Red Sox in spite of Jim Rice hitting three home runs