Skeeter Shelton

American baseball player (1888–1954)
Baseball player
Skeeter Shelton
Outfielder
Born: (1888-06-29)June 29, 1888
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Died: January 9, 1954(1954-01-09) (aged 65)
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 25, 1915, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
September 1, 1915, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Batting average.025
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams
  • New York Yankees (1915)

Andrew Kemper "Skeeter" Shelton (June 29, 1888 – January 9, 1954) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born and died in Huntington, West Virginia.

Shelton played for the New York Yankees in the 1915 season, appearing in 10 consecutive games over an eight-day period from August 25 to September 1. In his ten career games, he had one hit in 40 at-bats for a .025 batting average. At center field, he was perfect, handling 22 total chances (20 putouts, 2 assists).

He batted and threw right-handed. Shelton was the baseball coach at West Virginia University from 1918 to 1920 and at Marshall University from 1922 to 1923.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Marshall Thundering Herd (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921 Marshall 5–2–1
1922 Marshall 5–4
Marshall: 10–6–1
Total: 10–6–1

References

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
  • Skeeter Shelton at Find a Grave
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West Virginia Mountaineers starting quarterbacks
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West Virginia Mountaineers head baseball coaches
  • No coach (1892–1893)
  • A. R. Stahlings (1894–1896)
  • J. E. B. Sweeney (1897–1898)
  • Owen Altman (1899–1900)
  • H. Brown (1901)
  • Lee Hutchinson (1902–1905)
  • Carl Forkum (1906–1908)
  • Dick Nebinger (1909)
  • J. L. Core (1910)
  • L. L. McClure (1911)
  • John Gronninger (1912)
  • Charlie Hickman (1913)
  • B. P. Pattison (1914)
  • Charlie Hickman (1915–1917)
  • Skeeter Shelton (1918–1920)
  • Ira Rodgers (1921–1942)
  • No team (1943–1945)
  • Ira Rodgers (1946)
  • Charles Hockenberry (1947)
  • Steve Harrick (1948–1967)
  • Dale Ramsburg (1968–1994)
  • Greg Van Zant (1995–2012)
  • Randy Mazey (2013– )
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Charleston Golden Eagles head football coaches
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Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball head coaches
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Marshall Thundering Herd athletic directors
  • Boyd Chambers (1909–1917)
  • Burton Shipley (1917–1919)
  • Arch Reilly (1919–1920)
  • Herbert Cramer (1920–1921)
  • Skeeter Shelton (1921–1923)
  • J. E. R. Barnes (1923–1926)
  • Roy Hawley (1926–1935)
  • Cam Henderson (1935–1948)
  • Luther Poling (1948–1951)
  • Robert Morris (1951–1959)
  • Whitey Wilson (1959–1967)
  • Eddie Barrett (1967–1969)
  • Charles Kautz (1970)
  • Ed Starling # (1970–1971)
  • Joe McMullen (1971–1979)
  • Lynn Snyder (1979–1984)
  • Ed Starling # (1984–1985)
  • David Braine (1985–1987)
  • Judy Southard # (1987–1988)
  • Lee Moon (1988–1996)
  • Lance West (1996–2002)
  • Bob Marcum (2002–2009)
  • Mike Hamrick (2009–2021)
  • Jeff O'Malley # (2021–2022)
  • Christian Spears (2022– )

# denotes interim athletic director

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Marshall Thundering Herd head football coaches

# denotes interim head coach

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Marshall Thundering Herd head baseball coaches
  • Unknown (1896)
  • No team (1897)
  • Unknown (1898–1900)
  • M. M. Scott (1901–1902)
  • George Ford (1903–1904)
  • Pennypacker (1905)
  • No team (1906–1909)
  • Boyd Chambers (1910–1917)
  • Burton Shipley (1918)
  • Carl Ridgley (1919)
  • Arch Reilly (1920)
  • Herbert Cramer (1921)
  • Skeeter Shelton (1922–1923)
  • Harrison Briggs (1924)
  • Russ Meredith (1925)
  • No team (1926)
  • Johnny Stuart (1927–1932)
  • Roy Hawley (1933–1935)
  • Francis Farley (1936–1937)
  • Cam Henderson (1938)
  • No team (1939–1941)
  • Kyle Tackett (1942)
  • Johnny Watson (1943)
  • No team (1944–1946)
  • Joe Binns (1947–1949)
  • Howard Hood (1950–1951)
  • Joe Binns (1952–1954)
  • Jack Cook (1955)
  • Bill Chambers (1956–1960)
  • Alvis Brown (1961–1965)
  • Bob Kruthoffer (1966)
  • Jack Cook (1967–1989)
  • Howie McCann (1990–1995)
  • Craig Antush (1996–1998)
  • David Piepenbrink (1998–2006)
  • Jeff Waggoner (2007–2022)
  • Greg Beals (2023– )
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