Sunday, December 25, 2022

John Shelby

Career:
 Played in the big leagues for parts of 11 seasons with three different teams, including the Dodgers from 1987-90.

Did you know? Won a World Series with the Orioles in 1983 and the Dodgers in 1988 ... his sons John III, Jevon and Jaren played baseball at the University of Kentucky.

Post-game: Coached and managed in the minor leagues, and coached in the major leagues for the Dodgers (1998-2005), Pirates (2006-07), Orioles (2008-10) and Brewers (2013-15) ... was inducted into the Lexington African-American Sports HOF in 2022.

Sources: Baseball Reference; SABR Bio; Kentucky News, 9/23/2022; Lexington Herald-Leader, 9/15/2022.

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