1906
Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (died 1967)
Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (died 1967)
Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (died 1967)
Art Shires
American baseball player (1906–1967)
- Born
- 1906
Charles Arthur Shires was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Boston Braves. In a four-year major league career, Shires played in 290 games, accumulating 287 hits in 986 at bats for a .291 career batting average along with 11 home runs, 119 runs batted in, an on-base percentage of .347, and a .988 fielding percentage. Shires was a colorful personality with a penchant for self-praise, earning himself the nickname, Arthur The Great Shires.