:Tex Shirley

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tex Shirley

|image=Tex Shirley.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1918|4|25}}

|birth_place=Birthright, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|11|7|1918|4|25}}

|death_place=DeSoto, Texas, U.S.

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 6

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 21

|finalyear=1946

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=19–30

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.25

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=168

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1942}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1944}}–{{mlby|1946}})

}}

Alvis Newman "Tex" Shirley (April 25, 1918 – November 7, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1941 to 1946 for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns.