Dan Shannon

{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1865–1913)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=Daniel Webster "Dan" Shannon, 2nd Base, Omaha Omahogs- Lambs, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP846338.jpg

|name=Dan Shannon

|position=Second baseman/Manager

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{Birth date|1865|3|23}}

|birth_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut

|death_date={{death date and age|1913|10|24|1865|3|23}}

|death_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear=1889

|debutteam=Louisville Colonels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 16

|finalyear=1891

|finalteam=Washington Statesmen

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat3label=Runs

|stat1value=.233

|stat2value=8

|stat3value=111

|teams=

;As player

• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1889}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{Baseball year|1890}})
• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1890}})
• Washington Statesmen ({{Baseball year|1891}})

;As manager

• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1889}})
• Washington Statesmen ({{Baseball year|1891}})

}}

Daniel Webster Shannon (March 23, 1865 – October 24, 1913) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager. He began his Major League career in {{Baseball year|1889}} with the Louisville Colonels as their second baseman. During the season, he became player-manager for a total of 56 games, of which only 10 were victories. In {{Baseball year|1890}}, he jumped to the Players' League and played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants that season. When the league folded the following year, he moved over the Washington Statesmen, and again was named player-manager during the season, this time for a period of 49 games winning only 15.{{cite web| title = Daniel Webster Shannon's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pshand101.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-13 }}

Dan moved on to minor leagues after his Major League career was over, and was the manager for the Buffalo Bisons of International League in {{Baseball year|1899}} when he was fired by owner for his "drunkenness".{{cite web| title = Buffalo Bisons @ Everything: Double Crossed | work = everything2.com | url=http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1491217 | accessdate = 2008-02-13 }} He died aged 48 in his hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was buried in the St. Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.