Joe Shipley

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Shipley

|image=Joe Shipley.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1935|05|09}}

|birth_place=Morristown, Tennessee, U.S.

|death_date= {{death date and age|2024|05|01|1935|05|09}}

|death_place=St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 14

|debutyear=1958

|debutteam=San Francisco Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 23

|finalyear=1963

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.93

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=23

|teams=

San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1958}}–{{mlby|1960}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1963}})

}}

Joseph Clark Shipley (May 9, 1935 – May 1, 2024) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 29 games over four seasons in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants (1958–60) and Chicago White Sox (1963).{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shipljo01.shtml |title=Joe Shipley Statistics and History |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=February 8, 2011}} He was born in Morristown, Tennessee, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and {{convert|210|lb}}. Shipley died in St. Charles, Missouri, on May 1, 2024, at the age of 88.{{cite web |title=Joseph C. Shipley |url=https://www.baue.com/obituaries/joseph-shipley |website=Baue |access-date=5 May 2024}}

Career

Shipley's pro career lasted for 13 seasons (1953–65). Twenty-eight of his 29 big-league appearances came as a relief pitcher. In his one starting assignment, the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 14, 1959, he allowed two hits, five bases on balls and two earned runs in 2{{fraction|2|3}} innings pitched, and did not gain a decision in an eventual 6–3 Giants' loss.{{Cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06142PHI1959.htm |publisher=Retrosheet |title=Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 3 (2) |date=1959-06-14 |access-date=May 10, 2024}}

All told, Shipley posted a 0–1 record with a 5.93 earned run average in the majors. He worked 44 innings, allowing 48 hits and 35 walks; he struck out 23. He had 13 games finished and no saves.