Jon Shave

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1967)}}

{{about|baseball player|the record producer|Jon Shave (musician)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jon Shave

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|11|4}}

|birth_place=Waycross, Georgia, U.S.

|position=Infielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 15

|debutyear=1993

|debutteam=Texas Rangers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1999

|finalteam=Texas Rangers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.288

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=21

|teams=

• Texas Rangers ({{By|1993}}, {{By|1999}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{By|1998}})

}}

Jonathan Taylor Shave (born November 4, 1967) is a former Major League infielder who played for the Texas Rangers and the Minnesota Twins.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shavejo01.shtml Jon Shave Statistics- Baseball-Reference.com] Retrieved on 2009-02-17[http://www.autograph-cards.com/s1_Jon_Shave.asp Jon Shave, Texas Rangers Autographs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416042411/http://www.autograph-cards.com/s1_Jon_Shave.asp |date=2010-04-16 }} retrieved on 2009-02-17[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/jon-shave.shtml Jon Shave- The Baseball Cube] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110034833/http://thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Jon-Shave.shtml |date=2009-01-10 }} Retrieved on 2009-02-17

Shave attended Mississippi State University. In 1989 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}{{cite book |date=1989 |title=1989 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game Program |publisher=Cape Cod Baseball League |page=1 }} He was selected by Texas in the 5th round of the 1990 MLB Draft.