Shane Nance

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Shane Nance

|image=

|position=Relief pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|9|7}}

|birth_place=Pasadena, Texas, U.S.

|death_date=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 24

|debutyear=2002

|debutteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=2004

|finalteam=Arizona Diamondbacks

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.02

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=39

|teams=

Milwaukee Brewers ({{Baseball year|2002}}–{{Baseball year|2003}})
Arizona Diamondbacks ({{Baseball year|2004}})

}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

Joseph Shane Nance (born September 7, 1977) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of three seasons in the majors, from {{mlby|2002}} to {{mlby|2003}} with the Milwaukee Brewers and in {{mlby|2004}} with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

College career

Nance attended the University of Houston, where he played college baseball for the Cougars. While there, he was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 1999 Conference USA baseball tournament, in which Houston was the runner-up. He was named to the team again in the 2000 tournament, which Houston won.{{cite web|title=2012 Conference USA Baseball Media Guide|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/c-usa-m-basebl-guide-2012.pdf|accessdate=21 June 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112132014/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/c-usa-m-basebl-guide-2012.pdf|archivedate=2012-11-12|page=93|url-status=dead}}

Professional career

Nance never pitched more than 24 innings in a major league season as his seasons were cut short by trips up and down to the minor leagues. Nance's career ERA was 5.02 with a win–loss record of 1–3. Nance retired after the {{Baseball year|2005}} season.

He now has two children with his wife.