Strick Shofner

{{Short description|American baseball player (1919–1998)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Strick Shofner

|position=Third baseman

|image=Strick Shofner.jpeg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1919|7|23}}

|birth_place=Crawford, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1998|10|10|1919|7|23}}

|death_place=Crawford, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 19

|debutyear=1947

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 29

|finalyear=1947

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.154

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1947}})

}}

Frank Strickland Shofner (July 23, 1919 – October 10, 1998) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 10.5", 187 lb.; he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

A native of Crawford, Texas, Shofner played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the {{By|1947}} season. In five games, he was a .154 hitter (2-for-13) with one run and one triple without home runs or RBI. {{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/27483/strick-shofner|title=Strick Shofner|website=ESPN.com}}

At the end of the season, Shofner was sent by Boston along with pitcher Tommy Fine to Triple-A San Francisco Seals in exchange for utility player Neill Sheridan.

Shofner died in Waco, Texas, at the age of 79.