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Daniel Charles Shay (born Daniel Shea,〔After Shay's death, several sources reported that he changed the spelling of his name from ''Shea'' to ''Shay'' after retiring from baseball, but newspaper accounts throughout his career indicate that he spelled the name ''Shay'' by the time his playing career began.〕 November 8, 1876 – December 1, 1927) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the Cleveland Blues in 1901, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1904 to 1905, and the New York Giants in 1907, primarily as a shortstop.〔("Danny Shay Statistics and History" ). ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved December 27, 2010.〕 Even during his playing days, Shay owned a cigar shop, several race horses and a minor league baseball team. One of Shay's fingers had to be amputated after a 1905 injury. His playing career made a brief comeback two seasons later. After retiring as a player, Shay served as a manager in minor league baseball. By 1917, Shay was managing the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association. On May 3, 1917, Shay shot a black waiter at a hotel cafe in an argument stemming from a request for sugar; he claimed self-defense and was acquitted of murder charges.〔 In subsequent media coverage, the verdict was criticized as an injustice. Shay worked as a scout in his last role in baseball. Late in his life, he suffered a stroke and lost the use of his right arm and hand. Ten years after he was acquitted in the murder trial, he was found dead in a hotel room with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities could not definitively rule out either suicide or murder. ==Early life and career== Shay was born in Springfield, Ohio, on November 8, 1876 to Irish immigrants. Around the time of Shay's birth, Springfield was a town characterized by tense race relations. Large numbers of black settlers arrived in the city from Kentucky in the wake of the Civil War. Black residents soon outnumbered whites, and they competed for jobs with working class white citizens like Shay's parents. Schools were integrated in Springfield when Shay was nine years old. He left Springfield by 1895 to begin his career in minor league baseball. Shay's first recorded minor league appearances came in 1897 with three teams in the Interstate League and the Ohio-West Virginia League. Statistics are sparse until 1899, when he hit for a .288 batting average in 100 total games for four minor league teams.〔 While playing minor league baseball for the 1900 Youngstown Little Giants, Shay was fined for leaving the team and for using improper language with the team's manager. Shay made a brief appearance in the major leagues with the Cleveland Blues in 1901. During the 1902 season, he hit a combined .239 in 167 minor league games.〔 He was arrested in June 1902 after leaving the St. Paul Saints for another team in San Francisco. He was charged with running up an unpaid bill with St. Paul; he was assessed a $25 fine and agreed to repay $138. Shay played in 193 games for the 1903 San Francisco Seals, registering 721 at-bats and a .243 batting average.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danny Shay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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