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Shag Shaughnessy
Given Name: Frank
1883-1969
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OF 1905, 08 Senators, A's
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Shaughnessy invented a playoff system that bears his name in 1933 to improve minor
league attendance by giving teams that were out of the pennant race a postseason
opportunity. Captain of the 1904 Notre Dame football team, he later coached at McGill,
Clemson, and William and Mary. After a brief ML trial as an outfielder, he became
a successful minor league manager and executive, rising to the position of president
of the International League in 1938 and holding that office for 24 years.
(NLM)
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