Along the way, he played in 18 games for the Dodgers in September 1964 and 12 games in early-1966.
After the 1966 season, the Mets selected him in the Rule 5 draft, which was the sole reason for this appearance:
After playing only 6 games for the Mets in April 1967, he was returned to the Dodgers in mid-May, and was promptly assigned to the minors.
Shirley resurfaced one last time for the Dodgers during the final 2 months of the 1968 season, appearing in 39 games (24 starts) at SS or 2B. It was to be his last major-league action, but was enough to have Topps issue his 1969 card, the only solo card during his career.
Bart played 2 more seasons for the Dodgers’ AAA team, then wrapped up his career in Japan in ’71 and ’72.
Hello everyone, I am looking for information on Bert Shirley , he was my uncle but I lost family connections at a young age. Was Bert Shirley and Bob Shirley related ? I have a signed baseball from Uncle Bert. But I was just looking for more information
ReplyDeleteHi Charles,
ReplyDeleteBart Shirley played minor-league baseball (primarily as a shortstop) for the Dodgers from 1961-70, along with some time in the major leagues with the Dodgers (mostly in 1964 and 1968).
He later played in Japan. You can find his statistics here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shirlba01.shtml
You could also look up pitcher Bob Shirley on the same website. I don't think they are related because relatives are listed at the end of the bio section at the top. (See Felipe Alou's page as an example.)