Owen Dennis Ignatius Shannon (December 22, 1879 – April 10, 1918) was a

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catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

. He played parts of two seasons in

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for the

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and Washington Senators."Owen Shannon Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-12.

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Major League Baseball catchers St. Louis Browns players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Cedar Rapids Rabbitts players Davenport River Rats players Fort Scott Giants players Rockford Red Sox players Wheeling Stogies players Marion Oilworkers players Peoria Distillers players Springfield Babes (baseball) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Des Moines Champs players Montgomery Senators players Montgomery Climbers players Mobile Sea Gulls players Great Falls Electrics players Butte Miners players Baseball players from Omaha, Nebraska 1879 births 1918 deaths {{US-baseball-catcher-1870s-stub