Shaun Fitzmaurice

Shaun Earle Fitzmaurice is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in 1966.

Biography

Fitzmaurice graduated from Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He hit an inside-the-park home run in a high school All-Star baseball game at Yankee Stadium in 1961. He then played college baseball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He represented the United States in baseball at the [1964 Summer Olympics] as a demonstration sport in Tokyo.
Fitzmaurice's professional career spanned 1964 to 1973; he played for farm teams of the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves. His only MLB appearances came with the Mets in 1966; in nine games as a September call-up, he had two singles in 13 at-bats and scored two runs. He had his first MLB hit in his first start on September 28. In the minor leagues, he played in over 800 games, primarily at the Triple-A level.