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R.I.P. ‘Shotgun’ Shuba

Shuba on Knee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George “Shotgun” Shuba, the utility outfielder and left-handed pinch hitter who played seven seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, died peacefully Sept. 29 at the age of 89.

Shuba devoutly practiced his Catholic faith and was a parishioner at St. Charles Borromeo and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, both Brooklyn Heights.