Mike Shannon was a professional baseball third baseman and right fielder.
He played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1962 to 1970.
Shannon then worked as a Cardinals radio broadcaster from 1972 to 2021.
He died on April 29, 2023, at age 83 in St. Louis, United States.
Mike Shannon Parents: Meet Thomas A. Shannon and Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon
Thomas A. Shannon and Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon were the parents of former baseball player Mike Shannon.
Mike’s father, Thomas A. Shannon initially worked as a police officer at St. Louis. Following his law degree, he worked in the prosecuting attorney’s office before becoming the Prosecuting Attorney for the City of St. Louis in the early 1970s.
Thomas A. Shannon and his wife Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon, a native of Centralia, Ill., married in 1938 and went on to have six children; Sally Wegmann, Kathleen Emerson, Sharon Doetzel, Carol Anne Huesgen, Stephen J. and Mike Shannon.
Thomas A. Shannon died on October 7, 1985, while his wife Elizabeth W. Richason Shannon passed away on October 4, 1971.