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Shane Halter
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 855 of 1233 players

Shane David Halter
Born: November 8, 1969 at LaPlata, Md.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 180

First Mets game: September 10, 1999
Last Mets game: October 3, 1999

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

flushing flash
April 22, 2002
You'd think they could give this guy one lousy at bat? Now a valuable member of the Detroit Tigers, which is kind of like being a model prisoner on Death Row.

Gregory Gewirtz
April 4, 2003
We had this guy back when he was called Tim Bogar.
Acquired solely as depth for Norfolk from the Royals at the end of spring training 1999, he never actually had an opportunity to help the club.

Michael Murty
April 10, 2003
My memory is from a AAA game when Shane was playing for Norfolk. The Tides were playing in Rochester. The game was tied and was top of the 11th. My girlfriend and I had to go. We stopped in a open concourse area beyong left-field fence. The batter was Benny Agbayani. I stood in a spot and bravely predicted that slugger would homer to that spot and win the game for the visitors. I told my (now wife) that I would catch that ball.
Benny hit it well, but as the ball drew near I could see it would fall short. "Oh, well" I said as we left Frontier Field. Then, no sooner than we walk through the gate I hear a huge smack. Yep, Shane Halter air- mailed one... right to the spot I called!
Huge bonus as the ball took a few bounces, out the gate, across the street, and in to my waiting hands!
I'll have to have him sign it someday.

Jim
August 19, 2006
Well, my email address starts with halter971. So if that doesn't tell you how much of a Shane Halter fan I am. He's my favorite baseball player.
It all started at a game I didn't even get to attend but was in downtown Detroit when the Tigers were playing the Yankees when Shane got three hits and Jose Lima recorded a 3 hit shutout! that's when I decided that Shane was my favorite player. The local sports show (Parker and the Man) interviewed Shane that night on my favorite radio station 97.1 WKRK FM. Shane continued to play several more years with the Tig's and he even hit a few game winning homers.
At Tigerfest in Feb of 2002 I wore my Texas Longhorns jersey when Shane signed a baseball. I was also excited to hear when I was out seeing a friend of mine out in California that Angelfest was going to be going on while I was out there. So again, I got Shane to sign my baseball. I only wish I had worn my Tigers gear, but instead I gave in and bought a bunch of Angels stuff.
Now it seems like, sadly, that his playing career might be over. I've tried to see if he was going to resurface on any roster anywhere. I last knew that he played for the Rancho Cucmonga team. Before that the Iowa Cubs. I'm sure he's pleased to see that the team he had his longest stint with (the Detroit Tigers) are doing as well as they are this season.

scott r
June 16, 2010
My only memory of him on the Mets is he played in the last game of 1999 for a couple of innings. That's the game where we won on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th.

Alex
April 10, 2023
I actually do recall Shane Halter being with the Mets, despite his brief and uneventful tenure with the team. I remember seeing him on first base as a pinch runner late in the season, asking my dad "who is this guy?" And that was the first time I had ever heard of Shane Halter.
If the Mets knew what they had when they had him, they might not have gotten rid of him, as he ended up becoming a serviceable utility/reserve-quality player for a few years.
Of his non-Mets feats, I recall him being one of the few players to play all nine positions in a single major league game. From the Baseball Reference Bullpen:
"On October 1, 2000, Shane Halter of the Detroit Tigers became the fourth big leaguer to play all nine positions in a single game. He went 4 for 5 with a double and 3 RBI and walked Matt LeCroy, the only batter he faced, as his club defeated the Minnesota Twins 12-11. The other players to accomplish this feat are Bert Campaneris, Cesar Tovar, Scott Sheldon and Andrew Romine."