Shane Christopher McGuire was originally signed by A's scout Anthony Aliotti…Graduated from Kentwood (Wash.) High School…Attended the University of San Diego and hit .307 with nine home runs and 93 RBI in 162 games in four seasons with the Toreros…Was a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American in 2018.
2025
Bounced between Double-A Midland and Triple-A Las Vegas and combined to hit .268 with six home runs and 44 RBI in 89 games...Added 51 walks for a .382 on-base percentage...Had career highs in slugging (.374), OPS (.756), hits (81), home runs, RBI, stolen bases (seven) and extra-base hits (20)…Matched his best in runs (44) and doubles (14)...Batted .280 (21-for-75) with an .802 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .264 (60-for-227) with a .741 OPS against right-handers…Hit two home runs off lefties, the first two home runs of his career off southpaws…Has 14 of his 16 career home runs off righties...Hit .287 in 74 night games, .182 in 15 day games...Connected for five of his six home runs in road ballparks...Three of his six home runs gave his team the lead, as have six of his 16 career home runs...Started 51 games at catcher, 17 at first base and 14 at designated hitter…Committed six errors as a catcher (.989 fielding percentage) and two as a first baseman (.987)…Opponents were successful in 49-for-63 (77.8%) stolen base attempts with him behind the plate...Also went 1-for-2 with a walk as a pinch hitter...Made starts at every spot in the batting order, with his most coming from the seven spot (18)...Began the season at Midland and got off to a slow start as he hit .209 in 13 games in April…Went 0-for-13 over his first four games…Reached base safely a career-high five times on April 26 at Arkansas City, when he was 2-for-2 with three walks…Then went 3-for-32 (.094) over his next eight contests…Hit .341 over a 12-game stretch from May 15 to June 5 and was batting .235 with three home runs and 13 RBI in 34 games overall when he was moved up to Las Vegas on June 6…Went 1-for-3 in his Triple-A debut that day at Tacoma…Hit .290 with five walks (.405 on-base percentage) in 12 games with the Aviators before he was sent back to Midland on June 30…Batted .314 with 12 RBI, 16 walks and a .455 on-base percentage in 20 games in July…Ranked second in the Texas League in on-base percentage in the month, tied for third in walks and seventh in batting…Hit safely in a season-high seven straight games from July 26 to Aug. 2…Went 11-for-25 (.440) with seven walks and a hit by pitch during the streak (.576 on-base percentage)…Had a .309 batting average, .446 on-base percentage and 13 RBI in 23 games during his second stint at Double-A and was hitting .265 overall with Midland before he was promoted to Las Vegas a second time on Aug. 5…Hit .268 with two home runs and 17 RBI over his final 23 games, and had a .275 batting average and 18 RBI in 32 games overall with the Aviators…Had a career-high five RBI on Aug. 21 at Albuquerque, including his first career grand slam in the first inning as the clean-up hitter.
2024
Spent the entire season at Double-A Midland for the second consecutive year and batted .238 with four home runs and 35 RBI in 74 games…Added 45 walks for a .358 on-base percentage…Was 6-for-7 (85.7%) in stolen base attempts…Had a career-high 14 doubles…Hit .256 with a .707 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .234 with all four of his home runs and a .700 OPS against right-handers…Batted .314 with runners in scoring position…Thirteen of his 35 RBI gave the RockHounds the lead…Made 48 starts at catcher, 14 at first base and eight at designated hitter...Committed five errors at catcher for a .989 fielding percentage…Opponents were successful in 56-of-70 (80.0%) stolen base attempts...Also had a pinch-hit double…Started games in every spot in the order except ninth…Made 38 starts in the clean-up spot and 17 batting fifth…Hit safely in seven straight games from April 21 to May 4 (7-for-19, .368)…Went 0-for-1 on May 28 against Corpus Christi but had career highs in walks (four) and runs scored (three)…Stole five of his six bases in May…Had a career-high four hits June 13 at Wichita…Logged a career-high three doubles in a 3-for-4 performance on July 27 against San Antonio…Also established a career high for extra base hits…Played in just seven games in July but hit .364 with four RBI and a .462 on-base percentage…Had a career-high eight-game hitting streak from Aug. 10-31 (11-for-31, .355)…Went 0-for-2 in one postseason game for Midland.
2023
Made his Double-A debut at Midland and spent the entire season with the RockHounds…Batted .227 with four home runs and 38 RBI in 95 games…Added 55 walks for a .345 on-base percentage…Had career highs in games, at bats (330), runs (44) and strikeouts (87)…Also pitched three times and was 0-1 with a 0.00 ERA (3.0 IP, three H, one R, one BB)…Ranked seventh in A's farm system in walks…Hit .231 with all four of his home runs and a .667 OPS against right-handed pitchers, .214 with a .607 OPS against left-handers…Had a .158 batting average with the bases empty, .307 with runners on base…Batted .309 with runners in scoring position…Started 69 games at catcher, 17 at first base, six at designated hitter and one at third base…Committed nine errors as a catcher (.986 fielding percentage) and opponents were successful in 68-of-91 (74.7%) stolen base attempts…Also made one error at first base (.993)…Made starts at every spot in the order except first and second…Had his most starts batting eighth (34)…Hit two of his four home runs over a four-game stretch from May 9-16…Took the loss in his first professional pitching appearance on Aug. 3 at Frisco when he allowed an unearned run in the 11th inning of the RockHounds' 7-6 loss (0.0 IP, one H, one R, one BB)…Pitched again on Aug. 9 against Arkansas (1.0 IP) and Sept. 1 at Amarillo (2.0 IP, two H)…Hit safely in a season-high six straight games from Aug. 8-17 (10-for-23, .435)…Batted .271 in 17 games in August, which was his highest single-month average in 2023 before hitting .279 in September.
2022
Combined to hit .269 with two home runs and 34 RBI in 83 games with Single-A Stockton and High-A Lansing…Added 58 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches for a career-high .405 on-base percentage…Also had career highs in triples (three), walks, hit-by-pitches and plate appearances per strikeout (5.97)…His batting average was second-best to his 19-game mark of .280 from 2021…Led the A's farm system in on-base percentage, ranked third in walks and eighth in batting…Hit .273 with a .748 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .268 with both of his home runs and a .760 OPS against right-handers…Had a .347 batting average with runners in scoring position and .307 in the seventh inning or later…Started 44 games at catcher, 27 at first base and 11 at designated hitter…Opponents were 53-for-82 (64.6%) in stolen bases attempts with him behind the plate...Made starts at every spot in the order except eighth and ninth, including 30 batting fourth and 29 hitting third…Began the season at Stockton and went 2-for-7 (.286) in two games before he was placed on the injured list April 26 with a sprained left ankle…Was reinstated on May 19…Finished with a .313 batting average in 19 games in June and then batted .309 in July…Hit safely in a season-high six straight games from July 9-16 (8-for-22, .364)…Belted his first professional home run July 26 at Lake Elsinore, snapping a career-opening 64-game homerless streak…Was batting .290 with a .412 on-base percentage in 50 games with the Ports when he was moved up to Lansing on Aug. 1…Went on to bat .236 with a .394 on-base percentage in 33 games with the Lugnuts.
2021
Made his professional debut with A's affiliate in the Arizona Complex League and hit .280 with three doubles and nine RBI in 19 games…Hit .283 with a .718 OPS against right-handed pitchers…Went 1-for-4 (.250/.536) against lefties…Started eight games at catcher, five at first base and three at designated hitter…Opponents were successful in 7-of-12 (58.3%) stolen base attempts with him behind the plate…Was also 1-for-2 with an RBI as a pinch hitter…Went 0-for-1 with a walk and a RBI in his debut on Aug. 9 at the Giants…Had his first hit the next day at the Diamondbacks, when he went 2-for-2.
