Travis R. Shaw is a first baseman who plays in the Boston Red Sox Minor League system. Listed at 6 feet 4 inches, weighing 225 pounds, he bats left handed and throws right handed. A slugging first baseman, Travis Shaw is the son of former All-Star closer Jeff Shaw. The Red Sox selected Shaw in the ninth round of the 2011 MLB draft out of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He batted a .307 average with a Mid-American Conference-leading 14 home runs while playing 62 games for the Golden Flashes in 2011. He also slugged .553 and collected 51 runs batted in, being named to the first team All-MAC in 2011 and the second team in 2010. Shaw made his professional debut in 2011 with the Short-Season A Lowell Spinners, leading them in RBI and ending second in doubles, home runs and runs scored. On July 2 of that season, he set a team record for the most total bases in a single game, after going 4-for-4 with a homer, three doubles and two walks, driving in five runs while scoring three times. He finished the year at Low Class A Greenville Drive, batting .333 in two games before gaining a promotion to the High Class A Salem Red Sox in 2012. 

April 16th, 1990 (Age 34)