High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walter Dedaker Shaner (May 24, 1900 - November 13, 1992) was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for three different teams between the 1923 and 1929 seasons. Listed at 6` 2", 195 lb., Shaner batted and threw right-handed. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University.