Shorten was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1892. The son of Irish immigrants, his father and two uncles ran a grocery business in Scranton. Shorten played two seasons of semi-pro baseball with the Minooka Blues.\n', '

Shorten began playing professional baseball in August 1911 with his hometown Scranton baseball team in the New York State League. He next played for the Worcester Busters in the New England League from 1912 to 1914, compiling batting averages of .335 in 1913 and .345 in 1914. He spent most of the 1915 season with the Providence Grays of the International League. He compiled a .322 batting average in a career-high 615 at bats with Providence.\n', '

On September 22, 1915, Shorten made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox. He appeared in six games with the 1915 Red Sox, compiling a .214 batting average in 14 at bats.\n', '

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