Schypinski was born in Detroit, Michigan and played for the Kansas City Athletics in 1955, appearing in 22 games played with 20 starts (two of them as a second baseman) during the waning weeks of the season. He collected 15 hits, including two doubles and batted .217.\n', 'Schypinski attended the University of Detroit Mercy. He was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg), batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He signed with the Athletics while the team was still based in Philadelphia and he spent his entire four-season (1952–53; 1955–56) professional baseball career in the A\'s organization. He missed part of 1953 and all of 1954 while serving in the U.S. military during the Korean War.\n', '

During his brief late-season trial with Kansas City, Schypinski had a stellar three-game series against the Chicago White Sox September 16–18, 1955, with six hits in 15 at bats and three runs scored; he also was errorless in the field as the A\'s starting shortstop. He died on March 25, 2019.\n', '

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