Ronald Lavern Hansen is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. He batted and threw right-handed. In a 15-season career, Hansen was a .234 hitter with 106 home runs and 501 RBI in 1384 games. Hansen's career was hampered throughout and was eventually cut short by chronic back ailments and other injuries. Despite being a tall shortstop at 6 ft 3 in and 200 pounds, Hansen was fluid and smooth in the field. He was a competent hitter as well. Hansen was born in Oxford, Nebraska on April 5, 1938, and moved with his family to Albany, California when he was age 2. He was a three-sport star in baseball, basketball and football at Albany High School where he graduated in 1955. He signed with the Orioles on April 7, 1956 after declining a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. A case of sciatica forced him to miss the entire 1957 season, costing him his first chance to make the Orioles. His major-league debut came in a 6?1 win over the Washington Senators in the 1958 season opener at Memorial Stadium on April 15. 

April 5th, 1938 in Oxford (Age 87)