Richard Alan Scheinblum (November 5, 1942 – May 10, 2021), nicknamed "Shane",[1] was an American professional Major League Baseball (MLB) player.

He played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, and St. Louis Cardinals.

[2] He was very proud that he was one of only (as he recalled it) six Jewish major leaguers at the time, along with Art Shamsky, Mike Epstein, Steve Stone, Ron Blomberg, and Ken Holtzman.

[citation needed] He attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, where he played basketball and soccer, in addition to baseball.

[6] During the 1966–67 offseason, Scheinblum played in the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League and led his team to a championship on January 22, 1967.

[16][18] Following the Munich massacre in September of that year, Scheinblum wore a black armband in memory of the slain Israeli athletes.

[19] Scheinblum was traded along with Roger Nelson to the Cincinnati Reds for Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson on December 1, 1972.