Ed Sherling Baseball player

Edward Creech "Ed" Sherling (July 18, 1897 – November 16, 1965) was a Major League Baseball pinch hitter and pinch runner who played in 1924 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted left and threw right-handed. He attended college at Auburn University playing for the baseball and the football teams.In December 1921 a fire broke out at the Stabler Hospital in Greenville, Alabama. Sherling happened to be passing by, and saved several people by carrying them to safety. Three corpses were pulled from the ruins after the blaze.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 18, 1897
Birth place
Coalburg Alabama
Date of deathNovember 16, 1965
Place of death
Enterprise Alabama

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 13, 1924
Career endSeptember 17, 1924
batting sideRight
former teams
Oakland Athletics
position
Pinch hitter
Pinch runner
teams
Oakland Athletics
throwing sideRight

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