# Ed Sherling > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Sherling > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Sherling.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sherling > Source revision: 1330304986 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Sherling |position=[Pinch hitter](/source/Pinch_hitter)/[Pinch runner](/source/Pinch_runner) |image=Ed Sherling yearbook.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1897|7|18}} |birth_place=[Coalburg, Alabama](/source/Coalburg%2C_Alabama) |death_date={{death date and age|1965|11|16|1897|7|18}} |death_place=[Enterprise, Alabama](/source/Enterprise%2C_Alabama) |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 13 |debutyear=1924 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 17 |finalyear=1924 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games |stat1value=4 |stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s |stat2value=2 |stat3label=[Hit](/source/Hit_(baseball)) |stat3value=1 |teams= *[Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{mlby|1924}}) }} {{Infobox college football player |name=Ed Sherling |image= |caption= |currentposition=[Fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)) |major= |birth_date= |birth_place= |height_ft=6 |height_in=1 |weight_lb=185 |highlights= *[SIAA](/source/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association) championship (1919) *[All-Southern](/source/College_Football_All-Southern_Team) ([1920](/source/1920_College_Football_All-Southern_Team), [1921](/source/1921_College_Football_All-Southern_Team), [1922](/source/1922_College_Football_All-Southern_Team)) |highschool= |pastschools= *[Auburn](/source/Auburn_Tigers_football) (1919–1922) }} '''Edward Creech Sherling''' (July 18, 1897 – November 16, 1965) was a [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) and [pinch runner](/source/pinch_runner) who played in {{Baseball year|1924}} with the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics). He batted left and threw right-handed. He attended college at [Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University) playing for the baseball and the [football](/source/American_football) teams. In December 1921 a fire broke out at the Stabler Hospital in [Greenville, Alabama](/source/Greenville%2C_Alabama). Sherling happened to be passing by, and saved several people by carrying them to safety. Three [corpse](/source/corpse)s were pulled from the ruins after the blaze.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19211202&id=OsUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m9gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2029,5568479|newspaper=The Miami News|title=Bodies Of Three Founds In Ruins Of Hospital Fire|date=December 2, 1921}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ==Auburn University== Sherling was a [fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)) on [Mike Donahue](/source/Mike_Donahue)'s [Auburn Tigers football](/source/Auburn_Tigers_football) team. He was elected [All-Southern](/source/College_Football_All-Southern_Team) three times; and was selected to coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team.{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19330110&id=9LM-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=UkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6571,378292|title = Mike Donahue Names All-Time Auburn Football Team|date = January 10, 1933|work = The Tuscaloosa News}} ===1920=== Sherling was a prominent member of the team in [1920](/source/1920_Auburn_Tigers_football_team), one of Auburn's greatest teams.Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. ''Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football''. Nashville, Tennessee, 1938, p. 38 Sherling also played on the [1921 team](/source/1921_Auburn_Tigers_football_team). He won the [Porter Cup](/source/Porter_Cup_(trophy)) both years.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=se5EAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA26 |title = Catalogue of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama|year = 1916}} ===1922=== The [1922 team](/source/1922_Auburn_Tigers_football_team) [upset](/source/upset_(sports)) defending Southern champions [Centre](/source/1922_Centre_Praying_Colonels_football_team) and is also considered highly; considered best by Sherling himself.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19550116&id=lg0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uQQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1645,6354628|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|title=Auburn's Gator Bowl Champs Rated Among Top Tiger Teams|date=January 16, 1955}} [Walter Camp](/source/Walter_Camp) gave Sherling honorable mention on his All-America team.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1937349/camp_1922_all_america/|title=Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=December 26, 1922|access-date=March 8, 2015|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)|page=15}} {{Open access}} ==Professional baseball== Sherling made his Major League debut on August 13, 1924 against the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers).{{cite web |title=Ed Sherling Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sherled01.shtml |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |publisher=[Sports Reference](/source/Sports_Reference) |access-date=30 December 2025 |language=en}} The only hit of his Major League career came as a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) for [Stan Baumgartner](/source/Stan_Baumgartner) in the fifth inning of a game at [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland)'s [Dunn Field](/source/League_Park) on September 13, 1924. He hit a [double](/source/double_(baseball)) to left field against [Sherry Smith](/source/Sherry_Smith).{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Athletics vs Cleveland Indians Box Score: September 13, 1924 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE192409130.shtml |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |publisher=[Sports Reference](/source/Sports_Reference) |access-date=30 December 2025 |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|brm=sherli002edw|br=s/sherled01}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherling, Ed}} Category:1897 births Category:1965 deaths Category:American football fullbacks Category:Auburn Tigers baseball players Category:Auburn Tigers football players Category:Philadelphia Athletics players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Martinsburg Blue Sox players Category:Players of American football from Jefferson County, Alabama Category:Baseball players from Jefferson County, Alabama Category:All-Southern college football players Category:Hartford Senators players {{US-baseball-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ed Sherling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sherling) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sherling?action=history)). 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