George Sharrott

{{Short description|American baseball player (1869–1932)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=George Sharrott |image=George Sharrott.png |caption=Sharrott {{circa}} 1925 |position=Pitcher |birth_date={{birth date|1869|11|2}} |birth_place=Staten Island, New York |death_date={{death date and age|1932|1|5|1869|11|2}} |death_place=Jamaica, New York |width=175 |bats=Left |throws=Left |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 27 |debutyear=1893 |debutteam=Brooklyn Grooms |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 4 |finalyear=1894 |finalteam=Brooklyn Bridegrooms |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat2label=Earned run average |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat1value=4–7 |stat2value=5.97 |stat3value=26 |teams= *Brooklyn Grooms ({{mlby|1893}}–{{mlby|1894}}) |highlights= }}

'''George Oscar Sharrott ''' (November 2, 1869 – January 5, 1932) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher. He played from 1893 to 1894 with the Brooklyn Grooms.

Sharrott was born in New Brighton, Staten Island and worked as a printer, playing amateur baseball and cricket in his spare time. His performance with the New York Athletic Club earned him a spot on the roster of the Brooklyn club of the National League in 1893.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Printer Pitcher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-a-printer-p/161240595/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Evansville Courier and Press |date=15 June 1894 |pages=6}}</ref> Manager Dave Foutz found that his pitching staff was struggling from the newly instituted mound distance of 60 feet and 6 inches and, after the team's poor performance on a road trip in July, added Sharrott to the roster. He was the team's youngest pitcher at 25 years old, leading to teasing from his older teammates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brooklyn's Left Handed Pitcher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-brooklyns-left-handed-pi/161241244/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=31 August 1893 |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1893 Brooklyn Roster |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1893-roster.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1897, a few months after his final season of minor league baseball, his wife, Grace, filed in the New York Supreme Court for a separation on the ground that he was "lazy," per the ''Brooklyn Eagle''. At the time, he was reportedly coaching college baseball clubs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wants a Separation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-wants-a-separation/161416137/ |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=2 April 1897 |pages=16}}</ref> In the 32 years before his death, he was employed by the ''Brooklyn Daily Times''. For the last 20 of those years, he was the head of their advertising department.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Sharrott Rites |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-obituary-for-ge/59261323/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Times |date=6 January 1932 |pages=68}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, Anna.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Sharrott, 63, Dies in Hospital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle/13098273/ |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=5 January 1932 |pages=10}}</ref>

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