# Sheldon Burnside
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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Sheldon Burnside
| position = [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
| image =
| bats = Right
| throws = Left
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|22}}
| birth_place = [South Bend, Indiana](/source/South_Bend%2C_Indiana), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = September 4
| debutyear = 1978
| debutteam = Detroit Tigers
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = September 16
| finalyear = 1980
| finalteam = Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
| stat1label = [Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
| stat1value = 2–1
| stat2label = [Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
| stat2value = 6.00
| stat3label = [Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
| stat3value = 18
| teams =
* [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1979}})
* [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{mlby|1980}})
}}
'''Sheldon John Burnside''' (born December 22, 1954) is an American former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player who [pitched](/source/Pitcher) for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) and the [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds).
Burnside was born in [South Bend, Indiana](/source/South_Bend%2C_Indiana) but moved to the [Greater Toronto Area](/source/Greater_Toronto_Area) at about five months old when his father, Bernard, went into business there.[{{cite news |last1=Swanson |first1=Pete |title=A new game for reliefer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114968128/a-new-game-for-reliefer/ |access-date=21 December 2022 |work=[Evansville Press](/source/Evansville_Press) |date=13 August 1978 |page=12-C}}] At about 12 years old, he began living in [Etobicoke, Ontario](/source/Etobicoke%2C_Ontario).[{{cite news |last1=Dulmage |first1=Jack |title=LeFlore a steal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114967919/sheldon-burnside/ |access-date=21 December 2022 |work=[The Windsor Star](/source/The_Windsor_Star) |date=7 March 1978 |pages=20}}] Burnside attended [Michael Power High School](/source/Michael_Power_High_School) in Etobicoke, which did not have a baseball team, but played for a local [semi-professional](/source/Semi-professional_sports) team. His performance with that team earned him a tryout with the Detroit Tigers who subsequently signed him.