Neill Sheridan
Baseball Player
1921 –
Who is Neill Sheridan?
Neill Rawlins Sheridan, nicknamed "Wild Horse," is a retired American professional baseball player whose 12-season career largely took place in the minor leagues. An outfielder by trade, he saw his only Major League service for the 1948 Boston Red Sox, appearing in two games played โ one as a pinch hitter and one as a pinch runner. Born in Sacramento, California, Sheridan threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 195 pounds.
On September 19, 1948, with Boston embroiled in a four-team pennant scramble, Sheridan appeared as a pinch runner for Bobby Doerr, in the sixth inning of an 8โ6 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium. One week later, he logged his only MLB at bat when he pinch hit in the ninth inning for pitcher Dave Ferriss at Yankee Stadium during a 6โ2 Red Sox defeat. Facing New York Yankees' left-hander Tommy Byrne, Sheridan was called out on strikes. His Major League Baseball trial came to an end after those two games.
As a minor leaguer, however, Sheridan appeared in 1,446 games and was a mainstay of the post-World War II Pacific Coast League. He wore the uniform of five PCL teams, including both clubs in his native San Francisco Bay Area, the San Francisco Seals and the Oakland Oaks.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1921
Sacramento - Profession
- Education
- University of San Francisco
- Lived in
- Sacramento
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on July 23, 2013
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