Bud Sharpe

Bud Sharpe
Bud Sharpe baseball card, 1911
First baseman
Born: (1881-08-06)August 6, 1881 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Died: May 31, 1916(1916-05-31) (aged 34) Haddock, Georgia
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1905, for the Boston Beaneaters
Last MLB appearance
September 24, 1910, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.222
Home runs	0
RBI	41
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Boston Beaneaters (1905) Boston Doves (1910) Pittsburgh Pirates (1910)

Bayard Heston "Bud" Sharpe (1881–1916) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder. He played Major League baseball in parts of two seasons – 1905 and 1910.

Sharpe was born on August 6, 1881, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and his height and weight are unknown. Sharpe chose to attend Penn State University.

On April 14, 1905, at the age of 23, Sharpe made his big league debut with the Boston Beaneaters. In 46 games that year, he batted .182 in 170 at-bats.

The next chance Sharpe got to play in the big leagues was with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1910. He played only four games with them that year before being traded to the Boston Doves on April 28 with Sam Frock for Kirby White. With both teams in 1910, Sharpe hit a combined .237 in 119 games.

On the diamond, Sharpe committed 23 career errors for a .983 fielding percentage.

Sharpe played his final big league game on September 24, 1910. He died from a heart attack on May 31, 1916, in Haddock, Georgia, at the age of 34. His body was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in the place of his birth, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Sharpe was also a noted soccer player, spending time with a local team in West Chester during the baseball off-seasons.^[1]

Sources

References

1. October 3, 1908 Sporting Times

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)