Charles Joseph "Chuck" Sheerin (April 17, 1909September 27, 1986) was an American professional

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. He played one season in

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for the

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in 1936. He was born in

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, and attended

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. Sheerin played five seasons in the

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, from 1933 to 1938. The teams he played on were: the

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of the

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(1933), the

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of the

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(1933–1934), the

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of the

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(1935), the Hazelton Mountaineers of the

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(1936), and the

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of the

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(1938). In the

, he appeared in 503 games and hit .248 in 1,774 at-bats. Sheerin's best season came in 1934 when he hit .288 for the

in 295 at-bats. Sheerin also posted a

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of .942 in the

. He did not play in 1937. For the 1936 Philadelphia Phillies, his only season in the majors, Sheerin played in 39 games as an

, hitting .264 in 72 at-bats and with a

of .942. In later life, Sheerin was a baseball coach at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn. Amongst the players he coached was future

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pitcher

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; Koufax was the first baseman on the Lafayette baseball team in his senior year but never pitched for them. Also amongst those Sheerin coached was future

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owner,

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, who was the team's captain and star left-handed pitcher. Sheerin died in

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, on September 27, 1986, and is buried at the

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