George Sherrill | Major Leaguer 2004-2008

Full Name: George Frederich Sherrill
Born: April 19,1977 in Memphis, Tennessee
Height: 6-0 Weight: 225 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Evangelical Christian (Germantown,TN)
College: Austin Peay State University

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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Mariners in 2003

Transactions: [May 1,1999] - Signed by independent Evansville (Frontier) [May 1,2001] - Signed by independent Sioux Falls (Northern) [May 1,2003] - Signed by independent Winnipeg (Northern) [Jul 2,2003] - Purchased by Mariners from Winnepeg (Northern). [Feb 8,2008] - Traded by Mariners with Adam Jones, Chris Tillman, Kam Mickolio and Tony Butler to Orioles for Erik Bedard

Signed by: Charley Kerfeld

Disabled List: [Sep 17,2004] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown)

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1999	Evansville	Frontier	22		Ind	2	4	3.15	22	4	1	1	7	2	40.0	40	20	14	3	18	33	2	0	9.00	0.68	4.05	7.43	1.45	--
2000	Evansville	Frontier	23		Ind	3	5	4.66	13	13	1	0	0	0	75.1	71	45	39	5	35	61	4	0	8.48	0.60	4.18	7.29	1.41	--
2001	Sioux Flls	Northern	24		Ind	4	4	2.45	48	2	0	0	18	0	58.2	53	20	16	3	14	45	3	0	8.13	0.46	2.15	6.90	1.14	--
2002	Winnipeg	Northern	25		Ind	3	5	3.07	38	0	0	0	12	2	41.0	35	16	14	6	13	61	0	0	7.68	1.32	2.85	13.39	1.17	--
2003	Winnipeg	Northern	26		Ind	1	0	1.13	16	0	0	0	3	1	16.0	8	2	2	0	4	30	0	0	4.50	0.00	2.25	16.88	0.75	--
	SanAntonio	Tex	26	Sea	AA	3	0	0.33	16	0	0	0	6	0	27.1	19	2	1	1	12	31	0		6.26	0.33	3.95	10.21	1.13	--
2004	Tacoma	PCL	27	Sea	AAA	4	2	2.32	36	0	0	0	25	13	50.1	42	13	13	4	9	62	0		7.51	0.72	1.61	11.09	1.01	--
	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	2	1	3.80	21	0	0	0	4	0	23.2	24	12	10	3	9	16	4	1	9.13	1.14	3.42	6.09	1.39	44%
2005	Az Marin	Ariz	28	Sea	Rk	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	0		0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.25	0.00	--
	Tacoma	PCL	28	Sea	AAA	1	3	2.28	22	0	0	0		7	23.2	19	7	6	0	6	38	1	0	7.23	0.00	2.28	14.45	1.06	--
	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	4	3	5.21	29	0	0	0	2	0	19.0	13	12	11	3	7	24	0	0	6.16	1.42	3.32	11.37	1.05	27%
2006	Seattle	AL	29	Sea	MLB	2	4	4.28	72	0	0	0	6	1	40.0	30	19	19	0	27	42	0	0	6.75	0.00	6.08	9.45	1.43	25%
2007	Seattle	AL	30	Sea	MLB	2	0	2.37	73	0	0	0	16	3	45.2	28	12	12	4	17	56	1	1	5.52	0.79	3.35	11.04	0.99	33%
2008	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	3	5	4.73	57	0	0	0	49	31	53.1	47	28	28	6	33	58	1	0	7.93	1.01	5.57	9.79	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						13	13	3.96	252	0	0	0	77	35	181.2	142	83	80	16	93	196	6	2	7.03	0.79	4.61	9.71	1.29	--
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						21	23	2.81	214	21	2	1		25	336.1	287	125	105	22	111	366	10		7.69	0.59	2.97	9.80	1.18	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2004	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)								50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1999	Frontier	22		Ind	P	22	-	-	4	11	2	17	0	-	-	-	.882	--

2000	Frontier	23		Ind	P	13	-	-	2	15	2	19	1	-	-	-	.895	--

2002	Northern	25		Ind	P	38	-	-	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

2003	Northern	26		Ind	P	16	-	-	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	SanAntonio	Tex	26	Sea	AA	P	16			1	2	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

2004	Tacoma	PCL	27	Sea	AAA	P	36			0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--
2004	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	P	21	-	23.2	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

2005	Az Marin	Ariz	28	Sea	Rk	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Tacoma	PCL	28	Sea	AAA	P	22			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Seattle	AL	28	Sea	MLB	P	29	-	19	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.89

2006	Seattle	AL	29	Sea	MLB	P	72	-	40	0	7	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.58

2007	Seattle	AL	30	Sea	MLB	P	73	-	46.2	0	6	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	1.16

2008	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	P	57	-	53	1	2	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	.51

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	*300,000		1,825,756	80
2006	333,000		1,937,004	60
2007	*395,000		2,923,340	79
2008	*980,000

Career:	$2,308,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

After graduating from Austin Peay State University, and flying under the MLB draft radar, George started his journey to MLB in the Independent Leagues. He had two seasons in Evansville's Frontier League, one as a starter, and then moved into the Northern League, first with Sioux Falls. Along with fellow Winnipeg Goldeye southpaw Bobby Madritsch, George was signed away from the Independent League by former Mariners scout Charlie Kerfeld. He immediately made the jump to San Antonio, and proved Kerfeld's scouting genius by giving up just one run in 27+ innings in the Texas League. George Sherrill's career stats, including Independent League numbers

A 62:9 K:BB ratio in AAA Tacoma was one of the things that helped earn him a spot in the PCL All Star Game in 2004. However, he didn't get to pitch in the game -- both he and fellow PCL All Star (and 2004 PCL All Star Game HR champion) Bucky Jacobsen got the call before the game informing them of their promotion to the majors. He pitched 21 games out of the bullpen in 2004, before being shut down in mid-September (having pitched for nearly 16 straight months, including the Arizona Fall League and the Puerto Rico Winter League).

In spite of pitching well in 2005 Spring Training, the M's stashed George down in AAA Tacoma, rather than risking the loss of former top draft pick Matt Thornton (who was out of options). George continued to pitched well in AAA Tacoma, racking up 7 saves and a 31:6 K:BB ratio in 22 games out of the 'pen. He was called up for a week in May, made one appearance (facing the then-hottest-hitter-in-baseball Tino Martinez, who grounded to third with the bases loaded) and then sent down. He battled the injury bug a bit, and then rejoined the M's for good on July 31, replacing Ron Villone, sent to Florida in a deadline trade for prospects. In spite of a rough outing on the last game in 2005 (which nearly doubled his ERA), George should start the 2006 season in the Mariners' bullpen.

--contributed by Paul Marsh, Mariners Morsels (aka "Free George Sherrill") Blog