Tom Shearn

[camisadelgolf]

Drew Sutton hit .667 in 2010. He really should've been the Reds leadoff hitter.

[Bruce Berenyi]

excellent pOINT and I think Steve Cooke and Jim Duffalo and Jim Dickson should be in the rotation because they are also undefeated as reds pitchers

[camisadelgolf]

excellent pOINT and I think Steve Cooke and Jim Duffalo and Jim Dickson should be in the rotation because they are also undefeated as reds pitchers

Cooke also hit .500 for his career with the Reds. I can't believe they let him get away.

[Bruce Berenyi]

wow we think alike,,

do you think dallas williams 2-36 was given enough at bats to prove or disprove that he was a 5 star player

[camisadelgolf]

wow we think alike,,

do you think dallas williams 2-36 was given enough at bats to prove or disprove that he was a 5 star player

He may have deserved more of a chance if he hit .380 or .390 instead of .357 in his final year of AAA. Then again he committed 7 errors that year, and that's just not sustainable as an outfielder. He allowed only 2 earned runs as a pitcher in his career, so I think he really missed his calling. He struck out over 600 times in the minors, so hitting clearly wasn't for him.

[Spider Tre]

Drew Sutton hit .667 in 2010. He really should've been the Reds leadoff hitter.

and a grand slam iirc. He could've been the clean up guy

[Old school 1983]

I do remember Shearn having a slow 12-6 curve that broke a lot

[Bruce Berenyi]

yes he reminded me of the great Ray Washburn and Tim Pugh

[Old school 1983]

yes he reminded me of the great Ray Washburn and Tim Pugh

He reminded me more of a batting tee or pitching machine. But most Reds starters in that time period did

[Bruce Berenyi]

youre right maybe more like the great Chris Bushing or Kip Gross

[redsmetz]

Five Reds players have had the initials "T.S.":

Ted Savage
Tom Seaver
Tom Shearn
Tom Sheehan
Tom Sullivan

One of these is not like the others.

Not one of them is a T.S. Eliot, not even Tom Terrific.

[Bruce Berenyi]

thomas starnes

[cobike]

I might be the lone remaining member of the Tom Shearn fan club. I saw him pitch an 11 a.m. game for Louisville in Columbus, and he did great. Was a true AAAA star. Later in the year, so desparate to hang on that he was living in the equipment shed, he got the call to Cinci. I still remember his first game, gave up 3 runs early but kept them at bay after that with his roundhouse curve. People from the forum I read at that time said he would never win another big league game. He won his next start! Was quite the story for little while what with the call to the shed, etc. Then in the off-season they shipped him off to Korea or somewhere like that.

[Bruce Berenyi]

nice story,, remains among the reds unbeaten,, like Tom Carroll

[OGB]

In what I believe was his first start, George Grande was calling the victory and said that the Reds were led by 2 youngsters (Hanigan -26 and Shearn - 29) which I always thought was a shining example of what made Grande a lousy broadcaster.