Sherman Applegate | |||||||||||||
"Shimmy" retired after the 1995 season, having put in time with the team for 21 seasons. One of the fastest players on the team. Good defensive player. Blondest hair on the team. But his contribution to AWA softball was far more impactful off the field than on it. His creative talents inspired the series of AWA video and music tapes, the highlight films, and the Nick Danger movie, as well as the popular STAT Magazine cartoon series, "The Bench". Shimmy's worst moment as an AWA player came in 1978 when his jaw was broken by a line drive off his chin, but that injury sparked the team to an upset victory that day. Sherman mastered the art of lining out to shortstop, and his wall of Worst Hitter Awards is impressive. But, hey, someone had to win it. Brian Christie, arguably the greatest player in AWA history, regarded Sherman as his inspiration on the softball field. There could be no higher praise. | |||||||||||||
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Batting and Fielding Statistics
G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SO | BB | SF | Avg. | PO | A | E | Pct. | DP | OfA | |
1975 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .800 | 2 | 0 |
1976 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 5 | 0 |
1978 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .220 | 50 | 4 | 2 | .964 | 5 | 0 |
1979 | 22 | 56 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .179 | 86 | 2 | 7 | .926 | 6 | 0 |
1980 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3 | 0 |
1981 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 |
1982 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .303 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 |
1983 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2 | 0 |
1984 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 17 | 0 | 5 | .773 | 3 | 0 |
1985 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .407 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .833 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .870 | 3 | 0 |
1987 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1989 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .261 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .833 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .357 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 218 | 473 | 85 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 16 | 8 | .266 | 360 | 11 | 26 | .935 | 34 | 0 |