Bayard Heston "Bud" Sharpe (1881-1916) was a

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. He played Major League baseball in parts of two seasons – 1905 and 1910. Sharpe was born on August 6, 1881, in

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. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and his height and weight are unknown. Sharpe chose to attend

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. On April 14, 1905, at the age of 23, Sharpe made his big league debut with the

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. 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

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in 1910. He played only four games with them that year before being traded to the

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on April 28 with

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for

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. 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

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, at the age of 34. His body was buried in

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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.October 3, 1908 Sporting Times
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