So Sharman was significantly better than any other two-guard from his era; the numbers, awards and titles back this up, as does the fact that Sharman held off Sam Jones for four solid years. Sharman even moonlighted as a third baseman in Brooklyn’s farm system from 1950 to 1955, getting called up at the end of the ’51 season and being thrown out of a game for yelling at an umpire, becoming the only player in major league history to get ejected from a game without ever actually appearing in one. Bizarre. But that gives you an idea of his athletic pedigree.
