2017 Baseball Roster
Cason Sherrod
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 215
- Position:
- Right Handed Pitcher
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- W.T. White
CAREER: Ended his career ranked 10th on Texas A&M's all-time pitching appearances list with 75, all out of the bullpen... went 10-3 with six saves, a 3.68 ERA, .229 opponent batting average and 101 strikeouts in 110.0 innings... earned the Texas A&M University Athletics Lohman Inspiration award for 2017-18... two-time member of the SEC Community Service Team.
2018 (SENIOR): Worked in 26 games in his final season, all out of the bullpen... logged a 5-2 record with one save, a 4.17 ERA, and 43 strikeouts in 45.1 innings... pitched in 11 SEC games, posting a 1-2 record with 12 strikeouts and a 9.28 ERA in 10.2 innings... pitched 0.2 scoreless innings with a strikeout in season opener against Rhode Island (2/16)... pitched 1.0 blank frame against Houston Baptist (2/27), striking out two of the three batters he faced... earned a win in relief against Northwestern State (3/7), pitching 4.2 scoreless innings with three hits and four strikeouts... notched 5.2 shutout frames against UT Arlington (3/13), scattering five hits and one walk while striking out three... fanned four of eight batters he faced in 2.0 innings at Georgia (3/30)... earned a win against Texas (4/10), allowing one run on three hits and one walk while striking out two in 2.0 innings... picked up a victory with 0.2 scoreless innings against Alabama (4/12)... garnered a win in his third straight outing with 2.2 innings against Texas State (4/17), allowing one run on three hits while striking out two... picked up 10th career victory with 2.2 blank frames against Sam Houston State (5/15), scattering one hit and two walks while striking out four... earned a three-inning save in an SEC Tournament win against Georgia (5/23), retiring nine of 10 batters while striking out five... worked 2.0 blank frames in SEC Tournament action against Ole Miss (5/26) dispersing two hits while striking out two... selected by the Miami Marlins in the seventh round of the draft with the 207th overall pick.
2017 (JUNIOR): Pitched in 30 games for the Aggies, all out of the bullpen... logged a 4-1 record with four saves, a 2.89 ERA, .203 opponent batting average and 38 strikeouts in 43.2 innings... worked in 10 SEC games, registering a 1-1 record with one save, a 2.60 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 17.1 innings... started year off with four scoreless appearances out of the bullpen (2/18-26)... notched a save against Pepperdine (2/24), striking out one in 1.1 hitless frames... picked up a win against UTRGV (3/7), scattering one hit and two walks while striking out one in 1.1 innings of relief... earned a road victory at Texas State (3/28), with two strikeouts in 3.0 blank frames... logged a win against Dallas Baptist (4/4) with 2.0 innings of work, striking out two and yielding one run... worked 3.0 scoreless innings in relief against Auburn (4/7), yielding one hit while striking out three... picked up his first conference win of the year, scattering one hit and one walk while striking out one in a 3.1 blank frames at Alabama (4/13)... earned save against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/25), yielding one hit and one walk while striking out two in 2.0 innings... needed just seven pitches to retire three batters, including one strikeout, to pick up save against Arkansas (5/19)... clinched the Aggies’ regional title at Houston (6/5) striking out the last batter of the game for the save... worked four games in the NCAA Championship, picking up one save and logging a 1.93 ERA in 4.2 innings of work.
2016 (SOPHOMORE): Pitched in 16 games in his second year, all out of the bullpen, logging a 1-0 record with one save and a 4.50 ERA... permitted a .242 opponent batting average and notched 17 strikeouts (10 walks) in 18.0 innings... worked in six SEC contests, posting a 0-0 mark with a 7.27 ERA and six strikeouts (six walks) in 8.2 innings... earned his first career win with 0.1 innings of work in a 3-2 victory against Houston Baptist (3/1)... pitched a scoreless frame in a combined shutout effort against Yale (3/5)... logged 1.2 blank innings at Houston (3/29), scattering two hits and one walk while striking out one... retired all three batters he faced, including one strikeout in Aggies’ 14-1 win against Texas State (4/19)... logged his first career save, striking out four and allowing just one hit in 2.1 scoreless innings against UT Arlington (4/26)... worked 0.2 scoreless innings in Aggies’ SEC Tournament championship game victory against Florida (5/29)... pitched for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League... worked in 16 games, all in relief, logging a 3-3 record with two saves and a 6.28 ERA... tallied 38 strikeouts (25 walks) in 24.1 innings.
2015 (FRESHMAN): Pitched in three games, all out of the bullpen, logging a 0-0 record with a 3.00 ERA and three strikeouts in 3.0 innings... retired all four batters he faced, including one strikeout in 1.1 innings against Dartmouth (3/1)... worked 0.2 blank innings against Prairie View A&M... pitched for the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League... pitched in eight games, including two starts, posting a 1-2 record with one save, a 3.33 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 24.1 innings.
AT W.T. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL: Played baseball for Coach David Shepherd at W.T. White High School... earned varsity letters as a sophomore and senior, missing junior year... guided WTWHS to their 32nd consecutive state playoff berth in 2014... posted a 5-2 record with a 1.45 ERA and 74 Ks in 48.0 innings... struck out 18 in nine innings of no-hit baseball in a 1-0, 10-inning loss to Dallas Jesuit in March 2014... registered a 2-4 record with a 4.67 ERA as a sophomore... earned two letters as a wide receiver and tight end on the W.T. White football squad.
PERSONAL: Born Cason Michael Sherrod on June 25, 1996 in Dallas... son of Stacie Dickson and Slade Sherrod... grandfather, Bud Sherrod, played football at the University of Tennessee, was Most Valuable Player of the 1951 Cotton Bowl Classic, is a member of the Volunteers Athletic Hall of Fame and went on to play for the New York Giants during the 1952 season... enjoys working out, golfing and giving back to the community... is 53 percent deaf in both ears... majoring in sport management and hoping to be an MLB agent.
