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Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut September 3, 1988
Final Game September 30, 2009
Born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL (age 55)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 19 SDN NL   18   56    8   15   2   0   5   10   1   0    4    8  .268  .317  .571  .888   134    32   2   0   0   0   0  
 1989 20 SDN NL   78  172   18   36   8   0   4   26   7   3   14   20  .209  .270  .326  .595    87    56   1   2   0   1   1  
 1990 21 SDN NL  136  518   60  130  24   0  13   73  15   3   38   51  .251  .301  .373  .673   100   193   2   3   7   0  16  
 1991 22 SDN NL   47  111   11   18   9   0   2   12   3   1    8    7  .162  .231  .297  .529    72    33   0   0   1   2   2  
 1992 23 SDN NL  146  547   89  168  26   1  31  114   0   2   52   36  .307  .366  .528  .895   124   289   0   7   3   3  20  MVP-6
 1993 24 FLN NL  141  507   71  135  19   5  19   67  11   2   45   60  .266  .333  .436  .769   105   221   0   5   0   8  12  
 1994 25 FLN NL  140  447  106  153  33   2  44  115  16   3   54   61  .342  .420  .720 1.140   147   322   0   3   4   8  14  MVP-12
 1995 26 FLN NL   93  225   53   73  11   1  15   39  20   4   49   47  .324  .455  .582 1.037   142   131   0   0   3   5   4  
 1996 27 FLN NL  161  521  149  157  33   1  45  109  15   1  149   84  .301  .464  .628 1.091   149   327   0   4   2  12  20  MVP-3
 1997 28 LAN NL  145  449   78  108  19   1  23   68  10   5  101   73  .241  .396  .441  .837   118   198   1   4   4  17   4  
 1998 29 LAN NL  128  422   78  122  24   1  24   92  27  10   92   48  .289  .423  .521  .944   132   220   0   7   1  11  11  
 1999 30 LAN NL  155  553  101  158  24   1  33  124  13   2   90   87  .286  .386  .512  .898   119   283   0  12   3   8  10  MVP-15
 2000 31 LAN NL  136  470   90  140  22   2  38  116   5   5   97   73  .298  .418  .596 1.014   131   280   0   4   4   3  15  MVP-15
 2001 32 LAN NL  143  505  103  173  33   1  38  112   5   1   79   66  .343  .430  .638 1.068   145   322   0   7   1   4  13  MVP-8
 2002 33 ATN NL  134  483   82  148  27   0  21   88   1   0   58   55  .306  .391  .493  .884   121   238   0   7   1  14  15  
 2003 34 ATN NL  145  567  109  181  35   1  38  128   4   1   69   60  .319  .398  .586  .983   131   332   0   3   8   7  19  MVP-3
 2004 35 CON NL  155  599   90  186  37   2  35  129   1   1   71   91  .311  .395  .554  .949   112   332   0   4   1  15  25  MVP-7
 2005 36 CON NL   85  333   53  100  22   1  18   72   3   0   39   54  .300  .380  .535  .914   111   178   0   2   0   5   8  
         MLA AL   43  151   30   54  10   1  12   28   1   0   22   20  .358  .444  .675 1.119   143   102   0   2   0   3   7  
         TOT     128  484   83  154  32   2  30  100   4   0   61   74  .318  .400  .579  .979         280   0   4   0   8  15 
 2006 37 MLA AL   47  145   23   48   2   0  12   23   4   0   11   14  .331  .378  .593  .971   128    86   0   0   1   0   5  
 2007 38 DEA AL  140  462   73  113  22   3  25   76   7   2   73   64  .245  .361  .468  .829   105   216   0   5   1  14   9  
 2008 39 BAA AL  113  392   60   96  15   0  25   55   7   1   55   73  .245  .344  .474  .819   105   186   1   1   1   5  11  
 2009 40 LAN NL    3    9    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    3  .333  .417  .556  .972   128     5   0   1   0   0   0  
         BAA AL   86  259   45   79  10   3   8   26   0   2   36   40  .305  .394  .459  .853   109   119   0   0   1   2   7  
         TOT      89  268   48   82  10   4   8   28   0   2   38   43  .306  .395  .463  .858         124   0   1   1   2   7 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons     2618 8903 1583 2594 467  28 528 1704 176  49 1308 1195  .291  .388  .528  .916        4701   7  83  47 147 248
 Per 600 PA           511   91  149  27   2  30   98  10   3   75   69                                 270   0   5   3   8  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN      710 2408  453  704 122   7 156  514  60  23  461  350  .292  .410  .543  .953        1308   1  35  13  43  53
   With FLN      535 1700  379  518  96   9 123  330  62  10  297  252  .305  .415  .589 1.004        1001   0  12   9  33  50
   With SDN      425 1404  186  367  69   1  55  235  26   9  116  122  .261  .318  .429  .747         603   5  12  11   6  39
   With ATN      279 1050  191  329  62   1  59  216   5   1  127  115  .313  .395  .543  .938         570   0  10   9  21  34
   With CON      240  932  143  286  59   3  53  201   4   1  110  145  .307  .390  .547  .937         510   0   6   1  20  33
   With BAA      199  651  105  175  25   3  33   81   7   3   91  113  .269  .364  .469  .833         305   1   1   2   7  18
   With DEA      140  462   73  113  22   3  25   76   7   2   73   64  .245  .361  .468  .829         216   0   5   1  14   9
   With MLA       90  296   53  102  12   1  24   51   5   0   33   34  .345  .413  .635 1.048         188   0   2   1   3  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2576 9217 1636 2689 467  27 509 1676 253 104 1475 1171  .292  .393  .514  .907        4737   9 111 130 135 235
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1988 19 SDN NL   8   10   6.7   2   1   0  .500   1   12    7  .583    0    0  .000  SS   4e21      193   
 1989 20 SDN NL  30   16   3.0  29   7   1  .241   9   37   18  .486    0    0  .000  SS   4e29      -45   
 1990 21 SDN NL  35   56   3.7   2   1   0  .500  17   56   33  .589    0    0  .000  3B   3e34      -98   
 1991 22 SDN NL   9    7   2.1  13   2   0  .154   3   16   10  .625    0    0  .000  3B   4e32      -69   
 1992 23 SDN NL  29  101   6.7   3   2   1  .667  14   72   51  .708    0    0  .000  3B   2e19      -70   
 1993 24 FLN NL  32   74   5.2   8   2   1  .250  39   70   16  .229    0    0  .000  3B   4e44      -68   
 1994 25 FLN NL   8  134  11.5  17   6   1  .353   8   28   15  .536    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e10  176   
 1995 26 FLN NL   9   65  11.1  18   3   0  .167   5   20    8  .400    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e19   -17   
 1996 27 FLN NL  21  163  11.4   3   1   0  .333  12   56   23  .411    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e6     2   
 1997 28 LAN NL  33   89   6.8   2   1   0  .500  10   58   22  .379    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e6   -34   
 1998 29 LAN NL  25  101   8.3   0   0   0  .000   2   33   13  .394    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3    -8   
 1999 30 LAN NL  24  118   7.6   1   1   1 1.000   5   34   12  .353    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e8   -32   
 2000 31 LAN NL  27  118   9.1   2   0   0  .000   6   41   17  .415    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e13  -67   
 2001 32 LAN NL  26  142  10.9   2   0   0  .000   9   57   22  .386    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e7    68   
 2002 33 ATN NL  20   95   7.2   2   0   0  .000   1   43   25  .581    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e5   -32   
 2003 34 ATN NL  23  129   8.6   1   1   0 1.000   5   43   22  .512    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e5   -40   
 2004 35 CON NL  20  127   7.8   0   0   0  .000   9   60   25  .417    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e6    22   
 2005 36 CON NL  27   68   7.7   0   0   0  .000   1   37   13  .351    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e4    23   
         MLA AL  40   44  11.3   1   0   0  .000   0   11    5  .455    0    0  .000  OF   4(-2)e4   228   
         TOT                     1   0   0  .000   1   48   18  .375    0    0  .000
 2006 37 MLA AL  41   31   8.3  10   3   0  .300   1    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e9   166   
 2007 38 DEA AL  26   83   6.2   3   0   0  .000   6   49   22  .449    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e6   -11   
 2008 39 BAA AL  30   65   5.7   1   0   0  .000   1    8    6  .750    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e4     94   
 2009 40 LAN NL   0    2   9.7   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   5(+1)e6   149   
         BAA AL  41   46   6.7  16   4   1  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              30   
         TOT                    16   4   1  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 22 Seasons         1894   7.6 136  35   6  .257 164  847  388  .458    0    0  .000                   0   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 69.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 159.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1988 19 SDN NL  SS    16    40    45    1   12   .988    15   131.0   5.84
 1989 20 SDN NL  SS    36    86    82    7   11   .960    33   270.0   5.60
                 3B    11     8     9    2    1   .895     5    60.2   2.52
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1990 21 SDN NL  3B   135   110   250   17   22   .955   132  1177.0   2.75
 1991 22 SDN NL  3B    34    23    49    3    1   .960    26   237.1   2.73
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1992 23 SDN NL  3B   143    98   228   14   18   .959   141  1272.1   2.31
 1993 24 FLN NL  3B   133    81   188   39   16   .873   130  1129.0   2.14
 1994 25 FLN NL  RF   126   160    10    8    1   .955   114  1008.2   1.52
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
 1995 26 FLN NL  RF    51    61     5    4    2   .943    46   381.0   1.56
                 LF    21    23     1    1    1   .960    14   108.1   1.99
 1996 27 FLN NL  LF   131   194     8    9    0   .957   128  1080.1   1.68
                 RF    38    59     0    3    0   .952    27   244.0   2.18
 1997 28 LAN NL  RF   143   236     7   10    3   .960   141  1262.0   1.73
 1998 29 LAN NL  RF   128   157     9    2    1   .988   128  1063.2   1.40
 1999 30 LAN NL  LF   123   172     8    3    2   .984   121  1047.0   1.55
                 RF    33    44     1    2    0   .957    33   271.2   1.49
 2000 31 LAN NL  LF   135   206     8    6    0   .973   133  1093.1   1.76
 2001 32 LAN NL  LF   141   238     5    9    0   .964   140  1224.2   1.79
 2002 33 ATN NL  RF   132   208     5    1    1   .995   131  1131.2   1.69
 2003 34 ATN NL  RF   143   240     9    5    1   .980   141  1272.0   1.76
 2004 35 CON NL  RF   155   250    23    9    2   .968   155  1374.2   1.79
 2005 36 CON NL  RF    85   143     8    1    1   .993    85   767.0   1.77
         MLA AL  LF    36    65     3    0    0  1.000    33   294.0   2.08
                 RF     7     9     0    0    0  1.000     5    45.1   1.79
 2006 37 MLA AL  RF    25    28     0    1    0   .966    19   174.1   1.45
                 LF    18    26     0    0    0  1.000    15   132.0   1.77
 2007 38 DEA AL  LF   135   231    13    6    4   .976   132  1114.1   1.97
 2008 39 BAA AL  LF    30    51     4    1    1   .982    28   249.2   1.98
 2009 40 LAN NL  LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.0   0.47
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF  1066  1595    77   46   12   .973  1025  8996.0   1.67
                 LF   774  1209    50   35    8   .973   746  6364.2   1.78
                 3B   456   320   724   75   58   .933   434  3876.1   2.42
                 SS    52   126   127    8   23   .969    48   401.0   5.68
                 1B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1992 NLCS  SDN MON   W    3   5  0  0  0  0  0   1  3  1  .000  .333  .000  0
      WS    SDN SEA   W    6  21  4  9  2  0  0   3  4  5  .429  .520  .524  0
 1995 NLDS  FLN SFN   W    4  13  7  5  0  1  1   1  4  3  .385  .529  .769  3
      NLCS  FLN CIN   W    2   3  3  2  0  0  0   0  3  0  .667  .857  .667  0
      WS    FLN SEA   W    5  18  5  7  0  0  2   5  3  4  .389  .476  .722  1
 1996 NLDS  FLN LAN   W    5  19  2  8  2  0  1   3  4  3  .421  .522  .684  0
      NLCS  FLN ATN   L    3   8  0  2  2  0  0   0  3  1  .250  .455  .500  0
 1997 NLDS  LAN SLN   W    4  13  5  6  1  0  1   3  4  1  .462  .611  .769  0
      NLCS  LAN FLN   W    4  11  3  2  0  0  0   3  6  2  .182  .500  .182  0
      WS    LAN NYA   W    7  25  5  7  1  0  1   8 10  6  .280  .486  .440  0
 2000 NLDS  LAN CIN   L    5  19  3  6  2  0  1   8  3  5  .316  .391  .579  0
 2001 NLDS  LAN FLN   W    5  13  6  7  0  0  4  12  6  1  .538  .650 1.462  1
      NLCS  LAN SFN   W    5  17  1  5  2  0  0   0  3  2  .294  .400  .412  1
      WS    LAN NYA   L    4  14  2  3  1  0  0   1  1  1  .214  .250  .286  0
 2005 ALDS  MLA TOA   L    3  12  2  2  1  0  0   0  0  3  .167  .167  .250  0
 2006 ALDS  MLA OAA   L    1   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0
 2007 ALDS  DEA BOA   L    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 2009 ALDS  BAA MNA   L    3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  0  .000  .222  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1988  SDN   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1989  SDN   85-77   Mike Tomeo
 1990  SDN   79-83   Mike Tomeo
 1991  SDN   79-83   Mike Tomeo
 1992  SDN  104-58   Mike Tomeo
 1993  FLN   53-109  Thomas Treece
 1994  FLN   65-97   Thomas Treece
 1995  FLN   94-68   Thomas Treece
 1996  FLN   98-65   Thomas Treece
 1997  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1998  LAN   82-80   Billy Vanson
 1999  LAN   84-78   Billy Vanson
 2000  LAN   97-66   Billy Vanson
 2001  LAN   97-65   Billy Vanson
 2002  ATN   88-74   Rick Field
 2003  ATN   89-73   Rick Field
 2004  CON   63-99   Herb Wilson, Dave Blakeman
 2005  CON   61-101  Dave Blakeman
 2005  MLA   99-63   Mark Simons
 2006  MLA   90-73   Mark Simons
 2007  DEA   95-68   Mike Mashanic
 2008  BAA   74-88   John Fortune, Alan Boodman, Dennis Schimmel
 2009  LAN   74-88   Billy Vanson
 2009  BAA   94-68   Dennis Schimmel

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