Chris Sheff

Christopher William Sheff

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.
• School Pepperdine University
• High School Laguna Hills High School
• Born February 4, 1971 in Laguna Beach, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Chris Sheff played in the minor leagues from 1992 to 2001. He spent five straight seasons—and most of a sixth—at Triple-A, but never reached the major leagues.

Prior to playing professionally, he participated in the 1989 Olympic Festival, being named to the All-Tournament Team as the USA won Gold. He was originally drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 10th round of the 1992 amateur draft, one pick after pitcher Garvin Alston, and was signed by scout Grady Mack. He impressed with decent speed early in his career, stealing 15, 33 and 25 bases his first three seasons, respectively. He injected a power element in 1995, hitting .276/.372/.435 with 12 home runs, 91 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 131 games for the Portland Sea Dogs. In his first taste of Triple-A in 1996, he hit .264/.314/.451 with 12 home runs, 49 RBI and 7 steals in 92 games for the Charlotte Knights; he hit .273/.330/.465 with 14 homers and 10 steals on the year as a whole.

He remained at Triple-A for the rest of his career. In 1997, he had 11 home runs and 16 stolen bases then in 1998—now in the Oakland Athletics system—he hit .299/.404/.453 with 10 home runs and 55 RBI in 120 games. He added 15 home runs in 1999, then played in the New York Mets system in 2000 and the Cincinnati Reds system in 2001 to finish his career.

Overall, Sheff hit .274/.358/.419 with 92 home runs, 534 RBI and 161 stolen bases in 1,140 games over 10 seasons. At Triple-A, he hit .275/.360/.435 with 64 home runs, 311 RBI and 62 steals in 658 games over six seasons.

He later served as head coach at Bishop Gorman High School, leading them to a 228-45-2 over seven seasons. He later ran the Southern Nevada Baseball academy.