Gary Sheffield

Positions: Rightfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: September 3, 1988 (Age 19-290d, 13,148th in MLB history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 40-316d)
vs. WSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: Jim Neader, Rufus Williams, Scott Boras

Full Name: Gary Antonian Sheffield

Nicknames: Sheff

Relatives: Nephew of Dwight Gooden

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.5

AB

9217

H

2689

HR

509

BA

.292

R

1636

RBI

1676

SB

253

OBP

.393

SLG

.514

OPS

.907

OPS+

140

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1986	17	MIL-min	Rk	57	253	222	53	81	12	2	15	71	14	4	20	14	.365	.413	.640	1.052		142		3	1	7	2		HEL · PION
1987	18	MIL-min	A	129	570	469	84	130	23	3	17	103	25	15	81	48	.277	.388	.448	.836		210		8	6	6	8		STK · CALL
1988	19	MIL-min	AA,AAA	134	587	508	112	166	28	8	28	119	13	8	56	63	.327	.395	.579	.974		294	9	8	5	10	1		ELP,DEN · TL,AA
1988	19	MIL	AL	24	89	80	12	19	1	0	4	12	3	1	7	7	.238	.295	.400	.695	93	32	5	0	1	1	0	6
1989	20	MIL-min	AAA	7	32	29	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.138	.194	.241	.435		7		0	1	0	0		DEN · AA
1989	20	MIL	AL	95	405	368	34	91	18	0	5	32	10	6	27	33	.247	.303	.337	.640	82	124	4	4	3	3	0	65/D
1990	21	MIL	AL	125	547	487	67	143	30	1	10	67	25	10	44	41	.294	.350	.421	.771	116	205	11	3	4	9	1	*5
1991	22	MIL	AL	50	203	175	25	34	12	2	2	22	5	5	19	15	.194	.277	.320	.597	67	56	3	3	1	5	1	5/DH
1992	23	SDP	NL	146	618	557	87	184	34	3	33	100	5	6	48	40	.330	.385	.580	.965	168	*323*	19	6	0	7	5	*5/H	AS,MVP-3,SS
1993	24	TOT	NL	140	557	494	67	145	20	5	20	73	17	5	47	64	.294	.361	.476	.837	120	235	11	9	0	7	6	*5/H	AS
1993	24	SDP	NL	68	282	258	34	76	12	2	10	36	5	1	18	30	.295	.344	.473	.817	116	122	9	3	0	3	0	5/H
1993	24	FLA	NL	72	275	236	33	69	8	3	10	37	12	4	29	34	.292	.378	.479	.857	125	113	2	6	0	4	6	5/H
1994	25	FLA-min	AA	2	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.429	.804		3	0	0	0	0	0		PRT · EL
1994	25	FLA	NL	87	384	322	61	89	16	1	27	78	12	6	51	50	.276	.380	.584	.964	145	188	10	6	0	5	11	*9/H
1995	26	FLA	NL	63	274	213	46	69	8	0	16	46	19	4	55	45	.324	.467	.587	1.054	177	125	3	4	0	2	8	9/7H
1996	27	FLA	NL	161	677	519	118	163	33	1	42	120	16	9	142	66	.314	.465	.624	1.090	189	324	16	10	0	6	19	*9/H	AS,MVP-6,SS
1997	28	FLA	NL	135	582	444	86	111	22	1	21	71	11	7	121	79	.250	.424	.446	.870	134	198	7	15	0	2	11	*9/HD
1998	29	TOT	NL	130	549	437	73	132	27	2	22	85	22	7	95	46	.302	.428	.524	.952	155	229	7	8	0	9	12	*9/H	AS
1998	29	FLA	NL	40	166	136	21	37	11	1	6	28	4	2	26	16	.272	.392	.500	.892	139	68	3	2	0	2	1	9/H
1998	29	LAD	NL	90	383	301	52	95	16	1	16	57	18	5	69	30	.316	.444	.535	.979	162	161	4	6	0	7	11	9/H
1999	30	LAD	NL	152	663	549	103	165	20	0	34	101	11	5	101	64	.301	.407	.523	.930	140	287	10	4	0	9	4	*7/HD	AS
2000	31	LAD	NL	141	612	501	105	163	24	3	43	109	4	6	101	71	.325	.438	.643	1.081	176	322	13	4	0	6	7	*7/D	AS,MVP-9
2001	32	LAD	NL	143	618	515	98	160	28	2	36	100	10	4	94	67	.311	.417	.583	1.000	164	300	12	4	0	5	13	*7/D9
2002	33	ATL	NL	135	579	492	82	151	26	0	25	84	12	2	72	53	.307	.404	.512	.916	138	252	16	11	0	4	2	*9/DH	MVP-17
2003	34	ATL	NL	155	678	576	126	190	37	2	39	132	18	4	86	55	.330	.419	.604	1.023	162	348	16	8	0	8	6	*9/H	AS,MVP-3,SS
2004	35	NYY	AL	154	684	573	117	166	30	1	36	121	5	6	92	83	.290	.393	.534	.927	141	306	16	11	0	8	7	*9D/5	AS,MVP-2,SS
2005	36	NYY	AL	154	675	584	104	170	27	0	34	123	10	2	78	76	.291	.379	.512	.891	137	299	11	8	0	5	7	*9D/H	AS,MVP-8,SS
2006	37	NYY-min	AA	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.250	.333	.583		1	0	0	0	1	0		TRE · EL
2006	37	NYY	AL	39	166	151	22	45	5	0	6	25	5	1	13	16	.298	.355	.450	.806	107	68	6	1	0	1	2	9/3DH
2007	38	DET	AL	133	593	494	107	131	20	1	25	75	22	5	84	71	.265	.378	.462	.839	119	228	10	9	0	6	2	*D/79H
2008	39	DET-min	A+	5	19	13	7	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	.154	.421	.615	1.036		8	0	0	0	0	1		LAK · FLOR
2008	39	DET	AL	114	482	418	52	94	16	0	19	57	9	2	58	83	.225	.326	.400	.725	90	167	19	5	0	1	3	D/7H
2009	40	NYM	NL	100	312	268	44	74	13	2	10	43	2	1	40	46	.276	.372	.451	.823	119	121	10	2	0	2	3	7H9/D
22 Yrs				2576	10947	9217	1636	2689	467	27	509	1676	253	104	1475	1171	.292	.393	.514	.907	140	4737	235	135	9	111	130
162 Game Avg.				162	688	580	103	169	29	2	32	105	16	7	93	74	.292	.393	.514	.907	140	298	15	8	1	7	8
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
FLA (6 yrs)				558	2358	1870	365	538	98	7	122	380	74	32	424	290	.288	.426	.543	.970	156	1016	41	43	0	21	56
LAD (4 yrs)				526	2276	1866	358	583	88	6	129	367	43	20	365	232	.312	.424	.573	.998	160	1070	39	18	0	27	35
MIL (4 yrs)				294	1244	1110	138	287	61	3	21	133	43	22	97	96	.259	.319	.376	.695	95	417	23	10	9	18	2
NYY (3 yrs)				347	1525	1308	243	381	62	1	76	269	20	9	183	175	.291	.383	.515	.897	135	673	33	20	0	14	16
ATL (2 yrs)				290	1257	1068	208	341	63	2	64	216	30	6	158	108	.319	.412	.562	.974	151	600	32	19	0	12	8
SDP (2 yrs)				214	900	815	121	260	46	5	43	136	10	7	66	70	.319	.372	.546	.918	151	445	28	9	0	10	5
DET (2 yrs)				247	1075	912	159	225	36	1	44	132	31	7	142	154	.247	.354	.433	.788	106	395	29	14	0	7	5
NYM (1 yr)				100	312	268	44	74	13	2	10	43	2	1	40	46	.276	.372	.451	.823	119	121	10	2	0	2	3

NL (13 yrs)				1688	7103	5887	1096	1796	308	22	368	1142	159	66	1053	746	.305	.414	.552	.966	154	3252	150	91	0	72	107
AL (9 yrs)				888	3844	3330	540	893	159	5	141	534	94	38	422	425	.268	.354	.446	.800	114	1485	85	44	9	39	23

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