Gary Antonian Sheffield (Sheff)

Positions: Rightfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1988 (Age 19)   vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Dodgers/Yankees/Brewers/Braves/... 1988-2009
Agents: Himself, previously: Jim Neader,Rufus Williams,Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 40)   vs. WSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Nephew of Dwight Gooden
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• 9/21 B-R Blog: More walks than hits (yes, another list appearance by Adam Dunn): Here are players in 2011 with at least as many walks as hits (minimum 50 plate appearances): Rk Player PA BB H Age Tm G AB R 2B...
• 9/20 B-R Blog: Recapping relevant games of Monday, 9/19/2011: -- Marlins 6, Braves 5: With 2 out in the last of the 9th, Omar Infante drilled a tailing-in fastball from Craig Kimbrel for...
• 9/12 Tyler's Think Tank: Pats Ready to Rumble: With the Patriots only two hours away from kickoff in Miami and memories of the NFL lockout quickly fading away, New England is...

• 8/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Former Marlins make up a genuine All-Star team: “Break up the Marlins!” Nobody ever said that … they just did it … twice. After their 1997 World Series Championship....
• 8/16 B-R Blog: Most Homeruns Playing for 5+ Franchises: One thing that struck me while watching the the Jim Thome celebration is the sheer number of teams that he has been on.  After...
• 8/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Mets Can’t Get Too Clever With Reyes: This is not turning into an “all Jose Reyes, all the time” deal, but there’s much to talk about with the Mets...
• 8/8 PaulLebowitz.com: The Tigers Quick Trigger On Contract Extensions: The Tigers extended the contracts of GM Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland. Dombrowski’s goes through 2015; Leyland’s...

• 7/31 B-R Blog: 13 Or More 5+ RBI Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have 13+ games in their career with 5+ RBI? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 7/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Trade Rumors: The Cubs Trying to Unload Zambrano on the Yankees: As the Yankees scour the market for starting pitching there is one guy available whom they absolutely don’t want, Carlos...
• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Carlos Beltran: Difference-Maker: Lost in all the excitement, opinion and analysis following today's Carlos Beltran trade is just how rare it is for a player...
• 7/24 B-R Blog: Notes for Saturday 7/23: Dog days’ journey into night: -- Season debut for Tampa's Desmond Jennings: 3-2-2-1, 2 walks, 3B, 2B, SB, field littered with comic-book "swoosh!" lines. In...
• 7/21 Marlin Maniac: History: Your 1993 Florida Marlins in Numbers, Hitters Edition: Earlier today, James pointed out some of the rather interesting eccentricities of your 1993 inaugural season Florida Marlins....
• 7/21 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Spitballing: Jim Thome and Recognition: It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Jim Thome. Although he never played in my hometown, Buffalo was Cleveland’s...
• 7/12 For Baseball Junkies: All-Time Marlins Team: We finish our list of all time teams with the Florida Marlins. No particular reason, it was merely the last one left. The Marlins...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ Games Of aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5: Fooling around with Play Index, I asked it show me players with the most games where: aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 31 homers in 91 games: Check out the guys with the most homers in his team's first 91 games to see where Jose Bautista ranks: Rk Player Year PA AB HR...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...
• 7/5 B-R Blog: 22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969: Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season? Here is the list - Rk Player...

• 6/26 Mets360.com: How the 2011 Mets rate in franchise history in HR: The Mets scored 14 runs Saturday without hitting a single home run. While that’s nowhere near close to the major league record...
• 6/24 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Kemp, Hanley, Francis, Soto: Eighteen years ago today, the Padres traded Gary Sheffield to the Marlins along with Rich Rodriguez for a package of three young...
• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/10 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Links: Prospects, Relievers: The Yankees were just swept by the Red Sox at home for the second time this season, the first time that's happened since 1912....
• 6/10 B-R Blog: On Base 4000+ Times (Including ROE ): How many players in baseball history have reached base, including via an error, 4,000 times or more in the career? Here's the...
• 6/9 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Cubs 2011 Draft Analysis: The 2011 First Year Player Draft is in the books.  For a full list of the Cubs picks, check out Baseball America's Draft...
• 6/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Kemp In Position To Set Dodger Records: After yesterday‘s two homer, six RBI outburst, Matt Kemp is currently on pace for an absolutely ridiculous season. No, really;...
• 6/2 B-R Blog: Highest BA In 24+ Game Hitting Streaks Since 1996: Of all the batters to have a hitting streak of 24 games or more since 1996, who had the highest batting average during that streak?...

• 5/31 Yankees Daily: The 4000 Times on Base Club: There is a lot of attention on Derek Jeter and his quest for 3000 hits. He currently sits at 2981 and needs just nine hits to...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/14 MLBTradeRumors: This Date In Transactions History: Mike Piazza: With the amateur draft coming up in just over three weeks, we've spent most of our time here at MLBTR covering the first round....
• 5/14 B-R Blog: How much longer will Jorge Posada play?: I don't know the answer to the title question. I have a hard time imagining the Yankees continuing to play Posada if he continues...
• 5/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Not Feelin’ Badly For Milton Bradley: Go elsewhere for sympathy/explanations for whatever consumes Milton Bradley; for that which has sabotaged his career. I don’t...

• 4/29 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Braun, Pence, Wilson, Lee: Two historic pitching records have been set on his date. Back in 1986, Roger Clemens set the single game strikeout record by...
• 4/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Hall of Fame Standards: Chipper Jones and the RBI: This is a series to establish what the Hall of Fame standard is for each category and if it affects enshrinement into the Hall....
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Crede, D'Backs: Links for Monday night, as recently promoted Dodgers prospect Jerry Sands doubles in his first MLB at bat... As Joel Sherman...
• 4/14 The Writer's Journey: The next Blue Jay in the Hall of Fame?: Manny Ramirez retired a couple of days ago, and the baseball world was (for some reason) shocked. Carlos Delgado officially announced...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Konerko Klouts: Paul Konkerko launched two home runs Sunday afternoon as the White Sox caused more pain for the Rays with a 6-1 win. This was...
• 4/7 Marlin Maniac: Marlins History: Donnie Murphy and the most “clutch” Marlins: Donnie Murphy is doing his best to capture the hearts and minds of Marlins fans everywhere. In just a short period of time as...
• 4/4 B-R Blog: Longest home run streaks to start a season: By now you've probably heard that there were a lot of home runs in some ballparks during the first weekend of the season. Here...

• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/29 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Free Agent Haul in 08-09 Best Ever?: Joel Sherman opined yesterday that CC Sabathia could be the best free agent signing in Yankees history. That’s high praise considering...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/25 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Perez, Morgan, Belt, Royals: Three years ago today, the Tigers signed Miguel Cabrera to an eight-year, $152.3MM contract extension less than four months after...
• 3/21 Diamond Sports Digest: The Dilution of Hall of Famers in the World Series: I’m a regular reader of Joe Posnanski, and while I sometimes skip his non-baseball posts, I came across this post in which he...
• 3/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Florida Marlins beat reporter gives TTFB the inside scoop: I was fortunate to work with Juan C. Rodriguez, the Florida Marlins beat reporter for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, before he...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: Who Could Be Released This Month?: With certain contracts, there comes a time when a team would prefer to pay the player to go away and free up a roster spot. ...
• 3/7 B-R Blog: Players with -100 career fielding runs: While researching a Hall of Fame poll post for Gary Sheffield, I discovered that he has more than 100 negative fielding runs in...

• 2/28 B-R Blog: Batter Games With RE24 = 6+ Since 1973: Since 1973, here are the games where a batter's RE24 for the contest was 6 or better. The list - Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/27 WasWatching: Joe Girardi’s Big Day At The Plate: I was just looking at some really big days at the plate by Yankees hitters since 1973. Here’s the list: Rk Player Date Opp...
• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/13/11 - 2/19/11: We saw some big news this week, most notably that Albert Pujols and the Cardinals did not reach an extension prior to his Feb....
• 2/19 NY Baseball Digest: Gary Sheffield, New York, and the Hall of Fame: Another star of the nineties/turn of the century retired this week when Gary Sheffield announced he is officially calling it quits....
• 2/18 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Moyer, Cabrera, O's, Maholm: Two years ago today, the final piece of Shea Stadium was demolished. The Mets called the ballpark home from 1964, the team's third...
• 2/18 SocraticGadfly: Is Gary Sheffield a HOFer? Is Crime Dog?: Long-time OF/DH slugger Gary Sheffield has officially announced his retirement. Re the Hall of Fame, first issue/question...
• 2/17 B-R Blog: Extra Inning Home Runs: From 1974-2010 (The era for which the batting event finder is complete.)  forty-eight players hit more home runs than Jack Clark's...
• 2/17 Chicken Friars: Sheff Hangs Up the Spikes: Major League outfielder, Gary Sheffield, is hanging up the spikes and finishes his career with 509 home runs. It has been over...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Gary Sheffield Retires: Gary Sheffield has officially filed his retirement papers, according to George A. King III of the New York Post. After 22 seasons...
• 2/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Gary Sheffield retires: Former Major League Baseball standout Gary Sheffield has officially retired, according to George A. King III of The New York Post....[+]
• 2/15 Marlin Maniac: 2011 Marlins Season Preview: Left Field: (Editor’s note: I apologize for not writing about Murphy and Gotay yesterday. I just completed my test for the past five...
• 2/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Assessing Brian Cashman-Part 4 of 5: Sorry for getting away from this series the past week, but the Pettitte retirement and Liriano rumors were breaking news stories...
• 2/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Ten Years of Spending | 1990s edition: Much to my delight, I recently stumbled onto an excellent article by THT’s Matt Binder contemplating league spending from 2001-2010....
• 2/8 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: NL East Prospects | Baseball Digest: Mets prospect Wilmer Flores hopes his bat can live up to the Miguel Cabrera comparisons.BD Hot Stove: NL East Prospects | Baseball...

• 1/27 B-R Blog: Trivia challenge: The following players are ranked in the order shown, 1 through 20, for what since 1901? Rk Player 1 Rogers Hornsby 2 Mickey Mantle...
• 1/25 B-R Blog: 3+ Games With 2B/3B/HR Since 1920: Conventional wisdom suggests that the single is the easiest part of hitting for the cycle. So, what about the "hard" part? Since...
• 1/22 The Process Report: The Hit Show 2.0: Ostensibly, the day will come when the Rays can sign a future Hall of Famer without inciting Hit Show references. The statute...
• 1/20 The Captain's Blog: Business as Unusual: Yanks’ Decision to Spend Over GM’s Head Is Not a Cause for Concern: Rafael Soriano may not be asked to save many games for the Yankees, but at the press conference announcing his signing, Yankees...
• 1/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees 2010/11 Offseason: The Winter of Our Discontent: Yankee fans are a pretty tough group to please. We all know the narrative by now: the Yankees expect to win, and that feeling...
• 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: This Date In Transactions History: January 15th: January 15th has been a surprisingly busy day for transactions throughout baseball history, particularly when it comes to trades...
• 1/15 Mets360.com: Mets Short-Term All-Stars: Recently at BTF we were discussing all-star teams for franchises made up of guys who made their marks elsewhere but who had a...
• 1/12 B-R Blog: POLL: Trevor Hoffman and the Hall of Fame: Trevor Hoffman announced his retirement yesterday. He finishes as the all-time leader in saves and games finished as well as his...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Gary Sheffield Is "99.9 Percent" Sure Of Retirement: Gary Sheffield is "99.9%" sure he's going to retire from baseball, according to a radio interview the veteran slugger conducted...
• 1/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Gary Sheffield expected to retire: Free-agent OF Gary Sheffield (Mets) is '99.9 percent' sure that he will retire from baseball, according to the St. Petersburg...[+] Times' Joe Smith.
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Uggla, Mets, Nationals, Marrero: Here are a few items from what's been arguably the most newsworthy division of the winter thus far... There's no shortage...

• 12/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Blizzard 12.26.2010: Bob Feller‘s principles: Admittedly, while he was alive and regularly jabbing his finger into the faces of today’s...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Counsell, Ibanez, Johnson, Sheffield: Exactly one year ago, the Angels signed Hideki Matsui. Today, the slugger finalized his one-year agreement with the A's. Here...
• 12/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Gary Sheffield talking with team: The Tampa Bay Rays are interested in signing free-agent OF Gary Sheffield (Mets), according to the St. Petersburg Times' Marc...[+] Topkin. 'I had a meeting with the Rays, and they're going to get back to me, and it's out there now that they're talking to me and hopefully something comes about,' Sheffield said.
• 12/11 The Process Report: The Case for Gary Sheffield in a Rays’ Uniform: Tucked behind the news and rumors of the winter meetings, Gary Sheffield expressed interest in playing next season – and...
• 12/8 Boys of Summer: Werth's Worth: Have We Seen the Best of Jayson Yet?: The Washington Nationals made the biggest splash of the 2010 offseason to date on Monday, announcing a seven-year, $126 million...
• 12/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Gary Sheffield not ruling out return: Free-agent OF Gary Sheffield (Mets) has not ruled out a return to baseball, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck. '(Teams) know who...[+] I am,' Sheffield said. 'The thing is that hitting has never been my problem. I can still do that. I can still go out and hit 20-30 home runs.' He has been working out five times a week and feels he could still play.
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Gary Sheffield Wants To Play, Prefers Rays: Gary Sheffield told Steve Kornacki of MLive.com that he wants to play next year and that the Tampa Bay Rays are his first choice....

• 11/24 B-R Blog: Yankees WAR Leaders Since 1996: How many players have posted 5+ WAR for the Yankees since 1996? Here's the list of batters - Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA...
• 11/19 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Soria, Garland, Abreu, Ramirez: Here's a round-up of news tidbits from around the majors today... The Royals might as well also trade Joakim Soria if they're...
• 11/8 NY Baseball Digest: How About Manny Mania at Citi Field?: During his introductory press conference Sandy Alderson talked about how baseball is part theater. No one represents that statement...
• 11/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: What about Vlad, and other Yankee DH possibilities: With yet another long-coveted (by me) hitter hitting the free agent market, I'd be remiss if I didn't at least broach the idea...
• 11/5 B-R Blog: 400 HR & Appeared As SS In Line-Up: Have you ever seen this crazy boxscore from September 26, 1954? In this game, Casey Stengel started (and played) Yogi Berra at...

• 10/12 Sabernomics: So Long, Bobby…and Thank You: Last night, the Braves 2010 season came to an end, along with Bobby Cox’s managerial career. I was a good fan this year,...
• 10/5 NY Baseball Digest: Don’t Tell Me, Show Me: Fred and Jeff Wilpon did their best to say the right words yesterday. They talked about their passion for the team, the need to...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Have $11 million in deferred money next year: The Detroit Tigers owe $11 million in deferred money to players during the 2011 season. Free-agent OF Gary Sheffield (between...[+] $1 million and $2.5 million from 2010-2019), Washington Nationals C Ivan Rodriguez ($2.7 million in 2011), OF Magglio Ordonez ($3 million in 2011 and 2012), San Francisco Giants SS Edgar Renteria (around $3 million in 2011) and CL Jose Valverde ($1 million) all receive deferred payments next year, the Detroit Free Press reports.
• 10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Cubs, Dunn, Ellis, Pujols: Links for the final day of the 2010 regular season... Carrie Muskat of MLB.com writes that Cubs interim manager...

• 9/25 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Retrospective: Marlins Firesale Edition Part 4: For the final month of the season, I’ll be posting a slightly different set of trade retrospectives. In 1997, the Marlins,...
• 9/21 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Retrospective: Marlins Firesale Edition Part 3: For the final month of the season, I’ll be posting a slightly different set of trade retrospectives. In 1997, the Marlins,...
• 9/11 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Retrospective – Firesale Edition: Marlins Part 2: For the final month of the season, I’ll be posting a slightly different set of trade retrospectives. In 1997, the Marlins,...
• 9/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Torre Story: Joe Torre will not go out this way: Deftly deflecting the speculation as to his future by cryptically stating that his decision...
• 9/8 Call to the Pen: What’s Next: Colby Rasmus, Victor Martinez, Carlos Guillen, and more: Last week, we took a short break from our usual format to bring you coverage of the Manny Ramirez trade and a look at his Hall...
• 9/4 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Retrospective – Firesale Edition: Marlins: For the final month of the season, I’ll be posting a slightly different set of trade retrospectives. In 1997, the Marlins,...

• 8/20 Bus League Baseball: The Professional 500 Homerun Club: The other night, I found myself wondering what would happen if we took the career totals of the top homerun hitters in major league...
• 8/15 Bus League Baseball: Forty is the New Thirty: 2010 Update #2: As promised in mid-June, here is the second update on the six teams that have gone the longest without a forty-homerun hitter....
• 8/4 Chicken Fried Baseball: A-Rod Hits Career HR #82 Since Being Outed for Steroids: Oh, how great things could have been for A-Rod had he not done steroids. His 600th homer wouldn’t be tainted, and New York...
• 8/4 Baseball Musings: Infielder Home Runs: With Alex Rodriguez hitting the 600 HR mark, it’s worth noting that Alex is the first infielder to reach that level. Of...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: POLL: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker was one of the great young players with the early 1990s Expos and then became a star playing in numbers-inflating...
• 8/1 The World's Worst Sports Blog: The Choke Index: It’s been quite a while since Alex Rodriguez hit Home Run #599 – nine days since July 22, but more quantifiably, 42...

• 7/16 B-R Blog: Keeping Score: Who Was Best for the Boss? – Bats Blog – NYTimes.com 11th June 2010: Keeping Score: Who Was Best for the Boss? – Bats Blog – NYTimes.com  11th June 2010 I got to fill in again for the latest...
• 7/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Goodbye, Boss: Like many Yankee fans, I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of George Steinbrenner today. Though no one can consider...
• 7/8 MLBTradeRumors: Jack Of All Trades: Gary Sheffield: How does a player rack up 509 home runs, post a career OPS+ of 140 (better than Reggie Jackson, Chuck Klein and Al Kaline), make...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....
• 7/5 PaulLebowitz.com: The Mets Strategy With Carlos Beltran: When Beltran returns... His return penciled in as being on or around July 15th, Carlos Beltran will function as a big time...
• 7/3 MLBTradeRumors: Jack Of All Trades: Bobby Bonilla: As any MLBTR reader knows, there are many different types of trades. It takes a certain kind of player to be traded in numerous...

• 6/25 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering the 1993 Trade Deadline: Ah, 1993 was a rough year. The Branch Davidian cult taught us to love again, sure, but not to excess. So did the crazed Steffi...

• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: Minor League Transactions: Matt Eddy of Baseball America has this week's listings of comings and goings in the minors, and here are a few of the notable...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: What's Next For Pat Burrell?: When the Rays designated Pat Burrell for **** , it signaled that Pat the Bat has likely pla**** his last game in a Tampa Bay...
• 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Areas Of Concern: Nationals, Cubs, D'Backs: It's still early - probably too early to draw definite conclusions about teams' strengths and weaknesses - but let's take a look...
• 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: Teams That Could Look For An Upgrade At DH: Designated hitter usually isn't a position that you'll see teams go out and spend big bucks to fill. Most of the 14 AL clubs...
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Could The Nationals Be Trade Deadline Buyers?: The Nationals are off to a 14-13 start, which puts them two games behind the Phillies in the NL East.  However, based on their...

• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: The Latest On The Unsigned Position Players: After recapping the most recent news on some remaining free agent starting pitchers yesterday, let's focus on the bats today....
• 4/24 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Full Count Video: Orioles, Griffey, Braves: FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal has a new Full Count video up, so let's see what he has for us... The Orioles will almost...
• 4/21 B-R Blog: Missing the cycle by a single: Earlier this season, the Rockies' Ian Stewart had his second career game where he missed the cycle by a single. This is the rarest...