Mike Sharperson
Michael Tyrone Sharperson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 191 lb.

Born: October 4, 1961 in Orangeburg, SC
High School: Wilkinson (Orangeburg, SC)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1987
Final Game: July 15, 1995
Died: May 26, 1996 in Las Vegas, NV
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 TOT MLB 25 2B 38 33 283.0 152 65 82 5 18 .967 1.4 5.9 1.4 -0.3 1.7 0 4.67 3.87 .980 5.13 4.47
1987 TOR AL 25 2B 32 30 251.0 137 64 69 4 16 .971 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 1.1 0 4.77 4.16 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 LAD NL 25 3B 7 7 50.0 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.2 28.8 1.2 0.8 0.4 0 3.24 2.57 .950 2.83 2.34
1987 LAD NL 25 2B 6 3 32.0 15 1 13 1 2 .933 1.4 52.5 1.4 0.8 0.6 0 3.94 2.33 .980 5.20 4.43
1988 LAD NL 26 2B 20 2 73.1 39 11 26 2 6 .949 0.9 14.7 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 4.54 1.85 .979 5.22 4.58
1988 LAD NL 26 3B 6 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -37.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 2.25 0.67 .950 2.76 2.35
1988 LAD NL 26 SS 4 1 18.2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -83.6 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 4.34 2.25 .967 4.63 4.00
1989 LAD NL 27 2B 4 2 23.0 11 7 4 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.30 2.75 .982 5.13 4.42
1989 LAD NL 27 1B 2 0 6.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 7.50 2.50 1.000 9.75 8.40
1989 LAD NL 27 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.25
1989 LAD NL 27 SS 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 .967 4.50 3.90
1990 LAD NL 28 3B 106 75 690.0 235 70 153 12 10 .949 -1.0 -1.7 0.0 -0.8 0.8 -1 2.91 2.10 .947 2.73 2.31
1990 LAD NL 28 SS 15 6 64.1 44 17 26 1 7 .977 -0.4 -7.5 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 6.02 2.87 .966 4.59 4.00
1990 LAD NL 28 2B 9 5 41.2 23 10 12 1 1 .957 0.1 2.9 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 4.75 2.44 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 LAD NL 28 1B 6 5 43.0 58 55 2 1 5 .983 -0.2 -5.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 11.93 9.50 .991 9.59 7.88
1991 LAD NL 29 3B 68 45 401.2 103 30 71 2 5 .981 -0.3 -0.9 0.7 -0.9 1.6 -1 2.26 1.49 .949 2.74 2.31
1991 LAD NL 29 SS 16 5 54.0 25 8 16 1 2 .960 -0.3 -6.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 4.00 1.50 .968 4.67 3.88
1991 LAD NL 29 1B 10 6 53.0 59 46 12 1 5 .983 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0 9.85 5.80 .992 9.80 8.44
1991 LAD NL 29 2B 5 1 15.0 13 5 8 0 3 1.000 1.2 96.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 1 7.80 2.60 .985 5.16 4.28
1992 LAD NL 30 2B 63 33 331.2 243 104 134 5 26 .979 -3.9 -14.1 -3.9 -1.8 -2.1 0 6.46 3.78 .981 5.18 4.27 AS
1992 LAD NL 30 3B 60 39 335.0 109 15 86 8 5 .927 -4.9 -17.6 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0 -1 2.71 1.68 .953 2.67 2.29 AS
1992 LAD NL 30 SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 4.50 3.85 AS
1993 LAD NL 31 2B 17 9 90.0 55 24 28 3 8 .945 -1.4 -18.7 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 5.20 3.06 .980 5.16 4.49
1993 LAD NL 31 3B 6 1 13.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.2 -18.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.46 0.83 .950 2.70 2.32
1993 LAD NL 31 SS 3 2 15.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 -0.7 -53.6 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 5.74 3.33 .964 4.71 4.03
1993 LAD NL 31 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.00
1993 LAD NL 31 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1993 LAD NL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1995 ATL NL 33 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
8 Seasons 3B 256 168 1511.2 475 125 327 23 20 .952 -6.3 -5.0 -3.3 -3.7 0.4 -3 2.69 1.77 .949 2.72 2.31
7 Seasons 2B 156 85 857.2 536 226 294 16 64 .970 -1.8 -2.5 -2.8 -1.7 -1.1 1 5.46 3.33 .981 5.15 4.39
6 Seasons SS 41 14 160.2 93 32 58 3 10 .968 -3.0 -22.4 -2.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1 5.04 2.20 .967 4.63 3.95
4 Seasons 1B 19 11 103.0 122 105 15 2 10 .984 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 10.49 6.32 .992 9.71 8.24
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
8 Seasons TOT 473 278 2634.0 1226 488 694 44 104 .964 -11.0 -5.0 -8.0 -6.0 -2.0 -3 4.04 2.50 .933 3.90 3.37
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 TOR AL 25 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 25 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 LAD NL 26 46 4 46 30 0 0 0 20 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
1989 LAD NL 27 27 2 27 8 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
1990 LAD NL 28 129 91 129 121 0 0 6 9 106 15 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
1991 LAD NL 29 105 57 105 89 0 0 10 5 68 16 0 0 0 0 0 28 3
1992 LAD NL 30 128 72 128 115 0 0 0 63 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 48 1
1993 LAD NL 31 73 12 73 27 0 0 1 17 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 53 2
1995 ATL NL 33 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Seasons 557 278 557 433 0 0 19 156 256 41 0 0 1 1 0 203 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 LAD NL 25 222 56% 75% 27% 19 89% 1 3 3 0 0 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1988 LAD NL 26 69 39% 70% 25% 4 100% 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 27 15 67% 67% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 28 3041 47% 75% 30% 236 87% 0 72 57 6 9 150 124 20 1 4 12 1 8 3 11 11 5 1 8 3 2 1 15 40%
1991 LAD NL 29 1698 48% 74% 33% 109 87% 0 31 25 6 0 70 56 13 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 4 0 4 1 1 0 10 80%
1992 LAD NL 30 1532 45% 75% 32% 120 78% 1 15 13 0 2 85 63 17 1 0 8 0 4 4 5 5 3 0 4 1 1 0 13 85%
1993 LAD NL 31 62 42% 77% 35% 5 80% 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ATL NL 33 11 45% 82% 55% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 6650 47% 75% 31% 493 85% 2 128 104 12 12 322 257 51 3 5 23 1 13 9 19 21 12 1 16 5 4 1 40 63%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 87% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 TOR AL 25 1099 63% 75% 26% 95 93% 0 60 27 23 10 74 60 11 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 16 3 5 7 0 15 7 8 1 1 0
1987 LAD NL 25 122 38% 75% 31% 14 86% 0 1 0 1 0 13 9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1988 LAD NL 26 311 55% 73% 34% 28 96% 0 11 4 6 1 26 24 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 27 99 56% 72% 28% 4 100% 0 7 2 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 28 179 46% 71% 30% 18 94% 0 10 4 3 3 14 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 29 61 56% 79% 30% 11 91% 0 5 3 2 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
1992 LAD NL 30 1465 48% 75% 34% 178 84% 1 104 34 42 28 134 118 14 1 0 5 1 4 0 4 26 13 5 5 1 25 6 18 1 1 0
1993 LAD NL 31 392 43% 79% 38% 34 85% 0 24 6 15 3 28 23 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 5 0 2 0 7 2 5 1 0 1
7 Seasons 3728 52% 75% 31% 382 88% 1 222 80 94 48 301 256 39 1 5 15 1 13 1 13 63 24 14 18 2 59 20 38 3 2 1
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1988 LAD NL 26 85 62% 76% 34% 8 88% 1 4 2 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 27 15 67% 80% 60% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 28 276 47% 80% 28% 31 94% 0 16 10 5 1 22 16 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 0
1991 LAD NL 29 236 50% 74% 31% 20 85% 0 8 2 4 2 16 13 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1992 LAD NL 30 20 50% 75% 30% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 LAD NL 31 75 48% 77% 39% 9 89% 1 2 0 2 0 9 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 707 50% 77% 32% 74 88% 2 31 15 13 3 55 41 11 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 9 2 1 3 1 1 8 3 5 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 LAD NL 27 24 58% 67% 25% 3 100% 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 28 175 54% 81% 37% 14 93% 0 56 4 52 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 29 244 52% 79% 32% 22 95% 0 46 6 37 3 4 12 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 LAD NL 31 4 75% 25% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 447 53% 79% 33% 39 95% 0 106 11 92 3 12 15 12 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 60% 40% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 60% 40% 0
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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