Danny Sheaffer
Danny Todd Sheaffer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: August 2, 1961 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Redland (Lewisbury, PA)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 14, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1987
Final Game: September 27, 1997
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Standard Batting

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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
1987 25 BOS AL 25 68 66 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 14 .121 .119 .182 .301 -22 12 2 0 1 1 0 2
1989 27 CLE AL 7 19 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .063 .167 .063 .229 -33 1 0 0 1 0 0 /D57
1993 31 COL NL 82 233 216 26 60 9 1 4 32 2 3 8 15 .278 .299 .384 .683 70 83 9 1 2 6 0 2/375
1994 32 COL NL 44 120 110 11 24 4 0 1 12 0 2 10 11 .218 .283 .282 .565 39 31 2 0 0 0 0 2/37
1995 33 STL NL 76 232 208 24 48 10 1 5 30 0 0 23 38 .231 .306 .361 .667 76 75 8 0 0 1 2 2/35
1996 34 STL NL 79 214 198 10 45 9 3 2 20 3 3 9 25 .227 .271 .333 .605 59 66 13 3 4 0 0 25/37
1997 35 STL NL 76 146 132 10 33 5 0 0 11 1 0 8 17 .250 .296 .288 .584 55 38 10 1 4 1 0 57/2948
7 Seasons 389 1032 946 87 219 38 5 13 110 6 8 60 122 .232 .278 .323 .602 56 306 44 5 12 9 2
162 Game Avg. 162 430 394 36 91 16 2 5 46 2 3 25 51 .232 .278 .323 .602 56 127 18 2 5 4 1
STL (3 yrs) 231 592 538 44 126 24 4 7 61 4 3 40 80 .234 .291 .333 .624 65 179 31 4 8 2 2
COL (2 yrs) 126 353 326 37 84 13 1 5 44 2 5 18 26 .258 .293 .350 .643 60 114 11 1 2 6 0
BOS (1 yr) 25 68 66 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 14 .121 .119 .182 .301 -22 12 2 0 1 1 0
CLE (1 yr) 7 19 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .063 .167 .063 .229 -33 1 0 0 1 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 357 945 864 81 210 37 5 12 105 6 8 58 106 .243 .292 .339 .631 63 293 42 5 10 8 2
AL (2 yrs) 32 87 82 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .110 .129 .159 .288 -24 13 2 0 2 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1987 25 BOS AL 68 62 1 0.4 108 .135 .121 .268 .119 .337 .182 .431 .301 .769 -22 .011 -12.0 -1.2 .200 .061 .061 .0
1989 27 CLE AL 19 16 0 0.0 94 .071 .063 .262 .167 .327 .063 .385 .229 .712 -33 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .200 .125 .000
1993 31 COL NL 233 176 22 3.4 117 .276 .278 .290 .299 .358 .384 .442 .683 .800 70 .355 -9.9 -1.0 .542 .139 .106 2.7
1994 32 COL NL 120 90 8 2.4 123 .235 .218 .294 .283 .363 .282 .460 .565 .823 39 .209 -10.8 -1.0 .433 .136 .064 .0
1995 33 STL NL 232 169 22 3.5 106 .259 .231 .270 .306 .339 .361 .419 .667 .758 76 .355 -7.3 -0.7 .583 .240 .130 .0
1996 34 STL NL 214 173 14 2.2 107 .251 .227 .270 .271 .339 .333 .422 .605 .761 59 .187 -12.6 -1.2 .462 .152 .106 2.4
1997 35 STL NL 146 114 10 2.4 107 .284 .250 .269 .296 .341 .288 .423 .584 .764 55 .209 -8.7 -0.8 .440 .106 .038 .0
7 Seasons 1032 800 77 2.6 111 .251 .232 .277 .278 .346 .323 .430 .602 .776 56 .242 -64.1 -6.2 .474 .153 .092 8.2
162 Game Avg. 430 333 32 2.6 111 .251 .232 .277 .278 .346 .323 .430 .602 .776 56 .242 -64.1 -6.2 .474 .153 .092 3
STL (3 yrs) 592 456 46 2.7 107 .263 .234 .270 .291 .339 .333 .421 .624 .761 65 .256 -28.6 -2.8 .502 .175 .099 5.1
COL (2 yrs) 353 266 30 3.0 119 .262 .258 .291 .293 .360 .350 .448 .643 .807 60 .305 -20.7 -2.0 .504 .138 .092 2.9
BOS (1 yr) 68 62 1 0.4 108 .135 .121 .268 .119 .337 .182 .431 .301 .769 -22 .011 -12.0 -1.2 .200 .061 .061 .0
CLE (1 yr) 19 16 0 0.0 94 .071 .063 .262 .167 .327 .063 .385 .229 .712 -33 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .200 .125 .000
NL (5 yrs) 945 722 76 2.8 111 .263 .243 .278 .292 .347 .339 .431 .631 .778 63 .274 -49.3 -4.8 .503 .161 .096 8.0
AL (2 yrs) 87 78 1 0.3 106 .121 .110 .267 .129 .335 .159 .422 .288 .757 -24 .008 -14.8 -1.5 .200 .073 .049 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 34 STL NL NLCS ATL L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 25 BOS AL 68 1.5% 20.6% 0.0% 2.9% 25% 4.7 66.0 13.2 1.00 76%
1989 27 CLE AL 19 0.0% 10.5% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 8.0 1.80 2.50 74% 13% 0.0% 20%
1993 31 COL NL 233 1.7% 6.4% 3.4% 6.0% 23% 1.88 14.4 54.0 6.8 1.17 1.71 87% 18% 5.1% 16%
1994 32 COL NL 120 0.8% 9.2% 8.3% 4.2% 21% 1.10 10.0 110.0 9.2 1.06 1.24 82% 21% 2.4% 13%
1995 33 STL NL 232 2.2% 16.4% 9.9% 6.9% 33% 1.65 5.5 41.6 6.9 0.61 0.77 72% 23% 6.2% 24%
1996 34 STL NL 214 0.9% 11.7% 4.2% 6.5% 31% 2.78 7.9 99.0 9.9 1.43 2.37 80% 16% 3.4% 14%
1997 35 STL NL 146 0.0% 11.6% 5.5% 3.4% 15% 2.13 7.8 12.0 0.77 1.39 79% 20% 0.0% 20%
7 Seasons 1032 1.3% 11.8% 5.8% 5.4% 26% 2.03 7.8 72.8 8.6 0.99 1.41 79% 19% 3.8% 18%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 25 BOS AL 0 0 57% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 27 CLE AL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 COL NL 2 0 34% 87 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 35% 12 9 3 3 2 1 8 3 4
1994 32 COL NL 1 0 30% 29 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 44% 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 2
1995 33 STL NL 2 0 29% 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 17% 11 9 2 2 2 0 5 4 1
1996 34 STL NL 0 0 15% 61 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18% 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1997 35 STL NL 1 0 24% 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 40% 4 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 3
7 Seasons 6 0 27% 320 6 8 43% 5 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 20 31% 39 31 8 12 8 3 23 10 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1987 25 BOS AL 68 35% 8 1 1 0 0 1.27 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 9 3 33% 51 4 8% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 0
1989 27 CLE AL 19 84% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1993 31 COL NL 232 22% 60 8 0 7 2 0 3 1.77 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 100% 39 9 23% 31 16 52% 144 30 21% 20 15 75% 11 7 64% 1
1994 32 COL NL 120 22% 24 7 0 11 3 0 3 2.00 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 2 10% 11 3 27% 95 13 14% 8 4 50% 10 2 20% 0
1995 33 STL NL 232 36% 48 4 0 6 1 1 1 1.55 5 1 9 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 36 8 22% 17 5 29% 145 25 17% 17 9 53% 12 4 33% 0
1996 34 STL NL 214 31% 45 5 2 19 4 0 3 1.11 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 0 7 4 57% 53 13 25% 25 9 36% 171 19 11% 15 6 40% 14 6 43% 0
1997 35 STL NL 146 47% 33 6 3 25 3 0 2 1.52 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 36 10 28% 18 7 39% 95 11 12% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
7 Seasons 1031 33% 219 30 5 70 14 1 12 1.49 13 1 34 10 3 5 8 0 17 12 71% 208 44 21% 115 44 38% 714 102 14% 74 39 53% 60 22 37% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 27 CLE AL 19 69 3.63 45 65% 31% 4% 31% 33% 69% 0% 45% 94% 16% 11% 2 0 16% 3 0 11% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1993 31 COL NL 222 691 3.11 470 68% 20% 11% 26% 42% 80% 0% 54% 85% 41% 2% 4 1 10% 22 11 5% 12 5 7% 11 0 1
1994 32 COL NL 120 419 3.49 244 58% 23% 11% 25% 41% 77% 0% 45% 86% 40% 8% 10 2 14% 17 4 11% 13 9 36% 0 0 0
1995 33 STL NL 205 727 3.55 447 61% 27% 13% 27% 33% 73% 3% 45% 82% 37% 8% 16 1 18% 36 12 10% 20 7 33% 27 0 0
1996 34 STL NL 191 608 3.18 395 65% 21% 10% 28% 40% 79% 0% 51% 87% 44% 2% 4 0 8% 16 9 5% 9 4 38% 23 0 0
1997 35 STL NL 138 448 3.25 307 69% 15% 16% 31% 37% 84% 0% 58% 81% 54% 3% 4 1 9% 12 7 7% 9 5 38% 8 0 1
6 Seasons 895 2962 3.31 1908 64% 22% 12% 27% 39% 78% 1% 50% 84% 42% 4% 40 5 12% 106 43 7% 65 31 32% 69 0 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 25 25 68 66 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 14 .121 .119 .182 .301 -22 12 2 0 1 1 0
1988 26 25 68 66 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 14 .121 .119 .182 .301 -22 12 2 0 1 1 0
1989 27 32 87 82 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .110 .129 .159 .288 -24 13 2 0 2 1 0
1990 28 32 87 82 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .110 .129 .159 .288 -24 13 2 0 2 1 0
1991 29 32 87 82 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .110 .129 .159 .288 -24 13 2 0 2 1 0
1992 30 32 87 82 6 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 16 .110 .129 .159 .288 -24 13 2 0 2 1 0
1993 31 114 320 298 32 69 10 1 5 37 2 3 10 31 .232 .253 .322 .575 46 96 11 1 4 7 0
1994 32 158 440 408 43 93 14 1 6 49 2 5 20 42 .228 .261 .311 .573 44 127 13 1 4 7 0
1995 33 234 672 616 67 141 24 2 11 79 2 5 43 80 .229 .277 .328 .605 55 202 21 1 4 8 2
1996 34 313 886 814 77 186 33 5 13 99 5 8 52 105 .229 .276 .329 .605 56 268 34 4 8 8 2
1997 35 389 1032 946 87 219 38 5 13 110 6 8 60 122 .232 .278 .323 .602 56 306 44 5 12 9 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 25 25 67 66 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 25
1989 27 7 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 7
1993 31 82 221 207 22 51 8 1 3 27 2 7 15 .246 .267 .338 .605 19 82
1994 32 62 163 151 13 30 5 0 1 14 0 12 15 .199 .258 .252 .509 10 44
1995 33 86 256 231 26 51 11 1 5 32 0 24 43 .221 .293 .342 .635 24 76
1996 34 79 202 191 9 38 8 3 2 19 3 8 25 .199 .243 .304 .546 13 79
1997 35 76 137 128 9 29 4 0 0 10 1 7 17 .227 .270 .258 .528 9 76
7 Seasons 417 1064 990 83 199 36 5 11 106 6 60 131 .201 .248 .281 .529 76 389
162 Game Avg. 162 413 385 32 77 14 2 4 41 2 23 51 .201 .248 .281 .529 30 389

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