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Danny Sheaffer

Danny Todd Sheaffer

Positions: Catcher, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 2, 1961 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Redland HS (Lewisbury, PA)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rockies/RedSox/Indians 1987-1997

Final Game: September 27, 1997
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1987 BOS AL 25 C 25 20 13 176.1 129 121 5 3 1 .977 0 0 6.43 5.04 .988 6.74 6.67 2 4 15 6 29% 31% 0
1989 CLE AL 27 DH 3 3
1989 CLE AL 27 3B 2 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -48 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1989 CLE AL 27 LF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 173 4.00 4.00 .978 2.20 2.10
1989 CLE AL 27 OF 1 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 173 4.00 4.00 .980 2.40 2.40
1993 COL NL 31 C 65 57 47 493.0 361 331 28 2 5 .994 -3 -7 6.55 5.52 .989 6.74 6.69 6 27 36 15 29% 31% 1
1993 COL NL 31 1B 7 0 0 11.0 10 6 4 0 1 1.000 1 120 8.18 1.43 .992 9.65 9.61
1993 COL NL 31 LF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
1993 COL NL 31 OF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.35
1993 COL NL 31 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1994 COL NL 32 C 30 28 18 235.2 195 178 16 1 2 .995 -1 -5 7.41 6.47 .991 7.10 7.05 2 9 24 9 27% 32% 0
1994 COL NL 32 1B 2 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 12.00 2.00 .992 9.60 9.65
1994 COL NL 32 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1994 COL NL 32 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1995 STL NL 33 C 67 53 46 486.2 400 360 37 3 9 .993 -4 -10 7.34 5.93 .989 7.40 7.37 1 24 60 18 23% 30% 0
1995 STL NL 33 1B 3 3 3 25.0 35 31 4 0 1 1.000 0 10 12.60 11.67 .993 9.68 9.67
1995 STL NL 33 3B 1 1 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 20 3.00 2.00 .945 2.70 2.80
1996 STL NL 34 C 47 37 29 322.2 289 257 27 5 3 .983 1 4 7.92 6.04 .989 7.50 7.45 1 10 28 12 30% 28% 0
1996 STL NL 34 3B 17 8 5 95.0 24 6 17 1 0 .958 -1 -16 2.18 1.35 .948 2.71 2.69
1996 STL NL 34 1B 6 1 1 16.2 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 -0 -7 5.94 1.83 .992 9.67 9.57
1996 STL NL 34 LF 3 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 2.70 1.00 .973 1.89 1.83
1996 STL NL 34 OF 3 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 12 2.70 1.00 .977 2.16 2.13
1997 STL NL 35 3B 30 17 9 166.1 46 8 36 2 2 .957 -1 -6 2.38 1.47 .946 2.66 2.64
1997 STL NL 35 OF 22 7 2 71.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -45 1.63 0.59 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 STL NL 35 LF 13 4 1 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.25 0.69 .980 1.95 1.93
1997 STL NL 35 C 9 1 1 20.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -58 8.71 2.22 .990 7.71 7.62 0 1 4 0 0% 32% 0
1997 STL NL 35 RF 9 3 1 34.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -102 0.79 0.33 .977 2.04 2.03
1997 STL NL 35 2B 3 0 0 10.0 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 1 96 5.40 2.00 .980 5.04 5.03
1997 STL NL 35 CF 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
6 Seasons C 243 196 154 1735.0 1394 1266 114 14 20 .990 -8 -6 7.16 5.68 .989 7.13 7.10 12 75 167 60 26% 30% 1
5 Seasons 3B 51 26 14 273.1 72 14 55 3 2 .958 -2 -10 2.27 1.35 .947 2.68 2.66
5 Seasons OF 29 9 4 95.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -19 1.88 0.69 .980 2.17 2.15
5 Seasons LF 20 6 3 60.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 28 2.40 0.80 .978 1.98 1.94
4 Seasons 1B 18 4 4 55.2 60 52 8 0 5 1.000 1 26 9.70 3.33 .993 9.67 9.61
1 Season RF 9 3 1 34.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -102 0.79 0.33 .977 2.04 2.03
1 Season 2B 3 0 0 10.0 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 1 96 5.40 2.00 .980 5.04 5.03
1 Season CF 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
7 Seasons TOT 344 235 176 2169.2 1552 1355 180 17 29 .989 -10 -5 6.37 4.46 .987 6.40 6.14 12 75 167 60 26% 30% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 BOS AL 25 C 0 0 0
1989 CLE AL 27 3B -0 -48 -0 0 -0 0
1989 CLE AL 27 LF 1 173 1 1 0 0
1993 COL NL 31 C -3 -7 -3
1993 COL NL 31 1B 1 120 1 0 1 0
1993 COL NL 31 LF -0 -80 -0 -0 0 0
1993 COL NL 31 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1994 COL NL 32 C -1 -5 -1
1994 COL NL 32 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 COL NL 32 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1995 STL NL 33 C -4 -10 -4
1995 STL NL 33 1B 0 10 0 1 -1 0
1995 STL NL 33 3B 0 20 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 34 C 1 4 1
1996 STL NL 34 3B -1 -16 -1 -2 1 0
1996 STL NL 34 1B -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
1996 STL NL 34 LF 0 12 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 35 3B -1 -6 -1 -1 0 0
1997 STL NL 35 LF 0 7 0 -0 0 0
1997 STL NL 35 C -1 -58 -1
1997 STL NL 35 RF -3 -102 -3 -0 -3 0
1997 STL NL 35 2B 1 96 1 1 0 0
1997 STL NL 35 CF 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons C -8 -6 -8
5 Seasons 3B -2 -10 -2 -3 1 0
5 Seasons LF 1 28 1 1 1 0
4 Seasons 1B 1 26 1 1 -0 0
1 Season RF -3 -102 -3 -0 -3 0
1 Season 2B 1 96 1 1 0 0
1 Season CF 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT -10 -5 -2 -1 -1 0 0 -8
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 BOS AL 25 25 20 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 CLE AL 27 7 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1
1993 COL NL 31 82 57 82 75 0 65 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 3
1994 COL NL 32 44 28 44 33 0 30 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1995 STL NL 33 76 57 76 71 0 67 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1996 STL NL 34 79 47 79 66 0 47 6 0 17 0 3 0 0 3 0 21 0
1997 STL NL 35 76 25 76 56 0 9 0 3 30 0 13 2 9 24 0 28 0
7 Seasons 389 238 389 329 0 243 18 3 51 0 20 2 9 31 3 81 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1987 BOS AL 25 759 4.54 4.85 3 67% 1 0 121 1 0 2 117 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1993 COL NL 31 2209 5.36 6.16 17 100% 0 0 331 9 2 6 314 28 10 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 2 3 7 100%
1994 COL NL 32 1039 4.70 4.89 20 90% 0 0 177 10 1 4 162 17 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7 86%
1995 STL NL 33 2108 4.35 4.99 25 92% 0 1 360 10 1 6 343 37 14 0 0 4 3 1 0 2 0 9 0 1 1 13 92%
1996 STL NL 34 1354 4.16 4.49 17 100% 0 0 257 8 2 2 245 25 8 0 1 3 5 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 2 6 100%
1997 STL NL 35 94 4.35 4.79 0 0 0 19 0 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 7563 4.67 5.20 82 94% 1 1 1265 38 6 21 1199 113 42 0 1 11 14 1 3 10 1 20 0 5 7 35 91%
MLB Averages 4.12 4.56 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1987 BOS AL 25 2 4 288 15 6 4 29% 12 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 28 9 1.46 1.43
1993 COL NL 31 6 27 815 36 15 12 29% 29 13 7 1 0 1 1 0 96 25 1.47 1.42
1994 COL NL 32 2 9 405 24 9 6 27% 20 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 41 13 1.62 1.50
1995 STL NL 33 1 24 805 60 18 17 23% 54 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 101 20 1.16 1.21
1996 STL NL 34 1 10 459 28 12 12 30% 27 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 14 0.99 1.24
1997 STL NL 35 0 1 41 4 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.46
6 Seasons 12 75 2813 167 60 51 26% 146 51 21 7 0 2 1 0 322 81 1.30 1.33
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.26

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1989 CLE AL 27 21 52% 76% 38% 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 COL NL 31 3 33% 33% 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
1995 STL NL 33 23 83% 91% 52% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 34 395 69% 77% 31% 27 85% 0 6 4 2 0 17 16 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 STL NL 35 722 43% 76% 34% 49 82% 0 8 2 3 3 37 33 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 40%
5 Seasons 1164 53% 77% 33% 80 81% 0 14 6 5 3 56 51 4 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 50%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 87% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1989 CLE AL 27 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 32 72% 94% 44% 6 67%
1993 COL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 20 60% 70% 20% 1 0%
1994 COL NL 32 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 10 70% 50% 30% 0
1996 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 52 60% 92% 56% 8 38%
1997 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 147 51% 69% 41% 18 50%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 261 57% 76% 42% 33 48%
MLB Averages 61.0% 2.7% 58% 79% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1993 COL NL 31 47 55% 70% 28% 6 100% 0 6 1 5 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1994 COL NL 32 13 23% 69% 38% 1 100% 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1995 STL NL 33 109 68% 78% 39% 7 86% 0 31 1 30 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 34 86 50% 71% 24% 2 100% 0 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 255 57% 74% 32% 16 94% 0 52 5 47 0 2 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1997 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 145 55% 72% 37% 12 25%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 145 55% 72% 37% 12 25%
MLB Averages 42.7% 2.6% 58% 79% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1997 STL NL 35 37 51% 70% 41% 2 100% 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1 Season 37 51% 70% 41% 2 100% 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1997 STL NL 35 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 6 100% 83% 33% 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 6 100% 83% 33% 0
MLB Averages 42.4% 1.9% 58% 79% 39% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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