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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 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	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1987	BOS	AL	25	C	25	20	176.1	129	121	5	3	1	.977	0.0	0.0						0	6.43	5.04	.988	6.74	5.49	2	4	15	6	29%
1989	CLE	AL	27	DH	3
1989	CLE	AL	27	3B	2	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-48.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.35
1989	CLE	AL	27	LF	1	1	9.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.3	173.3	1.3	0.0	1.3	0			4.00	4.00	.975	2.20	1.80
1989	CLE	AL	27	OF	1	1	9.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.3	173.3	1.3	0.0	1.3	0			4.00	4.00	.975	2.40	2.10
1993	COL	NL	31	C	65	57	493.0	361	331	28	2	5	.994	-3.0	-7.3						-3	6.55	5.52	.989	6.74	5.75	6	27	36	15	29%
1993	COL	NL	31	1B	7	0	11.0	10	6	4	0	1	1.000	1.1	120.0	1.1	0.7	0.4		0		8.18	1.43	.990	9.65	8.01
1993	COL	NL	31	LF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-80.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0			0.00	0.00		2.10	1.70
1993	COL	NL	31	OF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-80.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0			0.00	0.00		2.40	2.00
1993	COL	NL	31	3B	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	2.30
1994	COL	NL	32	C	30	28	235.2	195	178	16	1	2	.995	-1.0	-5.1						-1	7.41	6.47	.991	7.10	6.15	2	9	24	9	27%
1994	COL	NL	32	1B	2	0	3.0	4	4	0	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0		12.00	2.00	1.000	9.60	8.10
1994	COL	NL	32	LF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.40
1994	COL	NL	32	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.25	1.90
1995	STL	NL	33	C	67	53	486.2	400	360	37	3	9	.993	-4.0	-9.9						-4	7.34	5.93	.989	7.40	6.34	1	24	60	18	23%
1995	STL	NL	33	1B	3	3	25.0	35	31	4	0	1	1.000	0.2	9.6	0.2	-0.8	1.0		0		12.60	11.67	.994	9.68	8.37
1995	STL	NL	33	3B	1	1	6.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.1	20.0	0.1	0.0	0.1		0		3.00	2.00	.950	2.70	2.30
1996	STL	NL	34	C	47	37	322.2	289	257	27	5	3	.983	1.0	3.7						1	7.92	6.04	.989	7.50	6.33	1	10	28	12	30%
1996	STL	NL	34	3B	17	8	95.0	24	6	17	1	0	.958	-1.3	-16.4	-1.3	0.7	-2.0		0		2.18	1.35	.946	2.71	2.21
1996	STL	NL	34	1B	6	1	16.2	11	11	0	0	1	1.000	-0.1	-7.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0		5.94	1.83	.991	9.67	8.35
1996	STL	NL	34	LF	3	1	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	12.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0			2.70	1.00	.967	1.89	1.47
1996	STL	NL	34	OF	3	1	10.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	12.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0			2.70	1.00	.967	2.16	1.80
1997	STL	NL	35	3B	30	17	166.1	46	8	36	2	2	.957	-0.9	-6.5	-0.9	0.5	-1.4		0		2.38	1.47	.946	2.66	2.19
1997	STL	NL	35	OF	22	7	71.2	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-2.7	-45.2	-2.7	-2.3	-0.4	0			1.51	0.55	.983	2.13	1.77
1997	STL	NL	35	LF	13	4	36.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	6.7	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0			2.25	0.69	.978	1.95	1.48
1997	STL	NL	35	C	9	1	20.2	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	-1.0	-58.1						-1	8.71	2.22	.990	7.71	6.58	0	1	4	0	0%
1997	STL	NL	35	RF	9	3	34.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-2.9	-102.4	-2.9	-2.7	-0.2	0			1.06	0.44	.975	2.04	1.64
1997	STL	NL	35	2B	3	0	10.0	6	3	3	0	2	1.000	0.8	96.0	0.8	0.0	0.8		0		5.40	2.00	.983	5.04	4.30
1997	STL	NL	35	CF	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.05
6 Seasons				C	243	196	1735.0	1394	1266	114	14	20	.990	-8.0	-5.5						-8	7.16	5.68	.989	7.13	6.08	12	75	167	60	26%
5 Seasons				3B	51	26	273.1	72	14	55	3	2	.958	-2.3	-10.1	-2.3	1.0	-3.3		0		2.27	1.35	.946	2.68	2.21
5 Seasons				OF	29	9	95.2	19	19	0	0	0	1.000	-1.5	-18.8	-1.5	-2.2	0.7	0			1.79	0.66	.979	2.17	1.80
5 Seasons				LF	20	6	60.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.4	28.0	1.4	0.5	0.9	0			2.40	0.80	.975	1.98	1.51
4 Seasons				1B	18	4	55.2	60	52	8	0	5	1.000	1.2	25.9	1.2	-0.1	1.3		0		9.70	3.33	.993	9.67	8.19
1 Season				RF	9	3	34.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-2.9	-102.4	-2.9	-2.7	-0.2	0			1.06	0.44	.975	2.04	1.64
1 Season				2B	3	0	10.0	6	3	3	0	2	1.000	0.8	96.0	0.8	0.0	0.8		0		5.40	2.00	.983	5.04	4.30
1 Season				DH	3
1 Season				CF	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.05
7 Seasons				TOT	346	235	2169.2	1552	1355	180	17	29	.989	-9.8	-5.4	-1.8	-1.3	-0.5	0	0	-8	6.37	4.44	.976	6.40	5.20	12	75	167	60	26%
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	2B	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1987	BOS	AL	25	25	20	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1989	CLE	AL	27	7	4	7	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	1
1993	COL	NL	31	82	57	82	75	65	7	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	9	3
1994	COL	NL	32	44	28	44	33	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	0
1995	STL	NL	33	76	57	76	71	67	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1996	STL	NL	34	79	47	79	66	47	6	0	17	3	0	0	3	0	21	0
1997	STL	NL	35	76	25	76	56	9	0	3	30	13	2	9	22	0	28	0
7 Seasons				389	238	389	329	243	18	3	51	20	2	9	29	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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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					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	789	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	2317	5.39	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	1087	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	2211	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	1406	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	101	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				7911	4.68	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					4.11	4.56		94%																							86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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	1.42
1993	COL	NL	31	6	27	815	36	15	12	29%	29	13	7	1	0	1	1	0	96	25	1.48	1.42
1994	COL	NL	32	2	9	405	24	9	6	27%	20	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	41	13	1.61	1.49
1995	STL	NL	33	1	24	805	60	18	17	23%	54	13	6	5	0	0	0	0	101	20	1.17	1.22
1996	STL	NL	34	1	10	459	28	12	12	30%	27	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	49	14	1.00	1.24
1997	STL	NL	35	0	1	41	4	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1.49
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*

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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%
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	409	67%	75%	30%	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	757	41%	73%	32%	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				1213	51%	74%	32%	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					56%	76%	31%		87%																								66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
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	33	70%	91%	42%	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	22	55%	64%	18%	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	149	50%	68%	40%	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	266	56%	74%	41%	33	48%
MLB Averages																															59.7%			2.5%			56%	76%	38%		50%

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%
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	115	64%	74%	37%	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	89	48%	69%	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				264	55%	71%	31%	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					56%	76%	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%
1997	STL	NL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	145	55%	72%	37%	12	25%
1 Season				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	145	55%	72%	37%	12	25%
MLB Averages																															44.3%			2.5%			56%	76%	38%		52%

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
1997	STL	NL	35	38	50%	68%	39%	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				38	50%	68%	39%	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					56%	76%	31%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
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	7	86%	71%	29%	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	7	86%	71%	29%	0
MLB Averages																															40.8%			1.7%			56%	76%	38%		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 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Probability and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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