Ben Sheets
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 18, 1978 in St. Amant, LA
High School: St. Amant (St. Amant, LA)
School: University of Louisiana at Monroe
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2001
Final Game: September 27, 2008
Relatives: Cousin of Andy Sheets
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2001 22 MIL NL 11 10 .524 4.76 25 25 0 1 1 0 151.1 166 89 80 23 48 6 94 5 0 3 653 91 1.414 9.9 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.96 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 11 16 .407 4.15 34 34 0 1 0 0 216.2 237 105 100 21 70 10 170 10 0 9 934 98 1.417 9.8 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.43
2003 24 MIL NL 11 13 .458 4.45 34 34 0 1 0 0 220.2 232 122 109 29 43 2 157 6 0 7 931 96 1.246 9.5 1.2 1.8 6.4 3.65
2004 25 MIL NL 12 14 .462 2.70 34 34 0 5 0 0 237.0 201 85 71 25 32 1 264 4 1 8 937 162 0.983 7.6 0.9 1.2 10.0 8.25 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 10 9 .526 3.33 22 22 0 3 0 0 156.2 142 66 58 19 25 1 141 2 0 7 633 128 1.066 8.2 1.1 1.4 8.1 5.64
2006 27 MIL NL 6 7 .462 3.82 17 17 0 0 0 0 106.0 105 47 45 9 11 1 116 2 0 3 430 119 1.094 8.9 0.8 0.9 9.8 10.55
2007 28 MIL NL 12 5 .706 3.82 24 24 0 2 0 0 141.1 138 62 60 17 37 2 106 1 0 4 592 116 1.238 8.8 1.1 2.4 6.8 2.86 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 13 9 .591 3.09 31 31 0 5 3 0 198.1 181 74 68 17 47 2 158 1 0 8 812 136 1.150 8.2 0.8 2.1 7.2 3.36 AS
8 Seasons 86 83 .509 3.72 221 221 0 18 4 0 1428.0 1402 650 591 160 313 25 1206 31 1 49 5922 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .509 3.72 34 34 0 3 1 0 220 216 100 91 25 48 4 186 5 0 8 911 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 MIL NL 22 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MIL NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2007 MIL NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 MIL NL 29 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 1 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 18 1.154 6.2 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 22 MIL NL 25 653 587 89 166 33 3 23 7 4 48 94 .283 .340 .467 .806 .301 274 16 5 8 5 6
2002 23 MIL NL 34 934 844 105 237 55 4 21 14 12 70 170 .281 .343 .430 .773 .331 363 19 10 10 0 10
2003 24 MIL NL 34 931 865 122 232 43 5 29 14 4 43 157 .268 .305 .430 .735 .296 372 15 6 11 6 2
2004 25 MIL NL 34 937 891 85 201 57 4 25 15 5 32 264 .226 .255 .383 .637 .290 341 10 4 6 4 1
2005 26 MIL NL 22 633 598 66 142 25 3 19 14 2 25 141 .237 .270 .385 .654 .280 230 6 2 6 2 1
2006 27 MIL NL 17 430 406 47 105 33 3 9 10 2 11 116 .259 .278 .421 .699 .336 171 3 2 6 5 1
2007 28 MIL NL 24 592 545 62 138 23 5 17 21 0 37 106 .253 .299 .407 .707 .283 222 7 1 4 5 2
2008 29 MIL NL 31 812 751 74 181 49 6 17 13 7 47 158 .241 .284 .390 .674 .281 293 8 1 6 7 2
8 Seasons 221 5922 5487 650 1402 318 33 160 108 36 313 1206 .256 .298 .413 .711 .299 2266 84 31 57 34 25
162 Game Avg. 34 911 844 100 216 49 5 25 17 6 48 186 .256 .298 .413 .711 .299 349 13 5 9 5 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2001 22 MIL NL 25 25 11 10 4 3 2 12 13 .480 0 4 1 1 12 48% 47 79 8 19 4 0 9 5.0 5.1 6.1 94 2 14 9 0 112
2002 23 MIL NL 34 34 11 16 7 1 7 12 22 .353 1 4 1 0 22 65% 51 79 18 14 5 0 11 3.6 4.1 6.4 103 1 8 24 1 126
2003 24 MIL NL 34 34 11 13 10 1 5 18 16 .529 3 5 1 0 18 53% 51 79 8 7 1 0 9 4.7 4.3 6.5 99 1 14 16 3 127
2004 25 MIL NL 34 34 12 14 8 2 9 16 18 .471 1 4 5 0 24 71% 63 94 32 5 0 0 9 3.5 3.3 7.0 105 1 6 24 3 127
2005 26 MIL NL 22 22 10 9 3 0 4 12 10 .545 0 3 3 0 16 73% 59 80 13 8 4 0 8 3.7 3.5 7.1 104 1 6 12 3 126
2006 27 MIL NL 17 17 6 7 4 1 2 6 11 .353 2 0 0 0 11 65% 57 84 14 5 4 0 9 3.7 4.1 6.2 92 2 9 6 0 114
2007 28 MIL NL 24 24 12 5 7 3 1 15 9 .625 2 3 2 0 14 58% 53 82 20 6 2 1 10 6.0 5.1 5.9 93 4 7 12 1 124
2008 29 MIL NL 31 31 13 9 9 3 3 18 13 .581 3 4 5 3 18 58% 57 85 25 10 0 0 17 4.5 4.0 6.4 98 4 8 15 4 123
8 Seasons 221 221 86 83 52 14 33 109 112 .493 12 27 18 4 135 61% 55 94 8 74 20 1 82 4.3 4.1 6.5 99 16 72 118 15 127
MLB Averages

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2001 22 MIL NL 653 44% 3.5% 14.4% 7.4% 9.0% 36% 0.92 1.32 73% 26% 10.5% 10% 119 16 13%
2002 23 MIL NL 934 48% 2.3% 18.2% 7.5% 8.6% 34% 0.79 1.25 70% 27% 6.8% 14% 169 19 11%
2003 24 MIL NL 931 45% 3.1% 16.9% 4.6% 8.3% 33% 0.82 0.98 74% 20% 8.5% 12% 168 15 9%
2004 25 MIL NL 937 48% 2.7% 28.2% 3.4% 9.2% 43% 0.76 0.96 65% 20% 7.9% 10% 123 10 8%
2005 26 MIL NL 633 51% 3.0% 22.3% 4.0% 7.4% 33% 0.60 0.71 70% 20% 7.4% 9% 82 6 7%
2006 27 MIL NL 430 41% 2.1% 27.0% 2.6% 10.5% 43% 0.69 0.83 67% 18% 5.8% 10% 51 3 6%
2007 28 MIL NL 592 46% 2.9% 17.9% 6.3% 7.6% 33% 0.59 0.70 72% 20% 7.5% 18% 102 7 7%
2008 29 MIL NL 812 51% 2.1% 19.5% 5.8% 8.9% 40% 0.70 0.92 72% 17% 5.5% 11% 115 8 7%
8 Seasons 5922 47% 2.7% 20.4% 5.3% 8.6% 36% 0.74 0.96 70% 21% 7.5% 12% 929 84 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 22 MIL NL 653 2360 3.61 1504 64% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 3% 47% 85% 58% 5% 32 19 20% 131 78 8 23% 18 8 0 0 0
2002 23 MIL NL 934 3501 3.75 2225 64% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 3% 47% 81% 61% 4% 39 19 22% 202 120 16 19% 31 10 0 0 0
2003 24 MIL NL 931 3358 3.61 2205 66% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 1% 48% 83% 64% 3% 30 16 22% 205 107 6 30% 27 12 0 0 0
2004 25 MIL NL 937 3579 3.82 2441 68% 27% 18% 28% 26% 73% 0% 50% 75% 66% 2% 20 12 31% 289 155 13 20% 54 7 0 0 0
2005 26 MIL NL 633 2292 3.62 1541 67% 27% 15% 28% 30% 73% 1% 49% 80% 62% 3% 18 15 27% 173 108 6 28% 29 2 0 0 0
2006 27 MIL NL 430 1567 3.64 1070 68% 26% 18% 28% 28% 74% 1% 51% 76% 64% 2% 9 8 23% 101 64 6 22% 23 0 0 0 0
2007 28 MIL NL 592 2240 3.78 1470 66% 26% 13% 31% 30% 74% 1% 49% 82% 63% 3% 20 13 22% 133 71 10 27% 17 5 0 0 0
2008 29 MIL NL 812 3051 3.76 2002 66% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 48% 81% 61% 2% 16 8 24% 197 105 9 24% 28 6 0 0 0
8 Seasons 5922 21948 3.71 14458 66% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 48% 80% 63% 3% 184 110 24% 1431 808 74 24% 227 50 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2001 22 MIL NL 653 166 21 4 23 0 16 7 16 15 8 35 21 4 60% 7 3 0 220 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2002 23 MIL NL 934 237 20 3 21 0 24 8 13 8 13 49 21 12 43% 8 9 5 329 14 12 54% 12 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
2003 24 MIL NL 931 232 25 4 29 0 8 20 9 17 12 35 18 5 51% 10 7 2 350 14 4 78% 13 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
2004 25 MIL NL 937 201 20 3 25 0 7 10 15 13 12 35 20 6 57% 9 8 0 287 15 5 75% 12 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 18 0
2005 26 MIL NL 633 142 12 2 19 0 4 9 10 5 14 20 11 3 55% 5 7 1 205 14 2 88% 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 27 MIL NL 430 105 11 2 9 0 3 3 6 7 2 21 12 4 57% 0 3 0 141 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
2007 28 MIL NL 592 138 14 0 17 0 2 8 9 9 8 27 11 6 41% 3 4 0 227 21 0 100% 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2008 29 MIL NL 812 181 17 3 17 0 8 10 7 7 10 30 21 2 70% 8 8 0 272 13 7 65% 13 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 17 0
8 Seasons 5922 1402 140 21 160 0 72 75 85 81 79 252 135 42 54% 50 49 8 2031 108 36 75% 100 30 8 6 0 0 10 0 105 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2001 22 11 10 .524 4.76 25 25 0 1 1 0 151.1 166 89 80 23 48 6 94 5 0 3 653 91 1.414 9.9 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.96 91
2002 23 22 26 .458 4.40 59 59 0 2 1 0 368.0 403 194 180 44 118 16 264 15 0 12 1587 95 1.416 9.9 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.24 95
2003 24 33 39 .458 4.42 93 93 0 3 1 0 588.2 635 316 289 73 161 18 421 21 0 19 2518 95 1.352 9.7 1.1 2.5 6.4 2.61 95
2004 25 45 53 .459 3.92 127 127 0 8 1 0 825.2 836 401 360 98 193 19 685 25 1 27 3455 108 1.246 9.1 1.1 2.1 7.5 3.55 108
2005 26 55 62 .470 3.83 149 149 0 11 1 0 982.1 978 467 418 117 218 20 826 27 1 34 4088 111 1.218 9.0 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.79 111
2006 27 61 69 .469 3.83 166 166 0 11 1 0 1088.1 1083 514 463 126 229 21 942 29 1 37 4518 112 1.206 9.0 1.0 1.9 7.8 4.11 112
2007 28 73 74 .497 3.83 190 190 0 13 1 0 1229.2 1221 576 523 143 266 23 1048 30 1 41 5110 112 1.209 8.9 1.0 1.9 7.7 3.94 112
2008 29 86 83 .509 3.72 221 221 0 18 4 0 1428.0 1402 650 591 160 313 25 1206 31 1 49 5922 115 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85 115

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2001 22 7 9 .438 4.68 146.0 163 84 76 23 47 91 5 1.438 10.0 2.9 5.6 1.94 1.4 25
2002 23 10 12 .455 4.37 206.0 237 111 100 21 70 162 10 1.490 10.4 3.1 7.1 2.31 0.9 34
2003 24 11 13 .458 4.35 217.0 230 117 105 29 43 154 6 1.258 9.5 1.8 6.4 3.58 1.2 34
2004 25 18 8 .692 2.58 234.0 198 74 67 25 32 261 4 0.983 7.6 1.2 10.0 8.16 1.0 34
2005 26 10 7 .588 3.39 154.0 144 64 58 19 25 139 2 1.097 8.4 1.5 8.1 5.56 1.1 22
2006 27 6 5 .545 3.60 105.0 102 47 42 9 11 115 2 1.076 8.7 0.9 9.9 10.45 0.8 17
2007 28 8 7 .533 3.60 140.0 135 62 56 17 36 105 1 1.221 8.7 2.3 6.8 2.92 1.1 24
2008 29 13 8 .619 3.11 194.0 181 74 67 17 47 155 1 1.175 8.4 2.2 7.2 3.30 0.8 31
8 Seasons 83 69 .546 3.68 1396.0 1390 633 571 160 311 1182 31 1.218 9.0 7.6 3.80 1.0 221

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *
2004 *
2007 *
2008 (P)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 NL  2.696 (3rd)
2008 NL  3.086 (5th)
Active  3.725 (17th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2007 NL  .706 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 NL  .983 (2nd)
2008 NL  1.150 (7th)
Active  1.201 (10th)
Career  1.201 (133rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  7.633 (7th)
Active  8.836 (33rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL  1.754 (3rd)
2004 NL  1.215 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.133 (10th)
Active  1.973 (2nd)
Career  1.973 (81st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  10.025 (4th)
Active  7.601 (21st)
Career  7.601 (40th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2002 NL  216.7 (9th)
2003 NL  220.7 (4th)
2004 NL  237.0 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL  264 (2nd)
Active  1206 (41st)

Games Started s c a p y
2002 NL  34 (4th)
2003 NL  34 (3rd)
2004 NL  34 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 NL  5 (2nd)
2005 NL  3 (6th)
2007 NL  2 (4th)
2008 NL  5 (2nd)
Active  18 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  3 (1st)
Active  4 (40th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  29 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL  237 (2nd)
2003 NL  232 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  3.651 (6th)
2004 NL  8.250 (1st)
2008 NL  3.362 (6th)
Active  3.853 (3rd)
Career  3.853 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  1.008 (48th)

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL  16 (1st)
2003 NL  13 (6th)
2004 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2002 NL  100 (7th)
2003 NL  109 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 NL  9 (8th)
2004 NL  8 (9th)
Active  49 (47th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL  10 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2002 NL  934 (6th)
2003 NL  931 (4th)
2004 NL  937 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 NL  162 (3rd)
2008 NL  136 (8th)
Active  115 (24th)
Career  115 (195th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (553), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (626), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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