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Ben Sheets

Ben M. Sheets

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 18, 1978 in Baton Rouge, 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
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics 2001-2010
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: July 19, 2010
Relatives: Cousin of Andy Sheets
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #441. Stu Miller… #442. Whit Wyatt… #443. Mike Moore… #444. BEN SHEETS… #445. Ray Sadecki… #446. Jack Sanford… #447. Tom Browning… 

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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 97 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 8 812 137 1.150 8.2 0.8 2.1 7.2 3.36 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95
9 Seasons 90 92 .495 3.79 241 241 0 18 4 0 1547.1 1525 715 651 178 356 27 1290 31 1 52 6433 113 1.216 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.62
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .495 3.79 34 34 0 3 1 0 218 215 101 92 25 50 4 182 4 0 7 908 113 1.216 8.9 1.0 2.1 7.5 3.62
MIL (8 yrs) 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
OAK (1 yr) 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95
NL (8 yrs) NL 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
AL (1 yr) AL 4 9 .308 4.53 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 123 65 60 18 43 2 84 0 0 3 511 91 1.391 9.3 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2001 22 MIL NL 151.1 25 89 95 0 .9 6 0.5 $200,000 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 216.2 34 105 129 -2 1.0 24 2.4 $290,000
2003 24 MIL NL 220.2 34 122 140 -6 1.0 18 1.8 $428,000
2004 25 MIL NL 237.0 34 85 151 -3 .9 66 6.3 $2,425,000 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 156.2 22 66 97 -2 1.0 31 3.2 $6,000,000
2006 27 MIL NL 106.0 17 47 70 -4 1.0 23 2.3 $9,625,000
2007 28 MIL NL 141.1 24 62 93 -5 .9 31 3.0 $11,125,000 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 198.1 31 74 117 2 1.0 43 4.3 $12,125,000 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 119.1 20 65 68 3 .9 3 0.3 $10,000,000
9 Seasons 1547.1 241 715 960 -17 1.0 245 24.1 $52,218,000
MIL (8 yrs) 1428.0 221 650 892 -20 1.0 242 23.8 $42,218,000
OAK (1 yr) 119.1 20 65 68 3 .9 3 0.3 $10,000,000

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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
2001 22 MIL NL 25 48 42 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 29 .071 .152 .071 .224 -38 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 34 76 68 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 39 .088 .139 .103 .242 -34 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
2003 24 MIL NL 34 72 66 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 35 .076 .090 .076 .165 -56 5 0 0 5 0 0 1
2004 25 MIL NL 34 81 67 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 22 .134 .194 .134 .329 -12 9 2 0 9 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 22 53 45 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .022 .043 .022 .066 -82 1 0 0 7 0 0 1
2006 27 MIL NL 17 37 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .030 .059 .030 .089 -76 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
2007 28 MIL NL 24 51 45 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 31 74 67 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .075 .101 .104 .206 -45 7 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 20 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 Seasons 241 496 436 12 34 3 0 0 12 0 0 18 206 .078 .115 .085 .199 -46 37 2 0 42 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 333 293 8 23 2 0 0 8 0 0 12 138 .078 .115 .085 .199 -46 25 1 0 28 0 0
MIL (8 yrs) 221 492 433 12 33 3 0 0 12 0 0 18 204 .076 .113 .083 .196 -47 36 2 0 41 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 20 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 1 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 221 492 433 12 33 3 0 0 12 0 0 18 204 .076 .113 .083 .196 -47 36 2 0 41 0 0
AL (1 yr) 20 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 22 MIL NL 48 -8 0 0 0 0 6 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $200,000 1 AS
2002 23 MIL NL 76 -13 0 -1 0 0 8 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $290,000 1
2003 24 MIL NL 72 -15 0 -1 0 0 8 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $428,000 1
2004 25 MIL NL 81 -11 0 1 0 0 8 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,425,000 1 AS,CYA-8
2005 26 MIL NL 53 -12 0 -1 0 0 5 1 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $6,000,000 1
2006 27 MIL NL 37 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $9,625,000 1
2007 28 MIL NL 51 -10 0 0 0 0 5 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $11,125,000 1 AS
2008 29 MIL NL 74 -14 0 -1 0 0 8 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $12,125,000 1 AS
2010 31 OAK AL 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $10,000,000 1
9 Seasons 496 -92 0 -3 0 0 52 12 -31 -3.3 -31 -3.1 -0.2 $52,218,000
MIL (8 yrs) 492 -92 0 -3 0 0 52 12 -31 -3.3 -31 -3.1 -0.2 $42,218,000
OAK (1 yr) 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $10,000,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2001 MIL NL 22 P 25 25 1 151.1 36 10 24 2 2 .944 2.02 1.36 .959 1.75 1.73 7 4 36% 0 AS
2002 MIL NL 23 P 34 34 1 216.2 65 28 36 1 6 .985 2.66 1.88 .963 1.83 1.81 14 12 46% 1
2003 MIL NL 24 P 34 34 1 220.2 43 22 19 2 0 .953 -4 -4 1.67 1.21 .957 1.84 1.83 14 4 22% 1
2004 MIL NL 25 P 34 34 5 237.0 39 14 23 2 0 .949 0 0 1.41 1.09 .965 1.84 1.82 15 5 25% 1 AS,CYA-8
2005 MIL NL 26 P 22 22 3 156.2 16 7 6 3 0 .813 -6 -8 0.75 0.59 .960 1.75 1.73 14 2 13% 0
2006 MIL NL 27 P 17 17 0 106.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 -2 -4 1.10 0.76 .958 1.72 1.71 10 2 17% 2
2007 MIL NL 28 P 24 24 2 141.1 19 9 10 0 0 1.000 -3 -4 1.21 0.79 .965 1.68 1.67 21 0 0% 1 AS
2008 MIL NL 29 P 31 31 5 198.1 28 10 16 2 0 .929 0 0 1.18 0.84 .959 1.73 1.72 13 7 35% 2 AS
2010 OAK AL 31 P 20 20 0 119.1 19 5 11 3 1 .842 -2 -3 1.21 0.80 .953 1.63 1.61 13 9 41% 1
9 Seasons P 241 241 18 1547.1 278 110 153 15 9 .946 -17 -2 1.53 1.09 .961 1.77 1.75 121 45 27% 9
9 Seasons TOT 241 241 18 1547.1 278 110 153 15 9 .946 -17 -17 1.53 1.09 .961 1.77 1.75 121 45 27% 9
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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 (283rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2004 NL  6.3 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2004 NL  6.3 (2nd)
2008 NL  4.3 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 NL  2.70 (3rd)
2008 NL  3.09 (5th)

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

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 NL  0.983 (2nd)
2008 NL  1.150 (7th)
Career  1.216 (174th)

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

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)
Career  2.071 (111th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  10.025 (4th)
Career  7.503 (58th)

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)

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)

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

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)
Career  3.624 (15th)

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)

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  137 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2004 NL  40 (2nd)
2008 NL  25 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  4.2 (2nd)
2008 NL  2.6 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2004 NL  37.96 (3rd)
2008 NL  24.37 (10th)
Career  76.05 (245th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 NL  2.4 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.0 (5th)
Career  7.0 (230th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2004 NL  3.9 (3rd)
2008 NL  2.5 (9th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2002 NL  28 (1st)
2003 NL  22 (1st)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2005 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2002 NL  1.88 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (566), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (638), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Erik Hanson (949)
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  3. Dick Bosman (945)
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  5. Aaron Harang (944)
  6. John Montefusco (942)
  7. Chris Bosio (942)
  8. Rick Reed (940)
  9. Hal Brown (938)
  10. Jim Colborn (937)
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  1. Norm Bass (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Melido Perez (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jeff Weaver (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Niekro (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Zack Greinke (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Gross (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Haren (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Haren (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Chris Bosio (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 30, 1999.
  • October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 26, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
  • November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200122Milwaukee Brewers$200,0004/6/01 USA Today
200223Milwaukee Brewers$290,0004/3/02 AP
200324Milwaukee Brewers$428,0004/3/03 AP
200425Milwaukee Brewers$2,425,0004/7/04 AP
200526Milwaukee Brewers$6,000,000
200627Milwaukee Brewers$9,625,000
200728Milwaukee Brewers$11,125,000
200829Milwaukee Brewers$12,125,000
201031Oakland Athletics$10,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$52,218,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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