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

Born: July 18, 1978 in St. Amant, LA
Schools: 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
Relatives: Cousin of Andy Sheets
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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 4 592 117 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 8 812 139 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 116 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 8 911 116 1.201 8.8 1.0 2.0 7.6 3.85
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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 23 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 32 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 33 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 33 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 21 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 22 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 30 74 67 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .075 .101 .104 .206 -46 7 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
8 Seasons 211 492 433 12 33 3 0 0 12 0 0 18 204 .076 .113 .083 .196 -47 36 2 0 41 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 378 332 9 25 2 0 0 9 0 0 14 157 .076 .113 .083 .196 -47 28 2 0 31 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 MIL NL 22 P 25 25 151.1 36 10 24 2 2 .944 0.0 0.0 2.02 1.36 .958 1.75 0.46 AS
2002 MIL NL 23 P 34 34 216.2 65 28 36 1 6 .985 0.0 0.0 2.66 1.88 .962 1.83 0.48
2003 MIL NL 24 P 34 34 220.2 43 22 19 2 0 .953 0.0 0.0 1.67 1.21 .958 1.85 0.48
2004 MIL NL 25 P 34 34 237.0 39 14 23 2 0 .949 0.0 0.0 1.41 1.09 .967 1.84 0.47 AS,CYA-8
2005 MIL NL 26 P 22 22 156.2 16 7 6 3 0 .813 0.0 0.0 0.75 0.59 .969 1.75 0.46
2006 MIL NL 27 P 17 17 106.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.10 0.76 .954 1.72 0.43
2007 MIL NL 28 P 24 24 141.1 19 9 10 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.79 .963 1.68 0.40 AS
2008 MIL NL 29 P 31 31 198.1 28 10 16 2 0 .929 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.84 .961 1.73 0.43 AS
8 Seasons P 221 221 1428.0 259 105 142 12 8 .954 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.12 .961 1.78 0.45
8 Seasons TOT 221 221 1428.0 259 105 142 12 8 .954 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.12 .915 1.78 0.45

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 (260th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 NL--2.696--3rd
2008 NL--3.086--5th
Active--3.725--21st

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--11th
Career--1.201--131st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL--7.633--7th
Active--8.836--36th

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--5th
Career--1.973--81st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL--10.025--4th
Active--7.601--20th
Career--7.601--38th

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--40th

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--27th

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL--1--7th
2008 NL--3--1st
Active--4--41st

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--4th

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL--16--1st
2003 NL--13--6th
2004 NL--14--4th
Active--83--46th

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--45th

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--139--7th
Active--116--27th
Career--116--185th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (566), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (619), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2001Milwaukee Brewers$200,000
2002Milwaukee Brewers$290,000
2003Milwaukee Brewers$428,000
2004Milwaukee Brewers$2,425,000
2005Milwaukee Brewers$6,000,000
2006Milwaukee Brewers$9,625,000
2007Milwaukee Brewers$11,125,000
2008Milwaukee Brewers$12,125,000
Career (may be incomplete)$42,218,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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