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Larry Sheets

Larry Kent Sheets

Positions: Designated Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 217 lb.

Born: December 6, 1959 in Staunton, VA
High School: Lee HS (Staunton, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1984
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Tigers/Mariners 1984-1993
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1993
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Standard Batting

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
1984 24 BAL AL 8 17 16 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .438 .471 .688 1.158 221 11 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1985 25 BAL AL 113 361 328 43 86 8 0 17 50 0 1 28 52 .262 .323 .442 .765 110 145 15 2 1 1 2 D/937
1986 26 BAL AL 112 364 338 42 92 17 1 18 60 2 0 21 56 .272 .317 .488 .805 118 165 16 2 1 2 3 D79/235
1987 27 BAL AL 135 508 469 74 148 23 0 31 94 1 1 31 67 .316 .358 .563 .921 143 264 16 3 0 5 1 *79/D3
1988 28 BAL AL 136 504 452 38 104 19 1 10 47 1 6 42 72 .230 .302 .343 .645 83 155 11 6 0 4 4 D79/3
1989 29 BAL AL 102 338 304 33 74 12 1 7 33 1 1 26 58 .243 .305 .359 .663 90 109 4 3 0 5 10 D
1990 30 DET AL 131 390 360 40 94 17 2 10 52 1 3 24 42 .261 .308 .403 .710 97 145 13 2 0 4 2 7D9
1993 33 SEA AL 11 20 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .118 .250 .176 .426 17 3 2 1 0 0 0 /D9
8 Yrs 748 2502 2284 273 607 98 5 94 339 6 12 175 351 .266 .321 .437 .757 109 997 77 19 2 21 22
162 Game Avg. 162 542 495 59 131 21 1 20 73 1 3 38 76 .266 .321 .437 .757 109 216 17 4 0 5 5
BAL (6 yrs) 606 2092 1907 233 511 80 3 84 286 5 9 149 308 .268 .324 .445 .769 112 849 62 16 2 17 20
SEA (1 yr) 11 20 17 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .118 .250 .176 .426 17 3 2 1 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 131 390 360 40 94 17 2 10 52 1 3 24 42 .261 .308 .403 .710 97 145 13 2 0 4 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 24 BAL AL 8 17 2 -1 0 2 -0 4 0.4 0 4 0.4 .547 .502 0.2 0.2 2 $ /9
1985 25 BAL AL 113 361 4 -0 -1 -2 -10 -9 -0.8 11 2 0.2 .492 .494 0.5 -1.1 4 $60,000 D/937
1986 26 BAL AL 112 364 10 -0 -2 -1 -7 -1 0.1 11 10 1.1 .500 .500 1.2 -0.7 11 $120,000 D79/235
1987 27 BAL AL 135 508 28 -2 -1 -10 -7 8 0.9 15 23 2.3 .506 .505 3.3 -1.5 33 $145,000 *79/D3
1988 28 BAL AL 136 504 -10 -5 -0 -2 -9 -26 -2.6 16 -11 -1.2 .479 .482 -1.0 -1.0 -9 $540,000 D79/3
1989 29 BAL AL 102 338 -6 -1 0 0 -9 -16 -1.6 10 -6 -0.6 .483 .489 -0.6 -0.8 -6 $660,000 D
1990 30 DET AL 131 390 -1 -1 -2 -11 -8 -23 -2.4 13 -10 -1.2 .481 .485 0.2 -2.0 2 $670,000 7D9
1993 33 SEA AL 11 20 -1 -0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .478 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /D9
8 Seasons 748 2502 25 -11 -6 -24 -50 -66 -6.3 78 12 0.8 .490 .494 3.6 -7.0 36 $2,195,000
BAL (6 yrs) 606 2092 27 -10 -4 -13 -41 -41 -3.7 64 23 2.2 .493 .495 3.6 -4.9 36 $1,525,000
SEA (1 yr) 11 20 -1 -0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .478 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $
DET (1 yr) 131 390 -1 -1 -2 -11 -8 -23 -2.4 13 -10 -1.2 .481 .485 0.2 -2.0 2 $670,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 24 BAL AL 17 9 5 14.9 94 .500 .438 .260 .471 .322 .688 .392 1.158 .715 221 .899 2.5 0.2 1.333 .313 .250 .0
1985 25 BAL AL 361 260 43 4.4 96 .265 .262 .258 .323 .323 .442 .400 .765 .723 110 .483 3.7 0.4 .674 .262 .180 .0
1986 26 BAL AL 364 265 47 4.7 99 .278 .272 .259 .317 .327 .488 .404 .805 .731 118 .507 6.9 0.7 .725 .284 .216 3.6
1987 27 BAL AL 508 343 90 7.0 103 .311 .316 .262 .358 .329 .563 .420 .921 .749 143 .652 27.6 2.6 .882 .313 .247 1.9
1988 28 BAL AL 504 369 45 3.3 92 .251 .230 .256 .302 .320 .343 .385 .645 .706 83 .366 -9.7 -1.0 .542 .195 .113 1.8
1989 29 BAL AL 338 240 34 3.8 90 .275 .243 .256 .305 .320 .359 .377 .663 .697 90 .439 -3.6 -0.4 .587 .201 .115 1.8
1990 30 DET AL 390 286 41 3.8 95 .269 .261 .260 .308 .329 .403 .389 .710 .718 97 .439 -2.4 -0.2 .599 .203 .142 1.8
1993 33 SEA AL 20 17 1 1.6 103 .125 .118 .268 .250 .339 .176 .409 .426 .748 17 .114 -2.0 -0.2 .353 .176 .059
8 Yrs 2502 1789 306 4.6 96 .276 .266 .259 .321 .325 .437 .397 .757 .722 109 .499 23.1 2.1 .671 .245 .171 11.3
162 Game Avg. 542 387 66 4.6 96 .276 .266 .259 .321 .325 .437 .397 .757 .722 109 .499 5 0 .671 .245 .171 2
BAL (6 yrs) 2092 1486 264 4.7 96 .279 .268 .258 .324 .324 .445 .398 .769 .723 112 .513 27.5 2.5 .688 .253 .177 9.4
SEA (1 yr) 20 17 1 1.6 103 .125 .118 .268 .250 .339 .176 .409 .426 .748 17 .114 -2.0 -0.2 .353 .176 .059
DET (1 yr) 390 286 41 3.8 95 .269 .261 .260 .308 .329 .403 .389 .710 .718 97 .439 -2.4 -0.2 .599 .203 .142 1.8

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 24 BAL AL 17 5.9% 17.7% 5.9% 11.8% 29% 3.00 5.3 16.0 8.0 0.50 71%
1985 25 BAL AL 361 4.7% 14.4% 7.8% 6.9% 29% 1.86 6.3 19.3 6.6 1.44 72%
1986 26 BAL AL 364 5.0% 15.4% 5.8% 9.9% 39% 2.67 6.0 18.8 5.6 1.42 73%
1987 27 BAL AL 508 6.1% 13.2% 6.1% 10.6% 37% 2.16 7.0 15.1 5.0 1.22 74%
1988 28 BAL AL 504 2.0% 14.3% 8.3% 6.0% 29% 1.71 6.3 45.2 9.6 0.86 1.06 74% 20% 9.3% 47%
1989 29 BAL AL 338 2.1% 17.2% 7.7% 5.9% 27% 2.23 5.2 43.4 9.2 0.66 0.96 72% 23% 5.4% 13%
1990 30 DET AL 390 2.6% 10.8% 6.2% 7.4% 31% 1.75 8.6 36.0 6.9 0.75 1.04 80% 20% 6.7% 18%
1993 33 SEA AL 20 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 50% 0.50 17.0 17.0 1.00 1.50 80% 19% 0.0% 25%
8 Yrs 2502 3.8% 14.0% 7.0% 7.9% 33% 2.01 6.5 24.3 6.7 0.77 1.17 74% 21% 6.9% 28%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.8% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.73 6.0 41.0 8.4 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 21%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 24 BAL AL 2.5 0.2 17 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .72 0.1 0.3 3.5 0.3 0.88 1.8 0.99 1
1985 25 BAL AL 3.7 0.4 368 -0.6 6.2 -6.8 .99 0.2 -0.8 1.4 0.1 0.95 4.5 1.37 16
1986 26 BAL AL 6.9 0.7 370 1.5 7.9 -6.4 1.02 0.9 0.6 13.7 1.3 0.97 9.6 1.28 13
1987 27 BAL AL 27.6 2.6 513 2.3 11.6 -9.3 1.05 2.5 -0.3 24.8 2.4 0.94 32.7 2.00 6
1988 28 BAL AL -9.7 -1.0 519 0.7 9.1 -8.4 .98 -1.1 1.8 -14.0 -1.4 0.93 -14.6 2.61 12
1989 29 BAL AL -3.6 -0.4 344 -1.4 4.4 -5.9 .96 -0.7 -0.8 -6.9 -0.7 0.95 -8.3 1.52 18
1990 30 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 397 0.9 7.8 -7.0 1.02 0.0 0.8 2.0 0.2 1.00 -0.7 1.68 21
1993 33 SEA AL -2.0 -0.2 20 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 1.04 -0.1 -0.2 -2.2 -0.2 0.97 -1.8 1.17 5
8 Yrs 23.0 2.1 2548 3.3 47.8 -44.5 1.00 1.7 1.5 22.3 2.0 0.96 23.3 1.65 92

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 24 BAL AL 0 0 29% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1985 25 BAL AL 3 1 26% 124 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 23% 20 19 1 4 2 2 11 5 5
1986 26 BAL AL 8 0 25% 141 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15% 22 18 4 3 3 0 9 7 1
1987 27 BAL AL 6 0 29% 223 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 27% 27 25 2 7 4 3 15 7 8
1988 28 BAL AL 5 0 20% 166 1 6 14% 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 11 21% 15 13 1 5 4 1 13 6 5
1989 29 BAL AL 4 0 27% 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 17% 17 14 3 5 5 0 8 6 2
1990 30 DET AL 6 0 27% 125 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 36% 13 11 2 6 4 2 12 5 7
1993 33 SEA AL 1 0 0% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 33 1 25% 893 6 12 33% 6 10 0 1 0 1 4 1 21 42 23% 118 104 13 30 22 8 70 38 28

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 24 BAL AL 17 94% 7 1 0 0 0 0.99 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 1 8% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1985 25 BAL AL 361 94% 86 16 4 2 5 1.37 17 0 10 17 0 5 12 0 1 1 100% 83 15 18% 35 7 20% 230 36 16% 23 15 65% 11 7 64% 0
1986 26 BAL AL 364 92% 92 13 2 0 0 1.28 18 1 11 17 1 10 8 0 2 1 50% 87 16 18% 30 10 33% 247 45 18% 15 10 67% 18 10 56% 0
1987 27 BAL AL 508 69% 148 6 3 1 3 2.00 31 0 14 21 10 21 10 0 0 0 111 16 14% 45 12 27% 311 64 21% 32 19 59% 13 5 38% 0
1988 28 BAL AL 504 74% 104 15 1 12 5 1 3 2.61 10 0 14 9 1 6 4 0 1 0 0% 90 11 12% 45 9 20% 292 38 13% 29 13 45% 10 3 30% 0
1989 29 BAL AL 338 87% 74 5 0 18 6 0 1 1.52 7 0 7 7 0 1 6 0 1 0 0% 54 4 7% 28 7 25% 218 26 12% 22 9 41% 13 8 62% 0
1990 30 DET AL 390 95% 94 9 1 21 4 1 3 1.68 10 0 12 10 0 7 3 0 1 0 0% 77 13 17% 46 17 37% 273 45 16% 23 14 61% 18 13 72% 0
1993 33 SEA AL 20 100% 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 1.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 13 1 8% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
8 Yrs 2502 84% 607 30 2 92 25 5 16 1.65 94 1 68 82 12 50 44 0 6 2 33% 510 77 15% 233 63 27% 1597 256 16% 145 80 55% 86 48 56% 0
MLB Averages 60% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 BAL AL 504 1803 3.58 1133 63% 17% 17% 32% 34% 83% 2% 52% 80% 43% 5% 27 4 14% 69 34 9% 45 30 24% 0 0 0
1989 29 BAL AL 328 1217 3.71 762 63% 18% 18% 31% 32% 81% 8% 51% 77% 41% 6% 19 2 15% 50 26 6% 19 12 19% 10 0 5
1990 30 DET AL 368 1306 3.55 822 63% 20% 12% 30% 37% 79% 2% 50% 84% 39% 3% 12 0 11% 40 24 9% 34 27 23% 22 1 6
1993 33 SEA AL 20 79 3.95 45 57% 24% 7% 33% 36% 76% 0% 43% 91% 30% 5% 1 1 25% 5 2 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1220 4405 3.61 2762 63% 18% 16% 31% 34% 81% 4% 51% 80% 41% 5% 59 7 13% 164 86 8% 99 69 22% 32 1 11
MLB Averages 3.63 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 24 8 17 16 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .438 .471 .688 1.158 221 11 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 121 378 344 46 93 9 0 18 52 0 1 29 55 .270 .330 .453 .783 115 156 15 2 1 1 2
1986 26 233 742 682 88 185 26 1 36 112 2 1 50 111 .271 .323 .471 .794 117 321 31 4 2 3 5
1987 27 368 1250 1151 162 333 49 1 67 206 3 2 81 178 .289 .338 .508 .846 127 585 47 7 2 8 6
1988 28 504 1754 1603 200 437 68 2 77 253 4 8 123 250 .273 .327 .462 .789 115 740 58 13 2 12 10
1989 29 606 2092 1907 233 511 80 3 84 286 5 9 149 308 .268 .324 .445 .769 112 849 62 16 2 17 20
1990 30 737 2482 2267 273 605 97 5 94 338 6 12 173 350 .267 .321 .438 .760 109 994 75 18 2 21 22
1991 31 737 2482 2267 273 605 97 5 94 338 6 12 173 350 .267 .321 .438 .760 109 994 75 18 2 21 22
1992 32 737 2482 2267 273 605 97 5 94 338 6 12 173 350 .267 .321 .438 .760 109 994 75 18 2 21 22
1993 33 748 2502 2284 273 607 98 5 94 339 6 12 175 351 .266 .321 .437 .757 109 997 77 19 2 21 22

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 24 8 18 17 3 8 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 .471 .500 .706 1.206 6 8
1985 25 113 365 332 46 90 8 0 18 54 0 29 52 .271 .332 .458 .790 50 113
1986 26 112 366 340 44 94 17 1 18 62 2 21 56 .276 .321 .491 .812 54 112
1987 27 135 508 469 74 148 23 0 31 93 1 31 67 .316 .358 .563 .921 94 135
1988 28 136 514 459 42 111 20 1 11 52 1 45 72 .242 .315 .362 .677 51 136
1989 29 102 346 310 38 80 13 1 8 38 1 28 58 .258 .321 .384 .705 38 102
1990 30 131 395 364 43 98 18 2 10 56 1 25 42 .269 .316 .412 .729 48 131
1993 33 11 23 18 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 .167 .348 .278 .626 1 11
8 Yrs 748 2535 2309 290 632 102 5 97 359 6 183 351 .274 .330 .448 .778 342 748
162 Game Avg. 162 549 500 63 137 22 1 21 78 1 40 76 .274 .330 .448 .778 74 748

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1987 AL  .316 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1987 AL  .563 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1987 AL  143 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 AL  15.1 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1650), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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