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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1984 BAL AL 24 OF 7 5 2 39.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 2 62 3.00 1.86 .983 2.52 2.49
1984 BAL AL 24 RF 7 5 2 39.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2 62 2.77 1.71 .979 2.24 2.21
1985 BAL AL 25 DH 93 86
1985 BAL AL 25 OF 9 6 2 47.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -2 -51 1.34 0.78 .982 2.43 2.42
1985 BAL AL 25 RF 8 6 2 46.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -2 -52 1.37 0.88 .980 2.17 2.15
1985 BAL AL 25 1B 1 1 1 8.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -45 6.75 6.00 .992 9.79 9.70
1985 BAL AL 25 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
1986 BAL AL 26 DH 57 57
1986 BAL AL 26 OF 32 30 14 232.0 62 60 1 1 1 .984 1 6 2.37 1.91 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 BAL AL 26 LF 21 21 11 161.0 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 2 15 2.63 2.24 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 BAL AL 26 RF 11 9 3 71.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -1 -15 1.77 1.27 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 BAL AL 26 C 6 2 1 21.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1 -57 4.71 1.83 .989 6.60 6.57 0 1 2 0 0% 34% 0
1986 BAL AL 26 1B 4 4 2 33.0 24 18 5 1 3 .958 -0 -7 6.27 5.75 .991 9.41 9.32
1986 BAL AL 26 3B 2 2 0 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -43 1.93 1.50 .947 2.76 2.70
1987 BAL AL 27 OF 124 121 92 1034.1 240 229 5 6 2 .975 -11 -13 2.04 1.89 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 BAL AL 27 LF 72 66 45 565.0 131 126 1 4 1 .969 -4 -9 2.02 1.76 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 BAL AL 27 RF 58 55 47 469.1 111 105 4 2 1 .982 -7 -18 2.09 1.88 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 BAL AL 27 DH 7 6
1987 BAL AL 27 1B 3 1 0 14.1 17 14 2 1 1 .941 1 117 10.05 5.33 .992 9.54 9.47
1988 BAL AL 28 OF 76 71 45 591.2 152 139 9 4 0 .974 -2 -5 2.25 1.95 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 BAL AL 28 DH 49 48
1988 BAL AL 28 LF 42 37 26 320.0 84 74 7 3 0 .964 -2 -6 2.28 1.93 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 BAL AL 28 RF 36 34 19 271.2 72 68 3 1 0 .986 -1 -3 2.35 1.97 .974 2.24 2.22
1988 BAL AL 28 1B 3 2 0 21.0 23 20 3 0 3 1.000 0 29 9.86 7.67 .992 9.56 9.50
1989 BAL AL 29 DH 87 82
1990 DET AL 30 OF 79 66 24 510.0 107 98 7 2 1 .981 -11 -27 1.85 1.33 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 DET AL 30 LF 56 47 20 379.0 78 72 5 1 1 .987 -11 -35 1.83 1.38 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 DET AL 30 DH 44 38
1990 DET AL 30 RF 23 19 4 131.0 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -0 -3 1.99 1.26 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 SEA AL 33 DH 5 3
1993 SEA AL 33 OF 1 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .980 2.34 2.40
1993 SEA AL 33 RF 1 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.00 .980 2.16 2.20
7 Seasons OF 328 300 179 2459.0 583 546 23 14 4 .976 -24 -12 2.08 1.73 .980 2.38 2.36
5 Seasons LF 192 171 102 1426.0 340 318 14 8 3 .976 -15 -13 2.10 1.73 .976 2.18 2.15
7 Seasons RF 144 129 77 1033.0 249 233 10 6 1 .976 -9 -10 2.12 1.69 .977 2.17 2.15
4 Seasons 1B 11 8 3 76.1 70 57 11 2 8 .971 1 22 8.02 6.18 .992 9.51 9.45
1 Season C 6 2 1 21.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1 -57 4.71 1.83 .989 6.60 6.57 0 1 2 0 0% 34% 0
1 Season 3B 2 2 0 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -43 1.93 1.50 .947 2.76 2.70
8 Seasons TOT 347 312 183 2570.1 668 615 36 17 12 .975 -24 -11 2.28 1.88 .981 2.63 2.66 0 1 2 0 0% 34% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1984 BAL AL 24 RF 2 62 1 -0 1 1
1985 BAL AL 25 RF -2 -52 -2 0 -2 0
1985 BAL AL 25 1B -0 -45 -0 0 -0 0
1985 BAL AL 25 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BAL AL 26 LF 2 15 1 3 -2 1
1986 BAL AL 26 RF -1 -15 -1 -0 -0 0
1986 BAL AL 26 C -1 -57 -1
1986 BAL AL 26 1B -0 -7 -0 -0 -0 0
1986 BAL AL 26 3B -0 -43 -0 0 -0 0
1987 BAL AL 27 LF -4 -9 -3 -3 -0 -1
1987 BAL AL 27 RF -7 -18 -4 -2 -2 -3
1987 BAL AL 27 1B 1 117 1 0 1 0
1988 BAL AL 28 LF -2 -6 -3 -0 -2 1
1988 BAL AL 28 RF -1 -3 -1 -1 0 0
1988 BAL AL 28 1B 0 29 0 0 0 0
1990 DET AL 30 LF -11 -35 -8 -4 -5 -3
1990 DET AL 30 RF -0 -3 -0 0 -0 0
1993 SEA AL 33 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons LF -15 -13 -13 -4 -9 -2
7 Seasons RF -9 -10 -7 -3 -3 -2
4 Seasons 1B 1 22 1 1 1 0
1 Season C -1 -57 -1
1 Season 3B -0 -43 -0 0 -0 0
8 Seasons TOT -24 -11 -19 -7 -12 0 -4 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 BAL AL 24 8 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 1 1
1985 BAL AL 25 113 93 113 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 93 19 0
1986 BAL AL 26 112 95 112 42 0 6 4 0 2 0 21 0 11 32 57 16 0
1987 BAL AL 27 135 128 135 125 0 0 3 0 0 0 72 0 58 130 7 7 0
1988 BAL AL 28 136 121 136 80 0 0 3 0 0 0 42 0 36 78 49 14 0
1989 BAL AL 29 102 82 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 20 0
1990 DET AL 30 131 104 131 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 23 79 44 25 1
1993 SEA AL 33 11 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 0
8 Seasons 748 632 748 344 0 6 11 0 2 0 192 0 144 336 342 109 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1985 BAL AL 25 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 5 100% 80% 20% 0
1986 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 8 6 1 18 14 77.8% 3 1 5.6% 0 695 60% 80% 25% 61 75%
1987 BAL AL 27 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 7 0 8 3 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 16 13 1 43 26 60.5% 16 1 2.3% 0 2489 58% 82% 28% 198 64%
1988 BAL AL 28 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 1 2 3 22 13 2 15 4 0 11 7 3 1 0 0 7 7 0 56 31 55.4% 19 5 8.9% 2 1374 58% 83% 45% 179 45%
1990 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 26 17 0 8 1 1 11 4 2 8 0 0 10 9 0 63 31 49.2% 29 3 4.8% 2 1687 64% 79% 41% 182 42%
5 Seasons 8 0 7 1 2 14 0 3 3 5 64 41 2 33 10 1 24 13 5 18 3 0 41 35 2 180 102 56.7% 67 10 5.6% 4 6250 60% 82% 35% 620 53%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1984 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 160 57% 86% 30% 14 86%
1985 BAL AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 204 47% 85% 19% 9 78%
1986 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 311 62% 73% 24% 22 64%
1987 BAL AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 19 2 0 13 4 0 3 2 0 5 0 1 17 7 0 57 15 26.3% 41 1 1.8% 3 2037 61% 81% 27% 173 62%
1988 BAL AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 15 5 1 7 2 0 8 4 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 39 14 35.9% 24 1 2.6% 2 1169 56% 84% 46% 128 55%
1990 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 2 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 19 8 42.1% 11 0 0.0% 2 565 56% 85% 45% 56 52%
1993 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 22 45% 68% 32% 2 50%
7 Seasons 6 0 5 1 4 10 0 8 0 1 46 10 1 29 10 0 13 8 0 11 0 1 27 13 0 126 41 32.5% 83 2 1.6% 8 4468 58% 82% 34% 404 60%
MLB Averages 42.6% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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%
1985 BAL AL 25 36 69% 83% 8% 2 100% 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BAL AL 26 135 54% 79% 19% 8 88% 0 18 1 17 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
1987 BAL AL 27 60 58% 82% 22% 11 82% 0 14 2 12 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 28 78 42% 78% 32% 5 100% 0 20 0 20 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 309 54% 80% 21% 26 88% 0 57 5 52 0 10 10 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 8 1 0 1 7 2 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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%
1986 BAL AL 26 92 5.57 5.57 1 100% 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 92 5.57 5.57 1 100% 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.91 4.35 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1986 BAL AL 26 0 1 36 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.85
1 Season 0 1 36 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.85
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1986 BAL AL 26 64 42% 73% 14% 4 75% 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 64 42% 73% 14% 4 75% 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 89% 71%

* 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.

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