Larry Sheets
Larry Kent Sheets
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 6, 1959 in Staunton, VA
High School: Lee (Staunton, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1984
Final Game: October 1, 1993
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1984 BAL AL 24 OF 7 5 39.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 61.5 1.0 1.1 -0.2 1 3.00 1.86 .985 2.52 2.17
1984 BAL AL 24 RF 7 5 39.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.0 61.5 1.0 1.1 -0.2 1 2.77 1.71 .975 2.24 1.89
1985 BAL AL 25 DH 93
1985 BAL AL 25 OF 9 6 47.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -2.0 -51.1 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 0 1.34 0.78 .988 2.43 2.10
1985 BAL AL 25 RF 8 6 46.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -2.0 -52.2 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 0 1.37 0.88 .988 2.17 1.82
1985 BAL AL 25 1B 1 1 8.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.75 6.00 .983 9.79 8.70
1985 BAL AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1986 BAL AL 26 DH 58
1986 BAL AL 26 OF 32 30 232.0 62 60 1 1 1 .984 1.1 5.7 0.1 -2.3 2.4 1 2.37 1.91 .981 2.39 2.06
1986 BAL AL 26 LF 21 21 161.0 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 2.0 14.9 1.0 -1.9 2.9 1 2.63 2.24 .977 2.24 1.77
1986 BAL AL 26 RF 11 9 71.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.9 -15.2 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 0 1.77 1.27 .973 2.10 1.79
1986 BAL AL 26 C 6 2 21.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1.0 -57.1 -1 4.71 1.83 .992 6.60 5.43 0 1 2 0 0%
1986 BAL AL 26 1B 4 4 33.0 24 18 5 1 3 .958 -0.2 -7.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 6.27 5.75 .992 9.41 8.62
1986 BAL AL 26 3B 2 2 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.93 1.50 .933 2.76 2.35
1987 BAL AL 27 OF 124 121 1034.1 240 229 5 6 2 .975 -11.3 -13.1 -7.3 -1.9 -5.3 -4 2.04 1.89 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 BAL AL 27 LF 72 66 565.0 131 126 1 4 1 .969 -4.4 -9.3 -3.4 -0.1 -3.2 -1 2.02 1.76 .974 2.11 1.73
1987 BAL AL 27 RF 58 55 469.1 111 105 4 2 1 .982 -6.9 -17.6 -3.9 -1.8 -2.1 -3 2.09 1.88 .979 2.12 1.75
1987 BAL AL 27 DH 7
1987 BAL AL 27 1B 3 1 14.1 17 14 2 1 1 .941 1.4 117.2 1.4 1.0 0.3 0 10.05 5.33 .994 9.54 8.50
1988 BAL AL 28 OF 76 71 591.2 152 139 9 4 0 .974 -2.3 -4.7 -3.3 -1.8 -1.5 1 2.25 1.95 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 BAL AL 28 DH 50
1988 BAL AL 28 LF 42 37 320.0 84 74 7 3 0 .964 -1.6 -6.0 -2.6 -2.0 -0.5 1 2.28 1.93 .977 2.26 1.85
1988 BAL AL 28 RF 36 34 271.2 72 68 3 1 0 .986 -0.7 -3.1 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 0 2.35 1.97 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 BAL AL 28 1B 3 2 21.0 23 20 3 0 3 1.000 0.5 28.6 0.5 0.1 0.5 0 9.86 7.67 .991 9.56 8.40
1989 BAL AL 29 DH 88
1990 DET AL 30 OF 79 66 510.0 107 98 7 2 1 .981 -11.4 -26.8 -8.4 -5.1 -3.3 -3 1.85 1.33 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 DET AL 30 LF 56 47 379.0 78 72 5 1 1 .987 -11.1 -35.1 -8.1 -4.6 -3.5 -3 1.83 1.38 .978 2.19 1.74
1990 DET AL 30 DH 44
1990 DET AL 30 RF 23 19 131.0 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -0.3 -2.7 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 1.99 1.26 .977 2.23 1.81
1993 SEA AL 33 DH 5
1993 SEA AL 33 OF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.34 2.10
1993 SEA AL 33 RF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.80
7 Seasons DH 345
7 Seasons OF 328 300 2459.0 583 546 23 14 4 .976 -23.9 -11.7 -19.9 -12.1 -7.8 -4 2.08 1.73 .980 2.38 2.05
5 Seasons LF 192 171 1426.0 340 318 14 8 3 .976 -15.1 -12.7 -13.1 -8.6 -4.3 -2 2.10 1.73 .976 2.18 1.76
7 Seasons RF 144 129 1033.0 249 233 10 6 1 .976 -8.8 -10.2 -6.8 -3.5 -3.5 -2 2.12 1.69 .977 2.17 1.81
4 Seasons 1B 11 8 76.1 70 57 11 2 8 .971 1.4 22.0 1.4 0.7 0.7 0 8.02 6.18 .991 9.51 8.54
1 Season C 6 2 21.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1.0 -57.1 -1 4.71 1.83 .992 6.60 5.43 0 1 2 0 0%
1 Season 3B 2 2 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.93 1.50 .933 2.76 2.35
8 Seasons TOT 347 312 2570.1 668 615 36 17 12 .975 -24.0 -11.2 -19.0 -11.9 -7.1 -4 0 -1 2.28 1.88 .956 2.63 2.32 0 1 2 0 0%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 86 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 58 124 6 7 0
1988 BAL AL 28 136 121 136 80 0 0 3 0 0 0 42 0 36 77 48 14 0
1989 BAL AL 29 102 82 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 20 0
1990 DET AL 30 131 104 131 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 23 79 38 25 1
1993 SEA AL 33 11 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 0
8 Seasons 748 632 748 344 0 6 11 0 2 0 192 0 144 329 320 109 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 6 4 1 16 12 75.0% 3 1 6.3% 0 723 58% 77% 24% 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 15 12 1 42 25 59.5% 16 1 2.4% 0 2606 56% 79% 27% 198 64%
1988 BAL AL 28 3 0 3 0 1 7 0 1 2 3 17 10 2 15 4 0 11 7 3 1 0 0 6 6 0 50 27 54.0% 17 5 10.0% 2 1426 56% 80% 43% 179 45%
1990 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 20 16 0 8 1 1 11 4 2 8 0 0 7 6 0 54 27 50.0% 24 3 5.6% 2 1768 61% 76% 39% 182 42%
5 Seasons 8 0 7 1 2 14 0 3 3 5 53 37 2 33 10 1 24 13 5 18 3 0 34 28 2 162 91 56.2% 60 10 6.2% 4 6528 57% 78% 33% 620 53%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.6% 56% 77% 35% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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% 1 165 55% 84% 29% 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% 0 212 45% 82% 18% 9 78%
1986 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 322 60% 71% 23% 22 64%
1987 BAL AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 15 2 0 13 4 0 3 2 0 5 0 1 14 6 0 50 14 28.0% 35 1 2.0% 3 2120 58% 78% 26% 173 62%
1988 BAL AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 14 5 0 7 2 0 8 4 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 37 14 37.8% 23 0 0.0% 3 1213 54% 81% 44% 128 55%
1990 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 17 8 47.1% 9 0 0.0% 2 599 53% 80% 42% 56 52%
1993 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 22 45% 68% 32% 2 50%
7 Seasons 6 0 5 1 4 10 0 8 0 1 38 10 0 29 10 0 13 8 0 11 0 1 22 12 0 113 40 35.4% 72 1 0.9% 9 4653 56% 79% 33% 404 60%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.7% 56% 77% 35% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 40 63% 75% 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 26 138 53% 78% 18% 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 63 56% 78% 21% 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 319 52% 77% 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 56% 77% 30% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 94 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 94 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 3.90 4.35 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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 0.89
1 Season 0 1 36 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.89
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 67 40% 70% 13% 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 67 40% 70% 13% 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 56% 77% 30% 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 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.

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