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Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1988
Relatives: Nephew of Dwight Gooden
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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	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1988	MIL	AL	19	SS	24	23	211.1	90	39	48	3	9	.967	-3.6	-20.4	-2.6	-1.3	-1.3		-1	3.71	3.63	.971	4.69	4.14
1989	MIL	AL	20	SS	70	70	596.0	291	85	194	12	40	.959	-11.1	-22.3	-11.1	-6.3	-4.8		0	4.21	3.99	.971	4.79	4.11
1989	MIL	AL	20	3B	21	21	177.0	63	15	44	4	4	.937	-1.3	-8.8	-1.3	-0.7	-0.6		0	3.00	2.81	.943	2.73	2.34
1989	MIL	AL	20	DH	4
1990	MIL	AL	21	3B	125	125	1069.0	377	98	254	25	16	.934	-3.3	-3.7	-2.3	5.1	-7.4		-1	2.96	2.82	.945	2.75	2.32
1991	MIL	AL	22	3B	43	43	369.0	102	29	65	8	7	.922	-10.4	-33.8	-9.4	-5.5	-3.9		-1	2.29	2.19	.957	2.79	2.33
1991	MIL	AL	22	DH	5
1992	SDP	NL	23	3B	144	144	1247.2	414	99	299	16	25	.961	-8.0	-7.7	-8.0	-0.2	-7.8		0	2.87	2.76	.951	2.67	2.29	AS,MVP-3,SS
1993	TOT	NL	24	3B	133	133	1129.2	338	79	225	34	15	.899	-31.2	-33.1	-30.2	-17.9	-12.3		-1	2.42	2.29	.948	2.70	2.31	AS
1993	SDP	NL	24	3B	67	67	564.2	158	41	102	15	11	.905	-17.5	-37.2	-17.5	-10.9	-6.6		0	2.28	2.13	.947	2.70	2.31
1993	FLA	NL	24	3B	66	66	565.0	180	38	123	19	4	.894	-13.7	-29.1	-12.7	-7.0	-5.7		-1	2.56	2.44	.948	2.70	2.31
1994	FLA	NL	25	OF	87	86	743.2	166	154	7	5	3	.970	-6.3	-10.2	-10.3	-1.9	-8.4	4		1.95	1.85	.980	2.24	1.90
1994	FLA	NL	25	RF	87	86	743.2	166	154	7	5	2	.970	-6.3	-10.2	-10.3	-1.9	-8.4	4		1.95	1.85	.975	2.18	1.82
1995	FLA	NL	26	OF	61	61	530.1	121	109	5	7	1	.942	-9.1	-20.6	-3.1	-1.4	-1.7	-6		1.93	1.87	.980	2.15	1.82
1995	FLA	NL	26	RF	59	58	510.1	118	108	5	5	1	.958	-8.0	-18.8	-3.0	-1.3	-1.7	-5		1.99	1.92	.979	2.08	1.76
1995	FLA	NL	26	LF	3	3	20.0	4	2	0	2	0	.500	-1.1	-66.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1		0.90	0.67	.975	1.89	1.43
1996	FLA	NL	27	OF	161	160	1342.0	250	238	6	6	0	.976	-15.7	-14.0	-14.7	-16.1	1.4	-1		1.64	1.52	.978	2.13	1.80	AS,MVP-6,SS
1996	FLA	NL	27	RF	161	160	1342.0	251	238	7	6	0	.976	-15.7	-14.0	-14.7	-16.1	1.4	-1		1.64	1.52	.974	2.07	1.71	AS,MVP-6,SS
1997	FLA	NL	28	OF	132	132	1115.1	247	228	14	5	1	.980	-14.8	-15.9	-15.8	-8.0	-7.8	1		1.95	1.83	.980	2.13	1.77
1997	FLA	NL	28	RF	132	132	1115.1	249	230	14	5	1	.980	-14.8	-15.9	-15.8	-8.0	-7.8	1		1.97	1.85	.977	2.04	1.64
1997	FLA	NL	28	DH	1
1998	TOT	NL	29	OF	126	126	1098.2	229	218	9	2	4	.991	-12.0	-13.1	-10.0	-4.4	-5.6	-2		1.86	1.80	.980	2.17	1.78	AS
1998	TOT	NL	29	RF	126	126	1098.2	227	216	9	2	4	.991	-12.0	-13.1	-10.0	-4.4	-5.6	-2		1.84	1.79	.976	2.08	1.66	AS
1998	FLA	NL	29	OF	37	37	322.2	72	68	3	1	2	.986	-9.8	-36.4	-10.8	-6.0	-4.8	1		1.98	1.92	.981	2.17	1.78
1998	FLA	NL	29	RF	37	37	322.2	72	68	3	1	2	.986	-9.8	-36.4	-10.8	-6.0	-4.8	1		1.98	1.92	.976	2.08	1.66
1998	LAD	NL	29	OF	89	89	776.0	157	150	6	1	2	.994	-2.2	-3.4	0.8	1.6	-0.8	-3		1.81	1.75	.980	2.17	1.78
1998	LAD	NL	29	RF	89	89	776.0	155	148	6	1	2	.994	-2.2	-3.4	0.8	1.6	-0.8	-3		1.79	1.73	.975	2.08	1.66
1999	LAD	NL	30	LF	145	145	1222.1	249	235	7	7	1	.972	-12.6	-12.4	-11.6	-6.9	-4.7	-1		1.78	1.67	.977	2.00	1.48	AS
1999	LAD	NL	30	OF	145	145	1222.1	249	235	7	7	1	.972	-12.6	-12.4	-11.6	-6.9	-4.7	-1		1.78	1.67	.981	2.26	1.86	AS
1999	LAD	NL	30	DH	3																					AS
2000	LAD	NL	31	LF	139	139	1133.0	218	203	5	10	0	.954	-3.3	-3.5	-2.3	-3.7	1.4	-1		1.65	1.50	.977	1.91	1.41	AS,MVP-9
2000	LAD	NL	31	OF	139	139	1133.0	218	203	5	10	0	.954	-3.3	-3.5	-2.3	-3.7	1.4	-1		1.65	1.50	.982	2.25	1.86	AS,MVP-9
2000	LAD	NL	31	DH	2																					AS,MVP-9
2001	LAD	NL	32	LF	141	141	1195.0	218	195	17	6	0	.972	-14.8	-14.9	-13.8	-7.4	-6.4	-1		1.60	1.50	.979	1.91	1.48
2001	LAD	NL	32	OF	141	141	1202.0	218	195	17	6	0	.972	-15.0	-15.0	-14.0	-7.6	-6.4	-1		1.59	1.50	.982	2.20	1.86
2001	LAD	NL	32	DH	2
2001	LAD	NL	32	RF	2	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-34.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0		1.29	0.50	1.000	2.06	1.75
2002	ATL	NL	33	OF	127	127	1104.0	243	232	7	4	0	.984	-0.6	-0.7	2.4	-0.3	2.7	-3		1.95	1.88	.983	2.19	1.84	MVP-17
2002	ATL	NL	33	RF	127	127	1104.0	243	232	7	4	0	.984	-0.6	-0.7	2.4	-0.3	2.7	-3		1.95	1.88	.983	2.07	1.67	MVP-17
2002	ATL	NL	33	DH	4																					MVP-17
2003	ATL	NL	34	OF	154	154	1288.1	294	283	7	4	2	.986	3.1	2.9	2.1	-6.3	8.4	1		2.03	1.88	.984	2.17	1.85	AS,MVP-3,SS
2003	ATL	NL	34	RF	153	154	1288.1	294	283	7	4	2	.986	3.1	2.9	2.1	-6.3	8.4	1		2.03	1.90	.982	2.09	1.72	AS,MVP-3,SS
2004	NYY	AL	35	OF	136	136	1178.2	287	271	11	5	3	.983	-10.0	-10.2	-7.0	-0.6	-6.4	-3		2.15	2.07	.985	2.30	2.05	AS,MVP-2,SS
2004	NYY	AL	35	RF	136	136	1178.2	286	270	11	5	3	.983	-10.0	-10.2	-7.0	-0.6	-6.4	-3		2.15	2.07	.983	2.22	1.92	AS,MVP-2,SS
2004	NYY	AL	35	DH	18																					AS,MVP-2,SS
2004	NYY	AL	35	3B	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-0.5	-300.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.5		0	0.00	0.00	1.000	2.70	2.35	AS,MVP-2,SS
2005	NYY	AL	36	OF	131	130	1099.1	247	239	5	3	0	.988	-2.9	-3.2	-5.9	-2.3	-3.6	3		2.00	1.86	.986	2.30	2.05	AS,MVP-8,SS
2005	NYY	AL	36	RF	131	130	1099.1	247	239	5	3	0	.988	-2.9	-3.2	-5.9	-2.3	-3.6	3		2.00	1.86	.982	2.12	1.83	AS,MVP-8,SS
2005	NYY	AL	36	DH	23																					AS,MVP-8,SS
2006	NYY	AL	37	OF	21	20	165.0	41	39	1	1	0	.976	2.4	17.5	3.4	3.1	0.3	-1		2.18	1.90	.985	2.30	1.99
2006	NYY	AL	37	RF	21	20	165.0	41	39	1	1	0	.976	2.4	17.5	3.4	3.1	0.3	-1		2.18	1.90	.983	2.20	1.85
2006	NYY	AL	37	1B	9	9	57.0	60	56	3	1	4	.983	0.7	14.7	0.7	0.0	0.7		0	9.32	6.56	.993	9.51	7.99
2006	NYY	AL	37	DH	9
2007	DET	AL	38	DH	119
2007	DET	AL	38	OF	12	12	106.0	26	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.2	13.6	0.2	-0.2	0.4	1		2.21	2.17	.988	2.30	2.00
2007	DET	AL	38	LF	7	7	56.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.4	30.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	1		2.09	1.86	.985	2.11	1.71
2007	DET	AL	38	RF	7	5	50.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-4.8	-0.2	-0.6	0.4	0		2.34	1.86	.985	2.09	1.77
2008	DET	AL	39	DH	106
2008	DET	AL	39	LF	6	6	47.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.4	35.7	1.4	0.1	1.3	0		2.49	2.17	.985	2.05	1.67
2008	DET	AL	39	OF	6	6	47.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.4	35.7	1.4	0.1	1.3	0		2.49	2.17	.985	2.32	2.02
2009	NYM	NL	40	OF	63	62	502.0	102	96	4	2	0	.980								1.79	1.59	.986	2.20	1.91
2009	NYM	NL	40	LF	46	44	358.1	83	78	3	2	0	.976								2.03	1.76	.982	1.93	1.52
2009	NYM	NL	40	RF	18	18	143.2	19	18	1	0	0	1.000								1.19	1.06	.984	2.08	1.80
2009	NYM	NL	40	DH	6
16 Seasons				OF	1642	1637	13877.2	2951	2778	106	67	15	.977	-94.2	-8.1	-85.2	-56.5	-28.7	-9		1.87	1.76	.982	2.21	1.87
13 Seasons				RF	1160	1152	9846.0	2155	2041	74	40	13	.981	-65.2	-7.9	-59.2	-38.9	-20.3	-6		1.93	1.82	.979	2.10	1.75
7 Seasons				LF	487	485	4031.2	798	738	33	27	1	.966	-29.0	-8.6	-26.0	-17.6	-8.4	-3		1.72	1.58	.978	1.94	1.47
6 Seasons				3B	468	466	3994.1	1295	320	887	88	67	.932	-54.7	-16.4	-51.7	-19.2	-32.5		-3	2.72	2.58	.948	2.71	2.31
13 Seasons				DH	302
2 Seasons				SS	94	93	807.1	381	124	242	15	49	.961	-14.7	-21.8	-13.7	-7.6	-6.1		-1	4.08	3.89	.971	4.76	4.12
1 Season				1B	9	9	57.0	60	56	3	1	4	.983	0.7	14.7	0.7	0.0	0.7		0	9.32	6.56	.993	9.51	7.99
22 Seasons				TOT	2218	2205	18736.1	4689	3279	1239	171	135	.964	-162.9	-10.4	-149.9	-83.3	-66.6	-9	-4	2.17	2.04	.934	2.34	1.93
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	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
1988	MIL	AL	19	24	23	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	MIL	AL	20	95	95	95	91	0	0	0	0	21	70	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
1990	MIL	AL	21	125	125	125	125	0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	MIL	AL	22	50	48	50	43	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1
1992	SDP	NL	23	146	144	146	144	0	0	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1993	FLA	NL	24	72	66	72	66	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
1993	SDP	NL	24	68	67	68	68	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1994	FLA	NL	25	87	86	87	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	87	0	1	0
1995	FLA	NL	26	63	61	63	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	59	61	0	2	0
1996	FLA	NL	27	161	160	161	161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	161	0	1	0
1997	FLA	NL	28	135	133	135	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	132	132	1	2	0
1998	LAD	NL	29	90	89	90	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	89	0	1	0
1998	FLA	NL	29	40	37	40	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	37	0	3	0
1999	LAD	NL	30	152	148	152	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	0	0	145	3	4	0
2000	LAD	NL	31	141	141	141	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	139	2	0	0
2001	LAD	NL	32	143	143	143	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	141	0	2	141	2	0	0
2002	ATL	NL	33	135	131	135	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	127	4	4	0
2003	ATL	NL	34	155	154	155	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	154	0	1	0
2004	NYY	AL	35	154	154	154	136	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	136	136	18	0	0
2005	NYY	AL	36	154	153	154	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	131	23	1	0
2006	NYY	AL	37	39	38	39	30	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	21	21	9	1	0
2007	DET	AL	38	133	131	133	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7	12	119	2	0
2008	DET	AL	39	114	112	114	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	106	2	0
2009	NYM	NL	40	100	68	100	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	18	63	6	32	0
22 Seasons				2576	2507	2576	2212	0	0	9	0	469	94	487	0	1161	1642	302	66	2
				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

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 -- 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%
1994	FLA	NL	25	5	0	4	1	3	7	0	3	2	1	37	20	2	36	14	0	13	10	0	5	2	0	11	6	1	102	52	51.0%	47	3	2.9%	4	3421	52%	76%	38%	355	45%
1995	FLA	NL	26	5	0	4	1	1	5	1	3	1	0	30	11	0	25	6	0	10	3	0	7	2	0	11	7	0	83	29	34.9%	54	0	0.0%	5	2335	54%	73%	35%	259	43%
1996	FLA	NL	27	6	0	3	3	1	6	0	3	2	0	63	30	1	39	9	0	21	15	0	14	5	0	20	12	0	157	71	45.2%	85	1	0.6%	5	5943	59%	73%	34%	559	44%
1997	FLA	NL	28	5	0	4	1	2	14	0	6	3	4	42	22	0	40	11	4	22	15	0	15	2	0	18	9	0	137	59	43.1%	74	4	2.9%	10	4968	60%	70%	33%	494	49%
1998	LAD	NL	29	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	2	1	13	8	0	17	4	0	11	7	0	10	0	2	14	3	0	65	22	33.8%	41	2	3.1%	4	3398	55%	71%	35%	243	63%
1998	FLA	NL	29	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	16	8	0	17	6	0	10	9	0	3	1	0	10	6	1	56	30	53.6%	25	1	1.8%	2	1528	57%	73%	41%	158	44%
2001	LAD	NL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	35	49%	86%	34%	4	25%
2002	ATL	NL	33	4	0	3	1	0	7	0	6	0	1	41	20	0	27	5	1	9	7	0	10	1	0	15	9	0	102	42	41.2%	59	1	1.0%	6	4764	61%	74%	35%	439	54%
2003	ATL	NL	34	4	0	4	0	3	7	1	0	4	1	50	27	2	43	14	1	19	10	0	13	4	0	22	14	0	147	69	46.9%	75	3	2.0%	4	5684	61%	75%	36%	558	52%
2004	NYY	AL	35	5	0	4	1	2	11	0	5	4	2	70	41	2	45	15	0	13	3	1	19	2	1	21	11	0	168	72	42.9%	92	4	2.4%	7	5263	47%	76%	41%	592	47%
2005	NYY	AL	36	3	0	2	1	1	5	0	3	1	1	61	37	0	37	19	1	15	12	0	12	2	0	15	7	0	140	77	55.0%	62	1	0.7%	4	4918	55%	76%	38%	504	48%
2006	NYY	AL	37	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	10	5	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	27	12	44.4%	15	0	0.0%	1	714	62%	75%	41%	73	55%
2007	DET	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	211	60%	77%	42%	22	59%
2009	NYM	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	2	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	17	4	23.5%	13	0	0.0%	1	679	43%	74%	38%	55	35%
13 Seasons				40	0	30	10	14	73	2	31	22	11	440	231	7	347	109	7	145	93	1	114	22	3	163	87	2	1209	542	44.8%	647	20	1.7%	53	43861	56%	74%	36%	4315	49%
MLB Averages																															46.5%			2.4%			56%	75%	39%		51%

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%
1989	MIL	AL	20	770	60%	82%	35%	59	83%	2	15	10	2	3	41	29	10	1	1	4	0	2	2	3	4	2	0	2	2	1	1	3	67%
1990	MIL	AL	21	4849	60%	80%	32%	372	87%	1	97	75	11	11	255	202	42	3	4	25	0	17	8	23	16	12	0	15	1	1	0	17	59%
1991	MIL	AL	22	1730	46%	77%	33%	109	77%	0	29	21	2	6	65	53	10	0	0	8	0	4	4	8	7	3	1	4	1	1	0	5	80%
1992	SDP	NL	23	5456	57%	78%	31%	436	83%	2	99	64	8	27	299	229	65	3	6	16	0	5	11	11	26	16	2	20	5	3	1	17	71%
1993	SDP	NL	24	2564	50%	77%	31%	159	81%	4	41	32	1	8	100	69	23	3	3	15	0	6	9	15	11	7	0	8	2	2	0	7	86%
1993	FLA	NL	24	2654	54%	77%	31%	183	80%	3	37	25	4	8	123	101	19	0	4	19	1	11	7	15	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	50%
2004	NYY	AL	35	8	50%	50%	25%	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				18031	55%	78%	32%	1319	83%	12	318	227	28	63	883	683	169	10	18	88	1	45	42	76	68	43	4	53	11	8	2	51	69%
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		87%																								64%

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%
1995	FLA	NL	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	96	65%	67%	33%	7	29%
1999	LAD	NL	30	7	0	7	0	2	7	0	3	0	3	46	40	1	32	8	1	28	14	0	12	6	1	23	22	0	141	90	63.8%	47	3	2.1%	4	5547	54%	74%	39%	517	47%
2000	LAD	NL	31	10	0	9	1	5	5	0	2	1	1	45	42	0	28	7	1	18	12	0	10	1	0	14	14	0	115	76	66.1%	38	1	0.9%	4	5116	53%	72%	35%	445	47%
2001	LAD	NL	32	6	0	4	2	1	17	0	5	3	9	37	29	0	46	6	6	27	12	3	9	4	0	14	13	0	133	64	48.1%	60	9	6.8%	8	5267	53%	72%	37%	468	45%
2007	DET	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	2	0	0.0%	1	250	54%	71%	37%	24	54%
2008	DET	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	9	5	55.6%	4	0	0.0%	0	217	56%	77%	40%	32	41%
2009	NYM	NL	40	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	20	18	0	22	9	0	17	10	0	3	0	0	11	10	0	73	47	64.4%	26	0	0.0%	3	1630	54%	73%	40%	198	41%
7 Seasons				27	0	23	4	10	33	0	13	5	13	148	129	1	134	31	8	94	51	3	36	11	1	64	61	0	476	283	59.5%	179	13	2.7%	20	18123	53%	73%	37%	1691	45%
MLB Averages																															61.2%			2.4%			56%	75%	39%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1988	MIL	AL	19	900	61%	79%	31%	79	84%	3	40	19	17	4	49	41	5	0	1	3	0	1	2	2	9	2	4	2	0	1	9	6	3	0	0	0
1989	MIL	AL	20	2705	55%	79%	34%	254	84%	0	86	33	44	9	193	145	45	0	2	12	0	6	6	10	39	20	3	11	1	1	39	23	13	0	0	0
2 Seasons				3605	57%	79%	33%	333	84%	3	126	52	61	13	242	186	50	0	3	15	0	7	8	12	48	22	7	13	1	2	48	29	16	0	0	0
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		89%

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%
2006	NYY	AL	37	249	52%	78%	32%	19	95%	0	56	4	52	1	11	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1 Season				249	52%	78%	32%	19	95%	0	56	4	52	1	11	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					56%	75%	31%		93%																											84%

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