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Gary Sheffield

Gary Antonian Sheffield (Sheff)

Positions: Rightfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough HS (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 (Age 19)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Dodgers/Yankees/Brewers/Braves/... 1988-2009
Agents: Himself, previously: Jim Neader,Rufus Williams,Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 40)
Relatives: Nephew of Dwight Gooden
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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 MIL AL 19 SS 24 23 23 211.1 90 39 48 3 9 .967 -4 -20 3.71 3.63 .971 4.69 4.65
1989 MIL AL 20 SS 70 70 63 596.0 291 85 194 12 40 .959 -11 -22 4.21 3.99 .971 4.79 4.74
1989 MIL AL 20 3B 21 21 15 177.0 63 15 44 4 4 .937 -1 -9 3.00 2.81 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 MIL AL 20 DH 4 4
1990 MIL AL 21 3B 125 125 103 1069.0 377 98 254 25 16 .934 -3 -4 2.96 2.82 .944 2.75 2.73
1991 MIL AL 22 3B 43 43 40 369.0 102 29 65 8 7 .922 -10 -34 2.29 2.19 .955 2.79 2.79
1991 MIL AL 22 DH 5 5
1992 SDP NL 23 3B 144 144 127 1247.2 414 99 299 16 25 .961 -8 -8 2.87 2.76 .952 2.67 2.67 AS,MVP-3,SS
1993 TOT NL 24 3B 133 132 118 1129.2 338 79 225 34 15 .899 -31 -33 2.42 2.29 .945 2.70 2.68 AS
1993 SDP NL 24 3B 67 66 59 564.2 158 41 102 15 11 .905 -18 -37 2.28 2.13 .945 2.70 2.68
1993 FLA NL 24 3B 66 66 59 565.0 180 38 123 19 4 .894 -14 -29 2.56 2.44 .945 2.70 2.68
1994 FLA NL 25 OF 87 86 77 743.2 166 154 7 5 3 .970 -6 -10 1.95 1.85 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 FLA NL 25 RF 87 86 77 743.2 166 154 7 5 2 .970 -6 -10 1.95 1.85 .975 2.18 2.17
1995 FLA NL 26 OF 61 61 55 530.1 121 109 5 7 1 .942 -9 -21 1.93 1.87 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 FLA NL 26 RF 59 58 53 510.1 118 108 5 5 1 .958 -8 -19 1.99 1.92 .978 2.08 2.07
1995 FLA NL 26 LF 3 3 2 20.0 4 2 0 2 0 .500 -1 -66 0.90 0.67 .972 1.89 1.87
1996 FLA NL 27 OF 161 160 131 1342.0 252 238 8 6 0 .976 -16 -14 1.65 1.53 .978 2.13 2.12 AS,MVP-6,SS
1996 FLA NL 27 RF 161 160 131 1342.0 250 238 6 6 0 .976 -16 -14 1.64 1.52 .974 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-6,SS
1997 FLA NL 28 OF 132 132 107 1115.1 245 226 14 5 1 .980 -15 -16 1.94 1.82 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 FLA NL 28 RF 132 132 107 1115.1 247 228 14 5 1 .980 -15 -16 1.95 1.83 .977 2.04 2.03
1997 FLA NL 28 DH 1 1
1998 TOT NL 29 OF 126 126 114 1098.2 228 217 9 2 4 .991 -12 -13 1.85 1.79 .980 2.17 2.16 AS
1998 TOT NL 29 RF 126 126 114 1098.2 229 218 9 2 4 .991 -12 -13 1.86 1.80 .976 2.08 2.07 AS
1998 FLA NL 29 OF 37 37 32 322.2 72 68 3 1 2 .986 -10 -36 1.98 1.92 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 FLA NL 29 RF 37 37 32 322.2 72 68 3 1 2 .986 -10 -36 1.98 1.92 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 LAD NL 29 OF 89 89 82 776.0 156 149 6 1 2 .994 -2 -3 1.80 1.74 .980 2.17 2.16
1998 LAD NL 29 RF 89 89 82 776.0 157 150 6 1 2 .994 -2 -3 1.81 1.75 .976 2.08 2.07
1999 LAD NL 30 LF 145 145 98 1222.1 249 235 7 7 1 .972 -13 -12 1.78 1.67 .977 2.00 1.98 AS
1999 LAD NL 30 OF 145 145 98 1222.1 249 235 7 7 1 .972 -13 -12 1.78 1.67 .981 2.26 2.24 AS
1999 LAD NL 30 DH 3 3 AS
2000 LAD NL 31 LF 139 139 82 1133.0 218 203 5 10 0 .954 -3 -3 1.65 1.50 .976 1.92 1.90 AS,MVP-9
2000 LAD NL 31 OF 139 139 82 1133.0 218 203 5 10 0 .954 -3 -3 1.65 1.50 .981 2.24 2.22 AS,MVP-9
2000 LAD NL 31 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-9
2001 LAD NL 32 LF 141 141 110 1195.0 217 194 17 6 0 .972 -15 -15 1.59 1.50 .979 1.91 1.89
2001 LAD NL 32 OF 141 141 110 1202.0 218 195 17 6 0 .972 -15 -15 1.59 1.50 .982 2.20 2.18
2001 LAD NL 32 DH 2 2
2001 LAD NL 32 RF 2 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -34 1.29 0.50 .980 2.06 2.10
2002 ATL NL 33 OF 127 127 105 1104.0 243 232 7 4 0 .984 -1 -1 1.95 1.88 .983 2.19 2.17 MVP-17
2002 ATL NL 33 RF 127 127 105 1104.0 243 232 7 4 0 .984 -1 -1 1.95 1.88 .983 2.07 2.05 MVP-17
2002 ATL NL 33 DH 4 4 MVP-17
2003 ATL NL 34 OF 153 153 118 1288.1 294 283 7 4 2 .986 3 -2 3 -1 2.03 1.90 .984 2.17 2.15 AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 ATL NL 34 RF 153 153 118 1288.1 294 283 7 4 2 .986 3 -2 3 -2 2.03 1.90 .982 2.09 2.07 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 NYY AL 35 OF 136 136 116 1178.2 287 271 11 5 3 .983 -10 -9 -10 -9 2.15 2.07 .985 2.30 2.28 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 NYY AL 35 RF 136 136 116 1178.2 287 271 11 5 3 .983 -10 -9 -10 -9 2.15 2.07 .983 2.22 2.21 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 NYY AL 35 DH 18 18 AS,MVP-2,SS
2004 NYY AL 35 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -1 -300 -540 0.00 0.00 .950 2.70 2.60 AS,MVP-2,SS
2005 NYY AL 36 OF 131 130 112 1099.1 247 239 5 3 0 .988 -3 -14 -3 -15 2.00 1.86 .986 2.30 2.28 AS,MVP-8,SS
2005 NYY AL 36 RF 131 130 112 1099.1 247 239 5 3 0 .988 -3 -14 -3 -15 2.00 1.86 .982 2.12 2.10 AS,MVP-8,SS
2005 NYY AL 36 DH 23 23 AS,MVP-8,SS
2006 NYY AL 37 OF 21 20 14 165.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 2 -1 17 -7 2.18 1.90 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 NYY AL 37 RF 21 20 14 165.0 41 39 1 1 0 .976 2 -1 17 -7 2.18 1.90 .984 2.20 2.17
2006 NYY AL 37 1B 9 9 2 57.0 60 56 3 1 4 .983 1 -1 15 -21 9.32 6.56 .994 9.54 9.40
2006 NYY AL 37 DH 9 9
2007 DET AL 38 DH 119 119
2007 DET AL 38 OF 12 12 10 106.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 14 22 2.21 2.17 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 DET AL 38 LF 7 7 5 56.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 30 43 2.09 1.86 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 DET AL 38 RF 7 5 5 50.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -5 0 2.34 1.86 .985 2.09 2.06
2008 DET AL 39 DH 106 106
2008 DET AL 39 LF 6 6 4 47.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 36 -49 2.49 2.17 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 DET AL 39 OF 6 6 4 47.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 36 -51 2.49 2.17 .986 2.32 2.28
2009 NYM NL 40 OF 63 62 31 502.0 102 96 4 2 0 .980 -14 -9 -35 -21 1.79 1.59 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 NYM NL 40 LF 46 44 20 358.1 83 78 3 2 0 .976 -11 -6 -37 -20 2.03 1.76 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 NYM NL 40 RF 18 18 11 143.2 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -3 -30 -25 1.19 1.06 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 NYM NL 40 DH 6 6
16 Seasons OF 1641 1636 1284 13877.2 2950 2775 108 67 15 .977 -109 -35 -9 -9 1.87 1.76 .982 2.21 2.19
13 Seasons RF 1160 1151 963 9846.0 2155 2042 73 40 13 .981 -69 -29 -8 -8 1.93 1.82 .979 2.10 2.09
7 Seasons LF 487 485 321 4031.2 797 737 33 27 1 .966 -40 -6 -12 -15 1.72 1.58 .978 1.95 1.93
6 Seasons 3B 468 465 403 3994.1 1295 320 887 88 67 .932 -55 -1 -16 -600 2.72 2.58 .948 2.71 2.70
2 Seasons SS 94 93 86 807.1 381 124 242 15 49 .961 -15 -22 4.08 3.89 .971 4.76 4.72
1 Season 1B 9 9 2 57.0 60 56 3 1 4 .983 1 -1 15 -21 9.32 6.56 .994 9.54 9.40
22 Seasons TOT 2212 2203 1775 18736.1 4686 3275 1240 171 135 .964 -177 -37 -11 -9 2.17 2.04 .972 2.45 2.44
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1988 MIL AL 19 SS -4 -20 -3 -1 -1 -1
1989 MIL AL 20 SS -11 -22 -11 -5 -6 0
1989 MIL AL 20 3B -1 -9 -1 -1 -1 0
1990 MIL AL 21 3B -3 -4 -2 -7 5 -1
1991 MIL AL 22 3B -10 -34 -9 -4 -6 -1
1992 SDP NL 23 3B -8 -8 -8 -8 -0 0
1993 SDP NL 24 3B -18 -37 -18 -7 -11 0
1993 FLA NL 24 3B -14 -29 -13 -6 -7 -1
1994 FLA NL 25 RF -6 -10 -10 -8 -2 4
1995 FLA NL 26 RF -8 -19 -3 -2 -1 -5
1995 FLA NL 26 LF -1 -66 -0 0 -0 -1
1996 FLA NL 27 RF -16 -14 -15 1 -16 -1
1997 FLA NL 28 RF -15 -16 -16 -8 -8 1
1998 FLA NL 29 RF -10 -36 -11 -5 -6 1
1998 LAD NL 29 RF -2 -3 1 -1 2 -3
1999 LAD NL 30 LF -13 -12 -12 -5 -7 -1
2000 LAD NL 31 LF -3 -3 -2 1 -4 -1
2001 LAD NL 32 LF -15 -15 -14 -6 -7 -1
2001 LAD NL 32 RF -0 -34 -0 0 -0 0
2002 ATL NL 33 RF -1 -1 2 3 -0 -3
2003 ATL NL 34 RF 3 3 2 8 -6 1 -2 -2 -1 -1
2004 NYY AL 35 RF -10 -10 -7 -6 -1 -3 -9 -9 -9 0
2004 NYY AL 35 3B -0 -300 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -540 -1
2005 NYY AL 36 RF -3 -3 -6 -4 -2 3 -14 -15 -16 4
2006 NYY AL 37 RF 2 17 3 0 3 -1 -1 -7 -1 0
2006 NYY AL 37 1B 1 15 1 1 0 0 -1 -21 -1
2007 DET AL 38 LF 1 30 0 0 0 1 2 43 1 1
2007 DET AL 38 RF -0 -5 -0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 -1
2008 DET AL 39 LF 1 36 1 1 0 0 -2 -49 -1 -1
2009 NYM NL 40 LF -11 -37 -11 -6 -5 0 -6 -20 -5 -1
2009 NYM NL 40 RF -4 -30 -2 1 -3 -2 -3 -25 -2 -1
13 Seasons RF -69 -8 -61 -19 -42 -8 -29 -8 -28 1
7 Seasons LF -40 -12 -37 -14 -23 -3 -6 -15 -5 -1
6 Seasons 3B -55 -16 -52 -33 -19 -3 -1 -600 -1
2 Seasons SS -15 -22 -14 -6 -8 -1
1 Season 1B 1 15 1 1 0 0 -1 -21 -1
22 Seasons TOT -177 -11 -162 -72 -91 -4 -11 -37 -9 -35 0
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
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 67 0 0 0 0 67 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 62 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 2 143 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 34 155 154 155 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 153 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 14 119 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 64 6 32 0
22 Seasons 2576 2507 2576 2210 0 0 9 0 468 94 487 0 1160 1647 302 66 2
Lg 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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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%
1994 FLA NL 25 5 0 4 1 3 7 0 3 2 1 51 25 3 36 14 0 13 10 0 5 2 0 11 6 1 116 57 49.1% 55 4 3.4% 3 3270 54% 80% 40% 355 45%
1995 FLA NL 26 5 0 4 1 1 5 1 3 1 0 39 12 0 25 6 0 10 3 0 7 2 0 12 7 0 93 30 32.3% 63 0 0.0% 5 2249 56% 76% 37% 259 43%
1996 FLA NL 27 6 0 3 3 1 6 0 3 2 0 83 37 1 39 9 0 21 15 0 14 5 0 23 13 0 180 79 43.9% 100 1 0.6% 5 5755 61% 75% 35% 559 44%
1997 FLA NL 28 5 0 4 1 2 14 0 6 3 4 58 26 1 40 11 4 22 15 0 15 2 0 24 10 0 159 64 40.3% 90 5 3.1% 9 4807 62% 73% 35% 494 49%
1998 LAD NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 22 10 0 17 4 0 11 7 0 10 0 2 19 5 0 79 26 32.9% 51 2 2.5% 4 3315 57% 73% 36% 243 63%
1998 FLA NL 29 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 22 11 0 17 6 0 10 9 0 3 1 0 11 6 1 63 33 52.4% 29 1 1.6% 2 1485 58% 75% 42% 158 44%
2001 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 32 53% 94% 41% 4 25%
2002 ATL NL 33 4 0 3 1 0 7 0 6 0 1 48 24 0 27 5 1 9 7 0 10 1 0 19 10 0 113 47 41.6% 65 1 0.9% 6 4611 63% 76% 39% 439 54%
2003 ATL NL 34 4 0 4 0 3 7 1 0 4 1 69 35 3 43 14 1 19 10 0 13 4 0 26 17 0 170 80 47.1% 86 4 2.4% 3 5502 63% 78% 37% 558 52%
2004 NYY AL 35 5 0 4 1 2 11 0 5 4 2 84 44 2 45 15 0 13 3 1 19 2 1 32 14 2 193 78 40.4% 109 6 3.1% 5 5109 49% 78% 42% 592 47%
2005 NYY AL 36 3 0 2 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 72 39 0 37 19 1 15 12 0 12 2 0 21 8 0 157 80 51.0% 76 1 0.6% 4 4743 57% 78% 39% 504 48%
2006 NYY AL 37 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 6 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 0 32 13 40.6% 19 0 0.0% 1 689 65% 78% 42% 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% 0 204 62% 79% 43% 22 59%
2009 NYM NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 3 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 21 5 23.8% 15 1 4.8% 0 655 45% 77% 40% 55 35%
13 Seasons 40 0 30 10 14 73 2 31 22 11 572 274 11 347 109 7 145 93 1 114 22 3 208 99 4 1386 597 43.1% 763 26 1.9% 47 42426 58% 76% 38% 4315 49%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.4% 58% 78% 40% 51%

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%
1989 MIL AL 20 746 62% 85% 37% 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 4693 62% 83% 34% 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 1655 48% 81% 34% 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 5238 59% 81% 33% 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 2449 52% 81% 32% 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 2517 57% 81% 33% 183 80% 2 37 25 4 8 123 101 19 0 4 19 1 11 7 16 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 17306 58% 82% 33% 1319 83% 11 318 227 28 63 883 683 169 10 18 88 1 45 42 77 68 43 4 53 11 8 2 51 69%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 87% 64%

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%
1995 FLA NL 26 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 94 66% 68% 34% 7 29%
1999 LAD NL 30 7 0 7 0 2 7 0 3 0 3 59 48 2 32 8 1 28 14 0 12 6 1 25 24 0 156 100 64.1% 52 4 2.6% 3 5310 57% 77% 40% 517 47%
2000 LAD NL 31 10 0 9 1 5 5 0 2 1 1 54 47 0 28 7 1 18 12 0 10 1 0 18 17 0 128 84 65.6% 43 1 0.8% 4 4920 55% 75% 39% 445 47%
2001 LAD NL 32 6 0 4 2 1 17 0 5 3 9 60 46 1 46 6 6 27 12 3 9 4 0 17 15 0 159 83 52.2% 65 10 6.3% 7 5113 54% 74% 41% 468 45%
2007 DET AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 241 56% 74% 38% 24 54%
2008 DET AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 207 58% 81% 42% 32 41%
2009 NYM NL 40 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 24 21 0 22 9 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 12 11 0 78 51 65.4% 27 0 0.0% 3 1599 55% 75% 41% 198 41%
7 Seasons 27 0 23 4 10 33 0 13 5 13 200 164 3 134 31 8 94 51 3 36 11 1 76 71 0 540 328 60.7% 196 15 2.8% 18 17484 55% 75% 40% 1691 45%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.5% 58% 78% 40% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 19 876 63% 81% 32% 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 2622 57% 82% 35% 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 3498 58% 81% 34% 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 58% 78% 32% 89%

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%
2006 NYY AL 37 243 53% 79% 33% 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 243 53% 79% 33% 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 58% 78% 32% 93% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

All-Star Games
1992 *
1993 (3B)
1996 *
1998 *
1999 *
2000 *
2003 (RF)
2004 *
2005 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1992 NL batting_title
1992 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (3, 61%)
1996 NL (6, 28%)
2000 NL (9, 16%)
2002 NL (17, 1%)
2003 NL (3, 55%)
2004 AL (2, 65%)
2005 AL (8, 21%)
2.48 Career Shares (57th)

Silver Sluggers
1992 NL (3B)
1996 NL (OF)
2003 NL (OF)
2004 AL (OF)
2005 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1990 AL  25 (2nd)
1993 NL  34 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1992 NL  144 (3rd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1992 NL  299 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1990 AL  25 (2nd)
1992 NL  16 (5th)
1993 NL  34 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1992 NL  25 (3rd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 NL  145 (2nd)
2000 NL  139 (3rd)
2001 NL  141 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 NL  203 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  17 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1999 NL  7 (3rd)
2000 NL  10 (1st)
2001 NL  6 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 NL  161 (1st)
2003 NL  153 (5th)
2004 AL  136 (5th)
2005 AL  131 (5th)
Career  1,160 (53rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 NL  228 (4th)
2003 NL  283 (4th)
2004 AL  271 (5th)
Career  2,042 (59th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 NL  14 (2nd)
2002 NL  7 (5th)
2004 AL  11 (4th)
Career  73 (74th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1995 NL  5 (5th)
2004 AL  5 (4th)
Career  40 (90th)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1994 NL  2 (3rd)
1997 NL  1 (5th)
1998 NL  4 (1st)
2003 NL  2 (4th)
2004 AL  3 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1996 NL  161 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1997 NL  14 (3rd)
2001 NL  17 (2nd)
2004 AL  11 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2000 NL  10 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1994 NL  3 (2nd)
1998 NL  4 (5th)
2004 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1990 AL  2.96 (3rd)
1992 NL  2.87 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1990 AL  2.82 (1st)
1992 NL  2.76 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1992 NL  .961 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2001 NL  .972 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
Career  1.93 (92nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 NL  1.83 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 NL  .980 (4th)
1998 NL  .991 (3rd)
2003 NL  .986 (4th)
2004 AL  .983 (5th)
Career  .981 (75th)

Salary s c a p y
1994 NL  $4,625,000 (8th)
1994 NL  $4,625,000 (8th)
1995 NL  $5,625,000 (8th)
1995 NL  $5,625,000 (8th)
1996 NL  $6,135,000 (7th)
1996 NL  $6,135,000 (7th)
1998 NL  $14,936,667 (1st)
1998 NL  $14,936,667 (1st)
1999 NL  $9,956,667 (3rd)
1999 NL  $9,956,667 (3rd)
2000 NL  $9,916,667 (8th)
2000 NL  $9,916,667 (8th)
2004 AL  $13,000,000 (10th)
2004 AL  $13,000,000 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2008 AL  born 1968-11-18 (8th)
2008 AL  born 1968-11-18 (8th)
2009 NL  born 1968-11-18 (8th)
2009 NL  born 1968-11-18 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1968-11-18 (1st)
1988 AL  born 1968-11-18 (1st)
1989 AL  born 1968-11-18 (5th)
1989 AL  born 1968-11-18 (5th)
1990 AL  born 1968-11-18 (9th)
1990 AL  born 1968-11-18 (9th)

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