Scott Sheldon

Scott Patrick Sheldon

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 28, 1968 in Hammond, IN
High School: Clear Lake HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1997
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Athletics 1997-2001

Final Game: October 5, 2001
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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
1991	22	OAK-min	A-	65	258	229	34	58	10	3	0	24	9	5	23	44	.253	.325	.323	.649		74	5	2	3	1	0		SOR · NORW
1992	23	OAK-min	A	74	319	279	41	76	16	0	6	24	5	4	32	78	.272	.345	.394	.739		110	2	1	3	4	1		MAD · MIDW
1993	24	OAK-min	A	131	496	428	67	91	22	1	8	67	8	7	49	121	.213	.300	.325	.625		139	8	8	3	8	3		MAD · MIDW
1994	25	OAK-min	AA	91	313	268	31	62	10	1	0	28	7	1	28	69	.231	.317	.276	.593		74	4	7	7	3	1		HVL · SOUL
1995	26	OAK-min	AA,AAA	111	413	363	46	84	17	3	8	27	9	2	38	75	.231	.308	.361	.669		131	7	3	7	2	0		HVL,EDM · SOUL,PCL
1996	27	OAK-min	AAA	98	404	350	61	105	27	3	10	60	5	3	43	83	.300	.379	.480	.859		168	8	4	3	4	3		EDM · PCL
1997	28	OAK-min	AAA	118	493	422	89	133	39	6	19	77	5	2	59	104	.315	.404	.571	.975		241	11	6	3	3	4		EDM · PCL
1997	28	OAK	AL	13	27	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.375	.683	81	9	0	1	1	0	0	6/45
1998	29	TEX-min	AAA	131	564	493	74	126	31	4	29	96	2	2	62	143	.256	.339	.511	.850		252	7	3	0	6	3		OKC · PCL
1998	29	TEX	AL	7	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.176	.125	.301	-21	2	1	0	0	0	0	/563D
1999	30	TEX-min	AAA	122	519	453	94	141	35	3	28	97	12	2	56	112	.311	.385	.587	.973		266	11	3	0	7	3		OKC · PCL
1999	30	TEX	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
2000	31	TEX	AL	58	138	124	21	35	11	0	4	19	0	0	10	37	.282	.336	.468	.804	101	58	2	1	1	2	0	6543/278D19
2001	32	TEX	AL	61	127	120	11	24	5	0	3	11	1	1	3	35	.200	.216	.317	.533	36	38	2	0	2	2	0	56/729
2002	33	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2003	34	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004	35	MIL-PIT-min	AAA,AA	93	317	286	25	62	17	0	8	32	1	1	18	71	.217	.264	.360	.624		103	11	2	6	5	1		NVL,INA,ATO · PCL,IL,EL
5 Yrs				141	310	285	34	67	16	0	8	33	1	1	15	84	.235	.275	.375	.650	65	107	5	2	4	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	356	327	39	77	18	0	9	38	1	1	17	97	.235	.275	.375	.650	65	123	6	2	5	5	0

TEX (4 yrs)				128	283	261	32	61	16	0	7	31	1	1	14	78	.234	.271	.375	.647	64	98	5	1	3	4	0
OAK (1 yr)				13	27	24	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.375	.683	81	9	0	1	1	0	0

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
1997	28	OAK	AL	13	27	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.1	1	-1	0.0	.488	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	6/45
1998	29	TEX	AL	7	17	-3	-0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.439	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/563D
1999	30	TEX	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.514	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/5
2000	31	TEX	AL	58	138	0	-0	0	-2	2	-1	-0.0	5	4	0.4	.499	.499	0.6	-0.1	6	$200,000	6543/278D19
2001	32	TEX	AL	61	127	-13	-1	-0	4	1	-9	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.486	.495	-0.8	0.5	-8	$265,000	56/729
5 Seasons				141	310	-17	-1	-0	-0	3	-15	-1.4	10	-5	-0.4	.489	.498	-0.4	0.4	-4	$465,000

TEX (4 yrs)				128	283	-16	-1	-0	1	3	-14	-1.3	10	-4	-0.4	.489	.498	-0.5	0.4	-5	$465,000
OAK (1 yr)				13	27	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.1	1	-1	0.0	.488	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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
1997	28	OAK	AL	27	19	3	4.2	105	.294	.250	.266	.308	.335	.375	.421	.683	.757	81	.410	-0.8	-0.1	.611	.167	.125	.0
1998	29	TEX	AL	17	15	0	0.0	113	.200	.125	.276	.176	.346	.125	.440	.301	.786	-21	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.200	.063	.000
1999	30	TEX	AL	1	1	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.280	.000	.353	.000	.448	.000	.801	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2000	31	TEX	AL	138	94	20	5.7	116	.365	.282	.277	.336	.351	.468	.446	.804	.797	101	.513	0.2	0.0	.758	.266	.185	.0
2001	32	TEX	AL	127	103	8	2.1	110	.250	.200	.272	.216	.339	.317	.436	.533	.776	36	.164	-11.7	-1.1	.414	.142	.117	1.5
5 Yrs				310	232	31	3.6	113	.299	.235	.274	.275	.344	.375	.440	.650	.784	65	.328	-15.5	-1.5	.554	.193	.140	1.8
162 Game Avg.				356	267	36	3.6	113	.299	.235	.274	.275	.344	.375	.440	.650	.784	65	.328	-15.5	-1.5	.554	.193	.140	2

TEX (4 yrs)				283	213	28	3.5	113	.300	.234	.275	.271	.345	.375	.441	.647	.787	64	.321	-14.8	-1.4	.549	.195	.142	1.8
OAK (1 yr)				27	19	3	4.2	105	.294	.250	.266	.308	.335	.375	.421	.683	.757	81	.410	-0.8	-0.1	.611	.167	.125	.0

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
1997	28	OAK	AL	27	3.7%	22.2%	3.7%	3.7%	17%	6.00	4.0	24.0	12.0	0.50	0.40	63%	26%	11.1%	25%
1998	29	TEX	AL	17	0.0%	35.3%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.7		16.0	0.43	0.80	59%	10%	0.0%	57%
1999	30	TEX	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
2000	31	TEX	AL	138	2.9%	26.8%	7.3%	10.9%	43%	3.70	3.4	31.0	6.5	0.65	1.15	62%	30%	9.3%	16%
2001	32	TEX	AL	127	2.4%	27.6%	2.4%	6.3%	33%	11.67	3.4	40.0	10.9	0.67	0.81	66%	17%	8.3%	27%
5 Yrs				310	2.6%	27.1%	4.8%	7.7%	36%	5.60	3.4	35.6	8.6	0.63	0.86	64%	23%	8.7%	23%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.86	5.3	31.2	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	28	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	27	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	.81	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.92	-2.0		0
1998	29	TEX	AL	-3.0	-0.3	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.62	-0.2	-0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.84	-3.1	0.75	3
1999	30	TEX	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.4	-0.0	1.30	-0.3		0
2000	31	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0	140	-0.1	2.4	-2.5	.97	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.96	0.8	1.51	2
2001	32	TEX	AL	-11.7	-1.1	130	-1.1	1.3	-2.4	.87	-0.9	-0.4	-15.6	-1.5	0.96	-12.2	0.57	6
5 Yrs				-15.7	-1.5	315	-1.4	4.1	-5.5	.89	-1.3	-0.3	-19.9	-1.9	0.95	-16.9	0.79	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	28	OAK	AL	0	14%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	29	TEX	AL	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	30	TEX	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	31	TEX	AL	2	41%	47	0	0		0	0	0	2	3	25%	7	5	2	1	1	8	7	1
2001	32	TEX	AL	0	33%	41	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	0	40%	7	6	1	0	0	3	0	3
5 Yrs				2	34%	105	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	3	29%	16	13	3	1	1	11	7	4

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
1997	28	OAK	AL	27	22%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1998	29	TEX	AL	17	47%	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	30	TEX	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	31	TEX	AL	138	33%	35	3	1	2	1	1	1	1.51	4	0	6	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	50%	28	2	7%	11	7	64%	108	16	15%	8	5	63%	9	8	89%	0
2001	32	TEX	AL	127	49%	24	5	1	6	0	0	1	0.57	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	4	2	50%	29	2	7%	18	8	44%	87	8	9%	8	4	50%	9	6	67%	0
5 Yrs				310	39%	67	9	2	11	2	1	3	0.79	8	0	10	4	4	3	5	0	7	4	57%	67	5	7%	34	16	47%	224	26	12%	18	9	50%	20	15	75%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1997	28	OAK	AL	27	98	3.63	64	65%	27%	22%	22%	30%	73%	0%	48%	70%	26%	7%	2	1	15%	4	2	7%	2	2	17%	0	0	0
1998	29	TEX	AL	17	61	3.59	42	69%	14%	31%	31%	24%	86%	0%	59%	64%	47%	6%	1	0	12%	2	1	6%	1	1	17%	0	0	0
1999	30	TEX	AL	1	3	3.00	1	33%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	33%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	100%	1	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2000	31	TEX	AL	139	526	3.78	335	64%	24%	26%	22%	27%	76%	0%	48%	65%	42%	3%	4	0	7%	10	2	13%	18	13	32%	-1	0	0
2001	32	TEX	AL	128	448	3.50	320	71%	25%	20%	27%	28%	75%	0%	53%	73%	32%	1%	1	0	4%	5	2	4%	5	4	31%	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				312	1136	3.64	762	67%	24%	24%	25%	27%	76%	0%	51%	69%	37%	3%	8	1	7%	22	8	8%	26	20	30%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1997	28	13	27	24	2	6	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.308	.375	.683	81	9	0	1	1	0
1998	29	20	44	40	2	8	0	1	3	0	0	2	12	.200	.256	.275	.531	40	11	1	1	1	0
1999	30	22	45	41	2	8	0	1	3	0	0	2	12	.195	.250	.268	.518	36	11	1	1	1	0
2000	31	80	183	165	23	43	11	5	22	0	0	12	49	.261	.315	.418	.733	85	69	3	2	2	2
2001	32	141	310	285	34	67	16	8	33	1	1	15	84	.235	.275	.375	.650	65	107	5	2	4	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	28	13	28	25	2	7	0	1	2	0	1	6	.280	.333	.400	.733	3	13
1998	29	7	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	7
1999	30	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2000	31	58	134	121	18	32	10	4	17	0	9	37	.264	.316	.446	.762	17	58
2001	32	61	126	119	11	23	5	3	11	1	3	35	.193	.210	.311	.521	8	61
5 Yrs		141	306	282	31	62	15	8	30	1	14	84	.220	.258	.358	.616	28	141
162 Game Avg.		162	352	324	36	71	17	9	34	1	16	97	.220	.258	.358	.616	32	141

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