Scott Sheldon
Scott Patrick Sheldon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 28, 1968 in Hammond, IN
High School: Clear Lake (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1997
Final Game: October 5, 2001
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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
1997 OAK AL 28 SS 12 8 69.2 33 15 16 2 4 .939 -1.1 -18.9 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 4.00 2.58 .976 4.55 4.05
1997 OAK AL 28 2B 1 1 7.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.86 3.00 .967 4.89 4.30
1997 OAK AL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1998 TEX AL 29 3B 3 1 13.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 -0.7 -64.6 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.46 1.67 .940 2.56 2.23
1998 TEX AL 29 SS 2 1 16.2 15 7 7 1 3 .933 -0.4 -28.8 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 7.56 7.00 .973 4.70 4.25
1998 TEX AL 29 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 8.30
1998 TEX AL 29 DH 1
1999 TEX AL 30 3B 2 0 3.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 15.00 2.50 .940 2.70 2.20
2000 TEX AL 31 SS 22 12 121.2 67 25 40 2 6 .970 -1.1 -10.8 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 -1 4.81 2.95 .973 4.71 4.17
2000 TEX AL 31 3B 15 11 95.1 40 11 28 1 6 .975 2.0 25.2 2.0 0.7 1.3 0 3.68 2.60 .945 2.67 2.31
2000 TEX AL 31 2B 12 4 52.1 29 12 15 2 2 .931 -2.6 -59.6 -1.6 -1.5 -0.1 -1 4.64 2.25 .979 5.02 4.32
2000 TEX AL 31 1B 10 4 48.0 43 41 2 0 6 1.000 -0.4 -10.0 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 8.06 4.30 .993 9.38 8.17
2000 TEX AL 31 C 3 0 3.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.10 1.00 1.000 6.75 6.03 0 0 1 0 0%
2000 TEX AL 31 LF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -180.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.75
2000 TEX AL 31 OF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -154.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.00
2000 TEX AL 31 CF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2000 TEX AL 31 DH 1
2000 TEX AL 31 P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.50
2000 TEX AL 31 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
2001 TEX AL 32 3B 38 29 260.1 103 37 61 5 1 .951 1.9 8.8 1.9 2.3 -0.4 0 3.39 2.58 .947 2.73 2.41
2001 TEX AL 32 SS 16 1 36.0 25 8 16 1 3 .960 2.1 70.0 2.1 1.3 0.8 0 6.00 1.50 .972 4.50 4.03
2001 TEX AL 32 OF 3 1 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 0.67 1.000 2.33 2.00
2001 TEX AL 32 LF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -24.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.70
2001 TEX AL 32 C 1 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 4.00 1.000 7.20 6.10 0 0 1 0 0%
2001 TEX AL 32 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
5 Seasons 3B 59 41 372.2 153 51 96 6 9 .961 3.8 12.2 3.8 2.3 1.5 0 3.55 2.49 .946 2.71 2.37
4 Seasons SS 52 22 244.0 140 55 79 6 16 .957 -0.5 -2.5 0.5 2.1 -1.6 -1 4.94 2.58 .974 4.63 4.10
2 Seasons 2B 13 5 59.1 32 13 17 2 3 .938 -2.8 -56.6 -1.8 -1.7 -0.1 -1 4.55 2.31 .978 5.01 4.32
2 Seasons 1B 11 4 49.0 43 41 2 0 6 1.000 -0.4 -9.8 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 7.90 3.91 .993 9.37 8.18
2 Seasons OF 5 1 14.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -50.2 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 1.26 0.40 1.000 2.32 2.00
2 Seasons C 4 0 8.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.56 1.75 1.000 7.02 6.05 0 0 2 0 0%
2 Seasons LF 4 1 11.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -42.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.59 0.50 1.000 2.14 1.72
2 Seasons RF 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -102.9 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 1.80
2 Seasons DH 2
1 Season CF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1 Season P 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.50
5 Seasons TOT 147 73 748.0 377 169 194 14 34 .963 -0.5 -0.8 1.5 1.9 -0.4 0 -2 0 4.37 2.47 .928 3.99 3.65 0 0 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
1997 OAK AL 28 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1998 TEX AL 29 7 2 7 6 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1999 TEX AL 30 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 31 58 31 58 55 1 3 10 12 15 22 2 1 1 2 0 3 5
2001 TEX AL 32 61 31 61 57 0 1 0 0 38 16 2 0 1 3 0 7 2
5 Seasons 141 73 141 133 1 4 11 13 59 52 4 1 2 5 0 13 10
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 -- 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%
1997 OAK AL 28 5 80% 100% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 29 62 60% 69% 27% 5 80% 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1999 TEX AL 30 14 64% 79% 36% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 31 461 62% 77% 26% 39 90% 3 10 7 0 3 28 19 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 33%
2001 TEX AL 32 1253 53% 75% 27% 101 90% 2 37 26 4 7 61 49 11 0 1 5 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 17%
5 Seasons 1795 56% 76% 27% 150 90% 5 50 35 4 11 96 73 20 2 2 6 0 2 4 6 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 9 22%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 87% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1997 OAK AL 28 328 53% 73% 27% 21 86% 0 15 5 6 4 17 16 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 0
1998 TEX AL 29 91 55% 77% 32% 9 78% 0 7 1 6 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 31 573 59% 75% 24% 52 98% 0 25 13 11 1 39 31 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 5 0 0 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 32 151 59% 79% 32% 19 95% 0 8 4 4 0 16 12 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1143 57% 75% 27% 101 93% 0 55 23 27 5 80 67 12 0 0 6 0 4 2 3 16 6 2 4 3 0 15 8 7 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 OAK AL 28 36 89% 83% 31% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 31 270 56% 76% 23% 19 89% 0 12 5 6 1 14 13 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 306 60% 76% 24% 20 90% 0 13 5 7 1 16 15 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

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%
1998 TEX AL 29 3 100% 100% 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
2000 TEX AL 31 259 63% 72% 20% 7 100% 0 42 3 37 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 262 63% 72% 19% 7 100% 0 42 3 37 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 92% 83%

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%
2000 TEX AL 31 17 5.40 5.40 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 32 25 3.60 3.60 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 42 4.32 4.32 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 4.54 4.96 93% 84%

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
2000 TEX AL 31 0 0 8 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.41
2001 TEX AL 32 0 0 9 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.59
2 Seasons 0 0 17 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.00
MLB Averages 31% 1.28 1.23

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%
2000 TEX AL 31 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 9 44% 67% 56% 1 0%
2001 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 46 63% 78% 46% 5 40%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 60% 76% 47% 6 33%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 48%

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%
2000 TEX AL 31 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 3 67% 100% 67% 1 0%
2001 TEX AL 32 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 7 29% 71% 43% 0
2 Seasons 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 10 40% 80% 50% 1 0%
MLB Averages 46.3% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
2000 TEX AL 31 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 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1 Season 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 1 100% 100% 0% 0
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 56% 74% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2000 TEX AL 31 1 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 0% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 74% 30% 92% 85%

* 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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