Ron Shepherd

Ronald Wayne Shepherd

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Runner and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 27, 1960 in Longview, TX
High School: Kilgore (Kilgore, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1984
Team: BlueJays 1984-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
1979	18	TOR-min	Rk	49	178	178		37	6	2	3						.208	.208	.315	.522		56						MDH · PION
1980	19	TOR-min	A	110	442	384	53	80	16	4	11	61	5	5	49	122	.208	.295	.357	.652		137		1	2	6		KIN · CARL
1981	20	TOR-min	A	135	545	486	71	114	15	3	16	66	16	7	47	147	.235	.307	.377	.684		183		6	1	5	5	KIN · CARL
1982	21	TOR-min	AA	136	534	482	62	119	19	8	15	65	31	8	40	125	.247	.304	.413	.717		199		2	5	5	2	KNX · SOUL
1983	22	TOR-min	AAA	119	441	404	60	110	20	3	13	62	12	8	29	108	.272	.326	.433	.760		175		4	3	1	0	SYR · IL
1984	23	TOR-min	AAA	113	410	363	37	80	16	3	12	50	6	3	41	99	.220	.301	.380	.681		138		2	1	3	0	SYR · IL
1984	23	TOR	AL	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1985	24	TOR-min	AAA	37	144	133	23	41	12	2	2	16	1	3	11	28	.308	.361	.474	.835		63		0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1985	24	TOR	AL	38	37	35	7	4	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	12	.114	.162	.171	.334	-10	6	1	0	0	0	0	8/79
1986	25	TOR-min	AAA	34	140	128	14	27	4	0	3	17	3	4	11	24	.211	.271	.313	.584		40		0	0	1	1	SYR · IL
1986	25	TOR	AL	65	73	69	16	14	4	0	2	4	0	0	3	22	.203	.236	.348	.584	55	24	1	0	1	0	0	798/D
1987	26	WSN-min	AAA	102	384	358	45	104	22	1	13	53	13	4	21	64	.291	.331	.466	.797		167		2	0	3	1	INA · AA
1988	27	WSN-min	AAA	30	115	110	8	25	6	0	2	17	1	2	4	24	.227	.261	.336	.597		37		1	0	0	1	INA · AA
1989	28	STL-min	AAA	99	331	304	35	76	20	6	5	30	2	2	25	73	.250	.308	.405	.713		123		1	0	1	0	LOU · AA
3 Seasons				115	114	108	23	18	6	0	2	5	3	1	5	37	.167	.204	.278	.481	28	30	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	161	152	32	25	8	0	3	7	4	1	7	52	.167	.204	.278	.481	28	42	3	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1984	23	TOR	AL	4	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/7
1985	24	TOR	AL	37	-5	1	0	2	-2	1	-3	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$	8/79
1986	25	TOR	AL	73	-5	1	-1	-5	-2	2	-11	-1.1	-5	-0.5	-0.6	$90,000	798/D
3 Seasons				114	-11	1	-1	-3	-4	3	-16	-1.6	-12	-1.2	-0.4	$90,000

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1984	TOR	AL	23	LF	5	0	0	9.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	53	3.00	0.60	.983	2.30	2.26
1984	TOR	AL	23	OF	5	0	0	9.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	53	3.00	0.60	.983	2.50	2.50
1985	TOR	AL	24	OF	16	5	3	75.0	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	2	24	2.88	1.50	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	TOR	AL	24	CF	13	3	2	55.0	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0	11	2.95	1.38	.988	2.91	2.88
1985	TOR	AL	24	LF	3	1	1	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	34	2.57	1.33	.978	2.25	2.23
1985	TOR	AL	24	RF	1	1	0	6.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	120	4.50	3.00	.980	2.10	2.20
1986	TOR	AL	25	OF	32	16	9	160.0	30	30	0	0	0	1.000	-5	-36	1.69	0.94	.980	2.39	2.37
1986	TOR	AL	25	LF	12	3	3	46.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-44	1.37	0.58	.977	2.23	2.22
1986	TOR	AL	25	RF	11	5	1	46.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-16	2.15	1.00	.975	2.09	2.08
1986	TOR	AL	25	CF	10	8	5	68.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-44	1.59	1.20	.986	2.83	2.80
1986	TOR	AL	25	DH	1	1
	3 Seasons			OF	53	21	12	244.0	57	56	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-14	2.10	1.08	.981	2.41	2.40
	2 Seasons			CF	23	11	7	123.0	30	30	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-20	2.20	1.30	.987	2.87	2.84
	3 Seasons			LF	20	4	4	69.0	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-16	1.83	0.70	.979	2.24	2.23
	2 Seasons			RF	12	6	1	52.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.42	1.17	.976	2.09	2.09
	3 Seasons			TOT	53	21	12	244.0	57	56	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-14	2.10	1.08	.981	2.41	2.40

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.
March 26, 1987: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	25	Toronto Blue Jays	$90,000	1986 USA Today survey

1988	27	Montreal Expos	$72,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$162,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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