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Mike Sharperson
Michael Tyrone Sharperson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 191 lb.

Debut April 6, 1987
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 15, 1995
Born October 4, 1961 in Orangeburg, SC
Died May 26, 1996 in Las Vegas, NV

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 25 TOT     42  129   11   29   6  1   0   10   2  1  11  20  .225  .291  .287   54   37   1   0   1   1   3
         TOR AL  32   96    4   20   4  1   0    9   2  1   7  15  .208  .269  .271   43   26   1   0   0   1   2
         LAD NL  10   33    7    9   2  0   0    1   0  0   4   5  .273  .351  .333   85   11   0   0   1   0   1
 1988 26 LAD NL  46   59    8   16   1  0   0    4   0  1   1  12  .271  .290  .288   69   17   2   1   0   1   1
 1989 27 LAD NL  27   28    2    7   3  0   0    5   0  1   4   7  .250  .333  .357   99   10   1   1   1   0   1
 1990 28 LAD NL 129  357   42  106  14  2   3   36  15  6  46  39  .297  .376  .373  109  133   8   3   6   1   5
 1991 29 LAD NL 105  216   24   60  11  2   2   20   1  3  25  24  .278  .355  .375  108   81  10   0   0   1   2
 1992 30 LAD NL 128  317   48   95  21  0   3   36   2  2  47  33  .300  .387  .394  124  125   5   3   1   0   9 AS
 1993 31 LAD NL  73   90   13   23   4  0   2   10   2  0   5  17  .256  .299  .367   82   33   0   1   0   1   2
 1995 33 ATL NL   7    7    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .286    8    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      557 1203  149  337  61  5  10  123  22 14 139 154  .280  .355  .364  102  438  27   9   9   5  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        350   43   98  18  1   3   36   6  4  40  45  .280  .355  .364  102  127   8   3   3   1   7
 Career High    129  357   48  106  21  2   3   36  15  6  47  39  .300  .387  .394  124  133  10   3   6   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 25 TOT     142  105   11   2.8   107| .225  .267| .291  .336| .287  .426| .578  .762|  54  .263  -8.7  -0.9  66%
         TOR AL  105   80    7   2.3   108| .208  .267| .269  .336| .271  .429| .540  .765|  43  .201  -8.1  -0.8  66%
         LAD NL   37   25    4   4.3   104| .273  .267| .351  .336| .333  .416| .684  .751|  85  .454  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1988 26 LAD NL   64   48    5   2.8    88| .271  .254| .290  .317| .288  .373| .578  .690|  69  .345  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1989 27 LAD NL   34   25    3   3.2    90| .250  .253| .333  .320| .357  .376| .690  .696|  99  .398   0.3   0.0   0%
 1990 28 LAD NL  415  273   54   5.3    96| .297  .262| .376  .328| .373  .393| .749  .721| 109  .584   6.5   0.7  71%
 1991 29 LAD NL  252  171   30   4.7    92| .278  .255| .355  .323| .375  .382| .730  .705| 108  .554   2.9   0.3  25%
 1992 30 LAD NL  372  241   50   5.6    91| .300  .258| .387  .323| .394  .380| .781  .703| 124  .636  12.7   1.3  50%
 1993 31 LAD NL   97   70   10   3.8    99| .256  .265| .299  .329| .367  .404| .666  .733|  82  .413  -2.3  -0.2 100%
 1995 33 ATL NL    7    6    0   0.0   109| .143  .274| .143  .344| .286  .427| .429  .771|   8  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1383  939  163   4.7    95| .280  .260| .355  .326| .364  .391| .719  .717| 102  .535   8.0   0.8  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 25 TOT 2B 38 65 82 5 18 .967 .980 3.87 4.47 4.67 5.13 33 283.0 TOR AL 2B 32 64 69 4 16 .971 .980 4.16 4.48 4.77 5.12 30 251.0 LAD NL 3B 7 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 2.57 2.34 3.24 2.83 7 50.0 2B 6 1 13 1 2 .933 .979 2.33 4.43 3.94 5.20 3 32.0 1988 26 LAD NL 2B 20 11 26 2 6 .949 .979 1.85 4.58 4.54 5.22 2 73.3 3B 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.35 2.25 2.76 1 16.0 SS 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 4.00 4.33 4.62 1 18.7 1989 27 LAD NL 2B 4 7 4 0 2 1.000 .982 2.75 4.42 4.30 5.13 2 23.0 1B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.40 7.50 9.75 0 6.0 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 3.90 6.75 4.50 0 4.0 1990 28 LAD NL 3B 106 70 153 12 10 .949 .947 2.10 2.31 2.91 2.73 75 690.0 SS 15 17 26 1 7 .977 .966 2.87 4.00 6.02 4.59 6 64.3 2B 9 10 12 1 1 .957 .982 2.44 4.28 4.75 5.01 5 41.7 1B 6 55 2 1 5 .983 .991 9.50 7.88 11.93 9.59 5 43.0 1991 29 LAD NL 3B 68 30 71 2 5 .981 .950 1.49 2.31 2.26 2.74 45 401.7 SS 16 8 16 1 2 .960 .968 1.50 3.88 4.00 4.67 5 54.0 1B 10 46 12 1 5 .983 .991 5.80 8.44 9.85 9.80 6 53.0 2B 5 5 8 0 3 1.000 .985 2.60 4.28 7.80 5.16 1 15.0 1992 30 LAD NL 2B 63 104 134 5 26 .979 .981 3.78 4.27 6.46 5.18 33 331.7 AS 3B 60 15 86 8 5 .927 .952 1.68 2.29 2.71 2.67 39 335.0 AS SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.85 2.25 4.50 0 4.0 AS 1993 31 LAD NL 2B 17 24 28 3 8 .945 .979 3.06 4.49 5.20 5.16 9 90.0 3B 6 3 2 1 0 .833 .943 0.83 2.32 3.46 2.70 1 13.0 SS 3 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 3.33 4.03 5.73 4.70 2 15.7 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1995 33 ATL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 27 LAD NL 1B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.40 7.50 9.75 0 6.0 1990 28 LAD NL 1B 6 55 2 1 5 .983 .991 9.50 7.88 11.93 9.59 5 43.0 1991 29 LAD NL 1B 10 46 12 1 5 .983 .991 5.80 8.44 9.85 9.80 6 53.0 1993 31 LAD NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1987 25 TOT 2B 38 65 82 5 18 .967 .980 3.87 4.47 4.67 5.13 33 283.0 TOR AL 2B 32 64 69 4 16 .971 .980 4.16 4.48 4.77 5.12 30 251.0 LAD NL 2B 6 1 13 1 2 .933 .979 2.33 4.43 3.94 5.20 3 32.0 1988 26 LAD NL 2B 20 11 26 2 6 .949 .979 1.85 4.58 4.54 5.22 2 73.3 1989 27 LAD NL 2B 4 7 4 0 2 1.000 .982 2.75 4.42 4.30 5.13 2 23.0 1990 28 LAD NL 2B 9 10 12 1 1 .957 .982 2.44 4.28 4.75 5.01 5 41.7 1991 29 LAD NL 2B 5 5 8 0 3 1.000 .985 2.60 4.28 7.80 5.16 1 15.0 1992 30 LAD NL 2B 63 104 134 5 26 .979 .981 3.78 4.27 6.46 5.18 33 331.7 1993 31 LAD NL 2B 17 24 28 3 8 .945 .979 3.06 4.49 5.20 5.16 9 90.0 1987 25 LAD NL 3B 7 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 2.57 2.34 3.24 2.83 7 50.0 1988 26 LAD NL 3B 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 2.35 2.25 2.76 1 16.0 1989 27 LAD NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1990 28 LAD NL 3B 106 70 153 12 10 .949 .947 2.10 2.31 2.91 2.73 75 690.0 1991 29 LAD NL 3B 68 30 71 2 5 .981 .950 1.49 2.31 2.26 2.74 45 401.7 1992 30 LAD NL 3B 60 15 86 8 5 .927 .952 1.68 2.29 2.71 2.67 39 335.0 1993 31 LAD NL 3B 6 3 2 1 0 .833 .943 0.83 2.32 3.46 2.70 1 13.0 1995 33 ATL NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1993 31 LAD NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1993 31 LAD NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1988 26 LAD NL SS 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 4.00 4.33 4.62 1 18.7 1989 27 LAD NL SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 3.90 6.75 4.50 0 4.0 1990 28 LAD NL SS 15 17 26 1 7 .977 .966 2.87 4.00 6.02 4.59 6 64.3 1991 29 LAD NL SS 16 8 16 1 2 .960 .968 1.50 3.88 4.00 4.67 5 54.0 1992 30 LAD NL SS 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.85 2.25 4.50 0 4.0 1993 31 LAD NL SS 3 2 8 1 1 .909 .962 3.33 4.03 5.73 4.70 2 15.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 256 125 327 23 20 .952 .949 1.77 2.31 2.69 2.72 168 1511.7 2B* 156 226 294 16 64 .970 .981 3.33 4.39 5.46 5.15 85 857.7 SS* 41 32 58 3 10 .968 .967 2.20 3.95 5.04 4.63 14 160.7 1B* 19 105 15 2 10 .984 .992 6.32 8.24 10.49 9.71 11 103.0 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 473 488 694 44 104 .964 .968 2.50 3.37 4.04 3.90 278 2634
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   1   1   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1992   LAD NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1992 *

Sac. Hits
1991 NL-10-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1909) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1408) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 41st round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 11, 1980: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

September 22, 1987: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Guzman.

October 8, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 23, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

April 2, 1994: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 26, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

July 17, 1994: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

July 27, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$90,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$135,000
1991Los Angeles Dodgers$307,500
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$587,500
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$970,000
1995Atlanta Braves$255,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,345,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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