Gary Sheffield

Positions: Rightfielder, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: November 18, 1968 in Tampa, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL).

High School: Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL)

Debut: September 3, 1988 (Age 19-290d, 15,532nd in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 40-316d)
vs. WSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Himself • Previously: Jim Neader, Rufus Williams, Scott Boras

Full Name: Gary Antonian Sheffield

Nicknames: Sheff

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Relatives: Nephew of Dwight Gooden

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.5

9217

2689

509

.292

1636

RBI

1676

253

OBP

.393

SLG

.514

OPS

.907

OPS+

140

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	MIL	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 8	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	MIL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	8 (2)	Apr 14	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
7	9	Apr 15	MIL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	10	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	11	Apr 17	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	12	Apr 18	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
11	13	Apr 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
12	14	Apr 21	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
13	15	Apr 22	MIL		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
14	16	Apr 23	MIL		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
15	17	Apr 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
16	18	Apr 25	MIL		MIN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
17	19	Apr 26	MIL		MIN	W,12-0	GS	28	7.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
18	20	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	21	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	4	1	7	0	SS
20	22	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23	May 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
22	24	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
23	25	May 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	26	May 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
25	27	May 5	MIL		KCR	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
26	29 (1)	May 7	MIL		KCR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
27	30	May 9	MIL		CHW	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
28	31	May 10	MIL		CHW	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
29	32	May 12	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
30	33	May 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
31	34	May 14	MIL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
32	35	May 15	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
33	36	May 16	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
34	38 (1)	May 18	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	39	May 19	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	40	May 20	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
37	41	May 21	MIL	@	CAL	L,9-12	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
38	42	May 23	MIL		OAK	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	43	May 24	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	GS	25	5.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
40	44	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
41	45	May 26	MIL		SEA	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
42	46	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
43	47	May 28	MIL		SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
44	48	May 29	MIL		CAL	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
45	49	May 30	MIL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
46	50	May 31	MIL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	51	Jun 1	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	52	Jun 2	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	53	Jun 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
50	54	Jun 4	MIL		NYY	L,9-12	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	55	Jun 5	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
52	56	Jun 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
53	57	Jun 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-4	GS	23	5.1	1	1	0	2	1	SS
54	66 (8)	Jun 17	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
55	67	Jun 18	MIL	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	68	Jun 19	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
57	69	Jun 20	MIL		KCR	L,2-8	CG	53	11.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
58	70	Jun 21	MIL		KCR	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
59	71	Jun 22	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	72	Jun 23 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,17-5	GS	33	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	73	Jun 23 (2)	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
62	74	Jun 24	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	75	Jun 25	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
64	76	Jun 27	MIL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	3	SS
65	77	Jun 28	MIL		BOS	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
66	78	Jun 29	MIL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
67	79	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	80	Jul 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
69	81	Jul 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
70	82	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	83	Jul 4	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
72	84	Jul 6	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	85	Jul 7	MIL		BAL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	86	Jul 8	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
75	87	Jul 9	MIL		BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	88	Jul 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	148 (59)	Sep 15	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	149	Sep 16	MIL		TEX	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	150	Sep 17	MIL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	151	Sep 21 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
81	152	Sep 21 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
82	153	Sep 22	MIL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
83	154	Sep 23	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	155	Sep 24	MIL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
85	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
86	157	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
87	158	Sep 27	MIL		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
88	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
89	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
90	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
91	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
							91gm		773.0	100	238	16	354	44