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Justus Sheffield

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 224lb (178cm, 101kg)

Born: May 13, 1996 in Tullahoma, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (31st) of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tullahoma HS (Tullahoma, TN).

High School: Tullahoma HS (Tullahoma, TN)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2023 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2023): 2.080 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Bo McKinnis

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Justus Kane Sheffield

Pronunciation: \JUS-tiss\

Twitter: @topsheff42

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.0

-0.9

ERA

3.86

5.47

11.2

186.0

155

WHIP

1.286

1.634

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2014	18	-2.4	Indians	ARIZ	Rk	CLE	3	1	.750	4.79	6.97	8	4	0	0	0	0	20.2	24	16	11	0	9	0	29	1	0	4	94	1.597	10.5	0.0	3.9	12.6	3.22
2015	19	-2.9	Lake County	MIDW	A	CLE	9	4	.692	3.31	4.23	26	26	0	0	0	0	127.2	135	60	47	8	38	0	138	2	2	12	555	1.355	9.5	0.6	2.7	9.7	3.63
2016	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA	CLE	10	6	.625	3.09	3.38	25	25	0	0	0	0	125.1	107	47	43	6	53	0	129	4	1	12	526	1.277	7.7	0.4	3.8	9.3	2.43
2016	20	-4.5	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	0	0		0.00	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	19	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	20.3	3.00
2016	20	-2.9	Lynchburg	CARL	A+	CLE	7	5	.583	3.59	3.78	19	19	0	0	0	0	95.1	91	40	38	6	40	0	93	4	1	9	408	1.374	8.6	0.6	3.8	8.8	2.33
2016	20	-3.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	3	1	.750	1.73	2.08	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	14	6	5	0	10	0	27	0	0	3	99	0.923	4.8	0.0	3.5	9.3	2.70
2017	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	NYY	7	7	.500	3.12	4.04	19	19	0	1	1	0	98.0	98	44	34	14	34	1	88	3	0	8	423	1.347	9.0	1.3	3.1	8.1	2.59
2017	21	-3.3	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	7	6	.538	3.18	4.15	17	17	0	1	1	0	93.1	94	43	33	14	33	1	82	3	0	8	405	1.361	9.1	1.4	3.2	7.9	2.48
2017	21	0.6	Yankees West	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	1	.000	1.93	1.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	18	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00
2017	21	-2.5	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		2	2	.500	3.10	3.54	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	14	8	7	0	3	0	22	0	0	3	76	0.836	6.2	0.0	1.3	9.7	7.33
2018	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYY	7	6	.538	2.48	2.87	25	20	0	0	0	0	116.0	82	37	32	4	50	0	123	1	0	3	475	1.138	6.4	0.3	3.9	9.5	2.46
2018	22	-4.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	6	4	.600	2.56	2.86	20	15	0	0	0	0	88.0	66	28	25	3	36	0	84	1	0	2	363	1.159	6.8	0.3	3.7	8.6	2.33
2018	22	-2.4	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	1	2	.333	2.25	2.89	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	16	9	7	1	14	0	39	0	0	1	112	1.071	5.1	0.3	4.5	12.5	2.79
2018	22	-6.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		10.13	10.13	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	2.625	13.5	3.4	10.1	0.0	0.00
2019	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SEA	7	9	.438	4.13	4.53	25	24	0	0	0	0	133.0	121	67	61	16	59	0	133	1	0	7	568	1.353	8.2	1.1	4.0	9.0	2.25
2019	23	-3.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	2	6	.250	6.87	7.69	13	12	0	0	0	0	55.0	59	47	42	12	41	0	48	1	0	4	263	1.818	9.7	2.0	6.7	7.9	1.17
2019	23	-1.2	Arkansas	TL	AA	SEA	5	3	.625	2.19	2.31	12	12	0	0	0	0	78.0	62	20	19	4	18	0	85	0	0	3	305	1.026	7.2	0.5	2.1	9.8	4.72
2019	23	-5.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	1	.000	5.50	5.50	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.0	44	22	22	5	18	0	37	3	0	3	168	1.722	11.0	1.3	4.5	9.3	2.06
2020	24	-4.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	4	3	.571	3.58	3.74	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.1	52	23	22	2	20	0	48	3	0	1	232	1.301	8.5	0.3	3.3	7.8	2.40
2021	25	-2.4	Tacoma	AAAW	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	8.64	9.72	5	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	8	9	8	1	7	0	14	0	0	0	39	1.800	8.6	1.1	7.6	15.1	2.00
2021	25	-3.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	7	8	.467	6.83	7.73	21	15	0	0	0	0	80.1	105	69	61	14	43	1	63	5	0	5	385	1.842	11.8	1.6	4.8	7.1	1.47
2022	26	-1.2	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	6	8	.429	6.99	7.43	24	24	0	0	0	0	103.0	138	85	80	19	47	0	86	11	0	9	490	1.796	12.1	1.7	4.1	7.5	1.83
2022	26	-2.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	6	1	3	0	0	0	11.2	9	5	5	1	6	0	7	1	0	0	51	1.286	6.9	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.17
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		12	12	.500	5.47	5.90	48	33	5	0	0	0	186.0	214	122	113	23	90	1	155	12	0	10	850	1.634	10.4	1.1	4.4	7.5	1.72
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		49	42	.538	3.89	4.49	157	144	0	1	1	0	732.0	713	365	316	68	297	1	740	23	3	55	3170	1.380	8.8	0.8	3.7	9.1	2.49
Other (1 season)					Other		2	2	.500	3.10	3.54	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.1	14	8	7	0	3	0	22	0	0	3	76	0.836	6.2	0.0	1.3	9.7	7.33
All Levels (9 Seasons)							63	56	.529	4.18	4.75	210	182	5	1	1	0	938.1	941	495	436	91	390	2	917	35	3	68	4096	1.418	9.0	0.9	3.7	8.8	2.35

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		14	19	.424	5.48	5.98	62	53	0	0	0	0	254.1	271	169	155	35	131	0	232	13	0	15	1155	1.581	9.6	1.2	4.6	8.2	1.77
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		13	11	.542	2.61	3.23	35	35	0	1	1	0	203.1	174	73	59	19	68	1	215	3	0	12	841	1.190	7.7	0.8	3.0	9.5	3.16
A+ (1 season)					Minors		10	6	.625	3.19	3.41	24	24	0	0	0	0	121.1	105	46	43	6	50	0	120	4	1	12	507	1.277	7.8	0.4	3.7	8.9	2.40
A (1 season)					Minors		9	4	.692	3.31	4.23	26	26	0	0	0	0	127.2	135	60	47	8	38	0	138	2	2	12	555	1.355	9.5	0.6	2.7	9.7	3.63
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	4.26	6.04	10	6	0	0	0	0	25.1	28	17	12	0	10	0	35	1	0	4	112	1.500	9.9	0.0	3.6	12.4	3.50