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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-21 / in Starts: 23-21
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	17 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1997	NLDS g1	Sep 30	FLA		SFG	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	1.000	1.750	3	1.09	0.166	16.95	1.45%	1.04	RF
2	1997	NLDS g2	Oct 1	FLA		SFG	W,7-6	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.778	1.333	2.111	3	1.63	0.308	27.09	2.87%	1.81	RF
3	1997	NLDS g3	Oct 3	FLA	@	SFG	W,6-2	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.714	1.000	1.714	3	.54	-0.026	6.39	-0.16%	0.30	RF
4	1997	NLCS g1	Oct 7	FLA	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.667	.833	1.500	3	.78	0.147	20.37	2.45%	2.01	RF
5	1997	NLCS g2	Oct 8	FLA	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.591	.667	1.258	3	.28	-0.017	7.14	-0.25%	-0.60	RF
6	1997	NLCS g3	Oct 10	FLA		ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.615	.833	1.449	3	.81	0.168	25.47	3.38%	1.25	RF
7	1997	NLCS g4	Oct 11	FLA		ATL	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.567	.714	1.281	3	.89	-0.068	28.36	-1.40%	-0.56	RF
8	1997	NLCS g5	Oct 12	FLA		ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.545	.652	1.198	3	.99	-0.025	41.05	-0.58%	-0.10	RF
9	1997	NLCS g6	Oct 14	FLA	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.553	.615	1.168	3	1.27	0.141	56.61	4.02%	1.54	RF
10	1997	WS g1	Oct 18	FLA		CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.548	.571	1.119	3	.52	-0.017	27.29	-0.43%	-0.04	RF
11	1997	WS g2	Oct 19	FLA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.565	.567	1.132	3	1.07	0.018	56.62	0.51%	0.48	RF
12	1997	WS g3	Oct 21	FLA	@	CLE	W,14-11	CG	6	5	2	3	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.371	.577	.686	1.263	3	2.18	0.215	136.69	8.45%	3.40	RF
13	1997	WS g4	Oct 22	FLA	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.554	.632	1.185	3	.69	-0.011	42.02	-0.19%	-0.38	RF
14	1997	WS g5	Oct 23	FLA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.541	.605	1.146	3	.71	0.031	58.88	1.38%	-0.04	RF
15	1997	WS g6	Oct 25	FLA		CLE	L,1-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.530	.565	1.096	3	.98	0.044	75.96	2.21%	0.02	RF
16	1997	WS g7	Oct 26	FLA		CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.521	.540	1.061	3	1.77	-0.026	295.00	-4.07%	-0.13	RF
2002 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	2002	NLDS g1	Oct 2	ATL		SFG	L,5-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	3	.91	-0.108	14.24	-1.07%	0.02	RF
18	2002	NLDS g2	Oct 3	ATL		SFG	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.500	.722	3	.43	-0.032	6.56	-0.27%	-0.79	RF
19	2002	NLDS g3	Oct 5	ATL	@	SFG	W,10-2	CG	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.357	.400	.757	3	.60	-0.002	12.65	-0.01%	0.60	RF
20	2002	NLDS g4	Oct 6	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.278	.286	.563	3	.25	-0.025	4.87	-0.26%	-0.64	RF
21	2002	NLDS g5	Oct 7	ATL		SFG	L,1-3	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.348	.250	.598	3	2.21	-0.099	92.00	-2.68%	-0.34	RF
2003 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	2003	NLDS g1	Sep 30	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	3	1.27	0.039	19.93	0.45%	0.08	RF
23	2003	NLDS g2	Oct 1	ATL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	3	1.15	-0.103	17.47	-0.99%	-1.31	RF
24	2003	NLDS g3	Oct 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.308	.100	.408	3	.79	-0.004	16.51	-0.06%	0.05	RF
25	2003	NLDS g5	Oct 5	ATL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.143	.437	3	1.11	-0.063	46.35	-1.71%	-0.34	RF
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	2004	ALDS g1	Oct 5	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	3	1.42	0.006	22.21	0.01%	0.04	RF
27	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.400	.571	.971	3	1.45	0.080	22.14	0.89%	0.86	RF
28	2004	ALDS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-9	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.400	.583	.983	3	.40	0.025	8.36	0.37%	-0.14	RF
29	2004	ALDS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG(11)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.444	.778	3	1.32	-0.197	25.31	-2.33%	-0.97	RF
30	2004	ALCS g1	Oct 12	NYY		BOS	W,10-7	CG	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.423	.591	1.014	3	.51	0.081	13.44	1.17%	1.30	RF
31	2004	ALCS g2	Oct 13	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.433	.577	1.010	3	.95	0.035	25.14	0.52%	0.56	RF
32	2004	ALCS g3	Oct 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,19-8	GS-9	6	5	3	4	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.419	.500	.742	1.242	3	.75	0.280	15.59	3.78%	4.19	RF
33	2004	ALCS g4	Oct 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG(12)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.452	.639	1.091	3	1.42	-0.112	13.53	-0.68%	-1.13	RF
34	2004	ALCS g5	Oct 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.325	.449	.575	1.024	3	1.42	-0.058	25.01	-0.39%	-0.36	RF
35	2004	ALCS g6	Oct 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.434	.545	.979	3	.91	-0.009	34.77	-0.17%	0.14	RF
36	2004	ALCS g7	Oct 20	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.404	.500	.904	3	.29	-0.032	24.38	-1.76%	-0.69	RF
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	2005	ALDS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4	.54	-0.004	8.40	-0.07%	-0.31	RF
38	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.29	-0.071	19.64	-0.63%	-0.87	RF
39	2005	ALDS g3	Oct 7	NYY		LAA	L,7-11	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	4	1.21	-0.094	25.48	-1.30%	-1.25	RF
40	2005	ALDS g4	Oct 9	NYY		LAA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	4	1.62	-0.004	30.70	0.21%	-0.48	RF
41	2005	ALDS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	GS-9	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	4	1.40	-0.022	58.42	-0.49%	-0.30	RF
2006 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	2006	ALDS g1	Oct 3	NYY		DET	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	.62	0.001	9.78	0.02%	-0.10	1B
43	2006	ALDS g2	Oct 5	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	4	1.73	-0.224	27.92	-2.25%	-1.86	1B
44	2006	ALDS g4	Oct 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	4	.50	-0.052	11.19	-0.66%	-1.56	1B
									202	161	27	40	6	0	6	19	39	2	26	2	0	0		6	1	1	.248	.401	.398	.799

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