Gary Sheffield

Full Name: Gary Antonian Sheffield Primary Position: OF,RF,3B,LF,DH Height/Weight: 6'0"/215 First Game: September 3, 1988 Birthdate: November 18, 1968 MLB Experience: 20 years Birthplace: Tampa, Florida Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Gary Sheffield (Gary Antonian Sheffield) was born on November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1988 for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1989, his rookie year, he hit .247 with 5 home runs and 32 RBI. Sheffield played for the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 19 year career.

Sheffield was among the stars named in the Mitchell Report on the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Sheffield FedEx receipt to BALCO in February 2003 was cited by federal agents for their search warrant on Greg Anderson’s condominium. The report also cited physical evidence of steroid use by an unnamed person or people connected to the Tigers in 2004. Sheffield has admitted using a cream he got from Anderson but said in a 2004 interview with Sports Illustrated that he did not knowingly use steroids.

Most people believe that Gary Sheffield's best season was 2003, when he slugged 39 home runs, hit for a .330 average and knocked in 132 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1988	MIL	A	24	80	12	19	4	12	.237	.295	.400	1	0	7	7	0	1	3	0	5
1989	MIL	A	95	368	34	91	5	32	.247	.303	.337	18	0	27	33	4	3	10	0	4
1990	MIL	A	125	487	67	143	10	67	.294	.350	.421	30	1	44	41	3	4	25	1	11
1991	MIL	A	50	175	25	34	2	22	.194	.277	.320	12	2	19	15	3	1	5	1	3
1992	SD	N	146	557	87	184	33	100	.330	.385	.580	34	3	48	40	6	0	5	5	19
1993	SD	N	68	258	34	76	10	36	.295	.344	.473	12	2	18	30	3	0	5	0	9
1993	FLA	N	72	236	33	69	10	37	.292	.378	.479	8	3	29	34	6	0	12	6	2
1993	TOT	N	140	494	67	145	20	73	.294	.361	.476	20	5	47	64	9	0	17	6	11
1994	FLA	N	87	322	61	89	27	78	.276	.380	.584	16	1	51	50	6	0	12	11	10
1995	FLA	N	63	213	46	69	16	46	.324	.467	.587	8	0	55	45	4	0	19	8	3
1996	FLA	N	161	519	118	163	42	120	.314	.465	.624	33	1	142	66	10	0	16	19	16
1997	FLA	N	135	444	86	111	21	71	.250	.424	.446	22	1	121	79	15	0	11	11	7
1998	LA	N	90	301	52	95	16	57	.316	.444	.535	16	1	69	30	6	0	18	11	4
1998	FLA	N	40	136	21	37	6	28	.272	.392	.500	11	1	26	16	2	0	4	1	3
1998	TOT	N	130	437	73	132	22	85	.302	.428	.524	27	2	95	46	8	0	22	12	7
1999	LA	N	152	549	103	165	34	101	.301	.407	.523	20	0	101	64	4	0	11	4	10
2000	LA	N	141	501	105	163	43	109	.325	.438	.643	24	3	101	71	4	0	4	7	13
2001	LA	N	143	515	98	160	36	100	.311	.417	.583	28	2	94	67	4	0	10	13	12
2002	ATL	N	135	492	82	151	25	84	.307	.404	.512	26	0	72	53	11	0	12	2	16
2003	ATL	N	155	576	126	190	39	132	.330	.419	.604	37	2	86	55	8	0	18	6	16
2004	NY	A	154	573	117	166	36	121	.290	.393	.534	30	1	92	83	11	0	5	7	16
2005	NY	A	154	584	104	170	34	123	.291	.379	.512	27	0	78	76	8	0	10	7	11
2006	NY	A	39	151	22	45	6	25	.298	.355	.450	5	0	13	16	1	0	5	2	6
2007	DET	A	133	494	107	131	25	75	.265	.378	.462	20	1	84	71	9	0	22	2	10
Total	NL		1588	5619	1052	1722	358	1099	.306	.416	.557	295	20	1013	700	89	0	157	104	140
Total	AL		774	2912	488	799	122	477	.274	?	?	143	5	364	342	39	9	85	20	66
Total			2362	8531	1540	2521	480	1576	.296	.397	.522	438	25	1377	1042	128	9	242	124	206

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1988	MIL	A	SS	24	23	211.1	39	48	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1989	MIL	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	MIL	A	SS	70	70	596	85	194	12	40	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1989	MIL	A	3B	21	21	177	15	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1990	MIL	A	3B	125	125	1069	98	254	25	16	0	0	0	0	0	.934
1991	MIL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	MIL	A	3B	43	43	369	29	65	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	.922
1992	SD	N	3B	144	144	1247.2	99	299	16	25	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1993	SD	N	3B	67	66	564.2	41	102	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1993	FLA	N	3B	66	66	565	38	123	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.894
1993	TOT	N	3B	133	132	1129.2	79	225	34	15	0	0	0	0	0	.899
1994	FLA	N	OF	87	86	743.2	154	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1994	FLA	N	RF	87	86	743.2	154	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1995	FLA	N	LF	3	3	20	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1995	FLA	N	OF	61	61	530.1	109	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1995	FLA	N	RF	59	58	510.1	108	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1996	FLA	N	OF	161	160	1342	238	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1996	FLA	N	RF	161	160	1342	238	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1997	FLA	N	OF	132	132	1115.1	226	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1997	FLA	N	RF	132	132	1115.1	228	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1997	FLA	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	LA	N	RF	89	89	776	150	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1998	LA	N	OF	89	89	776	149	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1998	FLA	N	OF	37	37	322.2	68	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1998	FLA	N	RF	37	37	322.2	68	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1998	TOT	N	OF	126	126	1098.2	217	9	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1998	TOT	N	RF	126	126	1098.2	218	9	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1999	LA	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	LA	N	OF	145	145	1222.1	235	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1999	LA	N	LF	145	145	1222.1	235	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972
2000	LA	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	LA	N	OF	139	139	1133	203	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.954
2000	LA	N	LF	139	139	1133	203	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.954
2001	LA	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	LA	N	OF	141	141	1202	196	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
2001	LA	N	RF	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	LA	N	LF	141	141	1195	194	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.972
2002	ATL	N	RF	127	127	1104	232	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2002	ATL	N	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	ATL	N	OF	127	127	1104	232	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.984
2003	ATL	N	RF	153	153	1288.1	283	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.986
2003	ATL	N	OF	153	153	1288.1	283	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.986
2004	NY	A	DH	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	NY	A	OF	136	136	1178.2	270	11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
2004	NY	A	3B	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	NY	A	RF	136	136	1178.2	271	11	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.983
2005	NY	A	RF	131	130	1099.1	239	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.988
2005	NY	A	DH	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	NY	A	OF	131	130	1099.1	239	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.988
2006	NY	A	OF	21	20	165	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2006	NY	A	1B	9	9	57	56	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
2006	NY	A	RF	21	20	165	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
2006	NY	A	DH	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	DET	A	DH	119	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	DET	A	OF	12	12	106	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	DET	A	RF	7	5	50	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	DET	A	LF	7	7	56	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	190	190	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	1142	1133	9702.1	2024	72	40	13	0	0	0	0	0	.981
Total			1B	9	9	57	56	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			LF	435	435	3626.1	646	30	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.964
Total			SS	94	93	807.1	124	242	15	49	0	0	0	0	0	.961
Total			3B	468	465	3994.1	320	887	88	67	0	0	0	0	0	.932
Total			OF	1572	1568	13328.2	2666	104	65	15	0	0	0	0	0	.977

Transactions

• Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 26, 1986).
• Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Geoff Kellogg to San Diego Padres in exchange for Ricky Bones, Jose Valentin and Matt Mieske (March 26, 1992).
• Traded by San Diego Padres with Rich Rodriguez to Florida Marlins in exchange for Trevor Hoffman, Jose Martinez and Andres Berumen (June 24, 1993).
• Traded by Florida Marlins with Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich and Charles Johnson to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile (May 14, 1998).
• Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Brian Jordan, Odalis Perez and Andrew Brown (January 15, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
• Signed by New York Yankees (December 19, 2003).
• Traded by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Anthony Claggett, Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan (November 10, 2006).