#11 Gary "Sheff" Sheffield, Third Base, 34 yrs, Chicago (W) White Sox

#11 Gary "Sheff" Sheffield, Third Base, 34 yrs, Chicago (W) White Sox
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Gary Sheffield
Sheff
11/18/1968
34
USA,FL,Tampa
5"11
190

Third Base
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4.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 18,000,000
2004
14 Year(s), 62 Days (2470 total Days)
79 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 62 Days (2470 total Days)
18 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	9	9	10	7	9
Versus LHP	9	9	10	7	9
Versus RHP	9	9	10	7	9
Talent	9	9	10	8	9

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5
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1
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Fielding Ratings
3B : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 3 (Range), .964 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 6 (Range), .968 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 7
Outfield Arm : 7

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
6/1	@CLE	W 5-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#2
6/2	MIN	W 5-4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
6/3	MIN	L 1-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	#2
6/5	@DET	W 13-0	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	#2
6/6	@DET	W 13-2	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	#2
6/8	@CHC	W 14-4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	#2
6/9	@CHC	W 10-4	5	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	#2
6/10	@CHC	W 3-0	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	#2
6/11	@CIN	W 3-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#2
6/12	@CIN	W 10-8	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	#2

Batting Stats 2003

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	60	246	71	16	5	17	48	56	34	37	.289	.371	.602	.973	1.028	.313
Projected	154	633	183	41	13	44	123	144	87	95	.289	.371	.602	.973	1.028	.313

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	58	283	0	0	0	5	0	3	148	38	4	1	80.0	57.1	8.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	75	27	6	1	5	17	17	8	8	0	0	0	.360	.422	.667	1.088
vs. RHP	171	44	10	4	12	31	39	26	29	3	0	0	.257	.350	.573	.923
Close/Late	29	10	2	2	3	11	7	2	4	0	0	0	.345	.387	.862	1.249
Scoring Position	60	13	3	1	4	27	0	11	12	3	0	0	.217	.324	.500	.824
Pinch Hitting	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	28	116	24	4	1	4	18	18	14	22	.207	.288	.362	.650
Road	32	130	47	12	4	13	30	38	20	15	.362	.444	.815	1.259
This Week	5	21	7	1	1	3	5	6	1	1	.333	.364	.905	1.268
Last Week	6	23	4	1	0	1	3	3	7	3	.174	.367	.348	.714
March/April	23	93	34	8	2	9	23	25	15	12	.366	.454	.785	1.239
May	27	112	27	6	2	4	17	22	13	21	.241	.313	.438	.750
June	10	41	10	2	1	4	8	9	6	4	.244	.340	.634	.975

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1989	121	445	130	26	7	11	73	66	56	0	7	52	15	12	.292	.366	.456	.822	DET
1990	154	599	179	42	13	19	108	111	74	0	4	64	5	8	.299	.374	.508	.881	DET,AL
1991	154	574	157	42	3	18	80	87	57	1	2	77	3	0	.274	.339	.451	.790	DET
1992	153	586	192	42	10	36	123	118	79	1	4	51	0	0	.328	.406	.618	1.024	DET,AL
1993	153	574	169	42	10	34	107	108	88	0	3	53	0	0	.294	.386	.580	.967	DET,AL
1994	158	615	221	41	14	41	123	131	82	1	7	51	0	0	.359	.431	.672	1.103	DET,AL
1995	153	600	194	51	14	39	126	131	74	0	5	69	0	0	.323	.395	.650	1.045	DET,AL
1996	152	566	211	57	12	40	155	148	98	0	3	52	3	0	.373	.463	.728	1.191	DET,AL
1997	155	592	171	34	11	42	142	115	84	2	8	70	2	0	.289	.375	.596	.971	DET,AL
1998	152	596	177	43	11	42	137	141	94	2	5	64	1	0	.297	.392	.617	1.009	DET,AL
1999	142	551	184	45	16	53	151	155	92	1	4	48	1	0	.334	.427	.762	1.190	DET,AL
2000	154	605	177	46	9	53	168	152	95	1	6	65	12	8	.293	.386	.661	1.047	DET CHW,AL
2001	155	591	170	46	5	44	148	126	105	1	4	59	10	7	.288	.394	.606	.999	CHW,AL
2002	156	590	181	46	12	43	147	144	108	5	7	77	11	11	.307	.414	.644	1.058	CHW,AL
2003	60	246	71	16	5	17	48	56	34	0	3	37	4	1	.289	.371	.602	.973	CHW
Total	2172	8330	2584	619	152	532	1836	1789	1220	15	72	889	67	47	.310	.396	.613	1.009

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1986, A	126	479	96	11	1	24	62	70	50	67	18	7	.200	.271	.378	.649
1987, A	135	517	118	21	3	28	104	79	35	55	20	6	.228	.273	.443	.716
1988, A	7	20	6	1	0	1	4	5	11	3	2	0	.300	.548	.500	1.048
1988, AA	89	350	85	17	4	13	50	45	47	29	15	5	.243	.329	.426	.755
1988, AAA	40	146	31	8	0	4	10	17	11	17	5	2	.212	.264	.349	.613
1989, AA	21	75	25	2	3	4	13	13	14	13	1	2	.333	.438	.600	1.038
1989, AAA	14	51	18	3	1	5	11	15	11	4	5	1	.353	.453	.745	1.198

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1990	4	13	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	.231	.412	.385	.796
1991	3	10	4	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	.400	.455	.700	1.155
1992	3	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558
1993	5	19	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876
1995	3	11	4	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	.364	.462	.909	1.371
1996	9	33	7	2	0	2	7	6	6	4	0	0	.212	.333	.455	.788
1997	4	16	2	0	1	1	4	3	2	2	0	0	.125	.222	.438	.660
1999	5	22	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	.273	.273	.500	.773
2000	17	68	22	0	1	9	17	16	8	12	1	0	.324	.395	.750	1.145
2001	3	13	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	.077	.143	.308	.451
2002	5	22	7	5	0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	.318	.318	.682	1.000
Total	61	239	65	11	7	16	39	38	26	32	1	0	.272	.343	.577	.921

Fielding Stats 2003

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Shortstop	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00
Leftfield	55	55	87	2	1	93	4	.957	488.1	1.71

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/3/1986 to a minor league contract.
Traded from Seattle to Detroit on 2/2/1988 (Going to SEA: P Greg Swindell, P Dennis Cook, P Colin Ward, C Mackey Sasser. Going to DET: P Greg Hibbard, 3B Gary Sheffield, 3B Jim Presley, LF Gorma
n Thomas, RF Tom Brunansky)...
Had first career hit on 5/11/1989, off Andy Hawkins (NYY)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1989, off Danny Jackson (KC)...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1990, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/1990, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Boston on 9/16/1990...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Boston on 9/16/1990...
Hit for the cycle against Seattle on 5/21/1991...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1991, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 3 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1991, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1992, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1992, hitting .346 with 6 HR, 25 RBI...
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 7/29/1992...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1992, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 14 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Toronto on 8/28/1992...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1992, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 1992, hitting .328 with 36 HR, 123 RBI...
2/2/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $8,414,286 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1993, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 4 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1993, hitting .411 with 10 HR, 22 RBI...
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 9/21/1993...
2/2/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $8,414,286 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1994, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1994, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
5/27/1994: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $13,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1994, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 1994, hitting .359 with 41 HR, 123 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1995, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 5 RBI...
Hit for the cycle against New York (Y) on 6/4/1995...
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1995, hitting .364 with 7 HR, 24 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 8/10/1995...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1995, hitting .560 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1995, hitting .369 with 12 HR, 32 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 1995, hitting .323 with 39 HR, 126 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Texas on 6/2/1996...
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1996, hitting .400 with 10 HR, 29 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1996, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 150 on 9/20/1996...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 1996, hitting .373 with 40 HR, 155 RBI...
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1997, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Drove in 9 runs against Texas on 8/8/1997...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1998, hitting .348 with 15 HR, 36 RBI...
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Toronto, driving in 10 runs on 4/9/1999...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1999, hitting .455 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1999, hitting .409 with 12 HR, 40 RBI...
Injured on 5/1/1999 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
5/17/1999: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $18,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1999, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1999, hitting .476 with 8 HR, 24 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 6/5/1999...
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game...
Traded from Detroit to Chicago (W) on 2/8/2000 (Going to DET: P Ryan Dempster, 1B Paul Konerko, RF Ben Grieve. Going to CHW: P Jeff Shaw, P Billy Wagner, LF Gary Sheffield)...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/17/2000, off Bartolo Colon (DET)...
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Chicago (W) in 2000...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/2001, hitting .448 with 5 HR, 16 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Toronto on 5/31/2001...
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/2001, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/2002, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game...
Had 500th career homerun on 8/2/2002, off Roy Oswalt (TOR)...
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/4/2002...
Drove in 7 runs against Toronto on 9/18/2002...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2002, hitting .367 with 9 HR, 29 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Texas on 10/1/2002...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2003, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2003, hitting .400 with 7 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2003, hitting .366 with 9 HR, 23 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1990 - .299 - 9th 1992 - .328 - 1st 1993 - .294 - 10th 1994 - .359 - 1st 1995 - .323 - 1st 1996 - .373 - 1st 1999 - .334 - 2nd 2002 - .307 - 10th	OBP 1992 - .406 - 2nd 1993 - .386 - 7th 1994 - .431 - 1st 1995 - .395 - 5th 1996 - .463 - 2nd 1999 - .427 - 4th 2001 - .394 - 10th 2002 - .414 - 5th	SLG 1990 - .508 - 8th 1992 - .618 - 1st 1993 - .580 - 5th 1994 - .672 - 1st 1995 - .650 - 1st 1996 - .728 - 2nd 1997 - .596 - 7th 1998 - .617 - 7th 1999 - .762 - 1st 2000 - .661 - 3rd 2001 - .606 - 7th 2002 - .644 - 6th	OPS 1990 - .881 - 10th 1992 - 1.024 - 1st 1993 - .967 - 5th 1994 - 1.103 - 1st 1995 - 1.045 - 1st 1996 - 1.191 - 2nd 1998 - 1.009 - 8th 1999 - 1.190 - 1st 2000 - 1.047 - 7th 2001 - .999 - 7th 2002 - 1.058 - 4th	Hits 1990 - 179 - 6th 1992 - 192 - 2nd 1993 - 169 - 10th 1994 - 221 - 2nd 1995 - 194 - 1st 1996 - 211 - 1st 1999 - 184 - 10th 2002 - 181 - 9th
Doubles 1990 - 42 - 8th 1991 - 42 - 7th 1992 - 42 - 9th 1993 - 42 - 8th 1995 - 51 - 3rd 1996 - 57 - 1st	Triples 1990 - 13 - 6th 1992 - 10 - 9th 1994 - 14 - 10th 1995 - 14 - 8th 1999 - 16 - 9th	Homeruns 1992 - 36 - 3rd 1993 - 34 - 6th 1994 - 41 - 4th 1995 - 39 - 4th 1996 - 40 - 5th 1997 - 42 - 5th 1998 - 42 - 6th 1999 - 53 - 1st 2000 - 53 - 2nd 2001 - 44 - 4th 2002 - 43 - 7th	RBI 1990 - 108 - 6th 1992 - 123 - 1st 1993 - 107 - 6th 1994 - 123 - 6th 1995 - 126 - 3rd 1996 - 155 - 1st 1997 - 142 - 3rd 1998 - 137 - 7th 1999 - 151 - 5th 2000 - 168 - 2nd 2001 - 148 - 1st 2002 - 147 - 3rd	Runs 1990 - 111 - 6th 1992 - 118 - 1st 1993 - 108 - 2nd 1994 - 131 - 2nd 1995 - 131 - 1st 1996 - 148 - 3rd 1997 - 115 - 10th 1998 - 141 - 3rd 1999 - 155 - 3rd 2000 - 152 - 4th 2001 - 126 - 9th 2002 - 144 - 4th
BB 1993 - 88 - 9th 1996 - 98 - 5th 2001 - 105 - 4th 2002 - 108 - 9th

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