Gary Sheffield

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornNovember 18, 1968 · Tampa, FL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 3, 1988

Final gameSeptember 30, 2009

Seasons22 (1988–2009)

Milwaukee Brewers 1988–1991; San Diego Padres 1992; Florida Marlins 1993; San Diego Padres 1993; Florida Marlins 1994–1998; Los Angeles Dodgers 1998–2001; Atlanta Braves 2002–2003; New York Yankees 2004–2006; Detroit Tigers 2007–2008; New York Mets 2009

Percentile snapshot

2007 season — qualified batters

133

10.6

593

37.3

494

21.7

107

89.4

131

6.2

12.4

73.3

RBI

47.2

88.2

78.9

80.1

.265

22.4

OBP

.378

75.2

SLG

.462

58.4

OPS

.839

64.6

wRC+

122.4

70.8

OPS+

119.1

64.6

wOBA

.375

72.7

sWAR

2.3

40.4

of 162 qualified 2007 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

141.4

96.7

OPS+

140.3

95.6

sWAR

82.2

99.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1988	24	89	80	12	19	1	0	4	12	7	7	3	1	.238	.295	.400	.695	92.8	93.3	.314	0.4
1989	95	405	368	34	91	18	0	5	32	27	33	10	6	.247	.303	.337	.640	82.9	82.0	.299	0.9
1990	125	547	487	67	143	30	1	10	67	44	41	25	10	.294	.350	.421	.771	117.0	115.9	.351	3.3
1991	50	203	175	25	34	12	2	2	22	19	15	5	5	.194	.277	.320	.597	65.8	67.1	.275	-0.1
1992	146	618	557	87	184	34	3	33	100	48	40	5	6	.330	.385	.580	.965	173.5	168.1	.429	7.9
1993	140	557	494	67	145	20	5	20	73	47	64	17	5	.294	.361	.476	.837	120.0	119.9	.370	3.5
1994	87	384	322	61	89	16	1	27	78	51	50	12	6	.276	.380	.584	.964	140.8	145.1	.406	2.7
1995	63	274	213	46	69	8	0	16	46	55	45	19	4	.324	.467	.587	1.054	177.6	177.8	.457	3.2
1996	161	677	519	118	163	33	1	42	120	142	66	16	9	.314	.465	.624	1.090	185.7	189.7	.466	8.6
1997	135	582	444	86	111	22	1	21	71	121	79	11	7	.250	.424	.446	.870	138.8	133.0	.396	4.1
1998	130	549	437	73	132	27	2	22	85	95	46	22	7	.302	.428	.524	.952	154.6	155.5	.415	4.9
1999	152	663	549	103	165	20	0	34	101	101	64	11	5	.301	.407	.523	.930	140.5	139.7	.407	4.9
2000	141	612	501	105	163	24	3	43	109	101	71	4	6	.325	.438	.643	1.081	172.5	174.8	.458	6.9
2001	143	618	515	98	160	28	2	36	100	94	67	10	4	.311	.417	.583	1.000	161.2	162.8	.424	6.0
2002	135	579	492	82	151	26	0	25	84	72	53	12	2	.307	.404	.512	.916	147.2	141.3	.408	4.7
2003	155	678	576	126	190	37	2	39	132	86	55	18	4	.330	.419	.604	1.023	166.5	164.8	.438	7.2
2004	154	684	573	117	166	30	1	36	121	92	83	5	6	.290	.393	.534	.927	140.5	140.9	.399	4.9
2005	154	675	584	104	170	27	0	34	123	78	76	10	2	.291	.379	.512	.891	137.3	137.0	.384	4.5
2006	39	166	151	22	45	5	0	6	25	13	16	5	1	.298	.355	.450	.806	106.3	107.1	.350	0.4
2007	133	593	494	107	131	20	1	25	75	84	71	22	5	.265	.378	.462	.839	122.4	119.1	.375	2.3
2008	114	482	418	52	94	16	0	19	57	58	83	9	2	.225	.326	.400	.725	91.8	90.3	.326	-0.1
2009	100	312	268	44	74	13	2	10	43	40	46	2	1	.276	.372	.451	.823	122.2	119.6	.367	1.5

Career totals

2,576

48th-most career G

10,947

40th-most career PA

9,217

63rd-most career AB

1,636

39th-most career R

2,689

70th-most career H

467

96th-most career 2B

509

27th-most career HR

RBI

1,676

30th-most career RBI

1,475

21st-most career BB

1,171

253rd-most career SO

253

236th-most career SB

.2917

365th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3930

100th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5139

85th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9069

67th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1994-04-10	MIA @ SD Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	2	5	0	13
2003-07-18	NYM @ ATL Gameday	5	4	5	0	0	2	4	0	11
2005-06-21	TB @ NYY Gameday	6	3	4	0	0	2	7	0	10
2000-06-21	LAD @ HOU Gameday	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	10
2000-04-29	MIA @ LAD Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	5	2	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× Silver Slugger9× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.