Larry Sheets
Baltimore Orioles 1984–1989; Detroit Tigers 1990; Seattle Mariners 1993
Percentile snapshot
1988 season — qualified batters
of 130 qualified 1988 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .471 | .688 | 1.158 | 228.5 | 220.7 | .510 | 0.3 |
| 1985 | 113 | 360 | 328 | 43 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 28 | 52 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .323 | .442 | .765 | 109.8 | 110.0 | .338 | 0.5 |
| 1986 | 112 | 364 | 338 | 42 | 92 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 60 | 21 | 56 | 2 | 0 | .272 | .317 | .488 | .805 | 113.7 | 116.6 | .349 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 135 | 508 | 469 | 74 | 148 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 94 | 31 | 67 | 1 | 1 | .316 | .358 | .563 | .921 | 140.3 | 141.3 | .393 | 3.6 |
| 1988 | 136 | 504 | 452 | 38 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 72 | 1 | 6 | .230 | .302 | .343 | .645 | 81.6 | 82.1 | .295 | -0.4 |
| 1989 | 102 | 338 | 304 | 33 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 58 | 1 | 1 | .243 | .305 | .359 | .663 | 80.3 | 89.1 | .294 | -0.7 |
| 1990 | 131 | 390 | 360 | 40 | 94 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 24 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .308 | .403 | .710 | 94.0 | 96.4 | .321 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .250 | .176 | .426 | 24.3 | 17.0 | .223 | -0.2 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-05-13 | KC @ BAL Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1987-08-07 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1987-08-08 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1987-09-06 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1986-05-29 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
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.