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Gary Antonian Sheffield

First name: Gary

Last name: Sheffield

Birthdate: 1968-11-18

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: shefg001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1988	MIL	1.2	0.4	1.6	-0.1	0.4	1.2	1
1989	MIL	5.2	1.5	6.7	-1.2	0.8	6.0	2
1990	MIL	6.9	1.6	8.5	2.8	5.2	3.2	16
1991	MIL	2.5	0.6	3.1	-0.8	0.1	2.9	0
1992	SDN	8.0	1.8	9.8	7.8	10.7	-0.9	32
1993	SDN	3.6	0.8	4.4	0.5	1.8	2.6	5
1993	FLO	3.5	0.8	4.4	0.2	1.5	2.9	4
1994	FLO	4.9	0.7	5.5	2.9	4.6	1.0	14
1995	FLO	3.4	0.5	3.9	2.0	3.1	0.7	9
1996	FLO	8.6	1.2	9.8	7.0	9.9	-0.1	30
1997	FLO	7.2	1.0	8.2	4.3	6.7	1.5	20
1998	LAN	4.9	0.7	5.6	3.2	4.8	0.8	14
1998	FLO	2.1	0.3	2.4	0.6	1.3	1.1	4
1999	LAN	8.2	1.1	9.3	3.7	6.4	2.8	19
2000	LAN	7.6	1.0	8.6	5.9	8.4	0.2	25
2001	LAN	7.8	1.1	8.9	4.1	6.8	2.2	20
2002	ATL	7.2	1.0	8.2	5.2	7.6	0.6	23
2003	ATL	8.3	1.2	9.5	7.7	10.4	-1.0	31
2004	NYA	8.4	1.0	9.5	3.9	6.6	2.8	20
2005	NYA	8.2	1.0	9.2	5.4	8.1	1.1	24
2006	NYA	2.0	0.2	2.2	0.6	1.2	1.0	4
2007	DET	7.3	0.1	7.4	3.0	5.2	2.2	16
2008	DET	6.0	0.0	6.0	-0.2	1.6	4.4	5
2009	NYN	4.0	0.4	4.4	0.1	1.4	3.0	4
Career		137.0	20.0	157.1	68.6	114.6	42.2	342

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1988	MIL	89	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	1	0	-4	8.9	-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.4	1
1989	MIL	405	-8	-8	-2	1	1	-1	-19	3	0	-28	9.3	-3.0	0.3	0.1	-2.6	-8
1990	MIL	547	12	13	3	2	0	0	-8	0	0	10	9.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4
1991	MIL	203	-7	-7	0	0	0	0	-7	0	0	-14	10.0	-1.4	0.0	0.0	-1.4	-3
1992	SDN	618	51	50	1	1	-2	-1	1	0	0	50	8.6	5.8	0.0	0.0	5.8	15
1993	SDN	282	6	5	1	0	-1	0	-9	0	0	-4	9.6	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	-3
1993	FLO	275	10	9	-3	-1	0	-1	-10	0	0	-6	8.9	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	-4
1994	FLO	384	22	21	3	2	0	0	-6	-3	0	20	9.7	2.1	-0.3	0.0	1.8	-1
1995	FLO	274	26	26	-1	0	0	0	-11	-2	0	14	10.0	1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.2	-8
1996	FLO	677	71	73	2	-2	-1	0	-20	-6	0	52	9.3	5.6	-0.6	0.0	5.0	-11
1997	FLO	582	25	28	0	2	1	1	-3	-5	0	29	9.4	3.1	-0.5	0.0	2.6	4
1998	LAN	383	29	32	-1	-2	0	0	-7	-4	0	22	9.1	2.4	-0.4	0.0	2.0	-2
1998	FLO	166	8	9	1	-2	0	0	-5	-2	0	3	10.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1	-3
1999	LAN	663	32	37	-2	-3	0	-1	-7	-6	0	24	10.2	2.4	-0.6	0.0	1.8	1
2000	LAN	612	56	61	2	-4	-1	0	-12	-5	0	46	10.0	4.6	-0.5	0.0	4.1	-5
2001	LAN	618	44	49	-1	2	-1	-1	-19	-6	0	29	9.8	2.9	-0.6	0.0	2.3	-11
2002	ATL	579	32	32	4	2	-1	1	-3	-5	0	35	8.8	4.0	-0.5	0.0	3.5	4
2003	ATL	678	56	56	4	4	0	1	1	-6	0	66	10.5	6.3	-0.6	0.0	5.7	9
2004	NYA	684	36	37	4	-1	0	0	-13	-5	-1	27	10.8	2.5	-0.6	0.0	1.9	-5
2005	NYA	675	30	32	7	4	2	2	-4	-5	-2	43	10.6	4.0	-0.7	0.2	3.5	3
2006	NYA	166	2	2	-1	-1	0	1	2	-1	-1	3	10.7	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1	3
2007	DET	593	18	16	1	5	0	-1	2	0	-9	23	10.7	2.2	-0.9	0.2	1.5	3
2008	DET	482	-5	-7	1	-1	-2	0	0	0	-7	-9	10.6	-0.8	-0.7	0.1	-1.4	0
2009	NYN	312	7	8	0	0	0	0	-13	-2	0	-5	9.5	-0.5	-0.2	-0.1	-0.8	-10
Career		10,947	552	573	23	8	-6	0	-172	-59	-20	426	-	43.6	-7.9	0.5	36.2	-27

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1988	MIL	SS	652	98	-2.0	-2	-1	-15	-17	-0.4	-0.4	-1	-2
1989	MIL	3B	581	79	-1.0	-1	-1	-5	-3	-0.2	0.0	0	-1
1989	MIL	SS	1959	332	-22.0	-22	-16	-30	-12	-0.4	-1.2	-2	-18
1990	MIL	3B	3548	517	-10.0	-10	-7	-3	-6	-1.3	0.0	-1	-8
1991	MIL	3B	1188	142	-10.0	-10	-7	-19	-15	-0.4	0.0	0	-7
1992	SDN	3B	3812	547	1.0	2	1	6	13	-0.3	0.0	0	1
1993	SDN	3B	1762	221	-12.0	-11	-9	-22	-18	0.1	0.0	0	-9
1993	FLO	3B	1772	245	-11.0	-10	-8	-9	2	-1.6	0.0	-2	-10
2004	NYA	3B	3	1	-1.0	-1	-1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1
2006	NYA	1B	177	23	2.0	2	2	5	4	-0.2	0.0	0	2
		1B	177	23	2.0	2	2	5	4	-0.2	0.0	0	2
		3B	12666	1752	-44.0	-41	-32	-52	-27	-3.7	0.0	-3	-35
		SS	2611	430	-24.0	-24	-17	-45	-29	-0.8	-1.6	-3	-20

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1994	FLO	RF	1445	249	-11.0	-11	-10	-10	116	4	-6
1995	FLO	LF	59	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	3	-1	-2
1995	FLO	RF	967	170	-4.0	-4	-4	0	92	-5	-9
1996	FLO	RF	2542	388	-18.0	-20	-18	-49	182	-2	-20
1997	FLO	RF	2038	351	0.0	-2	-2	-12	159	-1	-3
1998	FLO	RF	643	110	-5.0	-6	-6	-6	62	1	-5
1998	LAN	RF	1443	232	-3.0	-4	-4	-21	80	-3	-7
1999	LAN	LF	3618	377	-3.0	-6	-6	-31	153	-1	-7
2000	LAN	LF	3265	339	-9.0	-12	-11	-33	128	-1	-12
2001	LAN	LF	3395	333	-14.0	-17	-16	-38	159	-3	-19
2001	LAN	RF	16	2	0.0	0	0	-1	4	0	0
2002	ATL	RF	2115	345	3.0	0	0	-15	113	-3	-3
2003	ATL	RF	2576	425	1.0	0	0	-21	170	1	1
2004	NYA	RF	2309	421	-8.0	-11	-10	-5	193	-2	-12
2005	NYA	RF	2202	368	-3.0	-6	-6	-9	157	2	-4
2006	NYA	RF	333	57	1.0	1	1	-2	32	-1	0
2007	DET	LF	156	18	1.0	1	1	1	5	0	1
2007	DET	RF	99	18	1.0	1	1	2	6	0	1
2008	DET	LF	144	21	0.0	0	0	2	11	0	0
2009	NYN	LF	1095	130	-4.0	-5	-5	-1	78	-1	-6
2009	NYN	RF	280	38	-7.0	-7	-6	-15	21	-1	-7
		LF	11732	1223	-30.0	-40	-38	-102	537	-7	-45
		RF	19008	3174	-53.0	-69	-64	-164	1387	-10	-74

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1997	FLO	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.0	1.2	-0.2	4
2002	ATL	0.3	0.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
2003	ATL	0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.4	-1
2004	NYA	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	1
2005	NYA	0.3	0.0	0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.5	0
2006	NYA	0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.3	-0.3	0.5	-1
Career		2.5	0.2	2.7	0.4	1.0	2.0	3

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	WAM	DVoDH
1997	FLO	71	9	9	0	0	-1	-1	8	9.7	0.8	-0.1	0.7	0
2002	ATL	23	-1	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	10.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-2
2003	ATL	17	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	7.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-1
2004	NYA	57	2	2	1	1	-2	-1	2	11.3	0.2	-0.1	0.1	-1
2005	NYA	22	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	0	-3	9.6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	-1
2006	NYA	12	-3	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	9.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-1
Career		202	5	5	0	1	-8	-2	-2	-	-0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-6

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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