Gary Sheffield

Birthdate	11/18/1968
Death Date
Debut Year	1988
Year of Induction
Teams	Braves, Brewers, Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Padres, Tigers, Yankees
Positions	Designated Hitter, Left Field, Right Field, Shortstop, Third Base

Gary Sheffield ranks in Major League Baseball’s top 35 in career homers, RBI, runs created, walks, offensive WAR and total bases.

The Brewers guaranteed Sheffield money for college in case his baseball career didn't work out

In the collection is this a contract between Gary Sheffield and the Helena Gold Sox baseball team. Under terms of the agreement, the team will foot the bill for up to four years of education for Sheffield. Contracts such as these were used in negotiations to persuade a player to sign instead of atte

Sheffield played for 8 MLB teams in his 22-year career and hit 509 home runs

Drafted 6th overall by the Brewers in the 1986 draft, Gary Sheffield finished his career with 509 homers, 1,676 RBI and a .292 average. Time will tell if the numbers are strong enough to outweigh the steroid issue and carry Sheffield to the Hall of Fame. Sheffield was also the rare player who produc

Sheffield made the 1989 Topps Rookie All Star Team as a shortstop

Shown here is an autographed 1990 Topps card of Gary Sheffield. The future 500-homer hitter is pictured and indicated as a shortstop Notice the trophy on the bottom left of the card. It signifies Sheffield’s inclusion to the 1989 Topps Rookie All Star Team. Also on the squad was former #1 over

Before his age-30 season, Sheffield topped the 30-HR mark twice; then did it 6 more times

Gary Sheffield wasn’t known for his power early in his career. From 1988 until 1998, Sheff hit 30 or more homers twice. Starting with his age-30 season, Sheffield became a power hitter. In 1999 he hit 34 homers with the Dodgers and had 6 seasons with 30+ bombs through 2009. Many believe his po

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Judgment of Steroid Era comes every year at Hall of Fame

June 18th, 2014 Leave a comment

(Editors’ note: Mike Piazza was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 24, 2016.) Can the game’s story be complete without a plaque of the baseball’s all-time home run leader? Doesn’t the man with the most Cy Young Awards deserve induction? How about the catcher with the most career homers? All have been on the ballot, yet none is enshrined. The allegations pointed toward Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are well-documented. The case for Mike Piazza remains less clear. Certainly his numbers are certainly Cooperstown-worthy. Amassed in any other era, his 427 homers and .308 lifetime average would be enough to garner the catcher a bronze plaque. Piazza’s six seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, 12 all-star appearances, and ten Silver Slugger awards certainly seem Cooperstown-worthy. In today’s Hall of Fame voting process, however, numbers aren’t enough. That’s where hypocrisy begins to creep in. During the steroid era, the Baseball Writers concerned themselves only with on-field performance. Seven times they voted prickly Barry Bonds the MVP; seven times they cast enough votes for Roger Clemens to receive the Cy Young Award. No one cared then that the players’ statistics might have been aided by performance enhancing drugs. When those same two players were on the Hall of Fame […]