Andy Mark Sheets (born November 19, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player. Sheets played for the Seattle Mariners (1996–1997), San Diego Padres (1998), Anaheim Angels (1999), Boston Red Sox (2000) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001–2002). And also, he played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2003–2004), and Hanshin Tigers (2005–2007), of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Andy Sheets
Shortstop
Born: (1971-11-19) November 19, 1971 (age 52)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 22, 1996, for the Seattle Mariners
NPB: March 28, 2003, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last appearance
MLB: September 25, 2002, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NPB: October 14, 2007, for the Hanshin Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.216
Home runs19
Runs batted in113
NPB statistics
Batting average.289
Home runs95
Runs batted in374
Teams

He is the cousin of pitcher Ben Sheets.[1]

Playing career

edit

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sheets attended Tulane University and Louisiana State University. In 1991, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2] He was selected by the Mariners in the 4th round of the 1992 MLB Draft.

Sheets helped the Mariners win the 1997 American League Western Division and the Padres win the 1998 National League Pennant. In 7 seasons, he played in 356 games and had 960 at bats, 118 runs, 207 hits, 38 doubles, 3 triples, 19 home runs, 113 runs batted in, 16 stolen bases, 76 walks, a .216 batting average, a .271 on-base percentage, a .321 slugging percentage, 308 total bases, 23 sacrifice hits, 12 sacrifice flies, and 3 intentional walks.

Career Stats

edit
Year Age Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
1996 24 Seattle Mariners AL 47 110 18 21 8 0 0 9 2 41 .191 .262 .264 .526
1997 25 Seattle Mariners AL 32 89 18 22 3 0 4 9 2 34 .247 .299 .416 .715
1998 26 San Diego Padres NL 88 194 31 47 5 3 7 29 7 62 .242 .318 .407 .725
1999 27 Anaheim Angels AL 87 244 22 48 10 0 3 29 1 59 .197 .236 .275 .510
2000 28 Boston Red Sox AL 12 21 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .095 .095 .095 .190
2001 29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 49 153 10 30 8 0 1 14 2 35 .196 .251 .268 .519
2002 30 Tampa Bay Devil Rays AL 41 149 18 37 4 0 4 22 2 41 .248 .301 .356 .656
Total 356 960 118 207 38 3 19 113 16 275

References

edit
  1. ^ "Sheets isn't afraid of monsters anymore". USA Today. June 12, 2001. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
edit