Basic Information About Gary Sheffield
Category | Athletes βΊ Baseball Players |
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Professions | Baseball player, Actor |
Net worth | $90,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1968-11-18 (56 years old) |
Place of birth | Tampa |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | DeLeon Richards - (5 FebruaryΒ 2000 - present)Β (3 children) |
Gender | Male |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
Famous Network of Baseball with Similar Net Worth
What Movie Awards did Gary Sheffield win?
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Golden Globe |
Golder Raspberry |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Sheffield roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 1 episode, 1997 |
Arli$$ | Self 1 episode, 1996 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self 1 episode, 2003 |
Interesting Facts about Gary Sheffield
- As a kid, played in the Little League World Series.
- Outfielder for Milwaukee Brewers (1988-1991), San Diego Padres (1992-1993), Florida Marlins (1993-1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2001), Atlanta Braves (2002-2003), New York Yankees (2004 - 06), and Detroit Tigers (2007- present).
- Is the nephew of former All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden.
- Wife is a gospel singer DeLeon Richards who was the youngest person (9 years old) ever to be nominated for a Grammy.
- Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time On Base Percentage Leader (.424).
- Finished 3rd in voting for 1992 National League MVP. Finished 6th in 1996. Finished 9th in 2000.
- Highest paid player in MLB in 1998 earning $14,936,667.
- Member of 1997 World Series Champion Florida Marlins team. Member of 2002 and 2003 National League Eastern Division Champion Atlanta Braves teams.
- Named to 7 National League All Star Teams (1992-1993, 1996, 1998-2000 and 2003).
- Children: Jaden Amir Sheffield (born September 5, 2002), Noah Sheffield, and Christian Emari Sheffield (born January 19, 2009) by wife DeLeon; Gary, Jr., daughters Ebony and Carissa by previous relationships. Ebony and Carissa were junior bridesmaids at their father's wedding.
- Led National League in On-base percentage (.465) in 1996.
- Led National League in Batting Average (.330) and Total Bases (323) in 1992.
- Finished 3rd in voting for 1992 and 2003 National League MVP. Finished 6th in 1996. Finished 9th in 2000.
- Made major league debut on 3 September 1988.
- Was traded to the Detroit Tigers by the New York Yankees for pitchers Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan and Anthony Claggett.(2006).
- (17 December) Acting as his own agent, he finalized a three-year $39 million contract with the New York Yankees. The deal includes $13.5 million in deferred money and a $13 million team option for 2007. [2003]
- (1 April) Released by the Detroit Tigers. Sheffield hit .178 in 18 spring training games. [2009]
References & Fact Checks β
- 1/ Filename: gary-sheffield-el-paso-diablos-1988-Q45d0d0Y.jpg
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Sheffield_-_El_Paso_Diablos_-_1988.jpg
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Best Cards via tradingcarddb.com - Author: Best Cards
- Date taken: 1988
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sheffield_BP.jpg
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From en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here - Author: User Googie Man on en.wikipedia
- Date taken: Commons upload by UCinternational 05:21, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Sheffield_2009_(1).jpg
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Originally posted to Flickr as "Gary Sheffield" - Author: User shgmom56 on Flickr
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- Date taken: Taken on April 23, 2009 Commons upload by UCinternational (talk) 09:10, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Sheffield_2009_(2).jpg
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Originally posted to Flickr as "Gary Sheffield" - Author: User shgmom56 on Flickr
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
- Date taken: Taken on April 23, 2009 Commons upload by UCinternational (talk) 09:17, 24 April 2009 (UTC)