Gary Sheffield Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$90,000,000

With a net worth of $90 million, Gary Sheffield is a retired American professional baseball player who achieved great success throughout his career in the MLB, playing for eight different teams between 1988 and 2009. Sheffield’s talent and skill on the field led him to become a member of the exclusive 500-homer club and the only player in history to achieve 100 RBIs in a season for five different teams.

Key facts:

Gary Sheffield joined the 500-homer club during his MLB career.

He is the only player in history to post 100 RBIs in a season for five different teams.

Sheffield finished his MLB career as one of the top 20 walks leaders in history.

At the time of his retirement, he was one of the 10 highest-earning baseball players in history, with a total salary of $168 million.

Sheffield had an impressive high school baseball career, with a fastball in the upper-80s as a pitcher and a .500 batting average with 15 home runs as a batter.

He made his major league debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1988 and had an immediate impact with a homerun on his first career hit.

In 1992, Sheffield was traded to the San Diego Padres, where he had his first All-Star season and won the National League batting title with a .330 average.

Sheffield played with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 1998, hitting 112 home runs and helping the team win the 1997 World Series title.

He had successful stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves, making three All-Star games and hitting a total of 129 home runs.

Sheffield signed with the New York Yankees in 2003 and had productive seasons, hitting 36 and then 34 home runs respectively.

Injury setbacks caused Sheffield to lose his right field position and eventually led to his trade to the Detroit Tigers in 2006.

He finished his career with 509 home runs and 1,676 RBIs.

Basic Information About Gary Sheffield

Category	Athletes › Baseball Players
Professions	Baseball player, Actor
Net worth	$90,000,000
Date of birth	1968-11-18 (55 years old)
Place of birth	Tampa
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	DeLeon Richards - (5 February 2000 - present) (3 children)
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Gary Sheffield win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
0	0	0	0	0

Gary Sheffield roles

Movie / Series	Role
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

Gary Sheffield's photos

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]

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Original Source: Best Cards via tradingcarddb.com
Author: Best Cards
Date taken: 1988

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Author: User Googie Man on en.wikipedia
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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gary_Sheffield_2009_(2).jpg
Original Source: Originally posted to Flickr as "Gary Sheffield"
Author: User shgmom56 on Flickr
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