American baseball player (born 1971)
Baseball player
Andy Sheets Shortstop Born: (1971-11-19 ) November 19, 1971 (age 53) Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U.S.Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB: April 22, 1996, for the Seattle MarinersNPB: March 28, 2003, for the Hiroshima Toyo CarpMLB: September 25, 2002, for the Tampa Bay Devil RaysNPB: October 14, 2007, for the Hanshin TigersBatting average .216 Home runs 19 Runs batted in 113 Batting average .289 Home runs 95 Runs batted in 374 Stats at Baseball Reference
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).
He is the cousin of pitcher Ben Sheets .[ 1]
Playing career
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
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
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