Louis
Sheffield
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 4, 1954 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award 1982    1985   
All-Star Selections 1983    1984    1985    1986   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLG FL     0 2 2 2 2 1 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
1974 20 CLG FL     0 3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 21 CLG FL     2 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1976 22 CLG FL     6 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1977 23 CLG FL $ 300,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
1978 24 CLG FL $ 300,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1979 25 CLG FL $ 300,000   8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
1980 26 CLG FL $ 2,564,286   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 2 2 2 1 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286   8 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 CLG FL $ 2,564,286 31 19 19 19 17 16 16 20 20 20
1982 28 CLG FL $ 2,564,286 31 19 19 19 19 18 19 20 20 20
1983 29 CLG FL $ 6,000,000 35 19 19 19 19 18 19 20 20 20
1984 30 CLG FL $ 6,000,000 35 19 19 19 19 18 19 20 20 20
1985 31 CLG FL $ 6,000,000 30 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
1986 32 CLG FL $ 6,000,000 30 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 18 18
1987 33 GRE JL $ 7,000,000 26 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18
1988 34 GRE JL $ 7,000,000 26 18 19 19 19 19 19 17 17 17
1989 35 GRE JL $ 7,000,000 26 17 18 18 19 18 18 16 16 16
1990 36 WAS JL $ 4,700,000 26 17 17 17 18 18 18 14 14 14
1991 37 VAN JL $ 4,700,000 26 14 15 15 16 16 16 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,564,286 26 14 15 15 16 16 16 11 11 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 35 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 19 CLG FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 20 CLG FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 21 CLG FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 22 CLG FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 23 CLG FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 24 CLG FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 25 CLG FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 26 CLG FL $ 2,564,286 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,564,286 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 CLG FL $ 2,564,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 28 CLG FL $ 2,564,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 29 CLG FL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 30 CLG FL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 31 CLG FL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1986 32 CLG FL $ 6,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1987 33 GRE JL $ 7,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 34 GRE JL $ 7,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 35 GRE JL $ 7,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1990 36 WAS JL $ 4,700,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1991 37 VAN JL $ 4,700,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,564,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 19 AA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 12.0 23 9 2 6 13 6.75 .397 .453 .603 1.057  
    A   3 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 42.3 38 15 3 16 23 3.19 .245 .316 .368 .684  
1974 20 AA   0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 0 41.0 43 18 5 19 34 3.95 .264 .341 .460 .801  
1975 21 AA   0 5 .000 51 0 0 0 35 62.0 40 17 4 26 57 2.47 .188 .276 .291 .567  
1976 22 AAA   7 2 .778 23 10 0 0 7 67.0 59 22 4 16 58 2.96 .238 .284 .351 .635  
    AA   1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 8 15.7 10 6 5 2 11 3.45 .189 .218 .528 .746  
1977 23 CLG FL 5 2 .714 23 0 0 0 6 20.3 21 9 2 4 19 3.98 .269 .310 .449 .758 3.3
    AAA   6 4 .600 18 18 0 0 0 96.7 74 27 8 21 112 2.51 .210 .254 .323 .577  
1978 24 CLG FL 4 9 .308 51 0 0 0 21 48.0 47 21 3 6 47 3.94 .255 .303 .413 .716 6.6
1979 25 CLG FL 4 4 .500 52 0 0 0 31 58.7 50 20 2 12 46 3.07 .233 .282 .330 .612 10.8
1980 26 CLG FL 7 5 .583 67 0 0 0 33 82.7 77 29 5 14 70 3.16 .253 .303 .405 .708 15.8
1981 27 CLG FL 7 4 .636 84 0 0 0 21 82.7 69 36 5 31 77 3.92 .228 .309 .333 .642 12.2
1982 28 CLG FL 7 5 .583 68 0 0 0 34 72.3 68 21 0 18 48 2.61 .251 .310 .310 .620 14.8
1983 29 CLG FL 8 2 .800 57 0 0 0 23 66.3 66 21 1 10 59 2.85 .259 .303 .333 .636 11.9
1984 30 CLG FL 5 3 .625 73 0 0 0 46 80.7 77 26 1 16 81 2.90 .253 .315 .359 .674 15.1
1985 31 CLG FL 7 4 .636 79 0 0 0 36 92.7 81 16 0 20 67 1.55 .233 .291 .299 .590 19.0
1986 32 CLG FL 6 8 .429 73 0 0 0 37 78.3 74 27 2 17 62 3.10 .252 .316 .337 .653 15.6
1987 33 CLG FL 0 10 .000 67 0 0 0 29 73.7 80 41 6 28 69 5.01 .279 .364 .422 .786 7.0
  GRE JL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 4 5.7 7 2 1 0 4 3.18 .292 .320 .458 .778 1.0
  TOT   0 11 .000 72 0 0 0 33 79.3 87 43 7 28 73 4.88 .280 .361 .424 .785 8.0
1988 34 GRE JL 10 7 .588 88 0 0 0 24 89.3 63 26 7 11 74 2.62 .203 .249 .329 .578 19.3
1989 35 GRE JL 5 6 .455 84 0 0 0 8 85.3 85 39 5 19 80 4.11 .254 .309 .392 .702 7.6
1990 36 WAS JL 6 9 .400 79 0 0 0 19 85.0 101 53 12 22 58 5.61 .290 .340 .480 .820 6.2
1991 37 WAS JL 3 5 .375 71 0 0 0 0 71.7 66 35 12 15 59 4.40 .248 .305 .451 .756 4.8
  VAN JL 2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 1 19.7 23 18 4 6 9 8.24 .291 .352 .544 .897 0.0
  TOT   5 7 .417 96 0 0 0 1 91.3 89 53 16 21 68 5.22 .258 .316 .472 .788 4.8
15 Years Sim 86 86 .500 1046 0 0 0 373 1112.9 1055 440 68 249 929 3.56 .251 .309 .376 .685 171.0
2 Years AAA 13 6 .684 41 28 0 0 7 163.7 133 49 12 37 170 2.69 .221 .266 .334 .601  
4 Years AA 1 7 .125 95 0 0 0 43 130.7 116 50 16 53 115 3.44 .238 .313 .411 .724  
1 Years A 3 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 42.3 38 15 3 16 23 3.19 .245 .316 .368 .684  
7 Years Minors 17 13 .567 171 28 0 0 50 336.7 287 114 31 106 308 3.05 .231 .291 .368 .660  
Season Average 5 5 .500 69 0 0 0 24 74.2 70 29 4 16 61 3.56 .251 .309 .376 .685  
Career Highs 10 11 .800 96 0 0 0 46 92.7 101 53 16 31 81 5.61 .290 .361 .480 .820  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   456 188 25 103 450   .232 .270 .345 .615
vs LH   599 252 43 146 479   .268 .313 .404 .716
Home 53 46 .535 551 0 0 0 165 596.3 587 269 43 150 497 4.06 .258 .304 .399 .703
Away 33 40 .452 495 0 0 0 210 516.6 468 171 25 99 432 2.98 .242 .279 .350 .629
Mar/Apr 13 12 .520 164 0 0 0 65 181.0 153 65 10 44 157 3.23 .229 .276 .332 .608
May 15 13 .536 177 0 0 0 64 191.3 192 75 8 54 153 3.53 .265 .316 .385 .701
June 16 13 .552 164 0 0 0 55 171.0 135 68 16 32 136 3.58 .217 .255 .361 .616
July 19 24 .442 180 0 0 0 60 187.3 189 82 12 40 149 3.94 .263 .301 .399 .700
August 8 10 .444 178 0 0 0 66 182.3 180 66 10 40 146 3.26 .258 .298 .375 .673
Sep/Oct 15 14 .517 183 0 0 0 65 200.0 206 84 12 39 188 3.78 .268 .304 .400 .703
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 23 CLG FL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1978 24 CLG FL 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1979 25 CLG FL 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1980 26 CLG FL 67 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 0.9 0.2
1981 27 CLG FL 84 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1982 28 CLG FL 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1983 29 CLG FL 57 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2
1984 30 CLG FL 73 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1985 31 CLG FL 79 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1986 32 CLG FL 73 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1987 33 CLG FL 67 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
  GRE JL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   72 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
1988 34 GRE JL 88 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1989 35 GRE JL 84 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2
1990 36 WAS JL 79 11 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.0 0.0
1991 37 WAS JL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  VAN JL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
15 Years Sim 1046 58 2 6 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 24 .103 .133 .172 .306 -0.7 0.6
162 Game Average 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .103 .133 .172 .306 -0.1  
Career Highs 96 11 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .333 .500 .667 1.000 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   38 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .132 .175 .211 .386 0.7
vs LH   20 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .050 .050 .100 .150 -1.1
Home 464 26 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 .077 .143 .154 .297 -0.2
Away 403 32 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.2
RISP   22 0 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 .136 .136 .227 .364 0.1
Close/Late   22 0 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 .136 .136 .227 .364 0.1
Mar/Apr 86 6 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
May 87 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
June 108 11 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .364 .545 0.6
July 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 109 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Sep/Oct 142 18 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .111 .158 .167 .325 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 23 CLG FL P 23 0 20.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77    
1978 24 CLG FL P 51 0 48.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.31    
1979 25 CLG FL P 52 0 58.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.38    
1980 26 CLG FL P 67 0 82.7 2 8 1 1 .909 1.09    
1981 27 CLG FL P 84 0 82.7 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.52    
1982 28 CLG FL P 68 0 72.3 6 7 1 1 .929 1.62    
1983 29 CLG FL P 57 0 66.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.09    
1984 30 CLG FL P 73 0 80.7 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1985 31 CLG FL P 79 0 92.7 4 13 1 0 .944 1.65    
1986 32 CLG FL P 73 0 78.3 9 7 1 0 .941 1.84    
1987 33 CLG FL P 67 0 73.7 7 8 2 1 .882 1.83    
  GRE JL P 5 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59    
  TOT   P 72 0 79.3 7 9 2 1 .889 1.82    
1988 34 GRE JL P 88 0 89.3 4 11 1 1 .938 1.51    
1989 35 GRE JL P 84 0 85.3 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.27    
1990 36 WAS JL P 79 0 85.0 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1991 37 WAS JL P 71 0 71.7 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.13    
  VAN JL P 25 0 19.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.37    
Career Totals   1046 0 1112.9 60 122 7 7 .963 1.47    
Career Highs   96 0 92.7 9 13 2 1 1.000 1.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 27 CLG FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
1982 28 CLG FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .167 .167 .333 .500
1983 29 CLG FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 6 0.00 .188 .235 .313 .548
1984 30 CLG FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1985 31 CLG FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1989 35 GRE JL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 1 0 0 0 5.42 .200 .200 .600 .800
1991 37 VAN JL 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 7.3 4 3 1 0 7 3.68 .167 .167 .417 .583
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 2 16.0 12 4 1 1 15 2.25 .207 .220 .397 .617
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1978-9-21
1979-6-31
1980-4-33
1981-9-21
1982-5-34
1983-7-23
1984-1-46
1985-3-36
1986-3-37
1987-4-29
1988-9-24
1990-10-19
CAR-5-373
Games Pitched
1991-5-96
CAR-9-1046
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  4. Rudy Sparrow (928)
  5. Gunga Oogolagunga (915)
  6. Damon Lombardi (902)
  7. Benji Madisson (896)
  8. Meat Poplowski (893)
  9. Joshua Williams (858)
  10. Mike Powell (851)
History
Drafted in 32nd round, 768th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/26/1980, off Abram Heinen (MAN)