Larry Sheets
Larry Kent Sheets (born December 6, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played for the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners from 1984 to 1990 and 1993. He also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in 1992.
Larry Sheets | |||
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Designated hitter / Outfielder | |||
Born: Staunton, Virginia | December 6, 1959|||
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MLB debut | |||
September 18, 1984, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 1, 1993, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .266 | ||
Home runs | 94 | ||
Runs batted in | 339 | ||
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Sheets attended Eastern Mennonite University, where he played basketball. He was named to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's all-conference second team in 1980 and to the first team in 1982. He graduated from Eastern Mennonite in 1984. He was named to Eastern Mennonite's athletic hall of fame in 1988.
His 1989 Donruss Baseball Card said he was 6'3", weighed 235 pounds, and lived in Cockeysville, Maryland at the time.
Sheets had career highs in batting average (.316), home runs (31) and RBIs (94) in 1987.
Sheets operates a youth sports facility in Westminster, Maryland, and serves as Gilman School's head Varsity Baseball coach.
He has a son named Gavin in the Chicago White Sox organization.