Bob Sheldon
Bob Mitchell Sheldon
 
 
Born: November 27, 1950 in Montebello, CA
62 years old
Bats: L Throws: R Ht: 6'0" Wt: 170
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972 - (Round 22)
- High School: Montebello (Montebello, CA)
- College/Univ: Loyola Marymount University (1969-1972)

Comparison

Comparison
Second Basemen
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Joe Morgan
1963 - 1984
2B
100.4
Pl
 
103.8
3.3
0.0
6.7
2 Rod Carew
1967 - 1985
2B
81.2
Pl
 
80.6
-2.4
0.0
-3.0
3 Bobby Grich
1970 - 1986
2B
71.0
 
62.2
16.2
0.0
7.4
4 Willie Randolph
1975 - 1992
2B
65.6
 
53.7
19.4
0.0
7.5
5 Davey Lopes
1972 - 1987
2B
42.0
 
44.1
1.2
0.0
3.3
6 Frank White
1973 - 1990
2B
34.7
 
22.1
21.4
0.0
8.8
7 Phil Garner
1973 - 1988
2B
29.7
 
27.3
6.7
0.0
4.2
8 Davey Johnson
1965 - 1978
2B
27.6
 
27.0
4.3
0.0
3.7
9 Dave Cash
1969 - 1980
2B
25.3
VN
 
20.2
8.7
0.0
3.7
10 Tony Taylor
1958 - 1976
2B
23.3
 
26.5
1.7
0.0
4.9
11 Felix Millan
1966 - 1977
2B
17.3
 
18.0
3.2
0.0
4.0
12 Ted Sizemore
1969 - 1980
2B
16.1
 
10.8
9.3
0.0
4.0
13 Jorge Orta
1972 - 1987
2B
14.9
 
25.3
-12.9
0.0
-2.5
14 Jerry Remy
1975 - 1984
2B
14.4
 
13.7
4.9
0.0
4.1
15 Rennie Stennett
1971 - 1981
2B
13.7
 
8.2
8.5
0.0
2.9
16 Tito Fuentes
1965 - 1978
2B
11.6
 
13.7
2.8
0.0
4.9
17 Manny Trillo
1973 - 1989
2B
11.2
 
9.3
5.7
0.0
3.7
18 Sandy Alomar
1964 - 1978
2B
10.4
 
7.7
7.8
0.0
5.1
19 Cookie Rojas
1962 - 1977
2B
9.4
 
14.2
-0.5
0.0
4.4
20 Tommy Helms
1964 - 1977
2B
8.3
 
6.5
5.6
0.0
3.9
21 Derrel Thomas
1971 - 1985
2B
6.6
 
11.1
-1.5
0.0
3.1
22 Jack Brohamer
1972 - 1980
2B
5.7
 
3.4
4.6
0.0
2.4
23 Ken Boswell
1967 - 1977
2B
5.6
 
5.2
2.0
0.0
1.7
24 Dave Nelson
1968 - 1977
2B
5.1
 
8.4
-1.3
0.0
1.9
25 Duane Kuiper
1974 - 1985
2B
4.2
 
7.3
0.1
0.0
3.2
26 Rodney Scott
1975 - 1982
2B
4.0
 
6.7
-0.6
0.0
2.2
27 Denny Doyle
1970 - 1977
2B
3.8
 
2.6
4.2
0.0
3.0
28 Alan Bannister
1974 - 1985
2B
3.7
 
10.9
-7.1
0.0
0.1
29 Billy Smith
1975 - 1981
2B
3.0
 
2.5
1.8
0.0
1.3
30 Larry Lintz
1973 - 1978
2B
2.9
 
2.8
0.7
0.0
0.6
31 Junior Kennedy
1974 - 1983
2B
2.9
 
1.4
2.6
0.0
1.2
32 Ted Kubiak
1967 - 1976
2B
2.4
 
3.4
2.8
0.0
3.8
33 Terry Harmon
1967 - 1977
2B
2.0
 
1.7
2.2
0.0
1.9
34 Bob Heise
1967 - 1977
2B
1.8
 
0.8
3.1
0.0
2.1
35 Doug Griffin
1970 - 1977
2B
1.7
 
1.3
2.6
0.0
2.2
36 Rob Andrews
1975 - 1979
2B
1.0
 
2.6
-0.4
0.0
1.2
37 Tom Heintzelman
1973 - 1978
2B
0.7
 
0.3
0.5
0.0
0.1
38 Bob Sheldon
1974 - 1977
2B
0.3
 
0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.0
39 Marty Perez
1969 - 1978
2B
-0.1
 
2.3
1.8
0.0
4.3
40 Mike Tyson
1972 - 1981
2B
-0.2
 
-1.5
5.3
0.0
4.0
41 Larry Milbourne
1974 - 1984
2B
-0.4
 
2.3
0.8
0.0
3.4
42 Jerry Manuel
1975 - 1982
2B
-0.6
 
-0.4
0.1
0.0
0.3
43 Jim Cox
1973 - 1976
2B
-0.7
 
-0.5
0.1
0.0
0.3
44 Chris Arnold
1971 - 1976
2B
-0.7
 
-0.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
45 Pedro Garcia
1973 - 1977
2B
-1.0
 
1.7
-0.7
0.0
2.0
46 Stan Papi
1974 - 1981
2B
-1.1
 
-0.8
0.4
0.0
0.7
47 Steve Dillard
1975 - 1982
2B
-1.3
 
0.8
-1.1
0.0
1.0
48 Rod Gilbreath
1972 - 1978
2B
-1.7
 
1.1
-1.7
0.0
1.2
49 Rob Sperring
1974 - 1977
2B
-1.9
 
-1.1
-0.1
0.0
0.7
50 Pete Mackanin
1973 - 1981
2B
-2.1
 
-0.8
0.4
0.0
1.7
 
  Bob Sheldon
1974 - 1977
2B
0.3
 
0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.0
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