Gary Sheffield career batting average
.292Career Regular Season
Gary Sheffield has a career batting average of .292 over 22 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .330 in 1992.
- Most recent: .276 in 2009.
Average of 22 regular seasons, 1988 through 2009. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  MIL | 24 | 80 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | .238 | .295 | .400 | .695 |
| 1989 | MIL | 95 | 368 | 34 | 91 | 5 | 32 | 10 | .247 | .303 | .337 | .640 |
| 1990 | MIL | 125 | 487 | 67 | 143 | 10 | 67 | 25 | .294 | .350 | .421 | .771 |
| 1991 | MIL | 50 | 175 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 22 | 5 | .194 | .277 | .320 | .597 |
| 1992 |  SD | 146 | 557 | 87 | 184 | 33 | 100 | 5 | .330 | .385 | .580 | .965 |
| 1993 |  SD/MIA | 140 | 494 | 67 | 145 | 20 | 73 | 17 | .294 | .361 | .476 | .837 |
| 1994 | MIA | 87 | 322 | 61 | 89 | 27 | 78 | 12 | .276 | .380 | .584 | .964 |
| 1995 | MIA | 63 | 213 | 46 | 69 | 16 | 46 | 19 | .324 | .467 | .587 | 1.054 |
| 1996 | MIA | 161 | 519 | 118 | 163 | 42 | 120 | 16 | .314 | .465 | .624 | 1.090 |
| 1997 | MIA | 135 | 444 | 86 | 111 | 21 | 71 | 11 | .250 | .424 | .446 | .870 |
| 1998 | LAD/MIA | 130 | 437 | 73 | 132 | 22 | 85 | 22 | .302 | .428 | .524 | .952 |
| 1999 |  LAD | 152 | 549 | 103 | 165 | 34 | 101 | 11 | .301 | .407 | .523 | .930 |
| 2000 | LAD | 141 | 501 | 105 | 163 | 43 | 109 | 4 | .325 | .438 | .643 | 1.081 |
| 2001 | LAD | 143 | 515 | 98 | 160 | 36 | 100 | 10 | .311 | .417 | .583 | 1.000 |
| 2002 |  ATL | 135 | 492 | 82 | 151 | 25 | 84 | 12 | .307 | .404 | .512 | .916 |
| 2003 | ATL | 155 | 576 | 126 | 190 | 39 | 132 | 18 | .330 | .419 | .604 | 1.023 |
| 2004 |  NYY | 154 | 573 | 117 | 166 | 36 | 121 | 5 | .290 | .393 | .534 | .927 |
| 2005 | NYY | 154 | 584 | 104 | 170 | 34 | 123 | 10 | .291 | .379 | .512 | .891 |
| 2006 | NYY | 39 | 151 | 22 | 45 | 6 | 25 | 5 | .298 | .355 | .450 | .806 |
| 2007 |  DET | 133 | 494 | 107 | 131 | 25 | 75 | 22 | .265 | .378 | .462 | .839 |
| 2008 | DET | 114 | 418 | 52 | 94 | 19 | 57 | 9 | .225 | .326 | .400 | .725 |
| 2009 |  NYM | 100 | 268 | 44 | 74 | 10 | 43 | 2 | .276 | .372 | .451 | .823 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS