Scott Sheldon

Scott Sheldon
Scott Sheldon
	Utility infielder
	Born: November 28, 1968 (age 56); Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
	MLB: May 18, 1997, for the Oakland Athletics
	NPB: March 30, 2002, for the Orix BlueWave
Last appearance
	MLB: October 5, 2001, for the Texas Rangers
	NPB: July 4, 2003, for the Orix BlueWave
MLB statistics
Batting average	.235
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	33
NPB statistics
Batting average	.255
Home runs	34
Runs batted in	83
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Oakland Athletics (1997); Texas Rangers (1998–2001); Orix BlueWave (2002–2003);

Scott Patrick Sheldon (born November 28, 1968) is an American former professional baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also played for the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career

In his 141-game MLB career from 1997 through 2001, Sheldon batted .235, with 8 home runs and 33 runs batted in. He then spent two seasons in NPB, batting .255 with 34 homers and 83 RBI.

On September 6, 2000, while playing for the Texas Rangers, Sheldon became the third player in MLB history to play all nine positions in a single game, joining Bert Campaneris (Kansas City Athletics, September 8, 1965, and César Tovar (Minnesota Twins, September 22, 1968).^[1] Sheldon entered the game in the 4th inning and performed the feat in just five frames. He was later joined by Shane Halter (Detroit Tigers, October 1, 2000), and Andrew Romine (Detroit Tigers, September 30, 2017) in the list of players to play all nine positions in the same game.

References

^ Armour, Nancy (September 7, 2000). "Ranger Plays Nine Positions in One Game". ABC News. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

External links

Career statistics from ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] Armour, Nancy (September 7, 2000). "Ranger Plays Nine Positions in One Game". ABC News. Retrieved December 21, 2015.

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