Today in Brewer History: It Had To Happen Against The Brewers

by Kyle Lobner on Apr 17, 2011 6:00 AM CDT in History

On this day in 2009 Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run, taking Mitch Stetter deep in the 7th inning of a 5-4 Brewer loss to the Mets.

Since whining, crying and game-tossing his way out of Milwaukee in 1992, Sheffield had been a member of the Padres, Marlins, Dodgers, Braves, Yankees and Tigers. Despite the fact that he was a .257/.354/.433 hitter over two seasons in Detroit and was sitting on 499 career home runs, the Tigers released him during spring training. Sheffield hit .276/.372/.451 in 2009 as a Met but still couldn't find a team interested in having him around for 2010.

He retired with 509 career home runs, the 24th highest total of all time. 21 of those were hit over four seasons as a Brewer. 33 were hit in his first season in San Diego.

With help from the B-Ref Play Index, happy birthday today to:

2004 Brewer Gary Bennett, who turns 39.
1998-00 Brewer Marquis Grissom, who turns 44.
1985 Brewer Dave Huppert, who turns 54.
1973-76 Brewer Pedro Garcia, who turns 61.
1970-71 Brewer Roberto Pena, who would have turned 74.

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Just curious.

What everyone thinks, did Sheffield use PEDS?

by Wisfan on Apr 17, 2011 8:51 AM CDT reply actions

He was named in the Mitchell Report, wasn't he?

Not that I really care either way.

Ryan Braun: He loves it. -- Four pitchers in history with 8.5+ WAR and <250 IP seasons: Greg Maddux (age 29), Pedro Martinez (age 28), Roger Clemens (age 27), Zack Greinke (age 25).

by SRB on Apr 17, 2011 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions

I was wondering that when I posted.

by Wisfan on Apr 17, 2011 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes

Yes he was

Mitchell Report Allegation: A Sheffield FedEx receipt to BALCO in February 2003 was cited by federal agents for their search warrant on Greg Anderson’s condominium.

by Noah Jarosh on Apr 17, 2011 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions

If I had to guess, I'd say yes.

But a fair amount of that assumption is based on Sheffield’s antics leading to a tendency to assume the worst about him.

By rWAR, the top five years of his career were his age 23, 27, 31, 34 and 36 seasons. The somewhat late peak there is a red flag.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Apr 17, 2011 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions

3 days this week without a game was tough.

But I’m excited about today. LETS PLAY TWO!

by Wisfan on Apr 17, 2011 9:38 AM CDT reply actions

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