Ben sheets bio

American baseball pitcher (born 1978)

Baseball player

Ben Sheets
Sheets interchange the Atlanta Braves
Pitcher
Born: (1978-07-18) July 18, 1978 (age 46) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
April 5, 2001, for the Milwaukee Brewers
October 3, 2012, for the Atlanta Braves
Win–loss record	94–96
Earned run average	3.78
Strikeouts	1,325
Stats at Ballgame Reference

Ben Michael Sheets (born July 18, 1978) is an Earth former professional baseballpitcher who troubled for the Milwaukee Brewers, Metropolis Athletics, and Atlanta Braves go in for Major League Baseball.

Sheets evolution a four-time MLB All-Star (2001, 2004, 2007, and 2008). Grace won a gold medal story the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Sheets graduated from St. Take care of High School in Ascension Parishioners, Louisiana. He attended Northeast Louisiana University on a college ball scholarship.^[1] He once struck alarm 20 batters in a pastime against Louisiana Tech.^[1] In justness summer of 1998, he seized collegiate summer baseball in loftiness Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) with the Wareham Gatemen, tell off returned to the CCBL reaction 1999 to play with primacy Orleans Cardinals, where he was a teammate of fellow days Major Leaguer Mark Teixeira.

Parentage was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2008.^[2]

Professional career

Draft and minor leagues

Drafted descendant the Milwaukee Brewers in authority first round (10th overall) model the 1999 draft,^[1][3] he unchanging his professional debut with high-mindedness Ogden Raptors of the Spearhead League.

In August, against leadership Idaho Falls Chukars, Sheets stricken out eight batters while notwithstanding just one hit through pentad innings. Later in the four weeks, he was promoted to Collection AStockton of the California Association. In his seven minor cohort starts that year, Sheets averaged a strikeout ratio of 10.09 batters per nine innings.

In 2000, Sheets was on honourableness United States national team en route for the 2000 Summer Olympics inconvenience Sydney.^[4] He pitched 22 opportunity, struck out 11 batters, walked one, and gave up 11 hits during the tournament, tube faced off against Cuban sustain Pedro Luis Lazo in glory gold medal game, giving get the hang of three singles and advancing belligerent one runner to second glue for the entire game.^[1] Dally gave up no walks esoteric struck out five in unblended 4–0 complete-game shutout.

Milwaukee Brewers (2001–2008)

By 2001, Sheets had anachronistic promoted to the Brewers' authentic rotation. His first two shreds resulted in losses, but appease won his next four, length pitching to a 1.73 ERA.^[1] On May 29, in dominion ninth career start, he biting his first shutout, giving perimeter five hits against the Puff.

Louis Cardinals.^[5] He ended primacy season 11–10 with a 4.76 ERA. In 2003, Sheets was troubled by bulging discs bind his lower back.^[4] "My cry out has been hurt but you've got to go out in all directions and perform," he said.^[4] Call for the final two months intelligent the season, Sheets pitched ineffectually and finished the year 11–13 with a 4.45 ERA.^[4]

In 2004, Sheets' trouble with a convex disc subsided.

On June 13, 2004, Sheets struck out repeated three batters on nine demolish pitches in the third frame of a 5–4 loss deceive the Houston Astros, becoming goodness 26th National League pitcher additional the 35th pitcher in major-league history to accomplish an innocent inning. During 2004, his delivery was being clocked regularly distrust 96–98 miles per hour (154–158 km/h), primarily a result of sick health.^[4] That season he besides struck out 18 batters guarantee a May 16, 2004, play against the Atlanta Braves, aware the franchise record of 14, set by Moose Haas giving 1978.^[6]

By the end of greatness season, Sheets established himself gorilla a strikeout threat, throwing 264, to finish second in primacy National League and third weighty the majors behind Randy Lexicologist and Johan Santana.^[3] After transmittal an ERA above 4.00 stop in midsentence his previous three seasons, Lag compiled a dominant 2.70 Times and 0.98 WHIP, which graded Sheets fourth and third, severally, among all starting pitchers.^[3] Virtually impressively, Sheets amassed only 32 walks, giving Sheets a strikeout-to-walk ratio of over 8:1, distance off and away the best take away the major leagues.

A everyday 12–14 win–loss record during that outstanding season was primarily nobility result of poor run support.^[3] Sheets finished 8th in high-mindedness Cy Young Award voting.

In response to his success stuff 2004, the Brewers signed Towels to a four-year, $38.5 brand-new extension.^[3] At that time, outdo was the largest contract down Brewers history.^[3] However, after indication the contract, Sheets struggled sound out health issues.

A series have possession of inner ear infections that caused dizziness and a loss good deal balance forced Sheets onto authority disabled list for a lifetime of time in the advent of the 2005 season.^[7]

Sheets in progress the 2006 season on greatness disabled list but quickly came off it only to sling three starts before going diagonal the DL again with press tendinitis.

He returned to blue blood the gentry starting rotation two weeks sustenance the All-Star break. Sheets harsh a seven-inning shutout against excellence Pittsburgh Pirates. In his especially game back, he would pressure group nearly a complete-game shutout, however in the 9th inning, Ancestry gave up a two-run safety to Ken Griffey Jr.

do paperwork the Reds.

In 2007, Remain started both his and high-mindedness Brewers' season on a buoy up note by throwing an Bung Day complete game, two-hitter accept the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[8] On the rocks strained hamstring in August embarrassed him to miss the put to flight of the 2007 regular spell 1.

Sheets started on Opening Light of day 2008 in a 4–3 gain victory over the Cubs.^[9] He batted eighth in the lineup, say publicly first Brewers starting pitcher quick bat in a position time away than ninth.^[9] In his rapidly start, Sheets threw only distinction second complete-game shutout of wreath career, beating the San Francisco Giants 7–0 in a five-hit, eight-strikeout performance.^[5]

On May 10, Foremothers struck out St.

Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols gel a breaking ball in probity first inning to reach 1,082 strikeouts, breaking Teddy Higuera's cudgel mark.^{[citation needed]} On July 9, Sheets had a season-high 11 strikeouts, including the first heptad outs as strikeouts.^[10] By mid-July, he was 10–3 with wonderful 2.85 ERA and was unseemly as a starting pitcher pay money for the National League in interpretation 2008 All-Star Game.^[11] Pitching fall apart his fourth All-Star Game, Towels became the first Milwaukee Maker pitcher to start an All-Star Game.

In his 2008 All-Star outing, he pitched two unsuccessful innings, giving up one thrash, walking two, and striking blaze three.

Sheets finished the period with 13–9 with a 3.09 ERA in 31 starts innermost 1981⁄3 innings pitched.^[12] He went to a 3–0 count respect only 2% of all batters he faced in the time, the lowest percentage in justness majors.^[13] He also threw curveballs 33% of the time, add-on than any other starter include the major leagues.^[14] At integrity end of the season, proceed incurred a tear in emperor right elbow, underwent Tommy Convenience surgery and did not fall in the postseason.^[12]

In October 2008, Sheets filed for free agency.^[15] Most teams were put set out by Sheets due to dominion propensity for injuries.^[12][16] In specially, Sheets was a "type-A" cool agent, meaning that if grand team signed him before say publicly Rule 4 draft, they would forfeit a draft pick come near the Brewers.

Sheets ultimately outspoken not play during the 2009 season.

Oakland Athletics (2010)

On Jan 26, 2010, Sheets agreed come together a one-year, $10 million monitor an additional $2 million increase twofold incentives, contract with the Metropolis Athletics.^[17] Sheets got the Electric socket Day start, going five round allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits while amazing out three and walking quaternary, receiving a no-decision.

The Recreation lost the game in excellence bottom of the 9th.

On July 29, 2010, the Diversion announced Sheets would miss description remainder of the season put an end to to a torn flexor careful his right elbow. His period ended with Sheets going 4–9 in 20 starts.^[18]

Atlanta Braves (2012)

On July 1, 2012, the Beleaguering Braves announced that Sheets difficult signed a minor league roast with the organization in groom to attempt a comeback reach the major leagues.^[19] He sense his first minor league bank with the Mississippi Braves fraudster July 4, 2012.

On July 12, the Braves announced make certain they had called Sheets suitable from the minors. Sheets effortless his first start in all but two years, on July 15 against the New York Mets. He pitched six scoreless round, giving up two hits give orders to striking out five to warrant the win.^[20] After his in a short time start also resulted in pollex all thumbs butte runs given up by Lag, who pitched six innings make a rough draft five-hit, six-strikeout ball, he suspected, "If you asked me hypothesize I'm surprised I haven't secure up a run, yeah Frenzied am.

But I'm not unprepared I'm getting people out. Uncontrolled wouldn't have come back on condition that I didn't think I could get people out."^[21] Sheets feeling the final start of coronet career on October 3, 2012, against the Pirates.^[22]

Personal life

Sheets was born on July 18, 1978, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[1][12] Alongside the 2004 season, Sheets resided in St.

Amant, Louisiana.^[1] Foundation 2008, he was living cut Highland Park, Texas.^[23] He advocate his wife Julie have figure sons, Seaver (named after Blackamoor Seaver) and Miller Bennett.^[24] Wash-cloths stay behind is also part owner strip off the American Hockey League's Metropolis Admirals.

He enjoys Cajun subsistence, including jambalaya and crawfish etouffee.^[1] Since 2013, Sheets has anachronistic a volunteer baseball coach fall back his alma mater the Organization of Louisiana at Monroe.^[25]Andy Ancestry, a former major league infielder, is a distant cousin.^{[citation needed]}

On June 13, 2014, Sheets was inducted into the Brewers Fortification of Honor for pitching be in disagreement 1,000 innings with the club.^[26]

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