Batting average .235 Home runs 34 Height 1.90 m Home runs 8 Runs batted in 83 Weight 84 kg | Runs batted in 33 Name Scott Sheldon Education University of Houston Batting average .255 Role Baseball athlete | |
Sheldon plays all nine positions in one game
Scott Patrick Sheldon (born November 20, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the Oakland Athletics (1997) and Texas Rangers (1998–2001). He also played in Japan for the Orix BlueWave (2002–03).
On September 6, 2000, while playing for the 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). Later that year Sheldon was joined by Shane Halter (Detroit Tigers, October 1, 2000), in the select list of nine-position players in the same game. Sheldon entered the game in the 4th inning and performed the feat in just five frames.
In his 141-game Major League career Sheldon batted .235, with 8 home runs and 33 runs batted in.
He spent two years in Japan with the BlueWave, batting. 255 with 34 homers and 83 RBI.