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Miami Marlins History: All-Time Top 10 OPS

By Kevin Kraczkowski

Ivan Rodriguez #7 of the Florida Marlins smiles after the Marlins won Game 2 of the NLDS against the San Francisco Giants at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, Calif., October 1, 2003 (Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images)
Ivan Rodriguez #7 of the Florida Marlins smiles after the Marlins won Game 2 of the NLDS against the San Francisco Giants at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, Calif., October 1, 2003 (Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images) /
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26 Apr 1998: Outfielder Gary Sheffield of the Florida Marlins in action during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Marlins defeated the Diamondbacks 12-6. Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport /

2) Gary Sheffield (.970)

Gary Sheffield was a 5’11”. 190 lb. powder keg of offensive dynamite out of Tampa, FL. The Milwaukee Brewers picked him in the first round of the 1986 draft, sixth overall.

Sheffield got promoted to the big show in 1988, even though he was still a teenager. He played four seasons with the Brewers, then spent another year-and-a-half with the San Diego Padres.

Sheffield was not one a member of the Marlins organization when they played their first ever game on April 5th, 1993. Nearly three months after that though, the Padres traded him with Rich Rodriguez to the Marlins for Andrew Berumen, Trevor Hoffman, and Jose Martinez.

Sheffield ended up with the Marlins as their third baseman for parts of six seasons. He slashed .288/.426/.543 in 558 career games, with 122 home runs and 380 RBI. He also stole 74 bases while with the team, and led the NL with a 1.090 OPS in 1996. That’s the season that he earned his second Silver Slugger and his third all-star selection.

In mid-1998, the Marlins traded Sheffield along with Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, and Charles Johnson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile. Sheffield spent four seasons with the Dodgers, then two with the Atlanta Braves, three with the New York Yankees, two with the Detroit Tigers, and one with the New York Mets.

Over his 22 season major league career, Sheffield was chosen to nine all-star teams, earned five Silver Sluggers, and finished second in the AL MVP vote in 2004.

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