How Gary Sheffield's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Gary Sheffield posted a career Range Factor of 2.04, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1989, posting 3.71, above the league average of 3.15 that year. The lowest point came in 2000 at 1.5, well below the league average of 2.91 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.17 in 2007 to 2.17 in 2008 and 1.59 in 2009. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from 1.5 to 3.71 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Gary Sheffield Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Gary Sheffield
| Gary Sheffield
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 2.041 |
| Season Avg. | 2.041 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.041 |
| More Info | See More |
Gary Sheffield Range Factor Per Season
Gary Sheffield's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Gary Sheffield Range Factor by Team
Gary Sheffield's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gary Sheffield Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Sheffield's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Gary Sheffield Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Gary Sheffield's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Gary Sheffield Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Gary Sheffield's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
