1992 NL All-Star voting

Catcher >> Benito Santiago, Padres, 1,323,419

2. Darren Daulton, Philadelphia, 862,957.  3. Gary Carter, Montreal, 708,620.  4. Greg Olson, Atlanta, 502,265.  5. Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles, 474,415.  6. Tom Pagnozzi, St. Louis, 448,092. 7. Mike LaValliere, Pittsburgh, 255,769. 8. Kirt Manwaring, San Francisco, 196,549. 9. Joe Oliver, Cincinnati, 189,336. 10. Eddie Taubensee, Houston, 140,556.  11. Rick Wilkins, Chicago, 128,244. 12. Todd Hundley, New York, 108,375.

First base >> Fred McGriff, Padres, 1,262,985

2. Will Clark, San Francisco, 1,246,822.  3. John Kruk, Philadelphia, 815,274.  4. Mark Grace, Chicago, 366,586.  5. Jeff Bagwell, Houston, 330,222.  6. Eddie Murray, New York, 294,418.  7. Tim Wallach, Montreal, 276,833. 8, Hal Morris, Cincinnati, 229,519. 9, Sid Bream, Atlanta, 218,433. 10, Andres Galarraga, St. Louis, 150,956. 11, Jeff King, Pittsburgh, 128,577. 12, Kal Daniels, Los Angeles-Chicago, 98,247.

Second base >> Ryne Sandberg, Cubs, 2,434,660

2. Delino DeShields, Montreal, 479,655. 3. Craig Biggio, Houston, 363,841. 4. Kurt Stillwell, San Diego, 355,901. 5. Mark Lemke, Atlanta, 315,546.  6. Jose Lind, Pittsburgh, 279,599. 7, Robby Thompson, San Francisco, 269,757. 8, Willie Randolph, New York, 241,886. 9, Bill Doran, Cincinnati, 186,720. 10, Mickey Morandini, Philadelphia, 156,424. 11. Juan Samuel, Los Angeles, 153,282. 12, Jose Oquendo, St. Louis, 147,886.

Third base >> Terry Pendleton, Atlanta, 1,222,688

2. Gary Sheffield, San Diego, 1,155,630.  3. Chris Sabo, Cincinnati, 714,603. 4. Matt Williams, San Francisco, 520,565. 5. Steve Buechele, Pittsburgh, 457,242.  6, Bret Barberie, Montreal, 248,028.  7. Todd Zeile, St. Louis, 240,460. 8, Dave Hollins, Philadelphia, 189,190. 9, Ken Caminiti, Houston, 183,189. 10, Gary Scott, Chicago, 152,588. 11. Lenny Harris, Los Angeles, 136,732. 12, Bill Pecota, New York, 88,259.

Shortstop >> Ozzie Smith, Cardinals, 1,275,282

2. Tony Fernandez, San Diego, 1,140,280.  3. Barry Larkin, Cincinnati, 995,475.  4. Jay Bell, Pittsburgh, 437,208.  5. Spike Owen, Montreal, 313,253.  6. Rafael Belliard, Atlanta, 241,928. 7. Shawon Dunston, Chicago, 230,888. 8. Jose Uribe, San Francisco, 170,287. 9. Jose Offerman, Los Angeles, 154,728. 10. Andujar Cedeno, Houston, 129,444.  11. Kim Batiste, Philadelphia, 105,017. 12. Kevin Elster, New York, 64,914.

Outfield >> Barry Bonds, Pirates, 1,961,278.  2. Tony Gwynn, Padres, 1,475,450.  3. Andy Van Slyke, Pirates, 1,009,843.



4. Bobby Bonilla, New York, 935,755.  5. Darryl Strawberry, Los Angeles, 886,775.  6. David Justice, Atlanta, 799,989.  7. Ron Gant, Atlanta, 791,977.  8. Andre Dawson, Chicago, 680,343.  9. Lenny Dykstra, Philadelphia, 565,500.  10. Felix Jose, St. Louis, 471,295.  11. Brett Butler, Los Angeles, 391,277.  12. Larry Walker, Montreal, 390,911.

13. Marquis Grissom, Montreal, 377,741.  14. Willie McGee, San Francisco, 367,442.  15. Eric Davis, Los Angeles, 293,143. 16. Ivan Calderon, Montreal, 287,222. 17. Paul O'Neill, Cincinnati, 283,249.  18. Darrin Jackson, San Diego, 266,837. 19. Ray Lankford, St. Louis, 260,691. 20. Jerald Clark, San Diego, 258,596. 21. Otis Nixon, Atlanta, 254,516.  22. Howard Johnson, New York, 249,883. 23. Bip Roberts, Cincinnati, 244,259. 24. Steve Finley, Houston, 243,767.

25. Pete Incaviglia, Houston, 214,007.  26. Sammy Sosa, Chicago, 210,389.  27. Dale Murphy, Philadelphia, 198,372.  28. Darren Lewis, San Francisco, 182,825. 29, Kevin Bass, San Francisco, 176,489. 30, Pedro Guerrero, St. Louis, 173,604. 31, Dave Martinez, Cincinnati, 155,978. 32, Vince Coleman, New York, 147,858. 33, Luis Gonzalez, Houston, 137,132. 34, Orlando Merced, Pittsburgh, 135,585. 35, Wes Chamberlain, Philadelphia, 127,309. 36. Jerome Walton, Chicago, 110,252.

Gary Sheffield

Player most similar to >> Reggie Jackson
Career statistics >> 509 HRs, 1,676 RBIs, .292/.393/.514
Career year, 1996 >> 42 HRs, 120 RBIs, .314/.465/.624, 118 runs, 142 walks

Teams >> Brewers (1988-91), Padres (92-93), Marlins (93-98), Dodgers (1998-2001), Atlanta (02-03), Yankees (04-06), Tigers (07-08), Mets (09)
Acquired >> Traded by the Brewers with Geoff Kellogg to the Padres for Ricky Bones, Matt Mieske and Jose Valentin on March 27, 1992.
Gone >> Traded by the Padres with Rich Rodriguez to the Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez on June 24, 1993.

Resume
>> 9-time All-Star (1992, 93, 96, 1998-2000, 03-05)
>> Top 10 in MVP voting (1992, 96, 2000, 03-05)

League leader
>> Batting average (1992)
>> On-base percentage (1996)

The Gary Sheffield Library
>> Can’t Take Nothin’ Off Nobody | Ricky Reilly, Sports Illustrated (Sept. 14, 1992)

1991 NL All-Star voting

Catcher >> Benito Santiago, Padres, 1,751,399

2. Craig Biggio, Houston, 910,659.  3. Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles, 850,396. 4. Tom Pagnozzi, St. Louis, 355,768. 5. Joe Oliver, Cincinnati, 287,124. 6, Mike LaValliere, Pittsburgh, 277,694. 7, Mike Heath, Atlanta, 269,604. 8, Terry Kennedy, San Francisco, 255,529.  9, Mike Fitzgerald, Montreal, 254,341.  10. Joe Girardi, Chicago, 231,948. 11. Charlie O'Brien, New York, 149,534. 12, Darren Daulton, Philadelphia, 139,427.

First base >> Will Clark, Giants, 1,534,203

2. Fred McGriff, San Diego, 1,474,502.  3. Mark Grace, Chicago, 541,465. 4. Eddie Murray, Los Angeles, 514,745. 5. Pedro Guerrero, St. Louis, 343,412. 6, Hal Morris, Cincinnati, 324,120.  7. Jeff Bagwell, Houston, 269,869. 8, Sid Bream, Atlanta, 260,492. 9, Andres Galarraga, Montreal, 228,748. 10, John Kruk, Philadelphia, 150,790.  11. Dave Magadan, New York, 143,550.  12, Carmelo Martinez, Pittsburgh, 133,424.

Second base >> Ryne Sandberg, Cubs, 2,526,747

2. Delino DeShields, Montreal, 637,022.  3. Juan Samuel, Los Angeles, 522,468. 4. Bip Roberts, San Diego, 329,215. 5. Bill Doran, Cincinnati, 307,436.  6. Jose Lind, Pittsburgh, 276,106. 7, Robby Thompson, San Francisco, 264,365. 8, Jose Oquendo, St. Louis, 247,493. 9, Jeff Treadway, Atlanta, 229,012. 10, Tom Herr, New York, 194,242. 11, Wally Backman, Philadelphia, 122,596. 12. Mark McLemore, Houston, 119,282.

Third base >> Chris Sabo, Reds, 1,325,774

2. Matt Williams, San Francisco, 782,392.  3. Tim Wallach, Montreal, 715,502. 4. Terry Pendleton, Atlanta, 637,886. 5. Todd Zeile, St. Louis, 533,770. 6, Ken Caminiti, Houston, 443,089. 7, Gregg Jefferies, New York, 357,056. 8, Gary Scott, Chicago, 265,737. 9. Jeff King, Pittsburgh, 210,292. 10, Jeff Hamilton, Los Angeles, 158,756. 11, Jim Presley, San Diego, 143,642. 12, Charlie Hayes, Philadelphia, 133,901.

Shortstop >> Ozzie Smith, Cardinals, 1,280,495

2. Tony Fernandez, San Diego, 1,083,010.  3. Barry Larkin, Cincinnati, 875,591. 4. Shawon Dunston, Chicago, 623,955. 5. Howard Johnson, New York, 402,323. 6, Jay Bell, Pittsburgh, 347,939. 7, Alfredo Griffin, Los Angeles, 253,876. 8, Spike Owen, Montreal, 224,865.  9. Jose Uribe, San Francisco, 182,544.  10. Dickie Thon, Philadelphia, 178,239.  11. Rafael Belliard, Atlanta, 173,809.  12. Eric Yelding, Houston, 169,471.

Outfield >> Darryl Strawberry, Dodgers, 1,393,009.  2. Tony Gwynn, Padres, 1,381,602.  3. Andre Dawson, Cubs, 1,108,585.

4. Bobby Bonilla, Pittsburgh, 1,085,233.  5. Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco, 1,001,357.  6. David Justice, Atlanta, 986,238. 7. George Bell, Chicago, 871,299. 8. Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh, 870,457. 9. Eric Davis, Cincinnati, 741,005. 10. Andy Van Slyke, Pittsburgh, 643,285. 11. Willie McGee, San Francisco, 593,507. 12. Felix Jose, St. Louis, 566,966.

13. Brett Butler, Los Angeles, 522,598. 14. Ivan Calderon, Montreal, 401,186. 15. Vince Coleman, New York, 382,140. 16. Len Dykstra, Philadelphia, 367,013. 17. Dale Murphy, Philadelphia, 317,094.  18. Ron Gant, Atlanta, 300,946. 19. Paul O'Neill, Cincinnati, 271,846. 20, Dave Martinez, Montreal, 260,465.  21. Steve Finley, Houston, 241,913.  22. Luis Gonzalez, Houston, 237,573.  23. Billy Hatcher, Cincinnati, 231,133.  24. Jerald Clark, San Diego, 216,179.

25. Jerome Walton, Chicago, 200,333. 26, Kal Daniels, Los Angeles, 199,145. 27, Larry Walker, Montreal, 195,548. 28, Kevin McReynolds, New York, 180,971. 29, Von Hayes, Philadelphia, 178,976. 30, Ray Lankford, St. Louis, 177,070. 31, Kevin Bass, San Francisco, 170,841. 32, Bernard Gilkey, St. Louis, 148,448. 33, Hubie Brooks, New York, 141,332.  34. Karl Rhodes, Houston, 139,372.  35. Lonnie Smith, Atlanta, 134,788.  36. Shawn Abner, San Diego, 128,126.

Eric Show

Pitches >> 1. Sinking fastball  2. Slider  3. Changeup  4. Curve

Players most similar to >> Steve Blass, Bob Walk
Career statistics >> 101-89, 3.66 ERA, 1,655 IPs
Career year, 1988 >> 16-11, 3.26 ERA, 234 IPs

Teams >> Padres (1981-90), Athletics (91)
Drafted >> by the Padres in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed >> a two-year, $1.6 million contract with the Athletics on Dec. 10, 1990.

The Eric Show Library
>> Baseball’s Thinking Man | Los Angeles Times (Feb. 27, 1988)
>> Eric Show’s Solitary Life, and Death | The New York Times (March 27, 1994)
>> The tortured life of Eric Show | ESPN.com (Sept. 11, 2010)
>> Silver anniversary: the Eric Show game | The Hardball Times (July 7, 2012)