Editing Scott Sheldon

{{short description|American baseball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Scott Sheldon
|image=
|position=[[Utility infielder]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|11|28}}
|birth_place=[[Hammond, Indiana]], U.S.
|debutdate=May 18
|debutyear=1997
|debutteam=Oakland Athletics
|debutleague = MLB
|debut2date=March 30
|debut2year=2002
|debut2team=Orix BlueWave
|debut2league = NPB
|finaldate=October 5
|finalyear=2001
|finalteam=Texas Rangers
|finalleague = MLB
|final2league = NPB
|final2date=July 4
|final2year=2003
|final2team=Orix BlueWave
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.235
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=8
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=33
|stat2league = NPB
|stat21label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat21value=.255
|stat22label=[[Home run]]s
|stat22value=34
|stat23label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat23value=83
|teams=
*[[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1997}})
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1998}}–{{mlby|2001}})
*[[Orix Buffaloes|Orix BlueWave]] ({{npby|2002}}–{{npby|2003}})
}}
'''Scott Patrick Sheldon''' (born November 28, 1968) is an American former professional baseball [[third baseman]]/[[shortstop]] and right-handed batter who played for the [[Oakland Athletics]] and [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He also played for the [[Orix Buffaloes|Orix BlueWave]] of [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB).

==Career==
In his 141-game MLB career from 1997 through 2001, Sheldon [[Batting average (baseball)|batted]] .235, with 8 [[home run]]s and 33 [[runs batted in]]. He then spent two seasons in NPB, batting .255 with 34 homers and 83 RBI.

On September 6, 2000, while playing for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas 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).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100624&page=1|title=Ranger Plays Nine Positions in One Game|last=Armour|first=Nancy|date=September 7, 2000|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> Sheldon entered the game in the 4th inning and performed the feat in just five frames. He was later joined by [[Shane Halter]] ([[Detroit Tigers]], October 1, 2000), and [[Andrew Romine]] (Detroit Tigers, September 30, 2017) in the list of players to play all nine positions in the same game.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
{{baseballstats| espn=3655| br=s/sheldsc01|fangraphs=1011856 |brm=sheldo001sco }}

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