Player Ben Sheets Stats & Facts December 29, 2018January 26, 2020 Player Ben Sheets Essentials Positions: Pitcher Bats: R Throws: R 73 Weight: 195 Born: Tuesday, July 18, 1978 in Baton Rouge, LA USA Died: Debut: 4/5/2001 Last Game: 10/3/2012 Full Name: Ben M. Sheets Sort bySearch Days, Events, Players Title (A - Z)Date (Newest) September 27, 2000 The United States Olympic team, managed by former Dodger skipper Tommy Lasorda, stuns the world, beating the much-favored Cuban team to win the country’s first gold medal in its national pastime. Ben Sheets ends Cuba’s 21-game Olympic winning streak with a 4-0 shutout. February 13, 2005 Avoiding arbitration, starting pitcher Ben Sheets and the Milwaukee Brewers agree to a one-year contract April 20, 2005 Craig Biggio drives in 1000th run – second Astro in history to accomplish this January 26, 2010 Ben Sheets and the A’s come to terms on a $10 million, one-year contract, making the free-agent right-hander the team’s second-highest paid player behind third baseman Eric Chavez. The 31 year-old, recovering from elbow surgery that caused him to miss all of last season, compiled an 86-83 record along with a 3.72 ERA in his first eight seasons in the major leagues, all with Milwaukee. July 15, 2012 Ben Sheets makes a successful return to the big leagues, a few days short of two years since his last game before undergoing Tommy John surgery. He keeps the Mets scoreless over 6 innings as the Braves win, 6 – 1. The game features the ejection of Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen, who starts arguing with home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor during a 6th-inning mound visit; the Braves score all their runs in that inning, highlighted by Freddie Freeman’s three-run homer off Johan Santana.
