Pat Sheridan

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Pat Sheridan |image=Pat Sheridan Tigers.jpg |caption= |position=Outfielder |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|12|4}} |birth_place=Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |bats=Left |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 16 |debutyear=1981 |debutteam=Kansas City Royals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 5 |finalyear=1991 |finalteam=New York Yankees |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.253 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=51 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=257 |teams= * Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1981}}, {{mlby|1983}}–{{mlby|1985}}) * Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1989}}) * San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1989}}) * New York Yankees ({{mlby|1991}}) |highlights= *World Series champion ({{wsy|1985}}) }} '''Patrick Arthur Sheridan''' (born December 4, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four different teams, primarily as an outfielder, between 1981 and 1991.

==Biography== Sheridan grew up in Wayne, Michigan, and attended Wayne Memorial High School, where he still holds many of the sports records. He played college baseball at Eastern Michigan University. Sheridan was selected to the All Mid-American Conference team as a center fielder in 1979. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1979 baseball draft.

In 1983, Sheridan missed two weeks in June with a shoulder injury. Upon his return June 22, he hit a walk-off 12th-inning single to give the Royals a 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tucker|first=Doug|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19830623&id=xaEfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4459,7193745&hl=en|title=Sheridan's hit lifts Royals over A's|work=The Nevada Daily News|date=June 23, 1983|access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

Sheridan served as the Royals' starting right fielder in 1984. After he and left-fielder Darryl Motley struggled to begin the 1985 season, the Royals acquired Lonnie Smith on May 17 and moved Motley, a right-handed hitter, to right field to platoon with Sheridan, the left-handed hitter.<ref>{{cite web|author=United Press International|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1985-05-30-0300270064-story.html|title=Royals Still Like Young Outfielders|work=Orlando Sun Sentinel|date=May 30, 1985|access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> Sheridan hit two home runs for the Royals in the 1985 American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, and was a member of the Royals' 1985 World Series champion team that defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. In 1986, Sheridan battled Motley for the starting right field spot in spring training; this time, the Royals chose to make Motley their everyday right fielder and released Sheridan at the end of spring training on March 28.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berkow|first=Ira|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/06/sports/photo-of-dick-howser-nyt-anthony-neste-royals-howser-aware-of-burden.html|title=Royals; Howser Beware of Burden|work=The New York Times|date=April 6, 1986|access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

On June 16, 1989, he was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Tracy Jones, and subsequently appeared in the 1989 World Series with the Giants, starting game 3 in right field.

In a 9-year, 876 game major league career, Sheridan compiled a .253 batting average (611-for-2419) with 319 runs, 51 home runs and 257 RBI. He recorded a .983 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions. In 26 postseason games, he hit .174 (12-for-69) with 8 runs, 3 home runs and 6 RBI.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{baseballstats|br=s/sheripa01}} *[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=sheripa01 Pat Sheridan] at Baseball Almanac

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