Gary Sheffield

===Detroit Tigers===
[[File:Sheffield BP.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Sheffield (right) with the Tigers in {{baseball year|2007}}.]]
On November 10, 2006, the Yankees traded Sheffield to the [[Detroit Tigers]] for minor league pitchers [[Humberto Sánchez]], [[Kevin Whelan]], and [[Anthony Claggett]]. After the trade, Sheffield agreed to a two-year, $28&nbsp;million extension.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061110&content_id=1738741&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=detVeteran|title=Tigers acquire Sheffield for prospects|access-date=August 6, 2009|last=Beck|first=Jason|date=November 10, 2006|work=[[MLB.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615121710/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061110&content_id=1738741&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=detVeteran|archive-date=2011-06-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his first season with the Tigers, he hit 25 home runs, with 75 RBIs, and a .265 batting average. Sheffield also hit his first triple since 2004 and stole 20 bases for the first time since 1990. He was also one of only six batters in the [[American League|AL]] to have at least 20 home runs and 20 [[stolen base]]s, along with [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Grady Sizemore]], [[Ian Kinsler]], [[B.J. Upton]] and teammate at the time [[Curtis Granderson]].

On September 8, {{baseball year|2008}} in a game against [[2008 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]], Sheffield hit the 250,000th regular season home run in Major League Baseball history according to [[Baseball-Reference.com]]. The home run was a [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] off [[Gio González]];<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280908106 |title=Sheffield has 2 homers, 5 RBIs and Tigers beat A's |access-date=August 6, 2009|author=DETROIT (AP) |date=September 9, 2008 |publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |author-link=Associated Press}}</ref> Sheffield had hit baseball's  249,999th home run against Gonzalez in his previous at-bat. Sheffield ended the 2008 season with 499 career home runs.

On September 19, 2008, Sheffield was hit by a pitch from [[Cleveland Indians]] pitcher [[Roberto Hernández (starting pitcher)|Roberto Heredia Hernández]] and walked to first base. When Hernández threw to first base, he and Sheffield exchanged words and Sheffield charged the mound, attempting to tackle Hernández but being caught in a headlock and punched a few times on the top of his head by the young pitcher, leading to a [[bench-clearing brawl]]. Hernández and Sheffield were both ejected, along with Indians catcher [[Víctor Martínez (baseball)|Víctor Martínez]] and Tigers second baseman [[Plácido Polanco]].<ref>{{cite web |date=September 19, 2008 |title=Indians win with walk-off hit as Carmona, Sheffield brawl |url=http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20080919_DET@CLE |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923061656/http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/recap/MLB_20080919_DET%40CLE |archive-date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=September 20, 2008 |publisher=CBSSports.com wire reports}}</ref> On September 22, the commissioner's office announced four suspensions resulting from the brawl: Hernández was suspended for six games, Sheffield received a four-game suspension, and Martinez and Indians infielder [[Asdrúbal Cabrera]] each received three-game suspensions. Sheffield made statements after the suspension that the involved players from the Indians would be "penalized" by him as well.<ref>[http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=3528156&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det "Sheffield given four-game suspension: Tigers slugger won't appeal, begins serving it Monday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927043346/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=3528156&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det|date=2008-09-27}} ''MLB.com'', Jason Beck, September 22, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-09-26.</ref>

On March 31, 2009, Sheffield was released by the Tigers despite being owed $14M. The Tigers said in a statement that they wanted to have more versatility with the DH position.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090331&content_id=4093976&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det |title=Tigers release Sheffield |access-date=August 6, 2009 |last=Beck |first=Jason |date=March 31, 2009 |work=[[MLB.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403070145/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090331&content_id=4093976&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det |archive-date=April 3, 2009 }}</ref>