Gary Sheffield

===Minor leagues===
After high school, the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] drafted Sheffield with the sixth pick of the first round of the [[1986 Major League Baseball draft|1986 MLB draft]].<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheffga01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com Bio]</ref> Sheffield later said that if he had not been drafted in the first round, he probably would have played [[college baseball]] for the [[Miami Hurricanes baseball|Miami Hurricanes]].<ref name="streetsmarts">{{cite magazine|last1=Gammons|first1=Peter|title=Street Smarts|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1989/04/05/119664/street-smarts-gary-sheffield-learned-his-baseball-and-more-in-tampas-belmont-heights|access-date=19 January 2018|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=April 5, 1989}}</ref> After being drafted he was shipped to [[Helena Brewers|Helena]] of the [[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]], where he had a .365 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] and 71 RBIs in 57 games. The only question was what [[Baseball positions|position]] he would play. He was slotted at shortstop, but struggled at the position, committing many [[error (baseball)|errors]] and wild throws. In 1987, he was assigned to [[Stockton Ports|Stockton]] of the [[Class A (baseball)|Class-A]] [[California League]], where his defense improved and he produced at the plate. His batting average went below .300, but he led the league in RBIs with 103, and at the end of the year he was voted the Brewers' best prospect. In his third season, he went from Double-A to the majors. In 134 games for the [[El Paso Diablos]] and [[Denver]], he batted .327 with 28 homers and 118 RBIs.