Gary Sheffield

===Milwaukee Brewers===
[[File:Gary Sheffield - El Paso Diablos - 1988.jpg|thumb|Sheffield in 1988]]
Sheffield was called up from the minors when rosters were expanded in September and made his major league debut on September 3, 1988. As a teenager, he got off to a fast start, with his first career hit being a home run off [[Mark Langston]], though Sheffield finished the season with a .238 batting average and four home runs in 24 games. After a decline in play and several injuries, he found himself competing with [[Bill Spiers]] in a race for starting shortstop. After this, he was moved to third base and criticized the team, saying it was a black and white issue.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DF1330F93BA15756C0A966958260Sheffield Is Older and Better] {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> At the end of the 1989 season, he batted .247 with five home runs and 32 RBIs. In 1990, he worked under [[Don Baylor]], who had been hired as their [[hitting coach]]. He finished the season batting .294, with 10 home runs. While his playing improved, there were issues with Sheffield in the clubhouse, and went as far as accusing the organization of being racist after keeping him at third instead of playing him at shortstop where the white Spiers played.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=alipour/070315&sportCat=mlb Espn.com Interview]</ref> In his final season with the Brewers, he injured his wrist, thumb, and shoulder, playing in only 50 games.<ref name="Jock"/>