Gary Sheffield

===Florida Marlins===
On June 24, 1993, he was traded, with [[Rich Rodriguez (baseball)|Rich Rodriguez]], to the [[Miami Marlins|Florida Marlins]] for [[Trevor Hoffman]], [[José Martínez (pitcher)|José Martínez]] and [[Andrés Berumen]]. He finished the season hitting 10 home runs, batting .292 and knocking in 37 runs while with the Marlins, and was the starting third baseman for the NL in the [[1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]]. At the end of the season, the Marlins gave him a four-year deal that made him the highest-paid player at third base.<ref>[http://www.futilityinfielder.com/blog/2004/08/gary-sheffield-reconsidered-part-i.shtmlGary Sheffield, Reconsidered – Part I] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> During the 1994 season, the Marlins moved him from third base to right field. Sheffield hit 112 home runs with the Marlins from 1994 to 1998, including 42 in 1996, making the All-Star Game in 1996, and leading them to victory in the [[1997 World Series]] against the [[Cleveland Indians]]. On July 13, 1997, Sheffield became the first player in Florida Marlins history to [[List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders|hit two home runs in one inning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-14-sp-12600-story.html|title=Sheffield Has an Inning to Remember|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 14, 1997|access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> He was traded to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in 1998 because the Marlins allegedly could not afford a contract extension and because the Dodgers' parent company at the time, [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]], was looking to secure a television contract with the Marlins in exchange for trading popular Dodger [[Mike Piazza]].<ref name="Jock"/>