Patrick Arthur Sheridan (born December 4, 1957) is an American former

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player who played in

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(MLB) for four different teams, primarily as an

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, between 1981 and 1991.

Biography

Sheridan grew up in

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, and attended

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, where he still holds many of the sports records. He played college baseball at

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. Sheridan was selected to the All

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team as a center fielder in 1979. He was drafted by the

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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 walkoff 12th-inning single to give the Royals a 7-6 victory over the

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. Sheridan served as the Royals' starting right fielder in 1984. After he and left-fielder

Darryl Motley Darryl DeWayne Motley (born January 21, 1960) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played six seasons for the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves between and . In his MLB career, Motley played in 413 games, hit 44 home runs, 324 hi ...

struggled to begin the 1985 season, the Royals acquired

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on May 17 and moved Motley, a right-handed hitter, to right field to platoon with Sheridan, the left-handed hitter. Sheridan hit two home runs for the Royals in the

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against the

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, 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

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; this time, the Royals chose to make Motley their everyday right fielder and released Sheridan at the end of spring training on March 28. On June 16, 1989, he was traded by the

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to the

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for

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, and subsequently appeared in the

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with the Giants, starting game 3 in right field. In a 9-year, 876 game major league career, Sheridan compiled a .253

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(611-for-2419) with 319 runs, 51

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and 257 RBI. He recorded a .983

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at all three outfield positions. In 26 postseason games, he hit .174 (12-for-69) with 8 runs, 3 home runs and 6 RBI.

Additional Images

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References

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