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Larry Sheets
Designated hitter / Outfielder
Born: (1959-12-06) December 6, 1959 (age 64)
Staunton, Virginia
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 1984, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1993, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Batting average.266
Home runs94
Runs batted in339
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Larry Kent Sheets (born December 6, 1959 in Staunton, Virginia), is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played for the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners from 1984 to 1990 and 1993. He also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in 1992.

Sheets had his best season in 1987 with the Orioles when he finished with career highs in batting average (.316), home runs (31) and RBIs (94). He currently operates a youth sports facility in Westminster, Maryland and serves as Gilman School's head Varsity Baseball coach.

Sheets attended Eastern Mennonite University, where he played basketball. He was named to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's all-conference second team in 1980 and to the first team in 1982. He graduated from Eastern Mennonite in 1984. He was named to Eastern Mennonite's athletic hall of fame in 1988.