With Wednesday’s homerun, his 493rd, Gary Sheffield passed friend Fred McGriff for 25th on the all time homerun list. Sheffield called the feat, the only statistical mark that mattered to him.
McGriff spent four and half of his 19 seasons manning first base for the Braves after he was acquired in a trade with the San Diego Padres in 1993, just in time for one of the best pennant chases in major league history between Atlanta and the San Francisco Giants. In 1997, he was picked up by the Devil Rays, a team he later retired with in 2004 at the age of 40, through the expansion draft.
Sheffield on the other spent just two seasons with Atlanta before moving onto the New York Yankees and now the Detroit Tigers.
McGriff spent four and half of his 19 seasons manning first base for the Braves after he was acquired in a trade with the San Diego Padres in 1993, just in time for one of the best pennant chases in major league history between Atlanta and the San Francisco Giants. In 1997, he was picked up by the Devil Rays, a team he later retired with in 2004 at the age of 40, through the expansion draft.
Sheffield on the other spent just two seasons with Atlanta before moving onto the New York Yankees and now the Detroit Tigers.
(Photos: Chris Carlson/AP; Otto Gruele/Allsport)
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