Ben Sheets
P · Last on a Brewers farm club: Huntsville Stars, 2006
- B/T
- R/R
- Size
- 6' 1", 220 lb
- Born
- 1978-07-18 · Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Acquired
- Drafted 1999, round 1, pick 10, by Milwaukee Brewers
- MLB debut
- 2001-04-05
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- ROK1999Ogden Raptors
- A+1999Stockton Ports
- AA2000Huntsville Stars
- AAA2000Indianapolis Indians
- AAA2001Indianapolis Indians
- ROK2006AZL Brewers
- AA2006Huntsville Stars
- AAA2006Nashville Sounds
- AA2012Mississippi Braves
Pitching
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ROK | Ogden Raptors | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5.63 | 1.25 | 13.50 | 2.25 | 36.4% | 6.1% | 30.3% |
| 1999 | A+ | Stockton Ports | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 3.58 | 1.34 | 9.11 | 4.55 | 24.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 2000 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 21 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 55 | 25 | 60 | 4 | 1.88 | 1.11 | 7.50 | 3.13 | 20.8% | 8.7% | 12.2% |
| 2000 | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 21 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 81.2 | 77 | 31 | 59 | 4 | 2.87 | 1.32 | 6.50 | 3.42 | 17.1% | 9.0% | 8.1% |
| 2001 | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.59 | 5.06 | 2.53 | 12.2% | 6.1% | 6.1% |
| 2006 | ROK | AZL Brewers | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10.38 | 1.62 | 16.62 | 4.15 | 42.1% | 10.5% | 31.6% |
| 2006 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.50 | 16.88 | 0.00 | 38.5% | 0.0% | 38.5% |
| 2006 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2.40 | 0.93 | 9.00 | 3.00 | 25.9% | 8.6% | 17.2% |
| 2012 | AA | Mississippi Braves | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5.06 | 1.22 | 8.44 | 0.84 | 22.2% | 2.2% | 20.0% |
Hitting
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 21 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | .000 | 13.3% | 6.7% | .167 |
| 2000 | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 40.0% | 0.0% | .000 |
| 2001 | AAA | Indianapolis Indians | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .666 | .000 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 1.000 |
| 2006 | AA | Huntsville Stars | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .000 | 25.0% | 0.0% | .333 |
Major leagues
Pitching
| Year | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Milwaukee Brewers | 22 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 151.1 | 166 | 48 | 94 | 23 | 4.76 | 1.41 | 5.59 | 2.85 | 14.4% | 7.4% | 7.0% |
| 2002 | Milwaukee Brewers | 23 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 216.2 | 237 | 70 | 170 | 21 | 4.15 | 1.42 | 7.06 | 2.91 | 18.2% | 7.5% | 10.7% |
| 2003 | Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 220.2 | 232 | 43 | 157 | 29 | 4.45 | 1.25 | 6.40 | 1.75 | 16.9% | 4.6% | 12.2% |
| 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | 25 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 237.0 | 201 | 32 | 264 | 25 | 2.70 | 0.98 | 10.03 | 1.22 | 28.2% | 3.4% | 24.8% |
| 2005 | Milwaukee Brewers | 26 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 156.2 | 142 | 25 | 141 | 19 | 3.33 | 1.07 | 8.10 | 1.44 | 22.3% | 3.9% | 18.3% |
| 2006 | Milwaukee Brewers | 27 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 106.0 | 105 | 11 | 116 | 9 | 3.82 | 1.09 | 9.85 | 0.93 | 27.0% | 2.6% | 24.4% |
| 2007 | Milwaukee Brewers | 28 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 141.1 | 138 | 37 | 106 | 17 | 3.82 | 1.24 | 6.75 | 2.36 | 17.9% | 6.3% | 11.7% |
| 2008 | Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 198.1 | 181 | 47 | 158 | 17 | 3.09 | 1.15 | 7.17 | 2.13 | 19.5% | 5.8% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | Oakland Athletics | 31 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 119.1 | 123 | 43 | 84 | 18 | 4.53 | 1.39 | 6.34 | 3.24 | 16.4% | 8.4% | 8.0% |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves | 33 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 49.1 | 52 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 3.47 | 1.32 | 6.39 | 2.37 | 16.9% | 6.3% | 10.6% |
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Milwaukee Brewers | 22 | 25 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | .071 | .152 | .071 | .223 | .000 | 60.4% | 8.3% | .231 |
| 2002 | Milwaukee Brewers | 23 | 34 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 0 | .088 | .139 | .103 | .242 | .015 | 51.3% | 5.3% | .207 |
| 2003 | Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | 34 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 0 | .076 | .090 | .076 | .166 | .000 | 48.6% | 1.4% | .161 |
| 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | 25 | 34 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | .134 | .194 | .134 | .328 | .000 | 27.2% | 6.2% | .200 |
| 2005 | Milwaukee Brewers | 26 | 22 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .022 | .043 | .022 | .065 | .000 | 32.1% | 1.9% | .036 |
| 2006 | Milwaukee Brewers | 27 | 17 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .030 | .059 | .030 | .089 | .000 | 35.1% | 2.7% | .050 |
| 2007 | Milwaukee Brewers | 28 | 24 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .134 | .000 | 49.0% | 0.0% | .150 |
| 2008 | Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 0 | .075 | .101 | .104 | .205 | .029 | 32.4% | 2.7% | .116 |
| 2010 | Oakland Athletics | 31 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .666 | .000 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 1.000 |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves | 33 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | .000 | 35.3% | 5.9% | .000 |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.