Career
Sheets attended Eastern Mennonite University,where he played basketball. [1] 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.
Sheets was selected as the first of the Orioles' four picks in the second round (29th overall) of the 1978 MLB draft,nineteen slots ahead of Cal Ripken Jr. [2] His lack of enthusiasm and commitment to the sport while in the minors frustrated Orioles scouts and officials,as chronicled in an article written by Alexander Wolff in the June 15,1981 issue of Sports Illustrated . [3] In a 13–11 loss to the Texas Rangers at Memorial Stadium on August 6,1986 which was the first-ever game in MLB history that featured three grand slams,Sheets and Jim Dwyer each hit one in the fourth inning,off Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell respectively. Toby Harrah had hit the first one of the contest off Ken Dixon two innings earlier. [4]
Sheets had career highs in batting average (.316),home runs (31) and RBIs (94) in 1987.
After six seasons in Baltimore,Sheets was dealt to the Tigers for Mike Brumley,as the Orioles traded a much-needed power hitter for a younger,less expensive player. [5]
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