Larry Sheets

Larry Sheets is one of those quietly solid players from the mid-1980s who never quite got the national spotlight but genuinely earned his place on a major league roster. A big left-handed bat out of Staunton, Virginia, he had his best years with the Baltimore Orioles — and that 1987 season where he slugged 31 home runs was legitimately impressive, the kind of output that had fans wondering if he was about to break out for good. It never quite came together that way, but I've always had a soft spot for guys who play hard within their limits. The fact that he packed up and played a season in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in 1992 shows an adventurous streak — not every aging American big leaguer makes that leap, and it takes real grit to reinvent yourself abroad like that.

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Name (English)

Larry Sheets

Name (Japanese)

ラリー・シーツ

Reading

らりー・しーつ

Born

December 6, 1959 (age 66)

Origin

Staunton, Virginia, United States

Height

190 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Boar

High school

Staunton High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Sheets
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6491103

Tags

• Virginia
• baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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