Sherman
Obando
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 23, 1970 in Panama, , BOCAS DEL TO
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1994 24 SEA AL 68 189 24 48 11 0 5 18 0 0 17 57 .254 .321 .392 .712 23.7 4.3
1995 25 SEA AL 138 436 47 104 12 0 5 35 0 0 36 129 .239 .303 .300 .603 40.0 3.1
1996 26 SEA AL 41 120 11 27 2 0 1 12 0 0 13 41 .225 .299 .267 .565 11.1 0.5
1997 27 SEA AL 56 181 22 36 8 0 2 15 0 0 26 46 .199 .308 .276 .584 18.2 0.8
1998 28 SEA AL 75 214 21 52 8 0 5 18 0 0 15 55 .243 .300 .350 .651 22.9 1.6
1999 29 SEA AL 124 427 54 115 17 3 14 49 0 0 26 124 .269 .323 .422 .745 57.1 6.9
2000 30 SEA AL 156 569 65 142 22 1 12 54 0 0 76 180 .250 .348 .355 .703 73.2 8.5
2001 31 SEA AL 155 574 85 162 22 0 13 61 0 0 77 162 .282 .373 .389 .762 82.0 10.6
2002 32 SFG NL 138 387 50 88 14 3 10 47 0 0 37 110 .227 .304 .357 .661 43.1 2.9
2003 33 SFG NL 126 342 37 88 16 1 6 35 0 0 43 112 .257 .351 .363 .714 44.7 3.9
2004 34 BAL AL 56 142 15 34 5 0 4 20 0 0 24 44 .239 .372 .359 .731 21.6 2.7
2005 35 BAL AL 58 144 22 30 6 2 5 20 0 0 21 49 .208 .320 .382 .701 18.9 2.0
12 Years Sim 1191 3725 453 926 143 10 82 384 0 0 411 1109 .249 .332 .358 .691 456.4 47.8
162 Game Average 506 61 125 19 1 11 52 0 0 55 150 .249 .332 .358 .691 62.1  
Career Highs 156 574 85 162 22 3 14 61 0 0 77 180 .282 .373 .422 .762 82.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1994 24 SEA AL RF 41 40 332.0 67 2 4 0 .945 1.87 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 24 10 100.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0  
1995 25 SEA AL RF 131 131 1072.3 217 4 15 1 .936 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 6 2 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
1996 26 SEA AL RF 38 38 307.0 64 1 7 0 .903 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1997 27 SEA AL LF 33 33 278.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 23 23 192.0 36 1 3 1 .925 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
1998 28 SEA AL LF 55 48 411.0 70 4 0 1 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 6 3 27.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1999 29 SEA AL LF 111 108 907.3 160 5 0 2 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 12 12 103.0 16 0 1 0 .941 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
2000 30 SEA AL LF 154 149 1304.3 248 13 0 2 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2001 31 SEA AL LF 152 150 1297.0 235 11 1 1 .996 1.71 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
2002 32 SFG NL LF 80 78 671.0 120 0 1 0 .992 1.61 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 28 4 86.3 8 0 1 0 .889 0.83 0 0 .000 0  
2003 33 SFG NL LF 84 79 692.7 135 5 2 1 .986 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2004 34 BAL AL LF 13 10 94.0 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 6 2 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 9.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 6.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2005 35 BAL AL LF 21 8 94.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 0 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 734 675 5882.0 1084 41 4 7 .996 1.72 0 0 .000 0 10.2
  RF 305 253 2190.0 432 9 31 3 .934 1.81 0 0 .000 0 3.2
  1B 2 0 9.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 6.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1045 928 8096.3 1535 51 35 10 .978 1.76 1 0 .000 0 13.5
Career Highs   156 150 1308.7 248 13 15 2 1.000 3.01 1 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
2000-8-180
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 68th overall pick, by Seattle in 1993
Had first career hit on 4/17/1994, off Alex Fernandez (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1994, off Luis Aquino (CAL)
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/28/1999 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,085,714 through salary arbitration
1/31/2001: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,085,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/16/2002 to a 2-year deal worth $2,630,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/2/2004 to a 2-year deal worth $800,000 per year