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You’d think more baseball fans would remember the teams a guy who slugged over 500 home runs played for. But unless you call San Diego home or you’ve followed the team for the last three decades, that might not be the case when it comes to this player.
Gary Sheffield, largely remembered for his time with the then-Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers, was a Triple Crown contender in his one full season as a member of the San Diego Padres back in 1992.
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In March of that year, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Sheffield and minor leaguer Geoff Kellogg to San Diego in exchange for Jose Valentin, Matt Mieske and Ricky Bones.