Designated Hitter
Detroit Tigers
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2008 Season StatsGMHRRBIROBPAVG3931218.344.213Sheffield, who started Monday night's game as the designated hitter, was injured running out a grounder to shortstop in the third inning. He slowed up halfway down the line, grabbing his side, and was replaced by a pinch-hitter the next time he was due to bat in the sixth.
This is the 12th time on the DL for the 20-year veteran and nine-time All-Star, who is hitting just .213 with three homers and 12 RBIs in 39 games. It's his second trip to the DL since the Tigers obtained him from the New York Yankees in November 2006. Last season he was hampered for most of the final 10 weeks of the campaign with a sore right shoulder, an injury that shelved him for two weeks.
Sheffield, who turns 40 years old in November, is 17 home runs shy of 500. He won an NL batting title in 1992 with the San Diego Padres, and a World Series ring with the Florida Marlins in 1997. That club was managed by current Tigers skipper Jim Leyland.
The Tigers recalled first baseman Jeff Larish from Triple-A Toledo to take Sheffield's place on the roster.
The left-handed hitting Larish, 25, will be making his major league debut. He homered three times in one game for Arizona State during the 2005 College World Series -- one to left field, center and right in the leadoff spot. The Tigers picked him in the fifth round of the draft that year.
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