Luther
Shelton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 1, 1995 in Australia
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2017 21 CA GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 5
2018 22 CA GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2019 23 CA GE     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
2020 24 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
2021 25 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
2022 26 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
2023 27 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2024 28 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
2025 29 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
2026 30 CA GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 5 5
2027 31 CA GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
2028 32 CA GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
2029 33 CA GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
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Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2017 21 A   135 536 75 141 28 9 2 41 26 19 53 64 .263 .329 .360 .689 62.1  
2018 22 AA   58 205 24 49 5 1 1 10 13 17 26 28 .239 .325 .288 .612 17.8  
    A   76 250 41 90 15 6 0 29 13 13 30 20 .360 .429 .468 .897 44.6  
2019 23 AA   98 394 59 116 19 5 7 44 25 13 35 44 .294 .352 .421 .773 57.0  
2020 24 CA GE 16 30 3 7 2 0 0 4 3 1 3 6 .233 .306 .300 .606 4.2 0.5
    AAA   127 495 64 141 20 3 5 55 25 19 46 55 .285 .346 .368 .713 61.3  
    AA   5 20 3 9 2 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 .450 .522 .800 1.322 6.7  
2021 25 CA GE 80 96 19 26 3 1 0 14 6 4 3 10 .271 .284 .323 .607 9.4 0.8
2022 26 CA GE 115 251 20 61 10 5 0 27 7 10 8 37 .243 .278 .323 .601 20.1 0.8
2023 27 CA GE 128 301 27 82 12 2 1 31 15 11 17 42 .272 .317 .336 .652 30.0 3.7
2024 28 CA GE 129 419 31 91 10 3 1 29 22 16 20 68 .217 .257 .263 .520 25.5 0.0
2025 29 CA GE 110 175 26 41 3 4 2 16 10 9 16 27 .234 .299 .331 .630 17.1 1.2
2026 30 CA GE 88 170 22 42 5 3 0 14 7 10 9 27 .247 .287 .312 .599 13.1 0.9
2027 31 CA GE 94 212 19 48 7 1 2 19 8 7 6 39 .226 .260 .297 .557 14.0 1.3
2028 32 CA GE 45 101 13 19 3 0 0 9 4 4 1 19 .188 .192 .218 .410 2.8 0.0
    AAA   18 28 6 10 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 .357 .379 .357 .736 3.8  
2029 33 CA GE 70 173 11 32 7 2 0 12 4 5 10 35 .185 .229 .249 .477 8.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 875 1928 191 449 62 21 6 175 86 77 93 310 .233 .273 .296 .569 144.3 9.4
2 Years AAA 145 523 70 151 20 3 5 60 26 19 47 57 .289 .349 .367 .717 65.1  
3 Years AA 161 619 86 174 26 7 9 57 40 30 64 74 .281 .362 .389 .752 81.6  
2 Years A 211 786 116 231 43 15 2 70 39 32 83 84 .294 .369 .394 .763 106.7  
7 Years Minors 517 1928 272 556 89 25 16 187 105 81 194 215 .288 .362 .385 .747 253.3  
162 Game Average 356 35 83 11 3 1 32 15 14 17 57 .233 .273 .296 .569 26.7  
Career Highs 129 419 31 91 12 5 2 31 22 16 20 68 .272 .317 .336 .652 30.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1361 129 319 41 17 4 128 65 57 54 228 .234 .269 .298 .567 93.2
vs LH   567 62 130 21 4 2 47 21 20 39 82 .229 .281 .291 .572 42.3
Home 429 941 89 225 24 6 4 81 48 39 47 142 .239 .281 .290 .571 68.2
Away 446 987 102 224 38 15 2 94 38 38 46 168 .227 .264 .302 .566 67.4
RISP   432 0 105 14 5 0 156 0 0 16 74 .243 .264 .299 .563 32.3
Pinch Hitting   173 18 50 6 4 1 22 6 4 11 19 .289 .342 .387 .730 21.2
Close/Late   259 53 58 8 5 2 23 0 0 9 46 .224 .255 .317 .572 19.1
Mar/Apr 127 324 32 76 8 3 1 31 18 8 11 52 .235 .261 .287 .548 22.9
May 149 317 31 70 6 6 1 28 19 19 16 47 .221 .268 .287 .555 19.6
June 134 295 33 72 7 2 1 29 12 10 8 41 .244 .264 .292 .555 19.8
July 150 307 28 64 10 4 1 26 9 13 22 56 .208 .267 .277 .544 18.9
August 140 327 31 86 14 4 2 31 12 15 16 56 .263 .305 .349 .654 29.8
Sep/Oct 175 358 36 81 17 2 0 30 16 12 20 58 .226 .269 .285 .554 24.6
Fielding Stats     Help
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Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2020 24 CA GE 2B 7 7 54.0 13 18 0 2 1.000 5.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 7 3 32.0 8 15 0 1 1.000 6.47 0 0 .000 0 0.3
2021 25 CA GE SS 36 13 150.7 26 58 1 15 .988 5.02 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 13 10 79.0 14 30 0 5 1.000 5.01 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 26 CA GE SS 53 36 325.3 49 122 11 21 .940 4.73 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    2B 31 27 239.0 51 81 3 17 .978 4.97 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2023 27 CA GE SS 73 55 516.7 83 213 12 30 .961 5.16 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 16 11 105.0 24 41 1 10 .985 5.57 0 0 .000 0 0.6
2024 28 CA GE SS 117 113 967.7 141 437 18 79 .970 5.38 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    2B 3 1 10.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2025 29 CA GE SS 42 27 258.7 41 97 5 25 .965 4.80 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 15 10 101.7 30 28 1 6 .983 5.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2026 30 CA GE 2B 22 17 153.7 30 59 2 15 .978 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 23 18 151.0 23 62 3 13 .966 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2027 31 CA GE 2B 37 33 270.7 67 106 3 20 .983 5.75 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    SS 35 23 203.7 40 89 3 18 .977 5.70 0 0 .000 0 1.6
2028 32 CA GE SS 19 12 113.0 25 46 3 13 .959 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 13 11 95.0 14 35 1 7 .980 4.64 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2029 33 CA GE SS 32 26 229.7 25 96 4 13 .968 4.74 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 25 21 181.0 29 73 4 11 .962 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 437 326 2948.3 461 1235 60 228 .966 5.18 0 0 .000 0 13.4
  2B 182 148 1289.0 273 476 15 93 .980 5.23 0 0 .000 0 7.0
  3B 6 0 12.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   632 474 4264.3 738 1713 76 321 .970 5.17 0 0 .000 0 20.4
Career Highs   120 114 977.7 142 442 18 79 1.000 5.73 0 0 .000 0  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 83rd overall pick, by California in 2017
Injured on 8/11/2017 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/1/2019 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 6/12/2019 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/5/2020 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/1/2020, off Mickey Colt (NM)
Injured on 9/30/2021 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/5/2023, off Monty McDonald (MN)