Neal
Sharpton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 19, 1998 in Usa
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 22 MIL NL   80 52 54 53 52 56 54 55 55 55
2021 23 MIL NL   80 61 63 62 52 56 54 57 57 57
2022 24 MIL NL $ 300,000 80 60 62 61 52 56 54 68 68 68
2023 25 MIL NL $ 300,000 80 59 62 61 52 56 54 68 68 68
2024 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 80 59 62 61 54 58 56 66 66 66
2025 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 80 59 61 60 56 60 58 66 66 66
2026 28 PIT NL $ 350,000 80 59 61 60 56 60 58 60 60 60
2027 29 TEX AL   80 59 61 60 55 59 57 60 60 60
OOTP6 Min Ratings   80 52 54 53 52 56 54 55 55 55
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 80 61 63 62 56 60 58 68 68 68
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 22 MIL NL     30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2021 23 MIL NL     30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2022 24 MIL NL $ 300,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2023 25 MIL NL $ 300,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2024 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2025 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2026 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
2027 29 TEX AL     30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings     30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   30 30 30 3 3 3 32 32 32 14 14 14 14 14 14
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2020 22 AAA   14 6 .700 26 26 1 0 0 149.3 174 64 10 55 131 3.86 .290 .349 .408 .757  
2021 23 AAA   11 8 .579 30 30 0 0 0 175.7 185 78 17 75 172 4.00 .263 .334 .408 .742  
2022 24 MIL NL 8 10 .444 24 24 0 0 0 158.0 143 68 18 52 116 3.87 .241 .308 .372 .680 8.4
2023 25 MIL NL 10 6 .625 25 25 0 0 0 154.7 172 75 14 66 139 4.36 .282 .358 .391 .748 8.0
2024 26 PIT NL 3 11 .214 17 17 0 0 0 83.3 129 81 10 58 60 8.75 .362 .450 .511 .961 0.0
    AAA   8 8 .500 17 17 1 0 0 94.3 95 45 9 39 93 4.29 .260 .331 .388 .719  
2025 27 PIT NL 8 15 .348 32 32 4 0 0 196.3 220 109 28 77 151 5.00 .286 .350 .438 .788 6.1
2026 28 PIT NL 1 3 .250 39 0 0 0 3 53.7 74 34 7 19 37 5.70 .327 .386 .460 .847 0.1
    AAA   4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 40.7 40 15 2 20 57 3.32 .256 .341 .359 .700  
2027 29 AAA   1 1 .500 5 3 0 0 0 20.7 27 13 2 4 25 5.66 .310 .341 .460 .800  
    AA   11 5 .688 24 24 1 1 0 152.0 131 51 11 43 156 3.02 .230 .284 .329 .613  
5 Years Sim 30 45 .400 137 98 4 0 3 646.0 738 367 77 272 503 5.11 .289 .360 .424 .784 22.7
5 Years AAA 38 24 .613 85 83 2 0 0 480.6 521 215 40 193 478 4.03 .272 .339 .403 .742  
1 Years AA 11 5 .688 24 24 1 1 0 152.0 131 51 11 43 156 3.02 .230 .284 .329 .613  
6 Years Minors 49 29 .628 109 107 3 1 0 632.6 652 266 51 236 634 3.78 .263 .327 .386 .712  
Season Average 6 9 .400 27 19 0 0 0 129.2 147 73 15 54 100 5.11 .289 .360 .424 .784  
Career Highs 10 15 .625 39 32 4 0 3 196.3 220 109 28 77 151 8.75 .362 .450 .511 .961  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   379 205 41 143 285   .271 .339 .404 .743
vs LH   359 162 36 129 218   .311 .380 .447 .827
Home 18 21 .462 70 49 2 0 2 337.7 355 165 33 139 267 4.40 .271 .341 .393 .735
Away 12 24 .333 67 49 2 0 1 308.3 383 202 44 133 236 5.90 .308 .374 .455 .830
Mar/Apr 4 4 .500 12 12 0 0 0 82.3 86 31 12 28 69 3.39 .271 .330 .432 .763
May 3 9 .250 21 14 2 0 1 96.0 111 58 15 31 72 5.44 .294 .348 .459 .807
June 7 7 .500 24 16 0 0 0 110.7 115 54 10 48 73 4.39 .266 .340 .370 .710
July 4 7 .364 23 16 0 0 0 103.3 149 85 17 50 85 7.40 .347 .415 .520 .935
August 4 9 .308 25 18 0 0 0 107.7 142 81 12 52 88 6.77 .318 .389 .463 .852
Sep/Oct 8 9 .471 32 22 2 0 2 146.0 135 58 11 63 116 3.58 .245 .322 .330 .652
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP 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
2022 24 MIL NL 24 48 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 23 .125 .192 .125 .317 0.5 0.0
2023 25 MIL NL 25 50 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 .140 .137 .180 .317 0.4 0.0
2024 26 PIT NL 17 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .080 .115 .080 .195 -0.7 0.0
2025 27 PIT NL 32 63 6 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 .190 .190 .206 .397 1.6 0.0
2026 28 PIT NL 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 137 188 13 27 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 90 .144 .165 .160 .325 1.6 0.0
162 Game Average 222 15 31 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 106 .144 .165 .160 .325 1.9  
Career Highs 39 63 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 27 .190 .192 .206 .397 1.6  
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   139 9 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 66 .137 .148 .158 .306 -0.7
vs LH   49 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .163 .212 .163 .375 1.1
Home 70 87 8 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 .172 .191 .195 .386 1.7
Away 67 101 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 48 .119 .143 .129 .272 -1.3
RISP   43 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 20 .070 .109 .070 .178 -1.7
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 12 23 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .217 .250 .217 .467 1.1
May 21 30 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .200 .219 .267 .485 1.5
June 16 37 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .135 .158 .162 .320 0.0
July 16 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.1
August 18 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .138 .167 .138 .305 -0.1
Sep/Oct 32 37 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .189 .211 .189 .400 1.0
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    
2022 24 MIL NL P 24 24 158.0 10 23 0 0 1.000 1.88    
2023 25 MIL NL P 25 25 154.7 9 21 0 3 1.000 1.75    
2024 26 PIT NL P 17 17 83.3 7 17 1 1 .960 2.59    
2025 27 PIT NL P 32 32 196.3 9 18 0 2 1.000 1.24    
2026 28 PIT NL P 39 0 53.7 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.84    
Career Totals   137 98 646.0 36 89 1 7 .992 1.74    
Career Highs   39 32 196.3 10 23 1 3 1.000 2.59    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2025-7-15
Complete Games
2025-3-4
Homeruns Allowed
2025-8-28
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 2020
Injured on 9/2/2020 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/20/2021 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/13/2022, off Gregorio Vando (PHI)
Earned first career win on 4/23/2022
Traded from Milwaukee to Pittsburgh on 4/4/2024 (Going to MIL: 2B Adrian Torre. Going to PIT: P Neal Sharpton, C Lou Marson)
Injured on 6/11/2024 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/3/2026: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/3/2027: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Pittsburgh on 3/5/2027
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 4/14/2027 to a minor league deal