Bill Sweeney

William J. Sweeney

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: 1858 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1882
Teams (by GP): Monumentals/Athletics 1882-1884

Final Game: October 14, 1884
Died: August 2, 1903 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1882	24	PHA	AA	9	10	.474	2.91	20	20	0	18	0	0	170.0	178	119	55	4	42	48		11	749	101	1.294	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.14

1884	26	BLU	UA	40	21	.656	2.59	62	60	2	58	4	0	538.0	522	294	155	13	74	374		43	2270	128	1.108	8.7	0.2	1.2	6.3	5.05
1885	27	CLV	N/A	2	5	.286	1.65	7	7		7	0		60.0	56	44	11		9	20	1	4			1.083	8.4		1.4	3.0	2.22	CLV · WL
1886	28	OSW	N/A	1	2	.333	4.00	3	3		3	0		27.0	46	31	12		14	14		3			2.222	15.3		4.7	4.7	1.00	OSW · IL
2 Yrs				49	31	.613	2.67	82	80	2	76	4	0	708.0	700	413	210	17	116	422		54	3019	121	1.153	8.9	0.2	1.5	5.4	3.64
162 Game Avg.				21	13	.613	2.67	34	34	1	32	2	0	297	294	173	88	7	49	177		23	1267	121	1.153	8.9	0.2	1.5	5.4	3.64

PHA (1 yr)				9	10	.474	2.91	20	20	0	18	0	0	170.0	178	119	55	4	42	48		11	749	101	1.294	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.14
BLU (1 yr)				40	21	.656	2.59	62	60	2	58	4	0	538.0	522	294	155	13	74	374		43	2270	128	1.108	8.7	0.2	1.2	6.3	5.05

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1882	24	PHA	AA	170.0	20	20	119	6.30	5.17	0.11	0.00	109.0	5.52	-13	-1.2		-0.3	-0.6	-9	.441	.493	$

1884	26	BLU	UA	538.0	62	60	294	4.92	5.55	-0.34	0.00	109.0	6.42	87	8.6	1.0	-1.1	7.5	90	.638	.553	$
2 Seasons				708.0	82	80	413	5.25	5.46	-0.23	0.00	109.0	6.20	74	7.4	1.0	-1.4	6.9	81	.590	.523	$

PHA (1 yr)				170.0	20	20	119	6.30	5.17	0.11	0.00	109.0	5.52	-13	-1.2		-0.3	-0.6	-9	.441	.493	$
BLU (1 yr)				538.0	62	60	294	4.92	5.55	-0.34	0.00	109.0	6.42	87	8.6	1.0	-1.1	7.5	90	.638	.553	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1882	24	9	10	.474	2.91	20	20	0	18	0	170.0	178	119	55	4	42	48	11	749	101	1.294	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.14	101
1883	25	9	10	.474	2.91	20	20	0	18	0	170.0	178	119	55	4	42	48	11	749	101	1.294	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.14	101
1884	26	49	31	.613	2.67	82	80	2	76	4	708.0	700	413	210	17	116	422	54	3019	121	1.153	8.9	0.2	1.5	5.4	3.64	121

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1882	24	33	9	.786	2.06	385.0	325	98	88	7	77	109	0	1.044	7.6	1.8	2.5	1.42	0.2	20

1884	26	126	23	.846	1.70	1342.0	1009	282	254	25	143	933	0	0.858	6.8	1.0	6.3	6.52	0.2	62
2 Yrs		159	32	.832	1.78	1727.0	1334	380	342	32	220	1042	0	0.900	7.0		5.4	4.74	0.2	82

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1884 UA 7.4 (3rd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1884 UA 7.5 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1882 AA 2.91 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1882 AA 9 (9th) 1884 UA 40 (1st)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1882 AA .474 (10th) 1884 UA .656 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1882 AA 2.541 (9th) 1884 UA 6.257 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1882 AA 20 (9th) 1884 UA 62 (1st)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1882 AA 170.0 (9th) 1884 UA 538.0 (1st)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1882 AA 48 (8th) 1884 UA 374 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1882 AA 20 (9th) 1884 UA 60 (1st)	Complete Games s c a p y 1882 AA 18 (9th) 1884 UA 58 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1884 UA 4 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 4 (3rd) 1884 UA 13 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1882 AA 42 (5th) 1884 UA 74 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1882 AA 178 (7th) 1884 UA 522 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1882 AA 10 (9th) 1884 UA 21 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1882 AA 55 (9th) 1884 UA 155 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1882 AA 11 (9th) 1884 UA 43 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1882 AA 749 (9th) 1884 UA 2,270 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1882 AA 102 (8th) 1884 UA 128 (9th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 41 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1884 UA 3.7 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 36 (383), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 25 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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