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Bill Sweeney
William John Sweeney
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 6, 1886 in Covington, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1907
Final Game: October 5, 1914
Died: May 26, 1948 in Cambridge, MA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1907 21 TOT NL 61 218 201 25 51 2 0 0 19 9 16 .254 .309 .264 .572 79 53 0 1 56O/43
1907 21 CHC NL 3 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -14 1 0 1 /6
1907 21 BSN NL 58 206 191 24 50 2 0 0 18 8 15 .262 .316 .272 .588 84 52 0 0 56O/43
1908 22 BSN NL 127 481 418 44 102 15 3 0 40 17 45 .244 .317 .294 .612 97 123 0 18 *5/64
1909 23 BSN NL 138 539 493 44 120 19 3 1 36 25 37 .243 .296 .300 .596 82 148 0 9 *56
1910 24 BSN NL 150 579 499 43 133 22 4 5 46 25 61 28 .267 .349 .357 .705 103 178 2 17 *653
1911 25 BSN NL 137 613 523 92 164 33 6 3 63 33 77 26 .314 .404 .417 .820 123 218 2 11 *4 MVP-21
1912 26 BSN NL 153 699 593 84 204 31 13 1 100 27 68 34 .344 .416 .445 .861 135 264 5 33 *4 MVP-6
1913 27 BSN NL 139 584 502 65 129 17 6 0 47 18 66 50 .257 .347 .315 .662 90 158 3 13 *4 MVP-13
1914 28 CHC NL 134 540 463 45 101 14 5 1 38 18 53 15 .218 .298 .276 .575 71 128 0 24 *4
8 Seasons 1039 4253 3692 442 1004 153 40 11 389 172 423 153 .272 .349 .344 .693 102 1270 12 126
162 Game Avg. 162 663 576 69 157 24 6 2 61 27 66 .272 .349 .344 .693 102 198 2 20
BSN (7 yrs) 902 3701 3219 396 902 139 35 10 350 153 369 138 .280 .356 .354 .711 106 1141 12 101
CHC (2 yrs) 137 552 473 46 102 14 5 1 39 19 54 15 .216 .296 .273 .569 69 129 0 25

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1907 TOT NL 21 SS 18 75 21 44 10 3 .867 3.61 .936 5.03
1907 CHC NL 21 SS 3 14 2 6 6 0 .571 2.67 .957 5.03
1907 BSN NL 21 3B 23 101 36 52 13 5 .871 3.83 .933 3.33
1907 BSN NL 21 SS 15 61 19 38 4 3 .934 3.80 .931 5.03
1907 BSN NL 21 OF 11 20 13 3 4 0 .800 1.45 .965 1.94 9-1-1
1907 BSN NL 21 2B 5 30 14 13 3 1 .900 5.40 .953 5.12
1907 BSN NL 21 1B 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .975 10.20
1908 BSN NL 22 3B 123 485 174 277 34 14 .930 3.67 .932 3.26
1908 BSN NL 22 SS 3 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.00 .950 5.17
1908 BSN NL 22 2B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 5.00
1909 BSN NL 23 3B 112 442 156 243 43 14 .903 3.56 .932 3.22
1909 BSN NL 23 SS 26 158 66 83 9 12 .943 5.73 .925 5.21
1910 BSN NL 24 SS 110 589 232 300 57 52 .903 4.84 .926 5.02
1910 BSN NL 24 3B 21 97 39 53 5 2 .948 4.38 .931 3.08
1910 BSN NL 24 1B 17 188 168 16 4 19 .979 10.82 .984 10.07
1911 BSN NL 25 2B 136 828 372 410 46 61 .944 5.75 .952 5.03 MVP-21
1912 BSN NL 26 2B 153 974 459 475 40 76 .959 6.10 .955 5.09 MVP-6
1913 BSN NL 27 2B 137 737 301 391 45 42 .939 5.05 .956 4.92 MVP-13
1914 CHC NL 28 2B 134 762 301 426 35 40 .954 5.43 .949 4.89
6 Seasons 2B 566 3334 1448 1717 169 220 .949 5.59 .953 4.99
4 Seasons 3B 279 1125 405 625 95 35 .916 3.69 .932 3.24
4 Seasons SS 157 826 319 430 77 67 .907 4.77 .927 5.06
2 Seasons 1B 18 192 172 16 4 19 .979 10.44 .984 10.08
1 Season OF 11 20 13 3 4 0 .800 1.45 .965 1.94 9-1-1
8 Seasons TOT 1031 5497 2357 2791 349 341 .937 4.99 .882 4.58 9-1-1
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1911-NL-21-5%
1912-NL-6-25%
1913-NL-13-9%
0.39 Career Shares (501st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1911 NL--.314--6th
1912 NL--.344--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1911 NL--.404--5th
1912 NL--.416--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1912 NL--.861--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1912 NL--153--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1912 NL--593--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1912 NL--699--1st

Hits s c a p y
1911 NL--164--8th
1912 NL--204--2nd

Total Bases s c a p y
1912 NL--264--4th

Doubles s c a p y
1911 NL--33--4th
1912 NL--31--9th

Triples s c a p y
1912 NL--13--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1910 NL--5--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1912 NL--100--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1911 NL--77--8th
1912 NL--68--10th
1913 NL--66--8th

Singles s c a p y
1911 NL--122--7th
1912 NL--159--1st

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1912 NL--135--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1911 NL--88--9th
1912 NL--109--2nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1911 NL--20--9th
1912 NL--31--3rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1911 NL--2.1--9th
1912 NL--3.2--3rd

Times On Base s c a p y
1911 NL--243--8th
1912 NL--277--1st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1911 NL--.702--6th
1912 NL--.708--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1912 NL--33--3rd
1914 NL--24--7th
Career--126--247th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1910 NL--8.3--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1911 NL--20.115--3rd
1914 NL--30.867--1st
Career--16.860--180th

AB per HR s c a p y
1910 NL--99.800--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1912 NL--422--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (999), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (937), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Jimmy Brown (950)
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  5. Bill Cissell (945)
  6. Wally Backman (942)
  7. Jackie Hayes (938)
  8. Birdie Tebbetts (937)
  9. Gary DiSarcina (937)
  10. Bill Spiers (935)
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  1. Bobby Byrne (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Tommy Thevenow (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jack Barry (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jerry Browne (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Sax (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bucky Harris (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ozzie Guillen (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September, 1906: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Portland (PCL) in the 1906 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 24, 1907: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Newt Randall to the Boston Doves for Del Howard.

February 11, 1914: Traded by the Boston Braves with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Evers.

February 13, 1915: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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