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Bill Sweeney

William Joseph Sweeney

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 29, 1904 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1928
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1928-1931

Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: April 18, 1957 in San Diego, CA
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, San Gabriel, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:49AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1928 23 DET AL 89 329 309 47 78 15 5 0 19 12 8 15 28 .252 .287 .333 .620 61 103 0 5 3/7O
1930 25 BOS AL 88 255 243 32 75 13 0 4 30 5 3 9 15 .309 .333 .412 .745 91 100 0 3 3/5
1931 26 BOS AL 131 528 498 48 147 30 3 1 58 5 12 20 30 .295 .322 .373 .696 87 186 0 10 *3
3 Seasons 308 1112 1050 127 300 58 8 5 107 22 23 44 73 .286 .314 .370 .685 80 389 0 18
162 Game Avg. 162 585 552 67 158 31 4 3 56 12 12 23 38 .286 .314 .370 .685 80 205 0 9
BOS (2 yrs) 219 783 741 80 222 43 3 5 88 10 15 29 45 .300 .326 .386 .712 88 286 0 13
DET (1 yr) 89 329 309 47 78 15 5 0 19 12 8 15 28 .252 .287 .333 .620 61 103 0 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 23 DET AL 329 -18 1 0 0 3 -4 11 -7 -0.7 -10 -1.0 0.3 $ 3/7O
1930 25 BOS AL 255 -5 -1 0 0 3 -3 8 2 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ 3/5
1931 26 BOS AL 528 -10 -6 0 0 6 -6 17 1 0.2 -5 -0.5 0.7 $ *3
3 Seasons 1112 -33 -6 0 0 12 -13 36 -4 -0.2 -16 -1.6 1.4 $
BOS (2 yrs) 783 -15 -7 0 0 9 -9 25 3 0.5 -6 -0.6 1.1 $
DET (1 yr) 329 -18 1 0 0 3 -4 11 -7 -0.7 -10 -1.0 0.3 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1928 DET AL 23 1B 75 72 60 737 677 55 5 51 .993 9.76 .990 10.42
1928 DET AL 23 LF 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.30
1928 DET AL 23 OF 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.37
1930 BOS AL 25 1B 56 51 50 573 541 30 2 49 .997 10.20 .989 10.00
1930 BOS AL 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1931 BOS AL 26 1B 124 121 117 1384 1283 92 9 89 .993 11.09 .991 10.03
3 Seasons 1B 255 244 227 2694 2501 177 16 189 .994 10.50 .990 10.14
1 Season OF 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.37
1 Season LF 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.30
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
3 Seasons TOT 259 246 228 2697 2504 177 16 189 .994 10.35 .990 10.02
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1931 AL  0.7 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  10 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  12 (6th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1931 AL  1,283 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  1,283 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  92 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  11.09 (1st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1931 AL  .994 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

  • October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from Toronto (International) in the 1929 rule 5 draft.
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