Charlie Sweeney

Charles Joseph Sweeney

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 181 lb.

Born: April 13, 1863 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1882
Teams (by GP): Maroons/Grays/Blues 1882-1887

Final Game: July 9, 1887
Died: April 4, 1902 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA
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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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1883	20	PRO	NL	7	7	.500	3.13	20	18	2	14	0	0	146.2	142	94	51	3	28	48		0	17	626	100	1.159	8.7	0.2	1.7	2.9	1.71
1884	21	TOT	MLB	41	15	.732	1.70	60	56	4	53	6	1	492.0	360	182	93	6	42	337		0	19	1909	173	0.817	6.6	0.1	0.8	6.2	8.02
1884	21	PRO	NL	17	8	.680	1.55	27	24	3	22	4	1	221.0	153	70	38	4	29	145		0	10	846	183	0.824	6.2	0.2	1.2	5.9	5.00
1884	21	SLM	UA	24	7	.774	1.83	33	32	1	31	2	0	271.0	207	112	55	2	13	192			9	1063	165	0.812	6.9	0.1	0.4	6.4	14.77
1885	22	SLM	NL	11	21	.344	3.93	35	35	0	32	2	0	275.0	276	175	120	6	50	84		0	14	1155	70	1.185	9.0	0.2	1.6	2.7	1.68
1886	23	SYR	N/A	0	2	.000	4.85	2	2		1	0		13.0	20	21	7		6	5			4			2.000	13.8		4.2	3.5	0.83	SYR · IL
1886	23	SLM	NL	5	6	.455	4.16	11	11	0	11	0	0	93.0	108	73	43	9	39	28		0	10	418	76	1.581	10.5	0.9	3.8	2.7	0.72
1887	24	CLE	AA	0	3	.000	8.25	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	42	36	22	0	13	8	0	0	2	126	53	2.292	15.8	0.0	4.9	3.0	0.62
5 Yrs				64	52	.552	2.87	129	123	6	113	8	1	1030.2	928	560	329	24	172	505	0	0	62	4234	103	1.067	8.1	0.2	1.5	4.4	2.94
162 Game Avg.				17	14	.552	2.87	35	33	2	30	2	0	278	250	151	89	6	46	136		0	17	1143	103	1.067	8.1	0.2	1.5	4.4	2.94

SLM (3 yrs)				40	34	.541	3.07	79	78	1	74	4	0	639.0	591	360	218	17	102	304		0	33	2636	95	1.085	8.3	0.2	1.4	4.3	2.98
PRO (2 yrs)				24	15	.615	2.18	47	42	5	36	4	1	367.2	295	164	89	7	57	193		0	27	1472	135	0.957	7.2	0.2	1.4	4.7	3.39
CLE (1 yr)				0	3	.000	8.25	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	42	36	22	0	13	8	0	0	2	126	53	2.292	15.8	0.0	4.9	3.0	0.62

NL (4 yrs)				40	42	.488	3.08	93	88	5	79	6	1	735.2	679	412	252	22	146	305		0	51	3045	94	1.121	8.3	0.3	1.8	3.7	2.09
AA (1 yr)				0	3	.000	8.25	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	42	36	22	0	13	8	0	0	2	126	53	2.292	15.8	0.0	4.9	3.0	0.62
UA (1 yr)				24	7	.774	1.83	33	32	1	31	2	0	271.0	207	112	55	2	13	192			9	1063	165	0.812	6.9	0.1	0.4	6.4	14.77

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
1883	20	PRO	NL	146.2	20	18	94	5.77	5.68	0.70	0.00	99.0	4.93	-11	-0.9	1.0	-0.2	0.2	-2	.455	.494	$
1884	21	PRO	NL	221.0	27	24	70	2.85	5.45	0.72	0.00	95.0	4.50	46	4.7	1.0	-0.5	6.1	60	.675	.529	$
1884	21	SLM	UA	271.0	33	32	112	3.72	5.31	0.45	0.00	99.0	4.81	32	3.0	1.0	-0.6	2.5	33	.592	.519	$
1885	22	SLM	NL	275.0	35	35	175	5.73	5.16	0.25	0.00	98.0	4.81	-22	-2.1		-0.2	0.0	-6	.441	.487	$
1886	23	SLM	NL	93.0	11	11	73	7.06	5.37	0.03	0.00	96.0	5.13	-17	-1.4		-0.1	-0.7	-11	.370	.491	$
1887	24	CLE	AA	24.0	3	3	36	13.50	6.73	-0.87	0.00	101.0	7.67	-15	-0.8		-0.0	-0.8	-14	.219	.495	$
5 Seasons				1030.2	129	123	560	4.89	5.39	0.42	0.00	97.7	4.86	12	2.5	1.0	-1.7	7.3	60	.520	.503	$

SLM (3 yrs)				639.0	79	78	360	5.07	5.25	0.30	0.00	98.1	4.86	-8	-0.4	1.0	-0.9	1.8	15	.494	.499	$
PRO (2 yrs)				367.2	47	42	164	4.01	5.54	0.71	0.00	96.6	4.67	35	3.8	1.0	-0.7	6.3	58	.581	.512	$
CLE (1 yr)				24.0	3	3	36	13.50	6.73	-0.87	0.00	101.0	7.67	-15	-0.8		-0.0	-0.8	-14	.219	.495	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1883	20	7	7	.500	3.13	20	18	2	14	0	0	146.2	142	94	51	3	28	48		17	626	100	1.159	8.7	0.2	1.7	2.9	1.71	100
1884	21	48	22	.686	2.03	80	74	6	67	6	1	638.2	502	276	144	9	70	385		36	2535	147	0.896	7.1	0.1	1.0	5.4	5.50	147
1885	22	59	43	.578	2.60	115	109	6	99	8	1	913.2	778	451	264	15	120	469		50	3690	112	0.983	7.7	0.1	1.2	4.6	3.91	112
1886	23	64	49	.566	2.74	126	120	6	110	8	1	1006.2	886	524	307	24	159	497		60	4108	107	1.038	7.9	0.2	1.4	4.4	3.13	107
1887	24	64	52	.552	2.87	129	123	6	113	8	1	1030.2	928	560	329	24	172	505	0	62	4234	103	1.067	8.1	0.2	1.5	4.4	2.94	103

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1883	20	21	7	.750	2.22	260.0	204	71	64	4	40	85	0.938	7.1	1.4	2.9	2.13	0.1	20
1884	21	92	10	.902	1.32	924.0	582	151	136	10	68	633	0.703	5.7	0.7	6.2	9.31	0.1	60
1885	22	25	20	.556	3.48	411.0	384	177	159	8	70	125	1.105	8.4	1.5	2.7	1.79	0.2	35
1886	23	7	6	.538	3.61	122.0	132	54	49	11	48	37	1.475	9.7	3.5	2.7	0.77	0.8	11
1887	24	1	2	.333	4.78	32.0	40	19	17	0	12	11	1.625	11.3	3.4	3.1	0.92	0.0	3
5 Yrs		146	45	.764	2.19	1749.0	1342	472	425	33	238	891	0.903	6.9		4.6	3.74	0.2	129

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1884 NL 6.7 (6th) 1884 UA 4.1 (9th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1884 UA 2.5 (7th) 1884 NL 6.1 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1884 NL 1.55 (2nd) 1884 UA 1.83 (5th) Career 2.87 (129th)	Wins s c a p y 1884 NL 17 (9th) 1884 UA 24 (5th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1884 NL .680 (4th) 1884 UA .774 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1883 NL 1.159 (6th) 1884 NL 0.824 (1st) 1884 UA 0.812 (2nd) 1885 NL 1.185 (10th) Career 1.067 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 NL 8.714 (6th) 1884 NL 6.231 (1st) 1884 UA 6.875 (3rd) Career 8.104 (150th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 1.181 (4th) 1884 UA 0.432 (1st) 1885 NL 1.636 (5th) Career 1.502 (24th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 5.905 (5th) 1884 UA 6.376 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1884 UA 33 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1884 NL 1 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 UA 271.0 (9th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1884 UA 192 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 UA 32 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1884 UA 31 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1884 NL 4 (6th) 1884 UA 2 (7th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1886 NL 9 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1884 NL 5.000 (4th) 1884 UA 14.769 (1st) Career 2.936 (45th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 0.163 (3rd) 1884 UA 0.066 (5th) Career 0.210 (178th)	Losses s c a p y 1885 NL 21 (8th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1885 NL 120 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1883 NL 17 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1883 NL 2 (10th) 1884 NL 3 (3rd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1884 NL 185 (2nd) 1884 UA 163 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1884 NL 34 (5th) 1884 UA 34 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1884 NL 3.3 (5th) 1884 UA 3.1 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1882 NL born 1863-04-13 (2nd) 1883 NL born 1863-04-13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 50 (517), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 36 (377), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 22 (261), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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