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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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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #908. Jim Merritt… #909. Marv Grissom… #910. Dick Bosman… #911. CHARLIE SWEENEY… #912. Dave Davenport… #913. Doc Scanlan… #914. Jim Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB 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 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 Awards
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 $

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1882 19 PRO NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O
1883 20 PRO NL 22 89 87 9 19 3 0 0 15 2 10 .218 .236 .253 .489 46 22 0 1/O
1884 21 TOT MLB 86 360 339 55 104 23 2 2 19 21 .307 .347 .404 .751 145 137 0 *1O/3
1884 21 PRO NL 41 179 168 24 50 9 0 1 19 11 17 .298 .341 .369 .710 126 62 0 1O/3
1884 21 SLM UA 45 181 171 31 54 14 2 1 0 10 .316 .354 .439 .792 165 75 0 1O/3
1885 22 SLM NL 71 279 267 27 55 7 1 0 24 12 33 .206 .240 .240 .480 57 64 0 O1
1886 23 SLM NL 17 67 64 4 16 2 0 0 7 0 3 10 .250 .284 .281 .565 78 18 0 1/O6
1887 24 CLE AA 36 154 133 22 30 4 4 0 19 11 21 .226 .331 .316 .647 82 42 0 3O/156
6 Yrs 233 953 894 117 224 39 7 2 84 11 59 54 .251 .297 .317 .614 93 283 0
162 Game Avg. 162 663 622 81 156 27 5 1 58 41 .251 .297 .317 .614 93 197 0
SLM (3 yrs) 133 527 502 62 125 23 3 1 31 0 25 43 .249 .285 .313 .597 96 157 0
PRO (3 yrs) 64 272 259 33 69 12 0 1 34 13 28 .266 .301 .324 .626 95 84 0
CLE (1 yr) 36 154 133 22 30 4 4 0 19 11 21 .226 .331 .316 .647 82 42 0
NL (5 yrs) 152 618 590 64 140 21 1 1 65 0 28 71 .237 .272 .281 .553 77 166 0
AA (1 yr) 36 154 133 22 30 4 4 0 19 11 21 .226 .331 .316 .647 82 42 0
UA (1 yr) 45 181 171 31 54 14 2 1 0 10 .316 .354 .439 .792 165 75 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1882 19 PRO NL 1 4 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .401 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /O
1883 20 PRO NL 22 89 -6 0 0 1 4 -1 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1/O
1884 21 PRO NL 41 179 6 0 0 -1 3 8 0.6 6 14 0.6 .518 .505 0.8 -0.2 15 $ 1O/3
1884 21 SLM UA 45 181 12 0 0 1 4 17 1.6 -1 16 1.6 .534 .509 1.4 0.1 16 $ 1O/3
1885 22 SLM NL 71 279 -12 0 0 -2 5 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.1 .487 .494 0.2 -0.4 1 $ O1
1886 23 SLM NL 17 67 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 2 3 0.0 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1/O6
1887 24 CLE AA 36 154 -2 0 0 -7 0 -9 -0.7 2 -6 -0.4 .481 .496 0.1 -0.5 0 $ 3O/156
6 Seasons 233 953 -5 0 0 -8 18 5 0.4 21 26 1.4 .502 .500 2.3 -1.1 34 $
SLM (3 yrs) 133 527 -1 0 0 -1 11 8 0.7 10 18 1.5 .505 .501 1.7 -0.3 19 $
PRO (3 yrs) 64 272 -1 0 0 0 7 6 0.4 8 14 0.3 .508 .501 0.5 -0.2 14 $
CLE (1 yr) 36 154 -2 0 0 -7 0 -9 -0.7 2 -6 -0.4 .481 .496 0.1 -0.5 0 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1882 PRO NL 19 OF 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .855 1.90 0-0-1
1883 PRO NL 20 P 20 146.2 51 7 37 7 1 .863 2.70 2.20 .892 2.20 2.15
1883 PRO NL 20 OF 7 26 22 1 3 0 .885 3.29 .849 1.96 2-3-2
1884 TOT MLB 21 P 60 492.0 172 39 123 10 5 .942 2.96 2.70 .863 2.44 2.37
1884 TOT MLB 21 OF 30 37 30 4 3 0 .919 1.13 .842 1.68 13-5-13
1884 TOT MLB 21 1B 2 25 23 0 2 0 .920 11.50 .955 10.35
1884 PRO NL 21 P 27 221.0 67 16 47 4 1 .940 2.57 2.33 .892 2.29 2.24
1884 PRO NL 21 OF 17 19 15 2 2 0 .895 1.00 .867 1.79 0-5-13
1884 PRO NL 21 1B 1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 .962 10.50
1884 SLM UA 21 P 33 271.0 105 23 76 6 4 .943 3.29 3.00 .844 2.57 2.47
1884 SLM UA 21 OF 13 18 15 2 1 0 .944 1.31 .816 1.53 13-0-0
1884 SLM UA 21 1B 1 14 12 0 2 0 .857 12.00 .950 10.20
1885 SLM NL 22 OF 39 81 62 5 14 1 .827 1.72 .881 1.85 14-19-6
1885 SLM NL 22 P 35 275.0 94 19 62 13 2 .862 2.65 2.31 .899 2.43 2.37
1886 SLM NL 23 P 11 93.0 28 6 20 2 1 .929 2.52 2.36 .915 2.26 2.16
1886 SLM NL 23 OF 4 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.25 .890 1.75 0-4-0
1886 SLM NL 23 SS 2 7 0 4 3 0 .571 2.00 .880 4.35
1887 CLE AA 24 1B 20 173 157 5 11 4 .936 8.10 .971 9.88
1887 CLE AA 24 OF 10 15 10 1 4 0 .733 1.10 .898 2.04 1-0-9
1887 CLE AA 24 P 3 24.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 2.00 .883 2.29 2.17
1887 CLE AA 24 3B 2 13 3 6 4 0 .692 4.50 .850 3.35
1887 CLE AA 24 SS 2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00 .857 4.50
5 Seasons P 129 1030.2 351 73 246 32 9 .909 2.79 2.47 .881 2.39 2.31
6 Seasons OF 91 166 127 14 25 1 .849 1.55 .869 1.82 30-31-31
2 Seasons 1B 22 198 180 5 13 4 .934 8.41 .969 9.92
2 Seasons SS 4 10 1 5 4 0 .600 1.50 .873 4.42
1 Season 3B 2 13 3 6 4 0 .692 4.50 .850 3.35
6 Seasons TOT 248 1030.2 738 384 276 78 14 .894 2.79 2.66 .901 2.39 2.85 30-31-31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

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 NL  6.1 (7th)
1884 UA  2.5 (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 (151st)

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 (47th)

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  183 (2nd)
1884 UA  165 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1884 NL  34 (5th)
1884 UA  35 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1884 NL  3.2 (5th)
1884 UA  3.2 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1884 UA  23 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1885 NL  13 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1883 NL  2.70 (3rd)
1884 UA  3.29 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1884 UA  3.00 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1884 UA  .943 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1882 NL  born 1863-04-13 (2nd)
1883 NL  born 1863-04-13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (467), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 50 (516), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 36 (380), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (874th), 8.7 career WAR/8.7 7yr-peak WAR/8.7 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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