Jeff Sweeney

Edward Francis Sweeney (Ed)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 19, 1888 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1908
Teams (by GP): Highlanders/Yankees/Pirates 1908-1919

Final Game: June 1, 1919
Died: July 4, 1947 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1908	NYY	AL	19	C	25			155	122	26	7	2	.955	5.92	.969	6.28		4	28	18	39%	45%
1908	NYY	AL	19	1B	1			13	12	0	1	0	.923	12.00	.984	11.40
1908	NYY	AL	19	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.950	1.80	0-0-1
1909	NYY	AL	20	C	62			377	274	83	20	7	.947	5.76	.969	6.46		5	72	64	47%	45%
1909	NYY	AL	20	1B	3			21	19	1	1	1	.952	6.67	.985	11.13
1910	NYY	AL	21	C	77			507	388	106	13	2	.974	6.42	.968	6.88		6	84	74	47%	45%
1911	NYY	AL	22	C	83			506	394	94	18	8	.964	5.88	.965	6.80		6	101	73	42%	45%
1912	NYY	AL	23	C	108			749	548	167	34	9	.955	6.62	.961	6.78		9	166	114	41%	42%
1913	NYY	AL	24	C	112			717	511	180	26	9	.964	6.17	.967	6.56		19	201	133	40%	45%
1913	NYY	AL	24	1B	1			1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.990	10.80
1913	NYY	AL	24	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00	0-1-0
1914	NYY	AL	25	C	78			499	369	120	10	7	.980	6.27	.967	6.69		6	106	81	43%	45%
1915	NYY	AL	26	C	53			279	213	59	7	4	.975	5.13	.965	6.46		4	57	36	39%	43%
1919	PIT	NL	30	C	15	13	11	54	34	17	3	2	.944	3.40	.972	5.39		2	12	10	45%	44%
	9 Seasons			C	613	13	11	3843	2853	852	138	50	.964	6.04	.966	6.63		61	827	603	42%	44%
	3 Seasons			1B	5			35	32	1	2	1	.943	6.60	.985	11.12
	2 Seasons			OF	2			1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.950	1.90	0-1-1
	9 Seasons			TOT	620	13	11	3879	2885	853	141	51	.964	6.03	.966	6.65	0-1-1	61	827	603	42%	44%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1908	NYY	AL	19	32		32		25	1	0	1	1
1909	NYY	AL	20	67		67		62	3	0	0	0
1910	NYY	AL	21	78		78		77	0	0	0	0
1911	NYY	AL	22	83		83		83	0	0	0	0
1912	NYY	AL	23	110		110		108	0	0	0	0
1913	NYY	AL	24	117		117		112	1	1	0	1
1914	NYY	AL	25	87		87		78	0	0	0	0
1915	NYY	AL	26	53		53		53	0	0	0	0
1919	PIT	NL	30	17	13	17	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0
	9 Seasons			644	13	644	15	613	5	1	1	2	3	0

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 1911 AL 83 (5th) 1912 AL 108 (2nd) 1913 AL 112 (2nd)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1910 AL 388 (5th) 1911 AL 394 (4th) 1912 AL 548 (1st) 1913 AL 511 (2nd)	Assists as C s c a p y 1912 AL 167 (2nd) 1913 AL 180 (1st) Career 852 (68th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1909 AL 20 (1st) 1911 AL 18 (3rd) 1912 AL 34 (1st) 1913 AL 26 (2nd) Career 138 (90th)
Passed Balls s c a p y 1912 AL 9 (5th) 1913 AL 19 (1st)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1911 AL 101 (5th) 1912 AL 166 (2nd) 1913 AL 201 (1st) Career 827 (54th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1912 AL 114 (1st) 1913 AL 133 (1st) Career 603 (46th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1910 AL 6.42 (3rd) 1911 AL 5.88 (3rd) 1912 AL 6.62 (1st) 1913 AL 6.17 (5th) 1914 AL 6.27 (5th) Career 6.04 (87th)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1910 AL .974 (2nd) 1911 AL .964 (4th) 1912 AL .955 (3rd) 1914 AL .980 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1908 AL born 1888-07-19 (4th) 1909 AL born 1888-07-19 (6th)

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