Mike Sweeney
Michael John Sweeney
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 22, 1973 in Orange, CA
High School: Ontario (Ontario, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1995 KCR AL 21 C 4 0 7.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.75 .988 6.69 5.65 0 0 0 0
1996 KCR AL 22 C 26 26 229.0 166 158 7 1 3 .994 1.0 5.2 1 6.48 6.35 .990 6.91 5.84 4 9 11 8 42%
1996 KCR AL 22 DH 22
1997 KCR AL 23 C 76 63 579.2 459 425 31 3 13 .993 4.0 8.3 4 7.08 6.00 .991 7.15 6.08 3 20 32 23 42%
1997 KCR AL 23 DH 3
1998 KCR AL 24 C 91 75 705.1 559 517 33 9 6 .984 -6.0 -10.2 -6 7.02 6.04 .990 7.13 6.17 9 38 50 21 30%
1999 KCR AL 25 DH 75
1999 KCR AL 25 1B 74 73 630.2 637 584 41 12 76 .981 -7.4 -14.1 -7.4 -1.6 -5.8 0 8.92 8.45 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 KCR AL 25 C 4 3 22.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 54.5 1 2.45 1.50 .983 7.00 6.10 0 1 1 2 67%
2000 KCR AL 26 1B 114 114 977.1 1057 960 88 9 107 .991 -4.6 -5.6 -4.6 -2.4 -2.2 0 9.65 9.19 .993 9.21 8.17 AS,MVP-11
2000 KCR AL 26 DH 45 AS,MVP-11
2001 KCR AL 27 1B 108 108 931.1 1046 946 88 12 124 .989 7.5 9.7 7.5 5.9 1.5 0 9.99 9.57 .993 9.39 8.27 AS,MVP-21
2001 KCR AL 27 DH 38 AS,MVP-21
2002 KCR AL 28 1B 102 101 872.0 951 837 105 9 94 .991 5.3 7.3 4.3 1.1 3.2 1 9.72 9.24 .993 9.33 8.02 AS,MVP-20
2002 KCR AL 28 DH 24 AS,MVP-20
2003 KCR AL 29 DH 62 AS
2003 KCR AL 29 1B 45 45 376.0 418 379 35 4 30 .990 1.4 4.5 1.4 0.5 0.9 0 9.91 9.20 .993 9.55 8.29 AS
2004 KCR AL 30 1B 55 55 471.0 507 467 36 4 44 .992 -6.6 -16.8 -6.6 -6.5 -0.1 0 9.61 9.15 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 KCR AL 30 DH 47
2005 KCR AL 31 DH 73 AS
2005 KCR AL 31 1B 49 49 419.1 471 441 29 1 28 .998 -2.9 -8.3 -2.9 -1.1 -1.8 0 10.09 9.59 .994 9.60 8.11 AS
2006 KCR AL 32 DH 59
2007 KCR AL 33 DH 64
2007 KCR AL 33 1B 6 6 39.1 43 40 2 1 5 .977 -0.3 -9.2 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 0 9.61 7.00 .995 9.36 7.93
2008 OAK AL 34 DH 17
2008 OAK AL 34 1B 13 11 90.0 100 89 11 0 9 1.000 0.4 5.3 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 10.00 7.69 .994 9.26 8.01
2009 SEA AL 35 DH 57 0 0 0
2009 SEA AL 35 1B 5 5 35.0 31 29 0 2 3 .935 -1.9 -65.1 -1.9 -1.3 -0.6 0 7.46 5.80 .994 9.13 8.12 0 0 0
13 Seasons DH 586 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1B 571 567 4842.0 5261 4772 435 54 520 .990 -9.1 -2.3 -10.1 -4.4 -5.8 1 9.68 9.12 .993 9.38 8.17 0 0 0
5 Seasons C 201 167 1543.0 1198 1111 73 14 22 .988 0.0 0.0 0 6.91 5.89 .990 7.10 6.08 16 68 94 54 36%
15 Seasons TOT 772 734 6385.0 6459 5883 508 68 542 .989 -9.1 -1.7 -10.1 -4.4 -5.8 1 0 9.01 8.28 .982 8.83 7.62 16 68 94 54 36%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 KCR AL 21 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 KCR AL 22 50 48 50 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 2 0
1997 KCR AL 23 84 65 84 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2
1998 KCR AL 24 92 75 92 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
1999 KCR AL 25 150 145 150 77 0 4 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 4 0
2000 KCR AL 26 159 159 159 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0
2001 KCR AL 27 147 146 147 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 0
2002 KCR AL 28 126 125 126 102 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 0
2003 KCR AL 29 108 107 108 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 1 0
2004 KCR AL 30 106 102 106 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 3 1
2005 KCR AL 31 122 122 122 49 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0
2006 KCR AL 32 60 59 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 1 0
2007 KCR AL 33 74 70 74 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 4 0
2008 OAK AL 34 42 28 42 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 0
2009 SEA AL 35 74 62 74 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 12 0
15 Seasons 1398 1313 1398 771 0 201 571 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 581 56 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1999 KCR AL 25 3000 56% 76% 31% 141 87% 0 582 36 543 3 54 41 27 6 0 3 12 0 12 0 9 76 0 0 2 73 2 3 0 3 11 73%
2000 KCR AL 26 4546 48% 75% 28% 217 95% 2 956 54 884 19 71 88 71 12 1 2 9 1 6 2 7 107 1 1 2 101 4 5 1 4 10 80%
2001 KCR AL 27 4178 49% 76% 31% 226 93% 1 945 39 891 15 93 88 73 9 1 3 12 1 8 3 7 124 1 2 4 121 7 3 2 1 9 44%
2002 KCR AL 28 4008 52% 77% 29% 228 95% 2 913 55 853 4 129 43 23 10 4 3 9 1 5 3 8 94 5 0 2 91 8 3 0 3 9 78%
2003 KCR AL 29 1733 61% 76% 31% 92 93% 1 379 23 355 2 32 35 26 3 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 30 1 0 1 30 2 0 0 0 0
2004 KCR AL 30 2203 63% 78% 30% 114 92% 0 467 37 423 8 38 36 26 4 0 2 4 2 2 0 2 44 0 1 0 40 1 4 3 1 4 75%
2005 KCR AL 31 1951 52% 76% 33% 118 95% 0 441 31 401 9 54 29 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 29 0 0 0 27 0 1 1 0 2 50%
2007 KCR AL 33 175 61% 77% 34% 9 89% 0 40 2 37 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2008 OAK AL 34 376 50% 75% 30% 19 100% 0 89 9 76 4 4 11 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 2 0
2009 SEA AL 35 157 59% 72% 25% 4 50% 0 29 1 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 22327 53% 76% 30% 1168 93% 6 4841 287 4489 67 480 373 277 48 7 15 54 7 36 11 39 521 8 4 12 498 25 21 7 14 45 69%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1995 KCR AL 21 27 3.86 3.86 1 0% 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 KCR AL 22 1021 4.21 4.48 3 67% 0 0 158 1 0 2 155 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1997 KCR AL 23 2612 4.80 5.34 17 100% 1 0 426 12 4 10 400 30 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 13 0 2 3 3 100%
1998 KCR AL 24 3267 5.16 5.61 19 74% 0 0 516 10 4 7 495 34 6 0 0 5 9 1 2 6 2 7 0 2 3 7 43%
1999 KCR AL 25 104 5.73 6.95 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7031 4.88 5.35 40 83% 1 0 1111 23 8 19 1061 73 13 0 0 6 14 1 4 9 2 23 0 4 6 10 60%
MLB Averages 4.45 4.85 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1995 KCR AL 21 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 KCR AL 22 4 9 420 11 8 6 42% 8 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 29 10 1.41 1.56
1997 KCR AL 23 3 20 1000 32 23 20 42% 27 20 5 2 0 1 0 0 74 27 1.05 1.39
1998 KCR AL 24 9 38 1262 50 21 17 30% 43 17 6 4 1 0 0 0 123 28 1.26 0.96
1999 KCR AL 25 0 1 42 1 2 2 67% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.71 2.00
5 Seasons 16 68 2730 94 54 45 36% 79 46 13 7 2 1 0 0 228 67 1.21 1.27
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.23

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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