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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
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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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
1995 21 KCR AL 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 22 KCR AL 50 190 165 23 46 10 0 4 24 1 2 18 21 .279 .358 .412 .770 96 68 7 4 0 3 0 2D
1997 23 KCR AL 84 266 240 30 58 8 0 7 31 3 2 17 33 .242 .306 .363 .668 73 87 8 6 1 2 0 2/D
1998 24 KCR AL 92 311 282 32 73 18 0 8 35 2 3 24 38 .259 .320 .408 .728 88 115 7 2 2 1 1 2
1999 25 KCR AL 150 643 575 101 185 44 2 22 102 6 1 54 48 .322 .387 .520 .907 128 299 21 10 0 4 0 D3/2
2000 26 KCR AL 159 717 618 105 206 30 0 29 144 8 3 71 67 .333 .407 .523 .930 131 323 15 15 0 13 5 *3D AS,MVP-11
2001 27 KCR AL 147 632 559 97 170 46 0 29 99 10 3 64 64 .304 .374 .542 .916 132 303 13 2 1 6 13 3D AS,MVP-21
2002 28 KCR AL 126 545 471 81 160 31 1 24 86 9 7 61 46 .340 .417 .563 .979 148 265 9 6 0 7 10 3D AS,MVP-20
2003 29 KCR AL 108 463 392 62 115 18 1 16 83 3 2 64 56 .293 .391 .467 .858 120 183 13 2 0 5 5 D3 AS
2004 30 KCR AL 106 452 411 56 118 23 0 22 79 3 2 33 44 .287 .347 .504 .851 117 207 7 6 0 2 9 3D
2005 31 KCR AL 122 514 470 63 141 39 0 21 83 3 0 33 61 .300 .347 .517 .864 127 243 16 4 1 6 7 D3 AS
2006 32 KCR AL 60 252 217 23 56 15 0 8 33 2 0 28 48 .258 .349 .438 .787 102 95 5 4 0 3 5 D
2007 33 KCR AL 74 289 265 26 69 15 1 7 38 0 0 17 29 .260 .315 .404 .719 86 107 9 5 0 2 4 D/3
2008 34 OAK AL 42 136 126 13 36 8 0 2 12 0 0 7 6 .286 .331 .397 .728 99 50 3 2 0 1 0 D3
2009 35 SEA AL 36 128 119 9 30 7 0 3 15 0 0 6 13 .252 .297 .387 .683 81 46 3 2 0 1 2 D/3
15 Seasons 1360 5542 4914 722 1464 312 5 202 864 50 25 497 574 .298 .367 .487 .854 118 2392 136 70 5 56 61
162 Game Avg. 162 660 585 86 174 37 1 24 103 6 3 59 68 .298 .367 .487 .854 118 285 16 8 1 7 7
KCR (13 yrs) 1282 5278 4669 700 1398 297 5 197 837 50 25 484 555 .299 .369 .492 .861 119 2296 130 66 5 54 59
OAK (1 yr) 42 136 126 13 36 8 0 2 12 0 0 7 6 .286 .331 .397 .728 99 50 3 2 0 1 0
SEA (1 yr) 36 128 119 9 30 7 0 3 15 0 0 6 13 .252 .297 .387 .683 81 46 3 2 0 1 2

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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 24 0 0 0
2009 SEA AL 35 1B 5 5 35.0 31 29 0 2 3 .935 7.46 5.80 .994 9.21 8.20 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1B 571 567 4842.0 5261 4772 435 54 520 .990 -7.2 -1.8 -8.2 -3.1 -5.2 1 9.68 9.12 .993 9.38 8.17 0 0 0
13 Seasons DH 553 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 -7.2 -1.4 -8.2 -3.1 -5.2 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2000 *
2001 *
2002 *
2003
2005 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2007-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2000-AL-11-8%
2001-AL-21-1%
2002-AL-20-0%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2000 AL--.333--7th
2002 AL--.340--2nd
Active--.298--25th
Career--.298--237th

On-Base% s c a p y
2002 AL--.417--4th
Active--.367--37th

Slugging % s c a p y
2001 AL--.542--10th
2002 AL--.563--7th
Active--.487--43rd
Career--.487--144th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2002 AL--.979--5th
Active--.854--36th
Career--.854--153rd

Games Played s c a p y
2000 AL--159--5th

At Bats s c a p y
2000 AL--618--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2000 AL--717--3rd

Hits s c a p y
2000 AL--206--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
2000 AL--323--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1999 AL--44--2nd
2001 AL--46--2nd
Active--312--50th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2000 AL--144--2nd
Active--864--44th

Singles s c a p y
2000 AL--147--3rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2002 AL--148--6th
Active--118--44th

Runs Created s c a p y
2000 AL--136--10th
Active--880--49th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2002 AL--36--10th
Active--139--39th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2002 AL--3.4--10th
Active--12.9--40th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL--75--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 AL--292--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2002 AL--.748--4th
Active--.596--41st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 AL--15--1st
Active--70--36th
Career--70--189th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 AL--13--2nd
Active--56--34th
Career--56--232nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2001 AL--13--6th
2002 AL--10--9th
Active--61--40th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1999 AL--21--6th
Active--136--49th

AB per SO s c a p y
1999 AL--11.979--3rd
2000 AL--9.224--8th
2001 AL--8.734--6th
2002 AL--10.239--5th
Active--8.561--16th

AB per HR s c a p y
Career--24.327--246th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 27 (850), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (382), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (371), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Richie Zisk (920)
  6. Rondell White (916)
  7. Dmitri Young (916)
  8. Carl Everett (911)
  9. Rico Carty (909)
  10. Wally Berger (908)
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  6. Moises Alou (925)
  7. Rondell White (920)
  8. Richie Zisk (920)
  9. Cliff Floyd (919)
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  8. Magglio Ordonez (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Magglio Ordonez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  11. Dante Bichette (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 1991.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

February 11, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

September 9, 2008: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

January 28, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Kansas City Royals$109,000
1996Kansas City Royals$114,000
1997Kansas City Royals$175,000
1998Kansas City Royals$230,000
1999Kansas City Royals$265,000
2000Kansas City Royals$2,250,000
2001Kansas City Royals$5,000,000
2002Kansas City Royals$8,000,000
2003Kansas City Royals$11,000,000
2004Kansas City Royals$11,000,000
2005Kansas City Royals$11,000,000
2006Kansas City Royals$11,000,000
2007Kansas City Royals$11,000,000
2008Oakland Athletics$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$71,643,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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