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Ryan Sweeney

Ryan Joseph Sweeney

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 20, 1985 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Xavier HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 12, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2006
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox/WhiteSox 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.053, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2006 21 CHW AL 18 35 35 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .229 .229 .229 .457 18 8 1 0 0 0 0 /879D
2007 22 CHW AL 15 49 45 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 1 4 5 .200 .265 .333 .599 55 15 2 0 0 0 0 7/8
2008 23 OAK AL 115 433 384 53 110 18 2 5 45 9 1 38 67 .286 .350 .383 .733 100 147 9 3 2 6 3 *987/D
2009 24 OAK AL 134 534 484 68 142 31 3 6 53 6 5 40 67 .293 .348 .407 .755 100 197 14 3 2 5 1 *98/7
2010 25 OAK AL 82 331 303 41 89 20 2 1 36 1 1 24 41 .294 .342 .383 .725 99 116 14 0 1 3 2 9/8
2011 26 OAK AL 108 299 264 34 70 11 3 1 25 1 1 33 48 .265 .346 .341 .687 92 90 7 0 1 1 3 789/D
2012 27 BOS AL 37 138 130 13 41 15 1 0 12 0 0 5 29 .315 .343 .446 .789 112 58 1 1 1 1 0 *9/8
7 Yrs 509 1819 1645 215 469 98 11 14 181 17 9 144 264 .285 .342 .384 .726 97 631 48 7 7 16 9
162 Game Avg. 162 579 524 68 149 31 4 4 58 5 3 46 84 .285 .342 .384 .726 97 201 15 2 2 5 3
OAK (4 yrs) 439 1597 1435 196 411 80 10 13 159 17 8 135 223 .286 .347 .383 .730 98 550 44 6 6 15 9
CHW (2 yrs) 33 84 80 6 17 3 0 1 10 0 1 4 12 .213 .250 .288 .538 38 23 3 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 37 138 130 13 41 15 1 0 12 0 0 5 29 .315 .343 .446 .789 112 58 1 1 1 1 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
2006 21 CHW AL 18 35 -4 1 0 -2 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .467 .496 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ /879D
2007 22 CHW AL 15 49 -3 -0 -0 0 -0 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.3 .469 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 7/8
2008 23 OAK AL 115 433 2 3 -1 2 -4 3 0.5 15 17 1.8 .502 .502 1.5 -0.0 15 $395,000 *987/D
2009 24 OAK AL 134 534 4 0 -1 9 -3 9 1.1 18 27 2.7 .507 .506 1.8 0.7 18 $410,000 *98/7
2010 25 OAK AL 82 331 -0 1 -0 0 -3 -3 -0.2 11 8 0.8 .496 .498 0.8 -0.3 8 $420,000 9/8
2011 26 OAK AL 108 299 -3 -1 0 -4 -3 -10 -1.0 10 0 0.0 .490 .494 0.4 -0.6 4 $1,400,000 789/D
2012 27 BOS AL 37 138 2 -0 0 5 -1 5 0.6 5 10 1.0 .516 .504 0.5 0.4 5 $ *9/8
7 Seasons 509 1819 -3 3 -2 10 -15 -6 -0.1 61 55 5.5 .499 .499 4.4 -0.1 45 $2,625,000
OAK (4 yrs) 439 1597 3 3 -2 7 -13 -1 0.4 54 53 5.3 .500 .500 4.5 -0.2 46 $2,625,000
CHW (2 yrs) 33 84 -8 0 -0 -2 -1 -11 -1.0 3 -8 -0.8 .468 .497 -0.6 -0.3 -6 $
BOS (1 yr) 37 138 2 -0 0 5 -1 5 0.6 5 10 1.0 .516 .504 0.5 0.4 5 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 21 CHW AL 35 28 2 1.9 114 .286 .229 .280 .229 .345 .229 .445 .457 .791 18 .136 -4.5 -0.4 .286 .000 .000
2007 22 CHW AL 49 39 3 2.0 110 .205 .200 .276 .265 .344 .333 .431 .599 .775 55 .161 -3.2 -0.3 .462 .200 .133 .0
2008 23 OAK AL 433 292 54 5.0 100 .330 .286 .261 .350 .328 .383 .410 .733 .738 100 .499 1.9 0.2 .690 .216 .096 6.4
2009 24 OAK AL 534 368 67 4.8 106 .327 .293 .265 .348 .334 .407 .425 .755 .759 100 .481 1.1 0.1 .668 .198 .114 6.0
2010 25 OAK AL 331 233 37 4.2 99 .333 .294 .259 .342 .327 .383 .406 .725 .733 99 .456 0.2 0.0 .611 .168 .089 1.0
2011 26 OAK AL 299 204 32 4.2 97 .319 .265 .256 .346 .321 .341 .405 .687 .726 92 .458 -2.2 -0.2 .609 .201 .076 1.0
2012 27 BOS AL 138 92 20 5.8 102 .402 .315 .258 .343 .326 .446 .419 .789 .745 112 .607 2.3 0.2 .711 .169 .131
7 Yrs 1819 1256 215 4.6 102 .329 .285 .262 .342 .329 .384 .415 .726 .744 97 .473 -4.3 -0.4 .641 .191 .098 15.4
162 Game Avg. 579 400 68 4.6 102 .329 .285 .262 .342 .329 .384 .415 .726 .744 97 .473 -4.3 -0.4 .641 .191 .098 5
OAK (4 yrs) 1597 1097 190 4.6 101 .328 .286 .261 .347 .328 .383 .413 .730 .741 98 .477 1.1 0.1 .651 .197 .097 14.7
CHW (2 yrs) 84 67 5 2.0 112 .239 .213 .278 .250 .344 .288 .437 .538 .782 38 .151 -7.7 -0.7 .388 .113 .075 .0
BOS (1 yr) 138 92 20 5.9 102 .402 .315 .258 .343 .326 .446 .419 .789 .745 112 .607 2.3 0.2 .711 .169 .131

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 21 CHW AL 35 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 7.0 1.00 1.00 80% 11% 0.0% 14%
2007 22 CHW AL 49 2.0% 10.2% 8.2% 8.2% 44% 1.25 9.0 45.0 9.0 1.50 2.67 80% 13% 9.1% 31%
2008 23 OAK AL 433 1.2% 15.5% 8.8% 5.8% 23% 1.76 5.7 76.8 8.5 0.80 1.03 73% 21% 3.2% 11%
2009 24 OAK AL 534 1.1% 12.6% 7.5% 7.5% 28% 1.68 7.2 80.7 9.1 0.86 1.21 78% 24% 3.0% 12%
2010 25 OAK AL 331 0.3% 12.4% 7.3% 7.0% 26% 1.71 7.4 303.0 8.4 1.05 1.63 80% 23% 0.9% 11%
2011 26 OAK AL 299 0.3% 16.1% 11.0% 5.0% 21% 1.45 5.5 264.0 10.6 0.95 1.15 72% 19% 1.0% 13%
2012 27 BOS AL 138 0.0% 21.0% 3.6% 11.6% 39% 5.80 4.5 10.8 0.92 1.70 74% 26% 0.0% 11%
7 Yrs 1819 0.8% 14.5% 7.9% 6.8% 26% 1.83 6.2 117.5 9.1 0.91 1.28 76% 22% 2.2% 12%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 21 CHW AL -4.5 -0.4 37 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .69 -0.3 0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.92 -4.4 0.09 3
2007 22 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 50 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 1.00 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.87 -4.9 0.77 2
2008 23 OAK AL 1.3 0.1 447 0.1 8.1 -8.0 1.07 -0.1 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.96 -2.8 2.59 5
2009 24 OAK AL 0.4 0.0 554 -0.9 8.8 -9.7 1.00 0.3 -1.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.95 -1.5 2.88 4
2010 25 OAK AL 0.2 0.0 340 -0.0 5.7 -5.7 1.05 -0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.98 -4.5 2.87 2
2011 26 OAK AL -2.5 -0.2 310 -0.4 5.1 -5.5 1.05 -0.3 -0.1 2.9 0.3 1.02 -2.2 1.08 18
2012 27 BOS AL 2.3 0.2 140 0.3 2.4 -2.1 .89 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.95 1.6 2.09 3
7 Yrs -6.0 -0.6 1878 -1.4 31.1 -32.5 1.02 -1.2 -0.2 -10.8 -1.0 0.97 -18.6 1.56 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 21 CHW AL 0 0 13% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 22 CHW AL 0 0 33% 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
2008 23 OAK AL 5 0 33% 176 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 41% 19 16 3 8 3 5 15 6 9
2009 24 OAK AL 9 0 35% 242 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 13 39% 32 24 8 9 2 7 13 6 6
2010 25 OAK AL 3 0 36% 113 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 55% 18 9 9 6 3 3 16 5 10
2011 26 OAK AL 2 0 32% 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 30% 13 10 2 5 4 1 9 3 5
2012 27 BOS AL 1 0 28% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 39% 5 5 0 2 0 2 6 2 3
7 Yrs 20 0 33% 739 17 9 65% 17 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 54 42% 92 67 24 30 12 18 61 22 35

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 21 CHW AL 35 80% 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 21 5 24% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
2007 22 CHW AL 49 88% 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.77 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 22 4 18% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
2008 23 OAK AL 433 77% 110 6 1 5 0 0 0 2.59 5 0 12 5 0 1 4 0 4 2 50% 82 9 11% 38 13 34% 272 42 15% 29 16 55% 17 11 65% 0
2009 24 OAK AL 534 77% 142 14 0 4 0 0 0 2.88 6 0 13 5 1 2 4 0 2 2 100% 102 14 14% 53 19 36% 340 49 14% 38 21 55% 22 16 73% 0
2010 25 OAK AL 331 78% 89 10 0 2 2 0 0 2.87 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 79 14 18% 39 16 41% 231 38 16% 31 18 58% 18 12 67% 0
2011 26 OAK AL 299 83% 70 8 0 18 4 0 2 1.08 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 50% 68 7 10% 30 9 30% 196 25 13% 15 5 33% 11 5 45% 0
2012 27 BOS AL 138 87% 41 5 0 3 2 0 1 2.09 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 12 3 25% 89 13 15% 8 5 63% 6 4 67% 0
7 Yrs 1819 79% 469 43 1 37 8 0 3 1.56 14 0 49 13 1 6 8 0 10 7 70% 363 48 13% 179 63 35% 1171 176 15% 127 69 54% 74 48 65% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 21 CHW AL 35 118 3.37 83 70% 31% 8% 27% 34% 69% 0% 48% 88% 20% 0% 0 0 14% 5 4 3% 1 1 57% 0 0 0
2007 22 CHW AL 49 206 4.20 126 61% 36% 7% 25% 32% 64% 0% 39% 89% 10% 6% 3 0 18% 9 2 10% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
2008 23 OAK AL 433 1622 3.75 1017 63% 31% 11% 26% 32% 69% 1% 43% 84% 21% 5% 20 0 16% 70 37 8% 34 16 28% 0 0 0
2009 24 OAK AL 534 2078 3.89 1315 63% 32% 8% 27% 32% 68% 1% 43% 88% 14% 5% 25 0 16% 86 34 8% 45 31 40% 0 0 0
2010 25 OAK AL 331 1310 3.96 823 63% 32% 8% 28% 32% 68% 1% 43% 89% 11% 7% 22 0 20% 67 24 10% 34 25 34% 0 0 0
2011 26 OAK AL 299 1297 4.34 802 62% 38% 8% 27% 27% 62% 2% 38% 88% 5% 6% 19 0 14% 42 14 11% 34 19 25% 0 0 0
2012 27 BOS AL 138 592 4.29 375 63% 37% 8% 27% 27% 63% 0% 40% 87% 6% 3% 4 0 22% 30 13 9% 13 8 38% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1819 7223 3.97 4541 63% 33% 9% 27% 31% 67% 1% 42% 87% 13% 5% 93 0 17% 309 128 9% 166 103 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 21 18 35 35 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .229 .229 .229 .457 18 8 1 0 0 0 0
2007 22 33 84 80 6 17 3 0 1 10 0 1 4 12 .213 .250 .288 .538 38 23 3 0 0 0 0
2008 23 148 517 464 59 127 21 2 6 55 9 2 42 79 .274 .334 .366 .700 89 170 12 3 2 6 3
2009 24 282 1051 948 127 269 52 5 12 108 15 7 82 146 .284 .341 .387 .728 95 367 26 6 4 11 4
2010 25 364 1382 1251 168 358 72 7 13 144 16 8 106 187 .286 .341 .386 .727 96 483 40 6 5 14 6
2011 26 472 1681 1515 202 428 83 10 14 169 17 9 139 235 .283 .342 .378 .720 95 573 47 6 6 15 9
2012 27 509 1819 1645 215 469 98 11 14 181 17 9 144 264 .285 .342 .384 .726 97 631 48 7 7 16 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 21 18 35 35 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 .229 .229 .229 .457 2 18
2007 22 15 49 45 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 4 5 .200 .265 .333 .599 4 15
2008 23 115 437 387 56 113 18 2 5 47 9 39 67 .292 .356 .388 .744 54 115
2009 24 134 533 483 68 141 31 3 6 53 6 40 67 .292 .347 .406 .752 68 134
2010 25 82 336 307 44 93 21 2 1 39 1 25 41 .303 .352 .394 .746 43 82
2011 26 108 305 268 37 74 12 3 1 27 1 35 48 .276 .359 .354 .713 34 108
2012 27 37 138 130 13 41 15 1 0 12 0 5 29 .315 .343 .446 .789 20 37
7 Yrs 509 1833 1655 224 479 100 11 14 188 17 148 264 .289 .347 .389 .736 225 509
162 Game Avg. 162 583 527 71 152 32 4 4 60 5 47 84 .289 .347 .389 .736 72 509

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
2012 AL  15 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
2006 AL  born 1985-02-20 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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