Ryan Sweeney
Ryan Joseph Sweeney
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 20, 1985 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Xavier (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
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Standard Batting

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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
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 99 147 9 3 2 6 3 *987
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
4 Seasons 282 1051 948 127 269 52 5 12 108 15 7 82 146 .284 .341 .387 .728 95 367 26 6 4 11 4
162 Game Avg. 162 604 545 73 155 30 3 7 62 9 4 47 84 .284 .341 .387 .728 95 211 15 3 2 6 2
OAK (2 yrs) 249 967 868 121 252 49 5 11 98 15 6 78 134 .290 .349 .396 .745 100 344 23 6 4 11 4
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

Advanced Batting

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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 5.0 101 .330 .286 .262 .350 .329 .383 .412 .733 .741 99 .499 1.3 0.1 .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
4 Seasons 1051 727 126 4.6 104 .321 .284 .265 .341 .333 .387 .421 .728 .753 95 .463 -5.3 -0.5 .650 .198 .103 13.3
162 Game Avg. 604 418 72 4.6 104 .321 .284 .265 .341 .333 .387 .421 .728 .753 95 .463 -5.3 -0.5 .650 .198 .103 8
OAK (2 yrs) 967 660 121 4.9 104 .328 .290 .264 .349 .332 .396 .419 .745 .751 100 .489 2.4 0.2 .678 .206 .106 12.7
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

Ratio Batting*

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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%
4 Seasons 1051 1.1% 13.9% 7.8% 6.6% 26% 1.78 6.5 79.0 8.8 0.86 1.18 76% 21% 3.1% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 12 39% 32 24 8 9 2 7 13 6 6
4 Seasons 14 0 33% 440 15 7 68% 15 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 21 41% 56 43 13 17 5 12 30 12 17
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.08 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 21 5 24% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 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% 3 1 33% 0
2008 23 OAK AL 433 77% 110 6 1 4 0 0 0 2.57 5 0 12 5 0 1 4 0 4 2 50% 82 9 11% 38 13 34% 272 42 15% 29 16 55% 23 9 39% 0
2009 24 OAK AL 534 77% 142 14 0 4 0 0 0 2.95 6 0 13 5 1 2 4 0 2 2 100% 102 14 14% 53 19 36% 340 49 14% 38 21 55% 33 17 52% 0
4 Seasons 1051 77% 269 20 1 13 0 0 0 1.84 12 0 29 11 1 4 8 0 6 4 67% 194 26 13% 98 35 36% 655 100 15% 73 41 56% 60 28 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
4 Seasons 1051 4024 3.83 2541 63% 32% 9% 27% 32% 68% 1% 43% 86% 17% 5% 48 0 16% 170 77 8% 85 51 36% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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

Neutralized Batting

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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 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 18
2007 22 15 48 44 5 8 3 0 1 5 0 4 5 .182 .250 .318 .568 3 15
2008 23 115 439 390 55 116 19 2 5 47 9 40 67 .297 .362 .395 .757 56 115
2009 24 134 533 485 70 143 31 3 6 55 6 40 67 .295 .349 .408 .757 69 134
4 Seasons 282 1055 954 131 267 53 5 12 110 15 84 146 .280 .338 .384 .722 129 282
162 Game Avg. 162 606 548 75 153 30 3 7 63 9 48 84 .280 .338 .384 .722 74 282

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Hal Peck (978)
  6. Russ Scarritt (977)
  7. Ray Pepper (977)
  8. Grover Gilmore (977)
  9. Lou Novikoff (976)
  10. Herschel Bennett (971)
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  2. Coco Crisp (976)
  3. Rich Coggins (976)
  4. Alexis Rios (976)
  5. Terry Moore (974)
  6. Happy Felsch (974)
  7. Johnny Rucker (973)
  8. Bobby Bonilla (972)
  9. Derrick May (969)
  10. Ken Landreaux (968)
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