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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 CHW AL 21 OF 15 6 4 75.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 11 -32 2.76 1.53 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 CHW AL 21 CF 7 3 2 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -24 -69 2.06 1.14 .989 2.65 2.61
2006 CHW AL 21 LF 6 0 0 12.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -80 0 1.50 0.33 .985 2.03 2.03
2006 CHW AL 21 RF 6 3 2 28.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 94 0 4.18 2.17 .984 2.19 2.17
2006 CHW AL 21 DH 1 0
2007 CHW AL 22 OF 14 13 13 118.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -0 0 -4 0 1.97 1.86 .987 2.30 2.28
2007 CHW AL 22 LF 11 10 10 92.2 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -1 -4 -13 1.94 1.82 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 CHW AL 22 CF 3 3 3 26.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -5 46 2.08 2.00 .988 2.70 2.67
2008 OAK AL 23 OF 110 102 62 892.1 250 243 6 1 0 .996 4 2 6 2 2.51 2.26 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 OAK AL 23 RF 75 54 40 486.2 143 136 6 1 0 .993 11 8 26 20 2.63 1.89 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 OAK AL 23 CF 51 46 20 362.2 95 95 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -4 -17 -13 2.36 1.86 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 OAK AL 23 LF 13 2 2 43.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -33 -56 2.51 0.92 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 OAK AL 23 DH 2 0
2009 OAK AL 24 OF 132 121 96 1096.2 333 319 11 3 2 .991 3 9 3 9 2.71 2.50 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 OAK AL 24 RF 85 63 56 600.0 172 165 5 2 2 .988 5 8 10 16 2.55 2.00 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 OAK AL 24 CF 57 53 37 452.2 151 146 4 1 0 .993 -2 0 -7 0 2.98 2.63 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 OAK AL 24 LF 7 5 3 44.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 8 27 2.05 1.43 .987 2.13 2.09
2010 OAK AL 25 OF 81 77 69 667.1 153 149 4 0 1 1.000 4 0 8 0 2.06 1.89 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 OAK AL 25 RF 80 76 68 659.1 151 147 4 0 1 1.000 3 0 5 0 2.06 1.89 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 OAK AL 25 CF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 75 0 2.25 2.00 .990 2.70 2.70
2011 OAK AL 26 OF 92 65 52 618.0 153 150 3 0 0 1.000 3 -4 6 -7 2.23 1.66 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 OAK AL 26 LF 41 24 19 219.0 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 3 5 19 27 1.73 1.02 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 OAK AL 26 CF 34 26 21 245.2 75 75 0 0 0 1.000 3 -5 17 -24 2.75 2.21 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 OAK AL 26 RF 23 15 12 153.1 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -4 -4 -28 -31 2.11 1.57 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 OAK AL 26 DH 2 0
2012 BOS AL 27 OF 36 30 22 284.1 64 62 1 1 0 .984 5 5 23 21 1.99 1.75 .988 2.14 2.14
2012 BOS AL 27 RF 32 23 19 228.1 48 47 0 1 0 .979 3 3 14 16 1.85 1.47 .989 1.96 1.95
2012 BOS AL 27 CF 8 7 3 56.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 3 2 60 43 2.57 2.00 .990 2.52 2.52
7 Seasons OF 480 414 318 3752.1 1002 971 26 5 4 .995 20 10 6 3 2.39 2.08 .986 2.30 2.27
6 Seasons RF 301 234 197 2155.2 563 542 17 4 3 .993 20 15 11 8 2.33 1.86 .984 2.11 2.09
7 Seasons CF 161 139 87 1186.0 353 347 5 1 0 .997 -2 -8 -2 -8 2.67 2.19 .991 2.69 2.66
5 Seasons LF 78 41 34 410.2 86 82 4 0 1 1.000 1 3 4 8 1.88 1.10 .984 2.11 2.09
7 Seasons TOT 480 414 318 3752.1 1002 971 26 5 4 .995 20 20 6 6 2.39 2.08 .986 2.30 2.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2006 CHW AL 21 CF -1 -24 -1 -1 0 0 -2 -69 -2 0
2006 CHW AL 21 LF -1 -80 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CHW AL 21 RF 2 94 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CHW AL 22 LF -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -13 -1 0
2007 CHW AL 22 CF -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0 1 46 1 0
2008 OAK AL 23 RF 11 26 7 6 1 4 8 20 3 4
2008 OAK AL 23 CF -5 -17 -4 -1 -3 -1 -4 -13 -1 -2
2008 OAK AL 23 LF -1 -33 -1 0 -1 0 -2 -56 -1 -1
2009 OAK AL 24 RF 5 10 4 2 2 1 8 16 6 2
2009 OAK AL 24 CF -2 -7 -4 -2 -1 1 0 0 0 -2
2009 OAK AL 24 LF 0 8 -1 -1 -0 1 1 27 0 1
2010 OAK AL 25 RF 3 5 4 -0 4 -1 0 0 0 -1
2010 OAK AL 25 CF 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 OAK AL 26 LF 3 19 3 2 1 0 5 27 5 0
2011 OAK AL 26 CF 3 17 2 4 -2 1 -5 -24 -4 -1
2011 OAK AL 26 RF -4 -28 -4 1 -4 0 -4 -31 -6 1
2012 BOS AL 27 RF 3 14 3 1 3 -1 3 16 4 -1
2012 BOS AL 27 CF 3 60 2 2 1 1 2 43 1 1
6 Seasons RF 20 11 16 10 7 3 15 8 7 5
7 Seasons CF -2 -2 -3 1 -5 2 -8 -8 -5 -4
5 Seasons LF 1 4 0 1 -1 1 3 8 3 0
7 Seasons TOT 20 6 13 12 1 7 20 6 5 1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 CHW AL 21 18 6 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 6 19 1 3 1
2007 CHW AL 22 15 13 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 14 0 2 0
2008 OAK AL 23 115 102 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 51 75 139 2 6 3
2009 OAK AL 24 134 121 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57 85 149 0 4 0
2010 OAK AL 25 82 77 82 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80 81 0 4 0
2011 OAK AL 26 108 65 108 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 34 23 92 2 21 7
2012 BOS AL 27 37 30 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 32 36 0 3 0
7 Seasons 509 414 509 480 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 161 301 530 5 43 11
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.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 112 61% 71% 43% 17 76%
2008 OAK AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 4 25 17 0 13 5 3 18 12 1 8 4 0 11 6 0 75 44 58.7% 27 4 5.3% 2 2127 60% 74% 43% 248 57%
2009 OAK AL 24 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 3 31 18 0 23 11 2 10 2 0 13 6 1 17 9 0 94 46 48.9% 44 3 3.2% 2 2592 59% 77% 40% 301 56%
2010 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 21 11 1 14 3 0 13 9 0 4 1 0 11 6 0 63 30 47.6% 32 1 1.6% 3 2782 62% 77% 40% 274 55%
2011 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 2 0 6 3 0 6 4 1 4 2 0 4 1 0 27 12 44.4% 14 1 3.7% 1 687 57% 76% 41% 78 46%
2012 BOS AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 0 5 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 32 15 46.9% 17 0 0.0% 0 1007 52% 74% 38% 88 53%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 17 1 3 2 9 100 58 1 62 22 5 52 30 2 31 13 1 49 26 0 294 149 50.7% 135 9 3.1% 8 9307 59% 76% 40% 1006 55%
MLB Averages 47.2% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 141 51% 72% 38% 17 47%
2007 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 99 46% 80% 42% 10 60%
2008 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 0 12 2 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 10 6 0 45 20 44.4% 25 0 0.0% 0 1487 60% 75% 40% 179 53%
2009 OAK AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 29 22 0 22 1 0 15 5 1 7 1 0 16 12 0 89 41 46.1% 47 1 1.1% 3 1995 63% 75% 41% 275 55%
2010 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 36 97% 61% 36% 4 50%
2011 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 10 1 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 32 15 46.9% 16 1 3.1% -1 1052 59% 78% 43% 145 52%
2012 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 1 236 32% 76% 38% 28 57%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 61 46 0 47 5 1 29 11 1 13 2 0 35 23 0 185 87 47.0% 96 2 1.1% 3 5046 59% 76% 41% 658 54%
MLB Averages 45.1% 1.8% 58% 76% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 66 61% 77% 42% 11 18%
2007 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 5 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 21 13 61.9% 7 1 4.8% 0 413 61% 75% 37% 48 40%
2008 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 196 63% 79% 46% 28 43%
2009 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 1 187 51% 74% 43% 18 56%
2011 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 910 56% 73% 39% 72 58%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 14 10 0 11 5 0 11 4 1 7 1 1 9 9 0 52 29 55.8% 21 2 3.8% 2 1772 57% 74% 40% 177 48%
MLB Averages 63.7% 2.2% 58% 76% 40% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  1 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (4th)
Active  20 (15th)
Career  20 (65th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.55 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  .988 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2010 AL  1.000 (1st)
2011 AL  1.000 (1st)

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

             

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