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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 (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/WhiteSox 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.4M (11), 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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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
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
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 *
2009 24 OAK AL 134 534 484 68 142 31 3 6 53 6 5 40 67 .293 .348 .407 .755 99 197 14 3 2 5 1 *
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
2011 26 OAK AL 108 299 264 34 70 11 3 1 25 1 1 33 48 .265 .346 .341 .687 91 90 7 0 1 1 3 789/D
6 Seasons 472 1681 1515 202 428 83 10 14 169 17 9 139 235 .283 .342 .378 .720 95 573 47 6 6 15 9
162 Game Avg. 162 577 520 69 147 28 3 5 58 6 3 48 81 .283 .342 .378 .720 95 197 16 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 21 CHW AL 35 -4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
2007 22 CHW AL 49 -3 -1 -1 0 -0 0 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $
2008 23 OAK AL 433 1 2 1 -1 4 -2 15 21 2.1 16 1.6 0.5 $395,000 *
2009 24 OAK AL 534 5 1 3 -0 3 -3 19 26 2.6 24 2.3 0.3 $410,000 *
2010 25 OAK AL 331 -0 1 -1 0 4 -4 11 12 1.2 8 0.8 0.4 $420,000
2011 26 OAK AL 299 -2 -1 -1 0 3 -2 10 8 0.8 4 0.5 0.3 $1,400,000 789/D
6 Seasons 1681 -4 3 1 -1 15 -10 58 62 6.2 47 4.7 1.5 $2,625,000
OAK (4 yrs) 1597 3 3 2 -1 14 -10 55 67 6.7 52 5.2 1.5 $2,625,000
CHW (2 yrs) 84 -7 0 -1 0 0 0 3 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $

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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 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 1.53 .986 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
2007 CHW AL 22 OF 14 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -0 1 1.86 .987 2.28
2007 CHW AL 22 LF 11 10 10 92.2 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 -0 0 -4 0 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 110 250 243 6 1 0 .996 4 5 2.26 .986 2.28
2008 OAK AL 23 RF 75 54 40 486.2 143 136 6 1 0 .993 11 9 26 22 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 -2 -17 -7 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
2009 OAK AL 24 OF 132 333 319 11 3 2 .991 3 20 2.50 .987 2.30
2009 OAK AL 24 RF 85 63 56 600.0 172 165 5 2 2 .988 5 14 10 28 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 4 -7 11 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 2 8 55 2.05 1.43 .987 2.13 2.09
2010 OAK AL 25 OF 81 153 149 4 0 1 1.000 4 2 1.89 .986 2.28
2010 OAK AL 25 RF 80 76 68 659.1 151 147 4 0 1 1.000 3 2 5 4 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 -1 6 -1 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 18 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 -2 13 -10 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 -3 -4 -23 -31 2.11 1.57 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 OAK AL 26 DH 2 0
6 Seasons OF 444 65 52 618.0 938 909 25 4 4 .996 15 25 28 8 2.23 2.10 .986 2.28 2.28
5 Seasons RF 269 211 178 1927.1 515 495 17 3 3 .994 18 21 11 13 2.39 1.90 .984 2.12 2.10
6 Seasons CF 153 132 84 1130.0 337 332 4 1 0 .997 -5 -1 -6 -1 2.68 2.20 .991 2.69 2.67
5 Seasons LF 78 41 34 410.2 86 82 4 0 1 1.000 1 5 4 14 1.88 1.10 .984 2.11 2.09
6 Seasons TOT 444 65 52 618.0 938 909 25 4 4 .996 15 50 28 97 2.23 2.10 .986 2.28 2.28
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  18 (20th)
Career  18 (72nd)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Buster Mills (969)
  6. So Taguchi (968)
  7. Ralph Hodgin (964)
  8. Fred Brickell (964)
  9. Wattie Holm (963)
  10. Tike Redman (963)
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  2. Elmer Valo (966)
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  4. Dion James (965)
  5. Barry Bonnell (965)
  6. Fred Brickell (964)
  7. Homer Smoot (963)
  8. Wattie Holm (961)
  9. Bruce Bochte (961)
  10. Johnny Grubb (961)
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  1. Sam West (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dion James (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Johnny Watwood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200823Oakland Athletics$395,000
200924Oakland Athletics$410,000
201025Oakland Athletics$420,000
201126Oakland Athletics$1,400,000
201227Boston Red Sox$1,750,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,625,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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