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Bill Sweeney
William John Sweeney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut June 14, 1907
Final Game October 5, 1914
Born March 6, 1886 in Covington, KY
Died May 26, 1948 in Cambridge, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 21 TOT NL  61  201   25   51   2  0   0   19   9     16      .254  .309  .264   79   53   1           0    
         CHC NL   3   10    1    1   0  0   0    1   1      1      .100  .182  .100  -14    1   1           0    
         BSN NL  58  191   24   50   2  0   0   18   8     15      .262  .316  .272   84   52   0           0    
 1908 22 BSN NL 127  418   44  102  15  3   0   40  17     45      .244  .317  .294   97  123  18           0    
 1909 23 BSN NL 138  493   44  120  19  3   1   36  25     37      .243  .296  .300   82  148   9           0    
 1910 24 BSN NL 150  499   43  133  22  4   5   46  25     61  28  .267  .349  .357  103  178  17           2    
 1911 25 BSN NL 137  523   92  164  33  6   3   63  33     77  26  .314  .404  .417  123  218  11           2     MVP-21
 1912 26 BSN NL 153  593   84  204  31 13   1  100  27     68  34  .344  .416  .445  135  264  33           5     MVP-6
 1913 27 BSN NL 139  502   65  129  17  6   0   47  18     66  50  .257  .347  .315   90  158  13           3     MVP-13
 1914 28 CHC NL 134  463   45  101  14  5   1   38  18     53  15  .218  .298  .276   71  128  24           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons     1039 3692  442 1004 153 40  11  389 172  0 423 153  .272  .349  .344  102 1270 126   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        576   69  157  24  6   2   61  27  0  66  24  .272  .349  .344  102  198  20   0   0   2   0
 Career High    153  593   92  204  33 13   5  100  33  0  77  50  .344  .416  .445  135  264  33   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 21 TOT NL  218  151   16   2.8    75| .254  .253| .309  .318| .264  .321| .573  .639|  79  .458  -4.7  -0.6     
         CHC NL   12   10    0   0.0    79| .100  .259| .182  .326| .100  .329| .282  .654| -14  .000  -1.3  -0.2     
         BSN NL  206  141   16   3.0    75| .262  .252| .316  .318| .272  .321| .588  .639|  84  .489  -3.4  -0.4     
 1908 22 BSN NL  481  334   39   3.1    70| .244  .244| .317  .306| .294  .315| .611  .621|  97  .522   0.2   0.0     
 1909 23 BSN NL  539  382   44   3.1    80| .243  .256| .296  .325| .300  .331| .596  .656|  82  .481 -11.0  -1.3     
 1910 24 BSN NL  579  383   62   4.3    90| .267  .266| .349  .341| .357  .353| .706  .694| 103  .577   3.1   0.3     
 1911 25 BSN NL  613  370   88   6.4   101| .314  .276| .404  .355| .417  .381| .821  .736| 123  .702  20.2   2.1     
 1912 26 BSN NL  699  422  109   6.9   100| .344  .280| .416  .350| .445  .382| .861  .732| 135  .708  31.5   3.2     
 1913 27 BSN NL  584  386   54   3.8    91| .257  .270| .347  .334| .315  .367| .662  .701|  90  .487  -4.2  -0.4     
 1914 28 CHC NL  540  386   38   2.6    84| .218  .259| .298  .327| .276  .346| .574  .673|  71  .373 -15.8  -1.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      4253 2814  450   4.3    88| .272  .265| .349  .335| .344  .353| .693  .688| 102  .572  19.3   1.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1907 21 TOT NL SS 18 21 44 10 3 .867 .931 3.61 5.03 CHC NL SS 3 2 6 6 0 .571 .930 2.67 5.03 BSN NL 3B 23 36 52 13 5 .871 .928 3.83 3.33 SS 15 19 38 4 3 .934 .931 3.80 5.03 OF 11 13 3 4 0 .800 .958 1.45 1.94 9 1 1 2B 5 14 13 3 1 .900 .951 5.40 5.12 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.20 1908 22 BSN NL 3B 123 174 277 34 14 .930 .932 3.67 3.26 SS 3 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 1.00 5.17 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.00 1909 23 BSN NL 3B 112 156 243 43 14 .903 .930 3.56 3.22 SS 26 66 83 9 12 .943 .926 5.73 5.21 1910 24 BSN NL SS 110 232 300 57 52 .903 .924 4.84 5.02 3B 21 39 53 5 2 .948 .932 4.38 3.08 1B 17 168 16 4 19 .979 .984 10.82 10.07 1911 25 BSN NL 2B 136 372 410 46 61 .944 .952 5.75 5.03 1912 26 BSN NL 2B 153 459 475 40 76 .959 .955 6.10 5.09 1913 27 BSN NL 2B 137 301 391 45 42 .939 .955 5.05 4.92 1914 28 CHC NL 2B 134 301 426 35 40 .954 .949 5.43 4.89
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 21 BSN NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.20 1910 24 BSN NL 1B 17 168 16 4 19 .979 .984 10.82 10.07 1907 21 BSN NL 2B 5 14 13 3 1 .900 .951 5.40 5.12 1908 22 BSN NL 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 5.00 1911 25 BSN NL 2B 136 372 410 46 61 .944 .952 5.75 5.03 1912 26 BSN NL 2B 153 459 475 40 76 .959 .955 6.10 5.09 1913 27 BSN NL 2B 137 301 391 45 42 .939 .955 5.05 4.92 1914 28 CHC NL 2B 134 301 426 35 40 .954 .949 5.43 4.89 1907 21 BSN NL 3B 23 36 52 13 5 .871 .928 3.83 3.33 1908 22 BSN NL 3B 123 174 277 34 14 .930 .932 3.67 3.26 1909 23 BSN NL 3B 112 156 243 43 14 .903 .930 3.56 3.22 1910 24 BSN NL 3B 21 39 53 5 2 .948 .932 4.38 3.08 1907 21 BSN NL OF 11 13 3 4 0 .800 .958 1.45 1.94 9 1 1 1907 21 TOT NL SS 18 21 44 10 3 .867 .931 3.61 5.03 CHC NL SS 3 2 6 6 0 .571 .930 2.67 5.03 BSN NL SS 15 19 38 4 3 .934 .931 3.80 5.03 1908 22 BSN NL SS 3 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 1.00 5.17 1909 23 BSN NL SS 26 66 83 9 12 .943 .926 5.73 5.21 1910 24 BSN NL SS 110 232 300 57 52 .903 .924 4.84 5.02
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 566 1448 1717 169 220 .949 .953 5.59 4.99 3B 279 405 625 95 35 .916 .931 3.69 3.24 SS 157 319 430 77 67 .907 .925 4.77 5.06 1B 18 172 16 4 19 .979 .984 10.44 10.08 OF 11 13 3 4 0 .800 .958 1.45 1.94 9 1 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1031 2357 2791 349 341 .937 .945 4.99 4.58
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-21-0.05
1912-NL-6-0.25
1913-NL-13-0.09
Car-497-0.39 shares

Batting Average
1911 NL-.314-6
1912 NL-.344-3

On-base %
1911 NL-.404-5
1912 NL-.416-6

OPS
1912 NL-.861-7

Games
1912 NL-153-1

At Bats
1912 NL-593-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1912 NL-699-1

Hits
1911 NL-164-8
1912 NL-204-2

Total Bases
1912 NL-264-4

Doubles
1911 NL-33-4
1912 NL-31-9

Triples
1912 NL-13-7

Home Runs
1910 NL-5-7

RBI
1912 NL-100-2

Bases on Balls
1911 NL-77-8
1912 NL-68-10
1913 NL-66-8

Singles
1911 NL-122-7
1912 NL-159-1

Adjusted OPS+
1912 NL-135-5

Runs Created
1911 NL-88-9
1912 NL-109-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1911 NL-20-9
1912 NL-31-3

Batting Wins
1911 NL-2.1-9
1912 NL-3.2-3

Times on Base
1911 NL-243-8
1912 NL-277-1

Offensive Win%
1911 NL-.702-6
1912 NL-.708-6

Sac. Hits
1912 NL-33-3
1914 NL-24-7

Power/Speed Number
1910 NL-8.3-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1911 NL-20.1-3
1914 NL-30.9-1

At Bats per Home Run
1910 NL-99.8-8

Outs
1912 NL-422-8

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (721) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (680) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (990) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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  7. Ozzie Guillen (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 24, 1907: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Newt Randall to the Boston Doves for Del Howard.

February 11, 1914: Traded by the Boston Braves with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Evers.

February 13, 1915: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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