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Bill Sweeney
William Joseph Sweeney

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 13, 1928
Final Game September 27, 1931
Born December 29, 1904 in Cleveland, OH
Died April 18, 1957 in San Diego, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 23 DET AL  89  309   47   78  15  5   0   19  12  9  15  28  .252  .287  .333   62  103   5           0    
 1930 25 BOS AL  88  243   32   75  13  0   4   30   5  3   9  15  .309  .333  .412   91  100   3           0    
 1931 26 BOS AL 131  498   48  147  30  3   1   58   5 12  20  30  .295  .322  .373   88  186  10           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      308 1050  127  300  58  8   5  107  22 24  44  73  .286  .314  .370   81  389  18   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   67  158  31  4   3   56  12 13  23  38  .286  .314  .370   81  205   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High    131  498   48  147  30  5   4   58  12 12  20  30  .309  .333  .412   91  186  10   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 DET AL  329  245   28   3.0   109| .252  .290| .287  .355| .333  .412| .620  .767|  62  .309 -18.3  -1.8  57%
 1930 25 BOS AL  255  174   33   5.0   112| .309  .290| .333  .354| .412  .426| .745  .780|  91  .481  -3.5  -0.3  62%
 1931 26 BOS AL  528  373   56   4.0   102| .295  .278| .322  .344| .373  .397| .695  .740|  88  .409  -8.6  -0.8  29%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1112  792  117   3.9   106| .286  .284| .314  .349| .370  .408| .684  .757|  81  .398 -30.4  -2.9  47%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1928 23 DET AL 1B 75 677 55 5 51 .993 .990 9.76 9.90 OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.23 3 0 0 1930 25 BOS AL 1B 56 541 30 2 49 .997 .989 10.20 9.53 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1931 26 BOS AL 1B 124 1283 92 9 89 .993 .991 11.09 8.06
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 23 DET AL 1B 75 677 55 5 51 .993 .990 9.76 9.90 1930 25 BOS AL 1B 56 541 30 2 49 .997 .989 10.20 9.53 1931 26 BOS AL 1B 124 1283 92 9 89 .993 .991 11.09 8.06 1930 25 BOS AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1928 23 DET AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.23 3 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 255 2501 177 16 189 .994 .990 10.50 8.93 OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.23 3 0 0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 259 2504 177 16 189 .994 .990 10.35 8.82
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.

Sac. Hits
1931 AL-10-7

Caught Stealing
1928 AL-9-8
1931 AL-12-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October 7, 1929: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Toronto (International) in the 1929 rule 5 draft.


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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