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Ed Sweeney
Edward Francis Sweeney (Ed)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
School Loyola University of Chicago

Debut May 16, 1908
Final Game June 1, 1919
Born July 19, 1888 in Chicago, IL
Died July 4, 1947 in Chicago, IL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 19 NYY AL  32   82    4   12   2  0   0    2   0      5      .146  .195  .171   19   14   2           0    
 1909 20 NYY AL  67  176   19   47   3  0   0   21   3     16      .267  .328  .284   93   50   8           0    
 1910 21 NYY AL  78  215   25   43   4  4   0   13  12     17      .200  .271  .256   61   55  10           4    
 1911 22 NYY AL  83  229   17   53   6  5   0   18   8     14      .231  .299  .301   64   69  14           8    
 1912 23 NYY AL 110  351   37   94  12  1   0   30   6     27      .268  .325  .308   77  108   7           3    
 1913 24 NYY AL 117  351   35   93  10  2   2   40  11     37  41  .265  .348  .322   96  113   9           8    
 1914 25 NYY AL  87  258   25   55   8  1   1   22  19  6  35  30  .213  .316  .264   75   68   9           4    
 1915 26 NYY AL  53  137   12   26   2  0   0    5   3  3  25  12  .190  .319  .204   57   28  10           1    
 1919 30 PIT NL  17   42    0    4   1  0   0    0   1      5   6  .095  .191  .119   -7    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      644 1841  174  427  48 13   3  151  63  9 181  89  .232  .310  .277   73  510  69   0   0  28   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        463   44  107  12  3   1   38  16  2  46  22  .232  .310  .277   73  128  17   0   0   7   0
 Career High    117  351   37   94  12  5   2   40  19  6  37  41  .268  .348  .322   96  113  14   0   0   8   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 19 NYY AL   89   72    3   1.1    69| .146  .247| .195  .304| .171  .314| .366  .618|  19  .146  -7.3  -0.9     
 1909 20 NYY AL  200  137   16   3.1    74| .267  .254| .328  .314| .284  .322| .612  .636|  93  .509  -1.0  -0.1     
 1910 21 NYY AL  246  182   14   2.1    79| .200  .257| .271  .324| .256  .331| .527  .655|  61  .311 -10.1  -1.2     
 1911 22 NYY AL  265  190   19   2.7   101| .231  .288| .299  .355| .301  .379| .600  .735|  64  .310 -12.2  -1.3     
 1912 23 NYY AL  388  264   35   3.5    96| .268  .279| .325  .349| .308  .368| .633  .717|  77  .451 -10.6  -1.1     
 1913 24 NYY AL  405  267   38   3.8    87| .265  .265| .348  .336| .322  .347| .670  .683|  96  .521  -0.3   0.0     
 1914 25 NYY AL  306  218   22   2.7    82| .213  .256| .316  .330| .264  .336| .580  .665|  75  .413  -6.6  -0.8  76%
 1915 26 NYY AL  173  124    9   2.0    83| .190  .255| .319  .333| .204  .335| .523  .668|  57  .262  -6.0  -0.7  50%
 1919 30 PIT NL   47   38    1   0.7    85| .095  .269| .191  .324| .119  .353| .310  .677|  -7  .050  -5.4  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2119 1492  157   2.8    87| .232  .266| .310  .335| .277  .347| .587  .682|  73  .396 -59.6  -6.7     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 19 NYY AL C 25 122 26 7 2 .955 .969 5.92 5.55 4 1B 1 12 0 1 0 .923 .984 12.00 11.00 OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1909 20 NYY AL C 62 274 83 20 7 .947 .969 5.76 5.79 5 1B 3 19 1 1 1 .952 .985 6.67 10.80 1910 21 NYY AL C 77 388 106 13 2 .974 .968 6.42 6.14 6 1911 22 NYY AL C 83 394 94 18 8 .964 .965 5.88 5.89 6 1912 23 NYY AL C 108 548 167 34 9 .955 .961 6.62 5.85 9 1913 24 NYY AL C 112 511 180 26 9 .964 .967 6.17 5.59 19 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.50 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0 1914 25 NYY AL C 78 369 120 10 7 .980 .967 6.27 5.70 6 1915 26 NYY AL C 53 213 59 7 4 .975 .965 5.13 5.46 4 1919 30 PIT NL C 15 34 17 3 2 .944 .971 3.40 4.78 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1908 19 NYY AL 1B 1 12 0 1 0 .923 .984 12.00 11.00 1909 20 NYY AL 1B 3 19 1 1 1 .952 .985 6.67 10.80 1913 24 NYY AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.50 1908 19 NYY AL C 25 122 26 7 2 .955 .969 5.92 5.55 4 1909 20 NYY AL C 62 274 83 20 7 .947 .969 5.76 5.79 5 1910 21 NYY AL C 77 388 106 13 2 .974 .968 6.42 6.14 6 1911 22 NYY AL C 83 394 94 18 8 .964 .965 5.88 5.89 6 1912 23 NYY AL C 108 548 167 34 9 .955 .961 6.62 5.85 9 1913 24 NYY AL C 112 511 180 26 9 .964 .967 6.17 5.59 19 1914 25 NYY AL C 78 369 120 10 7 .980 .967 6.27 5.70 6 1915 26 NYY AL C 53 213 59 7 4 .975 .965 5.13 5.46 4 1919 30 PIT NL C 15 34 17 3 2 .944 .971 3.40 4.78 2 1908 19 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1913 24 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 1 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 613 2853 852 138 50 .964 .966 6.04 5.75 61 1B 5 32 1 2 1 .943 .985 6.60 10.78 OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.90 0 1 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 620 2885 853 141 51 .964 .966 6.03 5.78
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.

Hit By Pitch
1913 AL-8-6

Youngest Player
1908 AL-19-5
1909 AL-20-7

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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