Mark Sweeney

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 26, 1969 in Framingham, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 39th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME) and the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME).

High School: Holliston HS (Holliston, MA)

School: University of Maine (Orono, ME)

Debut: August 4, 1995 (Age 25-282d, 16,737th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 2008 (Age 38-336d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Barry Axelrod

Full Name: Mark Patrick Sweeney

Twitter: @Sweendog9

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1830

464

.254

220

RBI

250

OBP

.347

SLG

.387

OPS

.734

OPS+

Summary of 42 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 12 go ahead

6 Tms
SDP	13
COL	11
SFG	7
STL	5
MIL	4
CIN	2

Platoon
vs RHP	40
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	15

Outs
0	17
2	14
1	11

17 Opps
SFG	5
ARI	4
CHC	4
CIN	4
COL	3
SDP	3
PHI	3
FLA	3
DET	2
NYM	2
LAD	2
MON	2
STL	1
SEA	1
ATL	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

39 Pitchers
José Valverde	2
Brandon Webb	2
Jason Schmidt	2
Ben Sheets	1
Darren Dreifort	1
Woody Williams	1
Danny Kolb	1
Josh Hancock	1
Javier Vázquez	1
David Weathers	1
Jamey Wright	1
Jeff Suppan	1
Steve Parris	1
Aaron Sele	1
Trevor Hoffman	1
John Burkett	1
Pat Rapp	1
Armando Benítez	1
Kevin Foster	1
Jon Lieber	1
Chan Ho Park	1
Chad Ogea	1
Hideo Nomo	1
Marcus McBeth	1
John Thomson	1
Mark Gardner	1
Kevin Correia	1
Ricky Bottalico	1
Luis Ayala	1
Wade Miller	1
Troy Percival	1
Gary Knotts	1
Mark Leiter	1
Nate Cornejo	1
Amaury Telemaco	1
Matt Ginter	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Gabe White	1
Mike Munoz	1

18 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	10
Petco Pk (SAN)	6
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1

Where Hit
9	23
89	11
8	4
7	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
2	8
5	6
1	5
4	5
7+	4
6	2
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	7
1-3	3
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1

61 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	28
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	2
2	4
3	2
4	6
5	3
6	4
7	7
8	5
9	9

1-3	8
4-6	13
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	10
-1	3
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	9

Ahead	11
Tied	10
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
0-0	5
1-1	5
2-2	5
3-2	4
2-0	4
0-2	3
2-1	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
1-2	1
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
PH	15
1B	14
LF	8
RF	3
DH	2

OrderPos
9th	15
5th	8
6th	6
3rd	4
7th	3
2nd	3
1st	1
4th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-08-10	STL	@	LAD	Hideo Nomo	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	0.120	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	1995-08-27	STL	@	COL	Mike Munoz	ahead 9-5	t 9	0	---	9,(3-2) .CBCBBFFFX	1	5	3	0.012	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1996-05-13	STL	@	FLA	John Burkett	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	5	7	0.078	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1996-05-15	STL	@	FLA	Pat Rapp	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---		1	1	7	0.078	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1996-06-07	STL	@	SFG	Mark Leiter	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	7	0.116	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1997-07-28	SDP		PHI	Ricky Bottalico	behind 3-8	b 9	2	---	7,(3-2) .FCBBBFX	1	9	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
7	7	2	1	1997-08-16	SDP		CHC	Kevin Foster	behind 1-3	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	PH	0.394	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Gomez Scores; M. Sweeney Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1998-04-23	SDP	@	CHC	Amaury Telemaco	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	PH	0.020	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	2	1	1998-08-28	SDP		MON	Javier Vázquez	behind 2-8	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	9	0.032	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1999-04-05	CIN		SFG	Mark Gardner	behind 2-6	b 6	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BFBX	3	9	PH	0.204	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); E. Taubensee Scores; A. Boone Scores/unER
11	11	2	1	1999-04-28	CIN	@	PHI	Chad Ogea	behind 1-7	t 5	0	1--	4,(0-2) SCFX	2	9	PH	0.056	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); P. Reese Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2000-09-15	MIL	@	CIN	Steve Parris	behind 1-4	t 6	2	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	9	PH	0.072	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2001-08-02	MIL		FLA	Gary Knotts	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	0.132	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	2001-08-08	MIL	@	NYM	Armando Benítez	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	7	0.089	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	2001-08-21	MIL	@	CHC	David Weathers	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BLBBX	1	5	7	0.124	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2002-05-23	SDP	@	COL	John Thomson	behind 1-6	t 7	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	9	0.047	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Cruz Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2003-05-28	COL		LAD	Darren Dreifort	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	7	0.115	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Belliard Scores
18	18	2	1	2003-06-13	COL	@	DET	Nate Cornejo	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	1-3	3,(0-2) CFX	3	7	DH	0.125	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Walker Scores; C. Stynes Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2004-04-25	COL		HOU	Wade Miller	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	9	0.142	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	2	1	2004-05-21	COL	@	NYM	Matt Ginter	behind 3-7	t 5	0	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	3	0.102	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Clayton Scores
21	21	3	1	2004-06-24	COL	@	MIL	Ben Sheets	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	7	0.229	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Walker Scores/unER; M. Sweeney Scores/unER
22	22	4	1	2004-07-09	COL	@	SDP	Trevor Hoffman	tied 4-4	t 9	2	1--	5,(3-1) .SBBB1X	2	9	PH	0.489	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Miles Scores
23	23	5	1	2004-08-04	COL		CHC	Kyle Farnsworth	behind 4-5	b 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) ...BX	2	6	PH	0.412	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Burnitz Scores
24	24	6	1	2004-08-07	COL		CIN	Josh Hancock	ahead 8-5	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) ..CBFX	1	9	PH	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	7	1	2004-08-08	COL		CIN	Gabe White	behind 3-14	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	8	1	2004-08-22	COL		MON	Luis Ayala	behind 1-5	b 7	2	---	7,(2-2) .CSBBFFX	1	9	PH	0.044	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	9	1	2004-09-07	COL		SFG	Jason Schmidt	behind 2-4	b 7	1	123	5,(2-2) .BSFBX	4	9	PH	0.443	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Burnitz Scores; L. González Scores; B. Hawpe Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2005-04-26	SDP	@	SFG	Jason Schmidt	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	1	7	3	0.106	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
29	29	2	1	2005-05-06	SDP	@	STL	Jeff Suppan	behind 1-4	t 6	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	6	PH	0.163	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Giles Scores
30	30	3	1	2005-06-14	SDP	@	DET	Troy Percival	behind 3-8	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	2005-06-25	SDP		SEA	Aaron Sele	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	---	10,(3-2) CFBFFFFBBX	1	2	3	0.012	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	2005-07-01	SDP		SFG	Kevin Correia	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	5,(2-2) BFCBX	1	2	3	0.110	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	6	1	2005-07-08	SDP	@	COL	Jamey Wright	tied 2-2	t 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	3	0.110	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Sweeney Scores/unER
34	34	7	1	2005-07-15	SDP		ARI	Brandon Webb	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.083	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	8	1	2005-08-19	SDP	@	ATL	Danny Kolb	ahead 9-7	t 8	1	1-3	5,(2-2) .CBSBX	3	9	PH	0.079	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Klesko Scores; M. Olivo Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2006-04-17	SFG	@	ARI	José Valverde	behind 7-9	t 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) ..BBX	2	3	3	0.309	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Vizquel Scores
37	37	2	1	2006-04-19	SFG	@	ARI	Brandon Webb	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.097	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	3	1	2006-05-07	SFG	@	PHI	Jon Lieber	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	3	0.078	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
39	39	4	1	2006-06-30	SFG	@	SDP	Chan Ho Park	tied 4-4	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	3	0.275	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	2006-07-01 (2)	SFG	@	SDP	Woody Williams	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	6	3	0.111	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2007-04-27	SFG	@	ARI	José Valverde	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .....CX	1	9	PH	0.093	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	2	1	2007-07-04	SFG	@	CIN	Marcus McBeth	ahead 7-4	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) ..FBCFBX	1	9	PH	0.020	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)