Dale Sveum

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: November 23, 1963 in Richmond, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (25th) of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Pinole Valley HS (Pinole, CA).

High School: Pinole Valley HS (Pinole, CA)

Debut: May 12, 1986 (Age 22-170d, 15,152nd in major league history)
vs. SEA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1999 (Age 35-314d)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Dale Curtis Sveum

Nicknames: Bo

Pronunciation: \SWAIM\

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Relatives: Cousin of John Olerud

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.3

2526

597

.236

305

RBI

340

OBP

.298

SLG

.378

OPS

.676

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 69 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 11 go ahead

6 Tms
MIL	46
PIT	16
PHI	2
OAK	2
CHW	2
SEA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	25

Outs
0	26
1	23
2	20

23 Opps
CLE	9
OAK	6
NYY	6
DET	6
BAL	6
CHW	5
TOR	4
SFG	3
TEX	3
CAL	3
KCR	3
COL	2
CIN	2
NYM	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
MON	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

63 Pitchers
Bill Gullickson	2
Greg Swindell	2
Eric Bell	2
Dave Stewart	2
Mike Witt	2
Jaime Navarro	2
Dave Mlicki	1
Jeff Musselman	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Glendon Rusch	1
Mike Morgan	1
Cal Eldred	1
Ramón Martínez	1
Mike Henneman	1
Dale Mohorcic	1
Dave Stieb	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Jack Morris	1
John Habyan	1
Denny Neagle	1
Brett Tomko	1
Tim Stoddard	1
Dan Petry	1
Willie Hernández	1
Greg Harris	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Gabe White	1
Eric King	1
Dave Righetti	1
Jimmy Key	1
Mike Trujillo	1
Sam Militello	1
Scott Bailes	1
John Franco	1
Chuck Finley	1
John Farrell	1
Shawn Estes	1
Danny Darwin	1
Todd Burns	1
Tom Candiotti	1
Frank Castillo	1
Steve Rosenberg	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Frank Tanana	1
Paul Kilgus	1
Robb Nen	1
Bill Long	1
Roger Bailey	1
Dan Carlson	1
Mark Eichhorn	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	1
Darrel Akerfelds	1
Jeff Brantley	1
Oswaldo Peraza	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Jamie Easterly	1
Eric Plunk	1
Dustin Hermanson	1
Ken Schrom	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Curt Young	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Tyler Green	1

24 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	20
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	21
7	16
89	9
78	5
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	32
2	10
3	9
1	5
5	5
7+	4
4	3
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	60
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	14
-2-	5
12-	4
--3	4
-23	3
1-3	3

112 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	36
1 on	23
2 on	10
Any on	33

Inning
1	1
2	9
3	5
4	7
5	10
6	10
7	8
8	8
9	11

1-3	15
4-6	27
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	1
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	5
-1	12
-2	10
-3	6
-4..	12

Ahead	24
Tied	5
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	32
1-0	6
0-0	5
1-1	5
3-2	4
0-1	4
1-2	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
0-2	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	33
3B	20
2B	8
1B	3
PH	3
DH	2

OrderPos
9th	23
8th	13
5th	11
7th	10
6th	6
4th	3
2nd	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-05-20	MIL		CLE	Ken Schrom	behind 1-8	b 2	2	---		1	9	5	0.025	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1986-06-04	MIL		KCR	Dennis Leonard	behind 2-5	b 6	0	---		1	6	5	0.098	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1986-06-27	MIL	@	DET	Frank Tanana	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---		1	7	5	0.092	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	1986-07-20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	Eric Plunk	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	---		1	8	5	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1986-08-18	MIL	@	CLE	Tom Candiotti	behind 3-10	t 9	0	---		1	8	4	0.002	0%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1986-09-06	MIL		CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 2-16	b 6	0	---		1	2	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1986-09-14	MIL		TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--		2	8	4	0.162	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Braggs Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1987-04-15	MIL	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	6	0.124	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	2	1	1987-04-19	MIL		TEX	Greg Harris	tied 4-4	b 9	2	1--		2	9	6	0.430	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; J. Gantner Scores
10	10	3	1	1987-05-01	MIL	@	SEA	Mike Trujillo	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	6	0.092	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
11	11	4	1	1987-05-12	MIL		OAK	Dave Stewart	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---		1	9	6	0.104	45%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1987-05-31	MIL	@	CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---		1	9	6	0.132	50%		Home Run
13	13	6	1	1987-06-01	MIL		KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---		1	9	6	0.072	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	7	1	1987-06-14	MIL	@	NYY	Dave Righetti	behind 3-4	t 9	1	---		1	5	6	0.343	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	8	1	1987-07-10	MIL	@	OAK	Dave Stewart	behind 0-7	t 9	1	12-		3	9	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Surhoff Scores; J. Castillo Scores
16	16	9	1	1987-07-11	MIL	@	OAK	Joaquín Andújar	behind 1-3	t 7	1	1--		2	9	6	0.271	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Braggs Scores
17	17	10	1	1987-07-17	MIL		CAL	Mike Witt	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---		1	9	4	0.104	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	11	2	1987-07-17	MIL		CAL	Mike Witt	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	1--		2	9	4	0.118	90%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Schroeder Scores
19	19	12	3	1987-07-17	MIL		CAL	Chuck Finley	ahead 9-2	b 7	1	-23		3	9	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Kiefer Scores; G. Braggs Scores
20	20	13	1	1987-07-25	MIL		OAK	Curt Young	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-		2	8	4	0.185	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Schroeder Scores
21	21	14	1	1987-07-29	MIL	@	TEX	Dale Mohorcic	behind 6-7	t 9	0	---		1	9	4	0.327	50%		Home Run
22	22	15	1	1987-08-07	MIL	@	CHW	Dave LaPoint	behind 1-2	t 7	0	1--		2	9	6	0.295	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Castillo Scores/unER
23	23	16	1	1987-08-14	MIL	@	BAL	Eric Bell	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	-23		3	6	6	0.218	84%		Home Run; R. Deer Scores; G. Braggs Scores
24	24	17	2	1987-08-14	MIL	@	BAL	Eric Bell	ahead 5-1	t 6	0	---		1	6	6	0.036	95%		Home Run
25	25	18	1	1987-08-18	MIL	@	CLE	Darrel Akerfelds	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1-3		3	8	6	0.203	67%		Home Run; R. Deer Scores; E. Riles Scores
26	26	19	1	1987-08-25	MIL		CLE	Jamie Easterly	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	12-		3	8	6	0.062	98%		Home Run; B. Surhoff Scores; E. Riles Scores
27	27	20	1	1987-09-14	MIL	@	NYY	Bill Gullickson	ahead 5-4	t 7	1	---		1	9	6	0.132	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	21	1	1987-09-15	MIL	@	NYY	Tim Stoddard	behind 1-4	t 9	0	1--		2	6	4	0.096	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Deer Scores
29	29	22	1	1987-09-18	MIL	@	DET	Mike Henneman	behind 1-7	t 9	1	-2-		2	7	6	0.003	1%		Home Run; B. Surhoff Scores
30	30	23	1	1987-09-20	MIL	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	--3		2	9	6	0.160	75%		Home Run; B. Surhoff Scores/unER; D. Sveum Scores/unER
31	31	24	1	1987-09-23	MIL		NYY	Bill Gullickson	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---		1	9	6	0.072	88%		Home Run
32	32	25	1	1987-09-30	MIL	@	TOR	Jeff Musselman	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	--3		2	9	6	0.193	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Felder Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1988-04-04	MIL	@	BAL	Oswaldo Peraza	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	-2-	3,(1-1) .C1.BX	2	9	6	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Kiefer Scores
34	34	2	1	1988-04-06	MIL	@	BAL	Mike Morgan	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	9	6	0.173	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1988-04-27	MIL	@	TEX	Paul Kilgus	behind 0-1	t 2	2	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	8	6	0.189	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); G. Braggs Scores
36	36	4	1	1988-05-14	MIL		CLE	John Farrell	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	7	6	0.136	56%		Home Run
37	37	5	1	1988-05-17	MIL		DET	Willie Hernández	behind 3-8	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	6	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	6	1	1988-05-27	MIL	@	CLE	Scott Bailes	behind 1-4	t 7	1	1--	5,(2-2) CCBBX	2	5	DH	0.154	26%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Braggs Scores
39	39	7	1	1988-06-12	MIL	@	CHW	Bill Long	ahead 6-2	t 5	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	6	0.075	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Leonard Scores/unER; B. Robidoux Scores/unER; D. Sveum Scores/unER
40	40	8	2	1988-06-12	MIL	@	CHW	Steve Rosenberg	ahead 14-2	t 8	2	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	7	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Leonard Scores
41	41	9	1	1988-06-27	MIL	@	OAK	Todd Burns	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	9	6	0.116	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1990-09-24	MIL		TOR	Jimmy Key	behind 1-6	b 7	1	1--	6,(2-2) FBBFFX	2	8	5	0.056	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Surhoff Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1991-05-25	MIL		CLE	Eric King	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	8,(3-2) BBCFFBFX	1	8	5	0.077	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sveum Scores
44	44	2	1	1991-05-27	MIL		DET	Jerry Don Gleaton	behind 5-8	b 8	0	---	14,(3-2) BBBCCFFFFFFFFX	1	8	5	0.077	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Sveum Scores
45	45	3	1	1991-05-28	MIL		DET	Dan Petry	ahead 5-0	b 2	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	5	0.057	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball); W. Randolph Scores; R. Yount Scores; D. Sveum Scores
46	46	4	1	1991-07-27	MIL	@	MIN	Denny Neagle	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) BBFFBFX	1	7	5	0.092	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Sveum Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1992-07-05	PHI	@	LAD	Ramón Martínez	ahead 7-2	t 5	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	7	5	0.032	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Kruk Scores/unER; D. Sveum Scores/unER
48	48	2	1	1992-07-07 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	Jeff Brantley	behind 4-10	t 9	0	1--	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	7	6	0.007	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Amaro Scores; D. Sveum Scores
49	49	3	1	1992-08-15	CHW		NYY	Sam Militello	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	6	0.134	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Sveum Scores
50	50	4	1	1992-09-14	CHW	@	NYY	John Habyan	ahead 6-4	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	6	0.083	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sveum Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1993-06-05	OAK	@	TOR	Mark Eichhorn	behind 4-9	t 8	1	---		1	3	PH	0.013	2%		Home Run
52	52	2	1	1993-06-09	OAK	@	BAL	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	5	0.119	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1994-05-27	SEA	@	MIL	Cal Eldred	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	0.106	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1996-09-29	PIT	@	CHC	Jaime Navarro	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	5	5	0.234	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Johnson Scores/unER; D. Sveum Scores/unER
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1997-05-25	PIT	@	MON	Dustin Hermanson	behind 0-2	t 5	1	12-	9,(3-2) FBCFFBFBX	3	8	6	0.316	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Kendall Scores; K. Young Scores
56	56	2	1	1997-06-15	PIT		KCR	Glendon Rusch	behind 0-8	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .BCBFX	1	9	6	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Sveum Scores
57	57	3	1	1997-06-19	PIT	@	NYM	John Franco	behind 3-6	t 9	2	-23	2,(1-0) *BX	3	8	6	0.356	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Smith Scores; J. Guillén Scores
58	58	4	1	1997-06-27	PIT		NYM	Dave Mlicki	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	5	0.053	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Young Scores
59	59	5	1	1997-06-30	PIT		CHW	Danny Darwin	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	0.105	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	6	1	1997-07-02	PIT		CHW	Jaime Navarro	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	5	0.103	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
61	61	7	1	1997-07-19	PIT	@	PHI	Tyler Green	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	5	0.219	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Ward Scores
62	62	8	1	1997-07-26	PIT	@	SFG	Dan Carlson	ahead 9-3	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	0.005	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
63	63	9	1	1997-08-09	PIT	@	COL	Frank Castillo	behind 4-5	t 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	4	3	0.099	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
64	64	10	1	1997-08-10	PIT	@	COL	Roger Bailey	behind 5-7	t 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	5	5	0.244	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Williams Scores
65	65	11	1	1997-08-18	PIT	@	FLA	Robb Nen	ahead 5-2	t 9	0	-2-	2,(0-1) .CX	2	5	5	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Womack Scores; D. Sveum Scores
66	66	12	1	1997-09-17	PIT		HOU	Shane Reynolds	behind 2-8	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	7	PH	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Randa Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1999-08-18	PIT	@	CIN	Brett Tomko	ahead 6-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.043	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
68	68	2	2	1999-08-18	PIT	@	CIN	Gabe White	ahead 7-2	t 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	3	0.044	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Benjamin Scores; B. Giles Scores
69	69	3	1	1999-08-29	PIT	@	SFG	Shawn Estes	behind 1-5	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	PH	0.026	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)

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CLE	9
OAK	6
NYY	6
DET	6
BAL	6
CHW	5
TOR	4
SFG	3
TEX	3
CAL	3
KCR	3
COL	2
CIN	2
NYM	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
MON	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

CLE	9
OAK	6
NYY	6
DET	6
BAL	6
CHW	5
TOR	4
SFG	3
TEX	3
CAL	3
KCR	3
COL	2
CIN	2
NYM	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
MON	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

CLE	9
OAK	6
NYY	6
DET	6
BAL	6
CHW	5
TOR	4
SFG	3
TEX	3
CAL	3
KCR	3
COL	2
CIN	2
NYM	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
MON	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
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