Bill Sweeney

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 29, 1904 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: April 18, 1957 in San Diego, CA

Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Montebello, CA

School: John Carroll University (University Heights, OH)

Debut: April 13, 1928 (Age 23-106d, 6,703rd in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1931 (Age 26-272d)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: William Joseph Sweeney

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

1050

300

.286

128

RBI

107

OBP

.314

SLG

.371

OPS

.685

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	8 (3)	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
3	9	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
4	10	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
5	11	Apr 21	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
6	12	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	13	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
8	14	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
9	15	Apr 25	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
10	16	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	17	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,6-10	GS	39	6.0	8	0	1	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	21 (3)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
13	22	May 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	15	1	1	17	0
14	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	10	0	1	11	1
15	36 (12)	May 20	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
16	37	May 22	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
17	38	May 23	DET		SLB	L,3-8	GS	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
18	39	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	52	12.0	10	3	0	13	0
19	40	May 25	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
20	41	May 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	42	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
22	43	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	14	0	0	14	1
23	44	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	45	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
25	46	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	47	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
27	48	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
28	49	Jun 9 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
29	50	Jun 9 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	51	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
31	52	Jun 11	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
32	53	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	54	Jun 13	DET		PHA	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
34	55	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
35	68 (12)	Jun 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
36	69	Jun 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	70	Jul 1	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
38	71	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
39	72	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	12	2	0	14	2
40	73	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
41	74	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
42	75	Jul 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,20-8	CG	47	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
43	76	Jul 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS	0	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
45	78	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	1	2	1
46	79	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	12	0	0	12	0
47	80	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	21	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	81	Jul 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	16	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	82	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	88 (5)	Jul 20	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS	0		7	0	0	7	3
51	93 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-12	GF	22	3.0	5	1	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	100 (6)	Aug 1	DET		WSH	W,10-5	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	101	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GS	0	12.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	102	Aug 3	DET		WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	104 (1)	Aug 5	DET		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
56	105	Aug 6	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
57	106	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
58	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
59	108	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
60	109	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	10	1	0	11	1
61	110	Aug 13	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
62	111	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
63	112	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
64	113	Aug 16	DET	@	PHA	L,6-18	CG	48	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
65	114	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	115	Aug 18	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
69	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
70	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
71	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
72	121	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	8	0	0	8	2
73	122	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	123	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	26	6.0	6	2	0	8	1
75	124	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
76	125	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	24	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	135 (9)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
							78gm		611.0	680	55	5	740	51