Mike Sweeney

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: July 22, 1973 in Orange, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ontario HS (Ontario, CA).

High School: Ontario HS (Ontario, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1995 (Age 22-044d, 16,771st in major league history)
vs. TOR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 37-073d)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Michael John Sweeney

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.8

5188

1540

215

.297

759

RBI

909

OBP

.366

SLG

.486

OPS

.851

OPS+

118

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

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH C
2	2	Apr 3	KCR	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 4	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-7	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 6	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-2	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 9	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 12	KCR		MIN	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	15 (6)	Apr 20	KCR		ANA	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	20 (4)	Apr 26	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-7	GF	33	5.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (4)	May 2	KCR		NYY	L,1-9	GF	18	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
11	26	May 3	KCR		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	29 (2)	May 6	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
13	31 (1)	May 8	KCR	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
14	32	May 9	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	34 (1)	May 11	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	35	May 13	KCR		BOS	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	36	May 14	KCR		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
18	37	May 15	KCR		DET	W,10-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	38	May 16	KCR		DET	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	40 (1)	May 18	KCR		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
21	41	May 20	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	42	May 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
23	43	May 22	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	44	May 23	KCR		SEA	L,4-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
25	46 (1)	May 25	KCR		SEA	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	83 (36)	Jul 10	KCR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	84	Jul 11	KCR		CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	85	Jul 12	KCR		CHW	L,7-11	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
29	86	Jul 13	KCR		CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
30	87	Jul 14	KCR		MIL	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	89 (1)	Jul 16	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
32	91 (1)	Jul 18	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	92	Jul 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	93	Jul 20	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	94	Jul 22	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	95	Jul 23	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	97 (1)	Jul 25	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	99 (1)	Jul 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
39	100	Jul 28 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
40	102 (1)	Jul 29	KCR		MIN	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
41	103	Jul 30	KCR		MIN	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	104	Jul 31	KCR		BOS	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	105	Aug 1	KCR		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
44	108 (2)	Aug 4	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	109	Aug 5	KCR		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
46	110	Aug 6	KCR		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	113 (2)	Aug 9	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-2	GS	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	115 (1)	Aug 12	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
49	117 (1)	Aug 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	118	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
51	120 (1)	Aug 17	KCR	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
52	121	Aug 19 (1)	KCR		BAL	L,9-12	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
53	123 (1)	Aug 20	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	125 (1)	Aug 22	KCR		TOR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	126	Aug 23	KCR		TOR	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	127	Aug 24	KCR		TOR	L,8-11	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	PR C
57	128	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	130 (1)	Aug 28	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	131	Aug 29	KCR		STL	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	133 (1)	Aug 31	KCR		STL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	135 (1)	Sep 2	KCR	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
62	136	Sep 3	KCR	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
63	138 (1)	Sep 5	KCR		OAK	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	140 (1)	Sep 7	KCR		OAK	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	143 (2)	Sep 11	KCR	@	ANA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
66	144	Sep 12	KCR	@	ANA	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	145	Sep 13	KCR	@	ANA	W,3-1	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	147 (1)	Sep 15	KCR	@	TEX	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	149 (1)	Sep 17	KCR		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	150	Sep 18	KCR		CHW	L,2-9	GS	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	152 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	KCR		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	153	Sep 20	KCR		CLE	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
73	156 (2)	Sep 23 (2)	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
74	157	Sep 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4		14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	158	Sep 25	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	160 (1)	Sep 27	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
							76gm		579.2	425	31	3	459	13