Mike Sweeney

Full Name: Michael John Sweeney	Primary Position: 1B,DH,C
Height/Weight: 6'3"/225	First Game: September 4, 1995
Birthdate: July 22, 1973	MLB Experience: 13 years
Birthplace: Orange, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Mike Sweeney (Michael John Sweeney) was born on July 22, 1973 in Orange, California. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1995 for the Kansas City Royals. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 4 home runs and 24 RBI. Sweeney played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 12 year career.

Most people believe that Mike Sweeney's best season was 2000, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .333 average and knocked in 144 runs.

Scouting Report

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	KC	A	4	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	KC	A	50	165	23	46	4	24	.279	.358	.412	10	0	18	21	4	0	1	0	7
1997	KC	A	84	240	30	58	7	31	.242	.306	.363	8	0	17	33	6	1	3	0	8
1998	KC	A	92	282	32	73	8	35	.259	.320	.408	18	0	24	38	2	2	2	1	7
1999	KC	A	150	575	101	185	22	102	.322	.387	.520	44	2	54	48	10	0	6	0	21
2000	KC	A	159	618	105	206	29	144	.333	.407	.523	30	0	71	67	15	0	8	5	15
2001	KC	A	147	559	97	170	29	99	.304	.374	.542	46	0	64	64	2	1	10	13	13
2002	KC	A	126	471	81	160	24	86	.340	.417	.563	31	1	61	46	6	0	9	10	9
2003	KC	A	108	392	62	115	16	83	.293	.391	.467	18	1	64	56	2	0	3	5	13
2004	KC	A	106	411	56	118	22	79	.287	.347	.504	23	0	33	44	6	0	3	9	7
2005	KC	A	122	470	63	141	21	83	.300	.347	.517	39	0	33	61	4	1	3	7	16
2006	KC	A	60	217	23	56	8	33	.258	.349	.438	15	0	28	48	4	0	2	5	5
2007	KC	A	74	265	26	69	7	38	.260	.315	.404	15	1	17	29	5	0	0	4	9
Total			1282	4669	700	1398	197	837	.299	.369	.492	297	5	484	555	66	5	50	59	130

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1995	KC	A	C	4	0	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.875
1996	KC	A	C	26	26	229	158	7	1	3	4	11	8	.994
1996	KC	A	DH	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	KC	A	DH	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	KC	A	C	76	63	579.2	425	31	3	13	3	32	23	.993
1998	KC	A	C	91	75	705.1	517	33	9	6	9	50	21	.984
1999	KC	A	1B	74	73	630.2	584	41	12	76	0	0	0	.981
1999	KC	A	DH	71	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	KC	A	C	4	3	22	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.000
2000	KC	A	1B	114	114	977.1	960	88	9	107	0	0	0	.991
2000	KC	A	DH	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	KC	A	DH	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	KC	A	1B	108	108	931.1	946	88	12	124	0	0	0	.989
2002	KC	A	1B	102	101	872	837	105	9	94	0	0	0	.991
2002	KC	A	DH	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	KC	A	DH	62	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	KC	A	1B	45	45	376	379	35	4	30	0	0	0	.990
2004	KC	A	DH	48	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	KC	A	1B	55	55	471	467	36	4	44	0	0	0	.992
2005	KC	A	DH	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	KC	A	1B	49	49	419.1	441	29	1	29	0	0	0	.998
2006	KC	A	DH	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	KC	A	DH	65	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	KC	A	1B	6	6	39.1	40	2	1	5	0	0	0	.977
Total			DH	510	505	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	553	551	4717	4654	424	52	509	0	0	0	.990
Total			C	201	167	1543	1111	73	14	22	16	94	54	.988

Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1991 - signed July 22, 1991).
Signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics (February 10, 2008).

Trivia

Sweeney is fluent in Spanish.
Had Sweeney not been ejected in that game against the Detroit Tigers on August 10, 2001, (his first career ejection) after charging pitcher Jeff Weaver in the sixth inning, he would've kept his streak of playing 171 consecutive games alive.