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