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.
