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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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	48	8.2	12	0	0	12	0
3	3	Apr 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	6	0	0	6	1
4	10 (6)	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	12	1	1	14	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	11	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
6	12	May 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	13	May 2 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	14	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
9	15	May 4	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
10	16	May 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
11	17	May 6	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-10	GS	33	6.0	9	0	0	9	1
12	18	May 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
13	19	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
14	20	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	21	May 12	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	22	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
17	23	May 14	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
18	24	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
19	25	May 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
20	26	May 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	1	2	0
21	27	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	42	8.2	12	0	0	12	2
22	28	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	10	3	0	13	0
23	29	May 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
24	30	May 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	31	May 24	BOS	@	WSH	L,9-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
27	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
28	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-5	GF	15	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	GF	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41 (3)	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
32	42	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
33	43	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
34	44	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
35	45	Jun 7	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	46	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
37	47	Jun 12	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	48	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
39	49	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	50	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
41	51	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
42	52	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
43	53	Jun 21	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	54	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
45	55	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-13	CG	45	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
46	56	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
47	57	Jun 24	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	21	0	0	21	1
48	58	Jun 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
49	59	Jun 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	60	Jun 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	51	13.0	17	2	0	19	4
51	61	Jun 28 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	62	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
53	63	Jun 29	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
54	64	Jun 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	65	Jul 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
56	66	Jul 2	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
57	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	43	11.0	16	1	0	17	1
60	70	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	71	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
62	72	Jul 9	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-14	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	78 (5)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	14	1	0	15	0
64	79	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	3
65	80	Jul 16	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
66	81	Jul 17	BOS		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
67	82	Jul 18	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
68	83	Jul 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	18	0	0	18	0
69	84	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
70	85	Jul 21	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
71	86	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
72	87	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
73	88	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
74	89	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
75	90	Jul 25	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	14	2	0	16	2
76	91	Jul 26 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
77	92	Jul 26 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
78	93	Jul 27	BOS		DET	W,13-4	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	94	Jul 28	BOS		DET	W,8-1	GS	0	3.0	4	2	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98 (3)	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
81	99	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
82	100	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
83	101	Aug 3	BOS		NYY	L,8-9	CG	50	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
84	102	Aug 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
85	103	Aug 5 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
86	104	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-15	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	105	Aug 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	106	Aug 9	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	12	1	1	14	2
89	107	Aug 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
90	108	Aug 12	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
91	109	Aug 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
92	110	Aug 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
93	111	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
94	112	Aug 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
95	113	Aug 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
96	114	Aug 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
97	115	Aug 19	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	116	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	1	9	1
99	117	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
100	118	Aug 22	BOS	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
101	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	1	7	2
102	120	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
103	121	Aug 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	122	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
105	123	Aug 30	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	CG	53	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
106	124	Aug 31	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	125	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
108	126	Sep 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
109	127	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
110	128	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	129	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
112	130	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
113	131	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
114	132	Sep 6	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
115	133	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
116	134	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,1-15	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
117	135	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
118	136	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
119	137	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	0	13.0	14	0	0	14	1
120	138	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
121	139	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		CHW	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	22	0	0	22	0
122	151 (11)	Sep 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
123	152	Sep 25	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
124	153	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
							124gm		1073.0	1283	92	9	1384	89