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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Don Sveum First Base
Retired (1993, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .278 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .753 Status Deceased (2020) Option Years 0  
H 1373 Age at Death 63 Date of Birth 11-23-1957
HR 84 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(1975)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(66 games)
RBI 491
SB 178 Salary $0.65M Final Contract Year 1993
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity C-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS D+ (27.5%) Range B- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF C+ (49.7%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF (0.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1981 2B SD 92 92 750.1 409 163 235 11 46 -10 4.77 .973
1B SD 36 36 292.0 312 299 10 3 21 -5 9.52 .990
1982 1B SD 129 129 1145.1 1219 1172 41 6 85 -6 9.53 .995
2B SD 1 1 10.1 5 2 3 0 0 -1 4.36 1.000
1983 1B MIA 130 130 1146.1 1192 1144 44 4 60 -6 9.33 .997
1984 1B MIA 108 108 952.2 990 956 33 1 69 -2 9.34 .999
1985 1B MIA 130 130 1152.2 1222 1187 34 1 88 +4 9.53 .999
1986 1B WAS 59 57 520.2 581 567 13 1 31 -3 10.03 .998
2B WAS 30 30 267.1 173 82 88 3 24 -6 5.72 .983
1987 1B WAS 54 29 305.2 330 323 6 1 24 +3 9.69 .997
2B WAS 13 13 116.0 47 22 25 0 5 -3 3.65 1.000
1988 2B WAS 71 71 622.2 352 178 166 8 30 -7 4.97 .977
1B WAS 23 21 182.2 208 204 2 2 10 0 10.15 .990
RF WAS 16 16 139.0 32 32 0 0 0 -2 2.07 1.000
3B WAS 5 5 46.0 15 7 6 2 1 -2 2.54 .867
SS WAS 4 4 36.0 20 5 13 2 1 0 4.50 .900
LF WAS 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
C WAS 2 0 4.2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.66 1.000
1989 LF WAS 36 36 310.2 66 65 1 0 0 -3 1.91 1.000
2B WAS 39 31 292.0 159 71 84 4 16 -4 4.78 .975
1B WAS 31 29 252.2 266 252 14 0 9 -2 9.48 1.000
3B WAS 7 7 61.1 14 3 10 1 1 -1 1.91 .929
SS WAS 6 6 53.0 22 4 16 2 2 -1 3.40 .909
C WAS 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
1990 2B WAS 82 75 681.0 352 151 195 6 40 +3 4.57 .983
1B WAS 25 24 210.2 225 221 4 0 13 -3 9.61 1.000
3B WAS 2 2 18.0 5 0 5 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
C WAS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 0.00 NaN
1991 2B WAS 72 72 619.0 335 138 191 6 27 -3 4.78 .982
1B WAS 13 13 118.2 116 114 2 0 11 +2 8.80 1.000
LF WAS 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
3B WAS 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1992 2B MIN 28 28 242.2 133 62 70 1 10 +4 4.90 .992
SS MIN 17 17 145.1 67 22 41 4 10 -4 3.90 .940
1B MIN 12 12 104.0 112 109 3 0 7 -4 9.69 1.000
LF MIN 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF MIN 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
1993 2B DET 18 18 171.0 86 39 45 2 8 0 4.42 .977
SS DET 6 6 52.0 22 7 15 0 6 -2 3.81 1.000
Pos Total 1B 750 718 6384.0 6773 6548 206 19 428 -22 9.52 .997
2B 446 431 3772.1 2051 908 1102 41 206 -27 4.80 .980
LF 41 40 347.2 75 74 1 0 0 -3 1.94 1.000
SS 33 33 286.1 131 38 85 8 19 -7 3.87 .939
RF 18 18 157.0 37 37 0 0 0 -2 2.12 1.000
3B 15 15 134.1 37 10 24 3 2 -3 2.28 .919
C 4 0 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 5.63 1.000
Total 1307 1255 11089.2 9109 7620 1418 71 655 0 2 0 0.0% -64 7.34 .992
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Don Sveum has retired from the Detroit Shock
1993-07-04Don Sveum of the Detroit Shock is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1993-03-30The Detroit Shock have promoted Don Sveum to the major league team. The Detroit Shock have promoted Paul Frisbee to the major league team.
1993-03-30Don Sveum has signed with the Detroit Shock for $0.65M per year for 1 year.
1992-05-30Don Sveum of the Minnesota Saints is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1992-04-01Trade #1177484 has been completed between the Washington Athletics and the Minnesota Saints. The Minnesota Saints receive Keith Greenberg, Ted Gowell, Don Sveum, Draft Pick 1993 Round 2 WAS (Rico Lanford) from the Washington Athletics in exchange for .
1991-06-09Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1991-04-09Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1990-04-08Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1987-05-14Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 53 days.
1986-05-30Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 53 days.
1986-04-14Don Sveum of the Washington Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1986-03-28The Washington Athletics have promoted Juan White to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Bryan Carmona to the major league team. The Washington Athletics have promoted Don Sveum to the major league team.
1986-03-28Don Sveum has signed with the Washington Athletics for $1.8M per year for 7 years.
1984-07-03Don Sveum of the Miami NumberMan is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1981-03-28The San Diego Thunder have promoted Don Sveum to the major league team.
1975-04-01The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jack Slagle to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted John Sutcliffe to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Don Sveum to the minors. The Philadelphia Thunder have sent Elmer Francona to the minors.
1975-03-30The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Del Unser to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Dave Hollins to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Jose Roberge to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Elmer Francona to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Glen Gorbous to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Don Sveum to the major league team.