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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 C  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt D  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 F  LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF F  (0.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1975 Minors 18 79.00 5 / 11 3 / 4 7 / 19 6 / 11 4 / 11 11 / 11 12 / 12 48 / 79
1976 Minors 19 69.00 5 / 11 6 / 11 4 / 9 5 / 6 5 / 11 7 / 10 10 / 11 42 / 69
1977 Minors 20 60.00 4 / 9 3 / 5 4 / 9 4 / 8 3 / 11 6 / 8 3 / 10 27 / 60
1977 Pos (2B) 20 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 8
1978 Minors 21 68.00 3 / 7 7 / 17 3 / 10 3 / 4 3 / 14 6 / 6 6 / 10 31 / 68
1978 Pos (2B) 21 23.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 13 / 23
1979 Minors 22 77.00 2 / 7 3 / 7 1 / 12 3 / 13 4 / 12 3 / 12 8 / 14 24 / 77
1979 Pos (1B) 22 141.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 141
1980 Minors 23 56.00 0 / 9 2 / 5 0 / 10 5 / 7 2 / 9 1 / 9 4 / 7 14 / 56
1980 Pos (2B) 23 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3
1981 Majors 24 65.65 162 128 0 0 / 8 5 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 8 3 / 10 2 / 13 12 / 65
1982 Majors 25 76.15 162 130 0 0 / 10 2 / 13 0 / 12 4 / 18 2 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 9 12 / 76
1983 Majors 26 75.15 162 130 0 0 / 7 2 / 13 0 / 10 2 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 8 1 / 14 5 / 75
1984 Majors 27 62.46 134 108 19 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 12 2 / 10 0 / 8 3 / 62
1985 Majors 28 73.86 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 9 2 / 11 3 / 15 6 / 73
1986 Majors 29 45.13 111 87 51 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 7 1 / 45
1987 Majors 30 34.66 115 42 47 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 6 2 / 34
1988 Majors 31 61.79 162 118 0 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 61
1989 Majors 32 61.97 162 109 0 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 61
1990 Majors 33 59.25 152 101 10 0 / 8 0 / 14 0 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 59
1991 Majors 34 46.28 122 87 40 -1 / 7 -1 / 7 -2 / 5 -3 / 5 -6 / 5 0 / 10 -4 / 7 -17 / 46
1992 Majors 35 39.52 133 61 29 -3 / 2 -1 / 11 -3 / 4 -5 / 6 -4 / 5 -3 / 6 -3 / 5 -22 / 39
1993 Majors 36 29.15 150 24 12 -4 / 6 -2 / 5 -2 / 3 -7 / 2 -2 / 5 -1 / 2 -3 / 6 -21 / 29
Total 1889 1255 208 11 / 155 29 / 162 12 / 174 22 / 154 13 / 169 39 / 146 43 / 174 211 / 1309
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.