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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Mike Sweeney Center Field
Retired (1988, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .819 Status Retired (1988) Option Years 0  
H 243 Age 74 (OS 75) Date of Birth 12-31-1953
HR 53 Drafted Round 2, Pick 25
(1978)
Majors Svc Time 7 years
(137 games)
RBI 168
SB 7
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R A+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D+   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 3
1B --- LF A+ (99.0%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health B- LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF ---   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 
1978 Minors 25 24.00 1 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 2 3 / 3 6 / 6 15 / 24
1979 Minors 26 28.00 5 / 6 1 / 2 2 / 7 0 / 2 3 / 5 3 / 4 2 / 2 16 / 28
1979 Majors 26 3.72 15 6 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 3
1980 Minors 27 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 4
1980 Majors 27 27.46 128 19 0 1 / 4 0 / 5 3 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 2 9 / 27
1981 Minors 28 21.00 2 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 3 3 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 1 10 / 21
1981 Majors 28 5.03 37 0 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 5
1982 Minors 29 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2
1982 Majors 29 29.47 153 14 0 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 29
1983 Majors 30 25.96 122 22 21 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 25
1984 Majors 31 23.85 162 17 0 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 1 / 23
1985 Majors 32 22.35 162 18 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 22
1986 Majors 33 40.24 162 40 0 0 / 8 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 4 2 / 40
1987 Majors 34 25.63 162 5 0 -2 / 3 -3 / 4 -6 / 4 -3 / 1 -2 / 2 -2 / 7 -3 / 4 -21 / 25
1988 Majors 35 23.25 162 12 0 -5 / 4 -4 / 3 -2 / 6 -2 / 4 -4 / 3 -2 / 1 -4 / 2 -23 / 23
Total 1265 153 21 2 / 47 -2 / 40 1 / 49 3 / 48 1 / 36 9 / 45 5 / 36 19 / 301
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Mike Sweeney has retired from the Brooklyn Robins
1983-06-05Mike Sweeney of the Brooklyn Robins is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1983-04-03The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Bobby Kasko to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have designated Red McFly for assignment.
1983-04-03The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney down to the minors.
1982-07-13The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have designated Jim Foster for assignment.
1982-07-09The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Dave Wihtol to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney to the minors.
1982-07-09The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Dave Wihtol to the minors.
1982-07-02The Brooklyn Robins have demoted Mike Sweeney to the minor leagues.
1982-04-01The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Rich Alvarez to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Lew Sanchez to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Dave Foutz to the major league team.
1981-06-16The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Hank Hedlund to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted John Coffman to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Frank Neiger to the minors. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney to the minors.
1981-05-05The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team.
1980-09-02The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney down to the minors.
1980-05-02The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Fred Boland to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Frank Neiger to the minors. The Brooklyn Robins have designated Rusty Dickerson for assignment.
1980-04-25The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney down to the minors.
1980-03-25The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Mike Sweeney to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Dick McCarthy to the major league team.
1979-05-27The Brooklyn Robins have promoted Ray Clemens to the major league team. The Brooklyn Robins have sent Mike Sweeney to the minors.
1979-05-10The Brooklyn Robins have auto-promoted Mike Sweeney to the major leagues.
1979-05-02The Brooklyn Robins have removed Mike Sweeney from the trade block.
1979-04-10The Brooklyn Robins have placed Mike Sweeney on the trade block.
1979-04-05The Brooklyn Robins have acquired Mike Sweeney from the waiver wire.
1979-04-01The Tampa Bay Tides have waived Mike Sweeney.
1977-08-23A trade has been completed between the Tampa Bay Tides and the Minnesota Maulers. The Minnesota Maulers receive Sam Troy from the Tampa Bay Tides in exchange for Pinky Flowers, Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 NYN (Mike Sweeney).
1976-04-21A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Maulers and the New York Metropolitans. The New York Metropolitans receive Pete Pistolli, Rick Ward, Draft Pick 1977 Round 3 BAL (Paul Kunz) from the Minnesota Maulers in exchange for Shelly Jackson, Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 NYN (Mike Sweeney).