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Name Team Age
Don Sveum Retired (1993, Age 35) Died (2020, Age 63)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8
(1975)		 1B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League 0 12 years (66 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A+ A+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C  D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ A- A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
F  0 11/23/1957
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 2 2
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (SS)
A+ (93.8 %) C+ (49.7 %) D+ (27.5 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1981 SD 128 401 36 93 10 3 3 42 56 64 5 3 14 .620 .325 .294 .232
1982 SD 130 535 94 150 27 5 6 47 75 81 20 8 6 .754 .371 .383 .280
1983 MIA 130 511 87 136 25 5 8 47 61 76 9 6 4 .732 .350 .382 .266
1984 MIA 108 436 75 126 27 3 8 44 49 56 12 3 1 .782 .362 .420 .289
1985 MIA 130 489 86 127 24 8 5 35 70 72 19 9 1 .724 .352 .372 .260
1986 WAS 89 359 48 100 18 3 8 44 32 64 16 4 4 .756 .343 .412 .279
1987 WAS 77 199 25 44 9 1 5 28 17 39 7 2 1 .637 .286 .352 .221
1988 WAS 130 457 74 134 19 9 10 50 60 66 20 5 14 .816 .376 .440 .293
1989 WAS 138 449 66 130 12 4 8 40 53 72 19 8 7 .753 .366 .388 .290
1990 WAS 122 406 59 124 19 3 11 46 44 64 16 13 6 .825 .377 .448 .305
1991 WAS 95 333 46 96 18 2 3 24 31 52 20 7 6 .727 .346 .381 .288
1992 MIN 79 234 30 75 13 8 6 25 25 31 13 8 5 .912 .391 .521 .321
1993 DET 63 132 13 38 8 0 3 19 12 24 2 1 2 .764 .347 .417 .288
Total 1419 4941 739 1373 229 54 84 491 585 761 178 77 71 .753 .356 .397 .278
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.