Mark Sweeney Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
18	2131	.254	.347	.387	90	0.8

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1995	SLN	25	37	90	21	2	0	2	10	15	0	1	1	.273	.348	.377	87	-1.2	0.3	-1.0	-0.1
1996	SLN	26	98	209	45	9	0	3	33	29	1	3	0	.265	.387	.371	96	-0.1	-0.4	-1.3	0.3
1997	SDN	27	71	115	33	4	0	2	11	18	0	2	2	.320	.383	.417	90	-1.0	-0.7	-2.0	-0.1
1997	SLN	27	44	73	13	3	0	0	9	14	1	0	1	.213	.319	.262	93	-0.3	-0.9	-0.7	-0.1
1998	SDN	28	122	222	45	8	3	2	26	37	1	1	2	.234	.324	.339	84	-3.9	-1.7	-2.8	-0.5
1999	CIN	29	37	35	11	3	0	2	4	9	0	0	0	.355	.429	.645	102	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
2000	MIL	30	71	87	16	6	0	1	12	18	1	0	0	.219	.337	.342	84	-1.4	0.0	0.3	0.1
2001	MIL	31	48	103	23	3	1	3	12	23	0	2	1	.258	.347	.416	86	-1.3	-1.8	-2.3	-0.3
2002	SDN	32	48	69	11	3	0	1	4	19	0	0	0	.169	.217	.262	63	-2.9	-1.5	-0.1	-0.3
2003	COL	33	67	106	25	9	0	2	9	27	0	0	1	.258	.321	.412	85	-1.6	0.0	-2.4	-0.2
2004	COL	34	122	215	47	12	2	9	32	51	2	1	0	.266	.377	.508	102	0.9	-1.1	3.5	0.8
2005	SDN	35	135	267	65	12	1	8	40	58	0	4	0	.294	.395	.466	110	3.6	2.4	0.2	1.1
2006	SFN	36	114	291	65	15	2	5	28	50	3	0	1	.251	.330	.382	87	-3.7	-1.7	0.9	0.0
2007	LAN	37	30	34	9	1	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	.273	.294	.303	91	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
2007	SFN	37	76	107	23	8	0	2	13	18	3	2	0	.256	.368	.411	91	-0.7	0.2	-1.1	0.1
2008	LAN	38	98	108	12	3	0	0	15	28	0	0	0	.130	.250	.163	58	-5.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3
Career			1218	2131	464	101	9	42	259	425	12	16	9	.254	.347	.387	90	-18.9	-6.7	-9.0	0.8

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1991	BOI	A-	NWN	70	294	.000	.000	.000	.328			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1992	QUD	A	MDW	120	486	.000	.000	.000	.305			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	PSP	A+	CLF	66	292	.000	.000	.000	.394			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1993	MID	AA	TXS	51	225	.000	.000	.000	.369			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	MID	AA	TXS	14	63	.000	.000	.000	.316			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1994	VAN	AAA	PCL	103	412	.000	.000	.000	.314			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	SLN	MLB	NL	37	90	.255	.324	.394	.306	99	-1.5	2.7	-1.4	87	13	-1.0	0.3	-1.2	-0.1
1995	LOU	AAA	AA	22	94	.000	.000	.000	.394			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	VAN	AAA	PCL	69	273	.000	.000	.000	.380			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	SLN	MLB	NL	98	209	.264	.334	.408	.304	99	1.1	6.5	-1.6	96	12	-1.3	-0.4	-0.1	0.3
1997	SDN	MLB	NL	71	115	.264	.333	.411	.369	98	3.5	3.1	-0.7	90	13	-2.0	-0.7	-1.0	-0.1
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	44	73	.256	.329	.407	.271	93	-4.4	1.9	-0.5	93	13	-0.7	-0.9	-0.3	-0.1
1998	SDN	MLB	NL	122	222	.258	.323	.404	.276	91	-4.7	5.8	-2.1	84	8	-2.8	-1.7	-3.9	-0.5
1999	CIN	MLB	NL	37	35	.266	.338	.427	.450	100	2.4	0.9	0	102	23	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1
1999	IND	AAA	INT	0	374	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	MIL	MLB	NL	71	87	.262	.335	.428	.278	105	-2.2	2.7	-0.4	84	14	0.3	0.0	-1.4	0.1
2000	IND	AAA	INT	0	65	.000	.000	.000	.578			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	MIL	MLB	NL	48	103	.252	.325	.408	.317	104	0	3.1	-0.5	86	10	-2.3	-1.8	-1.3	-0.3
2001	IND	AAA	INT	109	467	.000	.000	.000	.336			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	SDN	MLB	NL	48	69	.254	.318	.396	.222	102	-6.9	2.0	-0.6	63	16	-0.1	-1.5	-2.9	-0.3
2002	POR	AAA	PCL	1	1	.000	.000	.000	1.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	COL	MLB	NL	67	106	.251	.321	.400	.338	109	-3	2.8	-0.6	85	13	-2.4	0.0	-1.6	-0.2
2003	CSP	AAA	PCL	51	205	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	COL	MLB	NL	122	215	.257	.325	.414	.314	115	5.7	6.4	-1.8	102	13	3.5	-1.1	0.9	0.8
2005	SDN	MLB	NL	135	267	.269	.334	.427	.356	92	14.6	7.7	-3.4	110	14	0.2	2.4	3.6	1.1
2006	SFN	MLB	NL	114	291	.268	.329	.428	.293	90	-1.4	8.8	-4.1	87	10	0.9	-1.7	-3.7	0.0
2007	LAN	MLB	NL	30	34	.245	.313	.389	.409	102	-2.1	1.0	-0.1	91	13	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.1
2007	SFN	MLB	NL	76	107	.271	.331	.420	.300	100	2.2	3.2	-0.6	91	12	-1.1	0.2	-0.7	0.1
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	98	108	.262	.330	.412	.185	94	-9.6	3.1	-0.3	58	13	0.0	0.0	-5.4	-0.3
2008	LVG	AAA	PCL	4	17	.285	.349	.462	.286	133	-1.5	0.5	-0.3	69	0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1991	BOI	A-	NWN	294	234	45	66	10	3	4	94	34	51	42	9	5	.282	.419	.402	.120	1	1
1992	QUD	A	MDW	486	424	65	115	20	5	14	187	76	47	85	15	11	.271	.345	.441	.170	6	6
1993	MID	AA	TXS	225	188	41	67	13	2	9	111	32	27	22	1	1	.356	.452	.590	.234	0	0
1993	PSP	A+	CLF	292	245	41	87	18	3	3	120	47	42	29	9	6	.355	.453	.490	.135	0	0
1994	VAN	AAA	PCL	412	344	59	98	12	3	8	140	49	59	50	3	3	.285	.396	.407	.122	1	1
1994	MID	AA	TXS	63	50	13	15	3	0	3	27	18	10	10	1	1	.300	.410	.540	.240	1	1
1995	LOU	AAA	AA	94	76	15	28	8	0	2	42	22	14	8	2	0	.368	.478	.553	.184	0	0
1995	VAN	AAA	PCL	273	226	48	78	14	2	7	117	59	43	33	3	1	.345	.452	.518	.173	1	1
1995	SLN	MLB	NL	90	77	5	21	2	0	2	29	13	10	15	1	1	.273	.348	.377	.104	2	1
1996	SLN	MLB	NL	209	170	32	45	9	0	3	63	22	33	29	3	0	.265	.387	.371	.106	0	5
1997	SDN	MLB	NL	115	103	11	33	4	0	2	43	19	11	18	2	2	.320	.383	.417	.097	1	0
1997	SLN	MLB	NL	73	61	5	13	3	0	0	16	4	9	14	0	1	.213	.319	.262	.049	1	1
1998	SDN	MLB	NL	222	192	17	45	8	3	2	65	15	26	37	1	2	.234	.324	.339	.104	3	0
1999	IND	AAA	INT	374	311	66	100	17	1	12	155	51	59	40	3	2	.322	.436	.498	.177	0	0
1999	CIN	MLB	NL	35	31	6	11	3	0	2	20	7	4	9	0	0	.355	.429	.645	.290	0	0
2000	MIL	MLB	NL	87	73	9	16	6	0	1	25	6	12	18	0	0	.219	.337	.342	.123	0	1
2000	IND	AAA	INT	65	55	13	28	8	0	2	42	14	10	8	0	0	.509	.585	.764	.255	0	0
2001	MIL	MLB	NL	103	89	9	23	3	1	3	37	11	12	23	2	1	.258	.347	.416	.157	0	2
2001	IND	AAA	INT	467	404	65	116	34	1	6	170	69	56	71	3	1	.287	.377	.421	.134	0	0
2002	SDN	MLB	NL	69	65	3	11	3	0	1	17	4	4	19	0	0	.169	.217	.262	.092	0	0
2002	POR	AAA	PCL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	0	0
2003	COL	MLB	NL	106	97	13	25	9	0	2	40	14	9	27	0	1	.258	.321	.412	.155	0	0
2003	CSP	AAA	PCL	205	165	24	49	10	1	5	76	35	34	32	1	4	.297	.415	.461	.164	1	1
2004	COL	MLB	NL	215	177	25	47	12	2	9	90	40	32	51	1	0	.266	.377	.508	.243	4	0
2005	SDN	MLB	NL	267	221	31	65	12	1	8	103	40	40	58	4	0	.294	.395	.466	.172	5	1
2006	SFN	MLB	NL	291	259	32	65	15	2	5	99	37	28	50	0	1	.251	.330	.382	.131	1	0
2007	SFN	MLB	NL	107	90	18	23	8	0	2	37	10	13	18	2	0	.256	.368	.411	.156	0	1
2007	LAN	MLB	NL	34	33	2	9	1	0	0	10	3	1	11	0	0	.273	.294	.303	.030	0	0
2008	LVG	AAA	PCL	17	16	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.000	0	0
2008	LAN	MLB	NL	108	92	2	12	3	0	0	15	5	15	28	0	0	.130	.250	.163	.033	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	402	0.4950	0.4055	0.7791	0.5980	0.2167	0.8739	0.5227	0.2209	-0.0016
Career	402	0.4950	0.4055	0.7791	0.5980	0.2167	0.8739	0.5227	0.2209	-0.0016

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2008-07-04	2008-07-27	15-DL	23	18	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2007-03-29	2007-04-13	15-DL	15	9	Right	Foot	Contusion		-
2002-06-06	2002-06-26	15-DL	20	17	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2000-07-18	2000-08-04	15-DL	17	15	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-	-
2000-04-03	2000-05-07	15-DL	34	31	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring Tendon	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	LAN	$600,000
2007	LAN	$950,000
2007	SFN	$950,000
2006	SFN	$850,000
2005	SDN	$550,000
2004	COL	$400,000
2002	SDN	$300,000
2000	MIL	$515,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$5,115,000
7 yr	Total	$5,115,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 70 d	Barry Axelrod	1 yr/$0.6M (08)

Details

re-signed 2/12/08, 1 year/$0.6M (08)
$0.125M roster bonus, $0.175M performance bonus
acquired in trade from LAD 8/9/07
signed as a free agent from SD 12/05, 2 year/$1.8M (06-07)+$0.275M performance bonus, 06:$0.85M, 07:$0.95M
signed as a free agent from COL 12/04, 1 year/$0.55M (05)+$0.2M bonuses
contract purchased 4/04 re-signed as a free agent 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.4M (04)
recalled 9/03 designated for assignment 7/03
contract purchased 5/03
reassigned Triple-A 3/03 contract purchased 3/02, 1 year/$0.515M (02)
signed 3/02 (minor-league contract) acquired in trade from MIL 1/02
1 year/$0.515M (02)
recalled 8/01

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank	Score	Name	Year	DRC+	Trend

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2009		Second on the all-time pinch-hit list, Mark Sweeney didn’t lack opportunities to add to his total, but he never came close to finding a groove.
2008		From being implicated in Barry Bonds' failed amphetamine test, to witnessing Bonds' 756th homer, to climbing past Smoky Burgess and Manny Mota into second on the all-time pinch-hit list, to being catapulted into a playoff hunt and making a crucial, game-ending baserunning mistake, it certainly was an eventful year for Sweeney. With 163 career pinch-hits, Sweeney's unlikely to catch Lenny Harris' record 212, but because of his career .271/.364/.404 line in that role, he'll find work.
2007		Sweeney is a player who needs to be kept in a strict platoon role; letting him bat at a disadvantage even 14 percent of the time, as he did last year, is a mistake. That was easy to do all the years he spent as a pinch-hitter, but the Giants expect him to play semi-regularly at first base or left field, where it`s harder to manage. The decisions to sign Klesko and Aurilia should force him back into a reserve role.
2006		Sweeney turned in his finest season in 2005, tattooing right-handers off the bench. He hits to all fields and isn`t fazed by off-speed stuff, making him as close to the perfect pinch-hitting weapon as you`re likely to find. He`s too poor a defensive player and baserunner to be a candidate for a starting job. He`ll get plenty of action with the Giants after signing a two-year deal.
2005		It's gratifying to see Sweeney do well enough to provide long term for his family. He never really got the playing time that many have felt he earned. He's productive off the bench, can fill in for a while as a starter and keep a good team going while doing it. Defensively, he's exposed in the outfield, but not so much as the likes of Pete Incaviglia. Landed in San Diego, where he'll be a good fourth outfielder and potent bat off the Padres' much-improved bench. A class act, and we'll be rooting for him.
2004		Even Greg Gross ran out of steam after a while. Sweeney's heyday as one of the game's best pinch-hitters was during the last presidential administration. He can drift into fifth-outfielder jobs for another year or two, but a career as a hitting coach awaits.