#97 Mike Sweeney, Catcher, 31 yrs, Detroit Tigers - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#97 Mike Sweeney, Catcher, 31 yrs, Detroit Tigers
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Mike Sweeney

7/22/1973
31
USA,CA,
6"1
195

Catcher
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R

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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 14,000,000
2007
8 Year(s), 47 Days (1423 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 47 Days (1423 total Days)
8 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	8	7	4	9
Versus LHP	10	9	8	5	9
Versus RHP	7	8	7	4	9
Talent	8	8	7	5	8

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Fielding Ratings
C : 5 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 4 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 7
Infield Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	SEA	W 3-1	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	#3
9/25	SEA	L 1-10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/26	@CLE	W 10-5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#3
9/27	@CLE	W 8-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	#3
9/28	CWS	W 12-9	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	#3
9/29	CWS	W 1-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#3
9/30	@ANA	W 5-0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
10/2	TB	L 2-3	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	#3
10/3	KC	W 8-3	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	#3
10/4	@TEX	L 5-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	150	549	171	46	4	24	106	101	53	38	.311	.387	.541	.928	.941	.230
Projected	150	549	171	46	4	24	106	101	53	38	.311	.387	.541	.928	.941	.230

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	131	628	19	6	0	14	0	7	297	74	0	0	.0	117.2	7.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	126	43	15	1	8	26	27	11	8	1	0	3	.341	.404	.667	1.071
vs. RHP	423	128	31	3	16	80	74	42	30	6	0	16	.303	.382	.504	.885
Close/Late	75	25	3	0	2	10	10	8	5	1	0	1	.333	.400	.453	.853
Scoring Position	148	47	16	0	8	77	0	18	8	7	0	3	.318	.386	.588	.974
Pinch Hitting	16	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.313	.701

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	75	273	88	23	2	14	55	51	27	22	.322	.395	.575	.971
Road	75	276	83	23	2	10	51	50	26	16	.301	.379	.507	.886
March/April	23	79	32	12	1	4	18	14	6	6	.405	.473	.734	1.207
May	26	102	33	9	0	2	13	19	10	8	.324	.405	.471	.876
June	24	95	29	6	1	7	28	18	7	5	.305	.358	.611	.969
July	22	74	23	11	0	3	17	16	12	7	.311	.416	.581	.997
August	26	87	26	4	1	3	15	14	9	5	.299	.382	.471	.854
Sept/Oct	29	112	28	4	1	5	15	20	9	7	.250	.315	.438	.752

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1996	25	87	24	4	0	2	15	9	7	4	1	11	0	0	.276	.354	.391	.744	FLA
1997	154	569	150	20	4	6	59	62	32	17	3	45	0	0	.264	.320	.344	.665	FLA
1998	152	562	161	30	3	13	73	95	43	30	1	45	0	0	.286	.368	.420	.788	FLA
1999	155	596	202	46	0	20	132	110	54	12	4	35	0	0	.339	.402	.517	.919	FLA
2000	146	544	158	33	2	20	88	91	59	17	3	48	2	0	.290	.376	.469	.844	FLA
2001	154	537	169	29	5	23	104	91	67	27	1	48	0	0	.315	.416	.516	.932	FLA
2002	153	578	177	44	0	24	108	91	54	12	5	52	1	0	.306	.374	.507	.881	FLA
2003	147	549	165	29	3	34	97	101	59	20	10	30	0	0	.301	.382	.550	.933	DET
2004	150	549	171	46	4	24	106	101	53	19	7	38	0	0	.311	.387	.541	.928	DET,AL
Total	1236	4571	1377	281	21	166	782	751	428	158	35	352	3	0	.301	.378	.481	.859

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1996, AAA	129	489	138	25	0	18	87	56	38	46	1	0	.282	.322	.444	.766

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	5	18	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	.056	.105	.111	.216
Total	5	18	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	.056	.105	.111	.216

Fielding Stats 2004

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	129	125	770	45	0	818	3	.996	1124.0	6.55	2	75	24	32.0
First Base	10	2	41	3	4	44	0	1.000	31.2	12.51

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/2003 to a 5-year deal worth $14,000,000 per year...
Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (A), driving in 5 runs on 4/6/2003...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2003, hitting .346 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1999 - .339 - 8th	SLG 2003 - .550 - 6th	OPS 2003 - .933 - 10th	Hits 1999 - 202 - 6th	Doubles 1999 - 46 - 5th
RBI 1999 - 132 - 6th

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