#68 Ed "Ed" Sweeney, Catcher, 30 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox

#68 Ed "Ed" Sweeney, Catcher, 30 yrs, Boston (A) Red Sox
Sunday, 10/27/1918

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Ed Sweeney
Ed
7/19/1888
30
USA,IL,CHICAGO
6"1
205

Catcher
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R

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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,700,000
1918 (Arbitration eligible)
5 Year(s), 81 Days (941 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 81 Days (941 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	5	2	6	9
Versus LHP	7	5	2	6	9
Versus RHP	7	5	2	6	8
Talent	7	5	2	7	8

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5
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1
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Fielding Ratings
C : 7 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 4 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 4
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 5

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
10/2	PHA	W 6-5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#5
10/4	@CHA	W 4-0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/5	@SLA	L 1-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	#4
10/7	NYA	L 3-5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/8	@SLA	W 6-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/9	CLE	L 0-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
10/11	@NYA	L 1-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/12	@DET	W 17-5	5	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	#5
10/15	@CHA	W 6-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
10/16	@CHA	L 2-3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4

Batting Stats 1918

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	137	482	132	9	0	2	58	47	53	43	.274	.347	.305	.652	.574	.031
Projected	136	479	131	9	0	2	58	47	53	43	.274	.347	.305	.652	.574	.031

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	126	542	3	8	0	14	0	4	147	11	11	9	55.0	55.8	4.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	176	55	1	0	0	17	22	24	15	2	0	3	.313	.400	.318	.718
vs. RHP	306	77	8	0	2	41	25	29	28	2	0	0	.252	.315	.297	.612
Close/Late	89	28	2	0	0	9	5	3	7	2	0	2	.315	.344	.337	.681
Scoring Position	127	37	5	0	1	54	0	21	11	4	0	0	.291	.382	.354	.736
Pinch Hitting	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	.200	.273	.200	.473

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	67	238	61	4	0	1	22	19	26	18	.256	.332	.286	.618
Road	70	244	71	5	0	1	36	28	27	25	.291	.361	.324	.685
Last Week	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571
March/April	20	81	24	1	0	0	9	7	9	6	.296	.367	.309	.675
May	22	77	16	2	0	2	12	11	13	9	.208	.333	.312	.645
June	20	70	19	0	0	0	8	5	7	2	.271	.333	.271	.605
July	18	66	16	2	0	0	7	3	7	10	.242	.315	.273	.588
August	25	84	26	3	0	0	11	7	4	9	.310	.333	.345	.679
Sept/Oct	32	104	31	1	0	0	11	14	13	7	.298	.381	.308	.689
Postseason	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1913	55	194	56	11	0	0	30	24	17	2	3	23	4	3	.289	.347	.345	.693	BOS
1914	129	469	136	20	1	3	59	58	32	0	2	63	7	7	.290	.334	.356	.690	BOS
1915	140	474	137	16	1	2	45	58	58	0	3	42	12	4	.289	.364	.340	.704	BOS
1916	129	464	126	21	0	0	37	55	51	0	5	64	12	2	.272	.340	.317	.657	BOS
1917	95	318	78	13	4	1	21	36	35	0	1	48	5	2	.245	.319	.321	.640	BOS
1918	137	482	132	9	0	2	58	47	53	3	4	43	11	9	.274	.347	.305	.652	BOS
Total	685	2401	665	90	6	8	250	278	246	5	18	283	51	27	.277	.343	.329	.673

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1908, AA	123	490	128	21	0	24	76	48	35	75	9	1	.261	.310	.451	.761
1908, AAA	8	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	.000	.071	.000	.071
1909, A	138	518	143	24	3	13	45	59	57	78	7	7	.276	.346	.409	.755
1910, A	18	58	16	2	0	2	5	4	8	6	3	2	.276	.343	.414	.757
1910, AA	120	457	102	15	1	5	38	36	38	61	12	5	.223	.278	.293	.572
1911, AA	138	555	142	17	1	17	55	68	47	68	16	5	.256	.308	.382	.690
1912, AA	21	80	17	0	0	1	2	6	7	13	2	3	.212	.276	.250	.526
1912, AAA	84	192	42	2	1	0	15	8	20	33	2	1	.219	.291	.240	.531
1913, AAA	96	391	106	14	4	7	35	43	31	48	11	3	.271	.319	.381	.700

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1914	12	45	9	0	1	0	2	7	4	7	1	0	.200	.265	.244	.510
1916	7	26	8	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665
1918	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571
Total	21	78	19	0	1	0	4	10	6	9	1	0	.244	.298	.269	.567

Fielding Stats 1918

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	126	126	320	75	1	412	17	.959	1160.1	3.20	3	153	44	28.8
First Base	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	2.2	6.75

Player History

Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1908...
Had first career hit (double) on 7/22/1913, off Fred Applegate (DET)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1914, off Ed Walsh (PHA)...
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1914...
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 5/31/1915...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1916, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI...
1/31/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 8/2/1917 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks...
1/31/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 10/16/1918 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season...

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