Charlie Sweeney
[edit] Biography
Born on April 13, 1863 in San Francisco, California, Charlie Sweeney (Charles J. Sweeney) played for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 6 year career. Sweeney broke into the bigs on May 11, 1882 with the Providence Grays, and put up a 3.13 ERA in 146.2 innings pitched in 1883, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Charlie Sweeney's best season was 1884, when he posted a 1.70 ERA, won 41 games and struck out 337 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| 20
| 18
| 7
| 7
| 3.13
| 48
| 94
| 51
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 146.2
| 142
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 17
| 0
|
| 1884
| STL
| U
| 33
| 32
| 24
| 7
| 1.83
| 192
| 112
| 55
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 271
| 207
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 27
| 24
| 17
| 8
| 1.55
| 145
| 70
| 38
| 22
| 4
| 1
| 221
| 153
| 4
| 29
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 60
| 56
| 41
| 15
| 1.70
| 337
| 182
| 93
| 53
| 6
| 1
| 492
| 360
| 6
| 42
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1885
| STL
| N
| 35
| 35
| 11
| 21
| 3.93
| 84
| 175
| 120
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 275
| 276
| 6
| 50
| 0
| 14
| 0
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| 11
| 11
| 5
| 6
| 4.16
| 28
| 75
| 43
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 108
| 9
| 39
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 8.25
| 8
| 36
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 42
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 33
| 32
| 24
| 7
| 1.83
| 192
| 112
| 55
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 271
| 207
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 93
| 88
| 40
| 42
| 3.08
| 305
| 414
| 252
| 79
| 6
| 1
| 735.2
| 679
| 22
| 146
| 0
| 51
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 8.25
| 8
| 36
| 22
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 42
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 129
| 123
| 64
| 52
| 2.87
| 505
| 562
| 329
| 113
| 8
| 1
| 1030.2
| 928
| 24
| 172
| 0
| 58
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1882
| PRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 37
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .863
|
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1884
| STL
| U
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 76
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1884
| STL
| U
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1884
| STL
| U
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 47
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| P
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 123
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| OF
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| 1885
| STL
| N
| OF
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 5
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .827
|
| 1885
| STL
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 62
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .862
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| 1B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 157
| 5
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .692
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| OF
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .733
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .692
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 127
| 14
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .849
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 180
| 5
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 73
| 246
| 32
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1882
| PRO
| N
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1883
| PRO
| N
| 22
| 87
| 9
| 19
| 0
| 15
| .218
| .236
| .253
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| STL
| U
| 45
| 171
| 31
| 54
| 1
| 0
| .316
| .354
| .439
| 14
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| PRO
| N
| 41
| 168
| 24
| 50
| 1
| 19
| .298
| .341
| .369
| 9
| 0
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1884
| Total
|
| 86
| 339
| 55
| 104
| 2
| 19
| .307
| .347
| .404
| 23
| 2
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1885
| STL
| N
| 71
| 267
| 27
| 55
| 0
| 24
| .206
| .240
| .240
| 7
| 1
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1886
| STL
| N
| 17
| 64
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 7
| .250
| .284
| .281
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| CLE
| a
| 36
| 133
| 22
| 30
| 0
| 19
| .226
| .331
| .316
| 4
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| UA
|
| 45
| 171
| 31
| 54
| 1
| 0
| .316
| .354
| .439
| 14
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 152
| 590
| 64
| 140
| 1
| 65
| .237
| .272
| .281
| 21
| 1
| 28
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 36
| 133
| 22
| 30
| 0
| 19
| .226
| .331
| .316
| 4
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 233
| 894
| 117
| 224
| 2
| 84
| .251
| .297
| .317
| 39
| 7
| 59
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
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- Released by Cleveland Spiders (July 13, 1887).
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