Eddie Murray vs Mike Sweeney

Eddie MurrayMike Sweeney

Eddie Murray and Mike Sweeney compared on their MLB careers: Eddie Murray played 21 seasons, 1977 to 1997, Mike Sweeney 16 seasons, 1995 to 2010. Eddie Murray has .287 batting average to Mike Sweeney's .297. Eddie Murray won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Eddie Murray and Mike Sweeney career totals
3,026GP1,454
11,336AB5,188
1,627R759
3,255H1,540
504HR215
1,917RBI909
110SB53
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.5SLG0.5
0.8OPS0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Eddie Murray and Mike Sweeney postseason
44GP1
159AB1
21R0
41H1
9HR0
25RBI0
3SB0
0.3AVG1
0.4OBP1
0.5SLG1
0.8OPS2

Where each stands all time

Eddie Murray and Mike Sweeney all-time places
28th (504)Home runs—
13th (3,255)Hits—
9th (1,917)RBI—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Eddie Murray: 1 championship; AL Rookie of the Year, AL Gold Glove ×3, AL Silver Slugger ×2, NL Silver Slugger
  • Mike Sweeney: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Eddie Murray and Mike Sweeney season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1977.28327881995.25000
2nd1978.28527951996.279424
3rd1979.29525991997.242731
4th1980.300321161998.259835
5th1981.29422781999.32222102
6th1982.316321102000.33329144
7th1983.306331112001.3042999
8th1984.306291102002.3402486
9th1985.297311242003.2931683
10th1986.30517842004.2872279
11th1987.27730912005.3002183
12th1988.28428842006.258833
13th1989.24720882007.260738
14th1990.33026952008.286212
15th1991.26019962009.281834
16th1992.26116932010.252826
17th1993.28527100————
18th1994.2541776————
19th1995.3232182————
20th1996.2602279————
21st1997.222318————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI