Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1995
- Draft
- 1991Rd 9, Pk 246
- College
- Maine
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1995
- Draft
- 1991Rd 9, Pk 246
- College
- Maine
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,218
- AB
- 1,830
- R
- 220
- H
- 464
- HR
- 42
- RBI
- 250
- SB
- 16
- AVG
- .254
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | STL | 37 | 77 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .273 |
| 1996 | STL | 98 | 170 | 32 | 45 | 3 | 22 | 3 | .265 |
| 1997 |  STL/SD | 115 | 164 | 16 | 46 | 2 | 23 | 2 | .280 |
| 1998 | SD | 122 | 192 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .234 |
| 1999 | CIN | 37 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .355 |
| 2000 | MIL | 71 | 73 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .219 |
| 2001 | MIL | 48 | 89 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .258 |
| 2002 | SD | 48 | 65 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .169 |
| 2003 | COL | 67 | 97 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .258 |
| 2004 | COL | 122 | 177 | 25 | 47 | 9 | 40 | 1 | .266 |
| 2005 | SD | 135 | 221 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 40 | 4 | .294 |
| 2006 | SF | 114 | 259 | 32 | 65 | 5 | 37 | 0 | .251 |
| 2007 |  SF/LAD | 106 | 123 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 13 | 2 | .260 |
| 2008 | LAD | 98 | 92 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .130 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 17
- AB
- 14
- R
- 3
- H
- 5
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .357
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,131
- TB
- 709
- XBH
- 152
- HBP
- 12
- IBB
- 14
- GIDP
- 35
- P/PA
- 2.25
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | STL | 90 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | STL | 209 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | STL/SD | 188 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | SD | 222 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | CIN | 35 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | MIL | 87 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIL | 103 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | SD | 69 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 2003 | COL | 106 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | COL | 215 | 90 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | SD | 267 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | SF | 291 | 99 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.9 |
| 2007 | SF/LAD | 141 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
| 2008 | LAD | 108 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.2
- RC
- 257.2
- RC/27
- 4.80
- ISOP
- .134
- SECA
- .279
- BB/K
- 0.61
- AB/HR
- 43.6
- GO/FO
- 0.70
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | STL | -0.2 | 10 | 4.3 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 38.5 | 0 |
| 1996 | STL | 0.2 | 27.3 | 5.5 | .106 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 56.7 | 0 |
| 1997 | STL/SD | -0.1 | 21.6 | 4.6 | .079 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | SD | -0.4 | 21.4 | 3.7 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 96 | 0 |
| 1999 | CIN | 0.3 | 7.2 | 8.9 | .290 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 2000 | MIL | 0.1 | 9.2 | 4.2 | .123 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 73 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIL | -0.2 | 13.7 | 5.4 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 29.7 | 0 |
| 2002 | SD | -0.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 65 | 0 |
| 2003 | COL | -0.2 | 12.2 | 4.4 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 2004 | COL | 0.8 | 35.6 | 7.1 | .243 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 19.7 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | SD | 1.8 | 42.4 | 6.8 | .172 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 27.6 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | SF | 0.1 | 32.5 | 4.3 | .131 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 51.8 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | SF/LAD | 0.5 | 18.2 | 5.3 | .122 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 61.5 | 0.5 |
| 2008 | LAD | -0.9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | .033 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.9 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mark Sweeney's career stats?
Mark Sweeney played 14 seasons for the Cardinals, the Padres, the Reds, the Brewers, the Rockies, the Giants and the Dodgers. He was a career .254 hitter with 464 hits, 42 home runs and 250 RBI. His best season was 1999: a .355 batting average, 2 home runs and 7 RBI.
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