Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1978
- College
- Gonzaga
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1978
- College
- Gonzaga
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 272
- AB
- 736
- R
- 62
- H
- 172
- HR
- 6
- RBI
- 57
- SB
- 6
- AVG
- .234
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | SD | 88 | 226 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .221 |
| 1982 |  NYM/SEA | 91 | 261 | 29 | 67 | 4 | 24 | 3 | .257 |
| 1983 | SEA | 93 | 249 | 18 | 55 | 1 | 22 | 2 | .221 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 813
- TB
- 215
- XBH
- 30
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 8
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | SD | 259 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM/SEA | 289 | 87 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | SEA | 265 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -0.5
- RC
- 66.7
- RC/27
- 3.10
- ISOP
- .058
- SECA
- .140
- BB/K
- 0.82
- AB/HR
- 122.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | SD | 0.5 | 19.9 | 2.9 | .049 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 226 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM/SEA | 0.3 | 30 | 4 | .077 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 65.3 | 0 |
| 1983 | SEA | -1.3 | 16.8 | 2.3 | .048 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 249 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rick Sweet's career stats?
Rick Sweet played 3 seasons for the Padres and the Mariners. He was a career .234 hitter with 172 hits, 6 home runs and 57 RBI. His best season was 1982: a .257 batting average, 4 home runs and 24 RBI.
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