Dale Sveum
1986–1999 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners
862G
.236AVG
.298OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
597H
69HR
340RBI
10SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 862 | 2,810 | 2,526 | 305 | 597 | 125 | 13 | 69 | 340 | 227 | 656 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 955 | .236 | .298 | .378 | .676 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1986-05-22 to 1986-06-05
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Two Homers, Three Strikeouts | 1988-06-12 | 1 in 2,570 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1987-07-17 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1997-04-29 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 431 | 1378 | 283 | 25 | 146 | 115 | 302 | .228 | .289 | .349 |
| Away | 431 | 1432 | 314 | 44 | 194 | 112 | 354 | .244 | .297 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 90 | 287 | 58 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 75 | .223 | .272 | .335 |
| May | 164 | 556 | 118 | 12 | 70 | 52 | 145 | .239 | .306 | .371 |
| June | 157 | 505 | 99 | 13 | 56 | 38 | 123 | .216 | .271 | .349 |
| July | 147 | 494 | 107 | 14 | 59 | 39 | 106 | .240 | .296 | .389 |
| August | 143 | 466 | 99 | 13 | 63 | 35 | 102 | .233 | .288 | .396 |
| September | 143 | 445 | 101 | 12 | 57 | 39 | 92 | .258 | .315 | .416 |
| October | 18 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | .283 | .333 | .396 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 65 | 226 | 56 | 9 | 37 | 21 | 49 | .281 | .341 | .482 |
| kansas-city-royals | 56 | 192 | 40 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 47 | .230 | .297 | .379 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 207 | 42 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 35 | .231 | .271 | .363 |
| boston-red-sox | 52 | 181 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 42 | .250 | .309 | .325 |
| minnesota-twins | 51 | 183 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 52 | .222 | .257 | .305 |
| toronto-blue-jays | 49 | 166 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 39 | .196 | .223 | .297 |
| new-york-yankees | 49 | 178 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 35 | .228 | .292 | .395 |
| baltimore-orioles | 45 | 160 | 37 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 38 | .253 | .312 | .438 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 91 | 317 | 78 | 7 | 35 | 4 | .246 | – | – |
| 1987 | Milwaukee Brewers | 153 | 535 | 135 | 25 | 95 | 2 | .252 | – | – |
| 1988 | Milwaukee Brewers | 129 | 467 | 113 | 9 | 51 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1990 | Milwaukee Brewers | 48 | 117 | 23 | 1 | 12 | – | .197 | – | – |
| 1991 | Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 266 | 64 | 4 | 43 | 2 | .241 | – | – |
| 1992 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 249 | 49 | 4 | 28 | 1 | .197 | – | – |
| 1993 |  Athletics | 30 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 6 | – | .177 | – | – |
| 1994 |  Seattle Mariners | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | .185 | – | – |
| 1996 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .353 | – | – |
| 1997 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 126 | 306 | 80 | 12 | 47 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1998 |  New York Yankees | 30 | 58 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .155 | – | – |
| 1999 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 13 | – | .211 | – | – |