Jeff Sweeney
1908–1919 · bats R / throws R · New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates
644G
.232AVG
.310OBP
.277SLG
More career statistics
427H
3HR
151RBI
63SB
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.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,841 | 1,840 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 9 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 48 | 47 |
| Batting · Hits | 427 | 426 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 89 | 180 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,119 | 2,124 |
| Batting · Runs | 173 | 171 |
| Batting · RBI | 151 | 163 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 63 | 65 |
| Batting · Walks | 181 | 184 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 644 | 2,119 | 1,841 | 173 | 427 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 151 | 181 | 89 | 63 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 510 | .232 | .310 | .277 | .587 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1913-06-06 to 1913-06-21
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1912-07-31 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1910-04-22 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1911-05-20 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 326 | 1055 | 228 | 3 | 83 | 105 | 85 | .252 | .316 | .305 |
| Away | 318 | 1069 | 198 | 0 | 80 | 79 | 95 | .211 | .259 | .249 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 137 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 14 | .179 | .241 | .239 |
| May | 115 | 382 | 74 | 1 | 35 | 28 | 39 | .223 | .267 | .283 |
| June | 113 | 369 | 82 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 24 | .245 | .263 | .290 |
| July | 139 | 447 | 90 | 0 | 26 | 53 | 34 | .242 | .320 | .285 |
| August | 124 | 421 | 82 | 0 | 25 | 45 | 37 | .227 | .302 | .266 |
| September | 94 | 307 | 64 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 28 | .238 | .290 | .275 |
| October | 16 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .241 | .311 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 101 | 329 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 31 | 22 | .240 | .301 | .290 |
| detroit-tigers | 91 | 304 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 28 | .212 | .276 | .262 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 91 | 305 | 53 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 28 | .201 | .259 | .254 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 89 | 305 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 26 | .217 | .285 | .236 |
| cleveland-guardians | 86 | 273 | 57 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 18 | .238 | .275 | .272 |
| st-louis-browns | 85 | 286 | 79 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 26 | .324 | .360 | .373 |
| boston-red-sox | 84 | 275 | 53 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 26 | .216 | .269 | .278 |
| boston-braves | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  New York Yankees | 32 | 82 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .146 | – | – |
| 1909 | New York Yankees | 67 | 174 | 47 | – | 21 | 3 | .270 | – | – |
| 1910 | New York Yankees | 78 | 216 | 43 | – | 14 | 12 | .199 | – | – |
| 1911 | New York Yankees | 82 | 229 | 53 | – | 20 | 8 | .231 | – | – |
| 1912 | New York Yankees | 110 | 351 | 94 | – | 34 | 6 | .268 | – | – |
| 1913 | New York Yankees | 117 | 350 | 93 | 2 | 41 | 11 | .266 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Yankees | 88 | 259 | 55 | 1 | 23 | 21 | .212 | – | – |
| 1915 | New York Yankees | 53 | 137 | 25 | – | 7 | 3 | .182 | – | – |
| 1919 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 42 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | .095 | – | – |