Pete Sweeney
Peter Jay Sweeney
 
 
Born: December 31, 1863 birthplace unknown
Died: August 22, 1901 - 37 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'9" Wt: 170
(legend)
Fielding Ratings(?)
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Comparison

Comparison
Third Basemen
 
All Positions
 
#
Player
 
1 Lave Cross
1887 - 1907
3B
47.2
 
39.0
15.6
0.0
7.4
2 Deacon White
1871 - 1890
3B
45.2
 
48.8
1.6
-0.2
5.0
3 Ned Williamson
1878 - 1890
3B
35.8
 
29.0
13.0
-0.4
5.8
4 Denny Lyons
1885 - 1897
3B
35.3
 
37.5
0.8
0.0
2.9
5 Billy Nash
1884 - 1898
3B
33.2
 
30.7
7.4
0.1
4.9
6 Arlie Latham
1880 - 1909
3B
30.6
WW1
 
22.6
12.5
0.0
4.5
7 Tom Burns
1880 - 1892
3B
22.1
 
20.4
7.7
-0.2
5.7
8 George Pinkney
1884 - 1893
3B
21.2
 
21.5
2.9
0.0
3.2
9 Jerry Denny
1881 - 1894
3B
20.4
 
18.2
6.8
-0.2
4.4
10 Billy Shindle
1886 - 1898
3B
17.3
 
15.4
6.2
0.0
4.4
11 Patsy Tebeau
1887 - 1900
3B
10.0
 
8.0
3.6
0.0
1.6
12 Dude Esterbrook
1880 - 1891
3B
8.6
 
7.8
2.0
0.0
1.3
13 Joe Mulvey
1883 - 1895
3B
7.0
 
8.6
1.7
0.0
3.3
14 Bill Kuehne
1883 - 1892
3B
7.0
 
5.9
4.3
0.0
3.2
15 Charlie Reilly
1889 - 1897
3B
6.9
 
3.6
5.0
0.0
1.7
16 Lefty Marr
1886 - 1891
3B
6.6
 
7.5
-1.3
0.0
-0.5
17 Joe Battin
1871 - 1890
3B
6.2
 
2.1
5.5
-0.0
1.3
18 Jumbo Davis
1884 - 1891
3B
5.2
 
6.6
-0.1
0.0
1.4
19 Hick Carpenter
1879 - 1892
3B
4.6
 
7.6
0.2
0.0
3.2
20 Jimmy Knowles
1884 - 1892
3B
3.9
 
3.8
1.0
0.0
0.9
21 Art Whitney
1880 - 1891
3B
3.0
 
0.5
6.2
-0.3
3.5
22 Jim Donnelly
1884 - 1898
3B
1.8
 
2.9
1.1
0.0
2.2
23 John Irwin
1882 - 1891
3B
1.8
Sp-Am
 
2.8
-0.2
0.0
0.9
24 Chippy McGarr
1884 - 1896
3B
1.3
 
1.0
3.0
0.0
2.6
25 Elmer Cleveland
1884 - 1891
3B
1.1
 
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.3
26 Pat Connell
1886 - 1890
3B
-0.0
 
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
27 Barney Graham
1889 - 1889
3B
-0.1
 
-0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
28 Phil Reccius
1882 - 1890
3B
-0.1
 
1.0
1.0
-1.4
0.6
29 Billy Alvord
1885 - 1893
3B
-1.0
 
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.8
30 Harry Raymond
1888 - 1892
3B
-2.6
 
-2.3
0.0
0.5
0.9
31 Pete Sweeney
1888 - 1890
3B
-3.4
 
-1.1
-2.1
0.0
0.3
 
  Pete Sweeney
1888 - 1890
3B
-3.4
 
-1.1
-2.1
0.0
0.3
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James