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Dale Sveum
Dale Curtis Sveum

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 12, 1986
  vs. SEA 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1999
Born November 23, 1963 in Richmond, CA

Cousin of John Olerud

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1982. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 22 MIL AL  91  317   35   78  13  2   7   35   4  3  32  63  .246  .316  .366   83  116   5   1   0   1   7
 1987 23 MIL AL 153  535   86  135  27  3  25   95   2  6  40 133  .252  .303  .454   95  243   5   5   4   1  11
 1988 24 MIL AL 129  467   41  113  14  4   9   51   1  0  21 122  .242  .274  .347   73  162   3   3   0   1   6
 1990 26 MIL AL  48  117   15   23   7  0   1   12   0  1  12  30  .197  .278  .282   58   33   0   2   0   2   2
 1991 27 MIL AL  90  266   33   64  19  1   4   43   2  4  32  78  .241  .320  .365   91   97   5   4   0   1   8
 1992 28 TOT     94  249   28   49  13  0   4   28   1  1  28  68  .197  .273  .297   62   74   2   5   4   0   6
         PHI NL  54  135   13   24   4  0   2   16   0  0  16  39  .178  .261  .252   47   34   0   2   4   0   5
         CHW AL  40  114   15   25   9  0   2   12   1  1  12  29  .219  .287  .351   79   40   2   3   0   0   1
 1993 29 OAK AL  30   79   12   14   2  1   2    6   0  0  16  21  .177  .316  .304   73   24   1   0   1   0   2
 1994 30 SEA AL  10   27    3    5   0  0   1    2   0  0   2  10  .185  .241  .296   37    8   0   0   0   0   1
 1996 32 PIT NL  12   34    9   12   5  0   1    5   0  0   6   6  .353  .450  .588  168   20   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 33 PIT NL 126  306   30   80  20  1  12   47   0  3  27  81  .261  .319  .451   97  138   4   2   2   0   8
 1998 34 NYY AL  30   58    6    9   0  0   0    3   0  0   4  16  .155  .203  .155   -3    9   0   2   0   0   2
 1999 35 PIT NL  49   71    7   15   5  1   3   13   0  0   7  28  .211  .278  .437   77   31   1   1   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     862 2526  305  597 125 13  69  340  10 18 227 656  .236  .298  .378   82  955  26  25  12   6  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        475   57  112  23  2  13   64   2  3  43 123  .236  .298  .378   82  179   5   5   2   1  10
 Career High    153  535   86  135  27  4  25   95   4  6  40 133  .261  .320  .454   97  243   5   5   4   2  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 22 MIL AL  356  255   37   3.9   103| .246  .265| .316  .333| .366  .413| .682  .747|  83  .416  -7.8  -0.8  57%
 1987 23 MIL AL  586  427   70   4.4   108| .252  .269| .303  .337| .454  .431| .757  .768|  95  .442  -5.7  -0.5  25%
 1988 24 MIL AL  495  366   45   3.3    95| .242  .260| .274  .326| .347  .392| .621  .718|  73  .369 -19.2  -2.0 100%
 1990 26 MIL AL  133   99   10   2.7    94| .197  .258| .278  .326| .282  .386| .560  .712|  58  .292  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1991 27 MIL AL  308  223   31   3.8    95| .241  .258| .320  .326| .365  .391| .685  .718|  91  .412  -2.0  -0.2  33%
 1992 28 TOT     284  214   21   2.6    93| .197  .259| .273  .326| .297  .382| .570  .708|  62  .295 -12.2  -1.3  50%
         PHI NL  153  118    9   2.1    92| .178  .259| .261  .325| .252  .381| .513  .706|  47  .219  -9.4  -1.0   0%
         CHW AL  131   96   12   3.4    93| .219  .258| .287  .327| .351  .383| .638  .710|  79  .379  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1993 29 OAK AL   96   68    8   3.2    97| .177  .259| .316  .329| .304  .397| .620  .726|  73  .315  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1994 30 SEA AL   29   23    2   2.3   113| .185  .275| .241  .347| .296  .438| .537  .785|  37  .179  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1996 32 PIT NL   40   22   10  12.2   110| .353  .274| .450  .344| .588  .429|1.038  .774| 168  .844   3.8   0.4   0%
 1997 33 PIT NL  339  243   42   4.6   111| .261  .274| .319  .346| .451  .430| .770  .777|  97  .477  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1998 34 NYY AL   64   53    2   1.0   107| .155  .268| .203  .336| .155  .427| .358  .763|  -3  .047  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1999 35 PIT NL   80   58    9   4.2   117| .211  .277| .278  .352| .437  .446| .715  .798|  77  .390  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2810 2051  287   3.8   102| .236  .265| .298  .333| .378  .410| .676  .743|  82  .399 -68.7  -6.9  35%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 22 MIL AL 3B 65 45 122 26 8 .865 .948 2.57 2.37 2.64 2.74 64 570.0 2B 13 29 23 1 6 .981 .981 4.00 4.34 4.46 5.10 12 105.0 SS 13 18 34 3 5 .945 .967 4.00 3.94 4.42 4.53 12 106.0 1987 23 MIL AL SS 142 221 361 21 82 .965 .970 4.10 4.02 4.26 4.59 139 1228.3 2B 13 21 35 2 7 .966 .981 4.31 4.48 4.75 5.12 11 106.0 1988 24 MIL AL SS 127 208 370 27 93 .955 .971 4.55 4.14 4.69 4.69 126 1109.0 2B 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 4.40 6.00 5.10 1 9.0 DH 1 1990 26 MIL AL 3B 22 17 28 4 2 .918 .943 2.05 2.32 2.51 2.75 17 161.3 2B 16 22 30 1 6 .981 .985 3.25 4.53 4.93 5.23 10 95.0 1B 5 17 0 0 1 1.000 .994 3.40 8.36 7.65 9.63 2 20.0 SS 5 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 1.60 4.00 4.80 4.74 1 15.0 1991 27 MIL AL SS 51 56 125 6 24 .968 .971 3.55 3.95 4.53 4.67 37 359.7 3B 38 26 62 4 9 .957 .955 2.32 2.33 2.57 2.79 34 307.7 DH 3 2B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.45 5.00 5.20 1 9.0 1992 28 TOT SS 71 95 188 16 36 .946 .969 3.99 4.00 4.67 4.66 59 545.0 TOT 3B 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 1.00 2.31 2.52 2.66 2 25.0 TOT 1B 6 23 6 0 1 1.000 .993 4.83 8.37 7.98 9.74 4 32.7 PHI NL SS 34 56 91 8 17 .948 .969 4.32 3.86 5.24 4.59 26 252.7 3B 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.20 2.28 2.57 2.66 2 21.0 1B 4 20 5 0 1 1.000 .992 6.25 8.38 7.58 9.76 4 29.7 CHW AL SS 37 39 97 8 19 .944 .969 3.68 4.13 4.19 4.71 33 292.3 1B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.35 12.00 9.60 0 3.0 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.40 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 1993 29 OAK AL 1B 14 116 5 3 11 .976 .993 8.64 8.24 9.99 9.57 11 109.0 3B 7 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 1.29 2.31 2.59 2.70 3 31.3 2B 4 4 7 0 1 1.000 .982 2.75 4.55 3.71 5.16 3 26.7 DH 2 SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.10 4.50 4.73 1 8.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1994 30 SEA AL DH 4 3B 3 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 2.33 4.74 2.65 2 19.0 1996 32 PIT NL 3B 10 4 17 2 1 .913 .946 2.10 2.21 2.64 2.71 8 71.7 1997 33 PIT NL 3B 47 17 78 6 4 .941 .946 2.02 2.19 2.57 2.66 39 332.7 SS 28 29 54 1 14 .988 .973 2.96 3.85 5.11 4.58 13 146.3 1B 21 105 5 0 10 1.000 .993 5.24 8.16 9.19 9.52 10 107.7 2B 2 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 4.00 4.30 4.24 5.08 2 17.0 1998 34 NYY AL 1B 21 108 9 3 9 .975 .992 5.57 8.30 10.86 9.43 8 97.0 3B 6 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 1.67 2.23 2.00 2.54 5 45.0 DH 3 1999 35 PIT NL 3B 12 2 15 1 0 .944 .955 1.42 2.30 2.38 2.67 7 64.3 1B 4 23 2 0 5 1.000 .992 6.25 7.65 11.42 9.18 2 19.7 SS 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 3.80 4.15 4.43 1 13.0 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.20 3.86 5.01 1 7.0 LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.50 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 26 MIL AL 1B 5 17 0 0 1 1.000 .994 3.40 8.36 7.65 9.63 2 20.0 1992 28 TOT 1B 6 23 6 0 1 1.000 .993 4.83 8.37 7.98 9.74 4 32.7 PHI NL 1B 4 20 5 0 1 1.000 .992 6.25 8.38 7.58 9.76 4 29.7 CHW AL 1B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.35 12.00 9.60 0 3.0 1993 29 OAK AL 1B 14 116 5 3 11 .976 .993 8.64 8.24 9.99 9.57 11 109.0 1997 33 PIT NL 1B 21 105 5 0 10 1.000 .993 5.24 8.16 9.19 9.52 10 107.7 1998 34 NYY AL 1B 21 108 9 3 9 .975 .992 5.57 8.30 10.86 9.43 8 97.0 1999 35 PIT NL 1B 4 23 2 0 5 1.000 .992 6.25 7.65 11.42 9.18 2 19.7 1986 22 MIL AL 2B 13 29 23 1 6 .981 .981 4.00 4.34 4.46 5.10 12 105.0 1987 23 MIL AL 2B 13 21 35 2 7 .966 .981 4.31 4.48 4.75 5.12 11 106.0 1988 24 MIL AL 2B 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 .984 6.00 4.40 6.00 5.10 1 9.0 1990 26 MIL AL 2B 16 22 30 1 6 .981 .985 3.25 4.53 4.93 5.23 10 95.0 1991 27 MIL AL 2B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.45 5.00 5.20 1 9.0 1993 29 OAK AL 2B 4 4 7 0 1 1.000 .982 2.75 4.55 3.71 5.16 3 26.7 1997 33 PIT NL 2B 2 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 4.00 4.30 4.24 5.08 2 17.0 1999 35 PIT NL 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.20 3.86 5.01 1 7.0 1986 22 MIL AL 3B 65 45 122 26 8 .865 .948 2.57 2.37 2.64 2.74 64 570.0 1990 26 MIL AL 3B 22 17 28 4 2 .918 .943 2.05 2.32 2.51 2.75 17 161.3 1991 27 MIL AL 3B 38 26 62 4 9 .957 .955 2.32 2.33 2.57 2.79 34 307.7 1992 28 TOT 3B 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 .946 1.00 2.31 2.52 2.66 2 25.0 PHI NL 3B 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.20 2.28 2.57 2.66 2 21.0 CHW AL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.40 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 1993 29 OAK AL 3B 7 5 4 0 1 1.000 .947 1.29 2.31 2.59 2.70 3 31.3 1994 30 SEA AL 3B 3 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 2.33 4.74 2.65 2 19.0 1996 32 PIT NL 3B 10 4 17 2 1 .913 .946 2.10 2.21 2.64 2.71 8 71.7 1997 33 PIT NL 3B 47 17 78 6 4 .941 .946 2.02 2.19 2.57 2.66 39 332.7 1998 34 NYY AL 3B 6 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 1.67 2.23 2.00 2.54 5 45.0 1999 35 PIT NL 3B 12 2 15 1 0 .944 .955 1.42 2.30 2.38 2.67 7 64.3 1988 24 MIL AL DH 1 1991 27 MIL AL DH 3 1993 29 OAK AL DH 2 1994 30 SEA AL DH 4 1998 34 NYY AL DH 3 1993 29 OAK AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1999 35 PIT NL LF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.50 6.00 2.10 0 3.0 1993 29 OAK AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1999 35 PIT NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.90 6.00 2.40 0 3.0 1986 22 MIL AL SS 13 18 34 3 5 .945 .967 4.00 3.94 4.42 4.53 12 106.0 1987 23 MIL AL SS 142 221 361 21 82 .965 .970 4.10 4.02 4.26 4.59 139 1228.3 1988 24 MIL AL SS 127 208 370 27 93 .955 .971 4.55 4.14 4.69 4.69 126 1109.0 1990 26 MIL AL SS 5 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 1.60 4.00 4.80 4.74 1 15.0 1991 27 MIL AL SS 51 56 125 6 24 .968 .971 3.55 3.95 4.53 4.67 37 359.7 1992 28 TOT SS 71 95 188 16 36 .946 .969 3.99 4.00 4.67 4.66 59 545.0 PHI NL SS 34 56 91 8 17 .948 .969 4.32 3.86 5.24 4.59 26 252.7 CHW AL SS 37 39 97 8 19 .944 .969 3.68 4.13 4.19 4.71 33 292.3 1993 29 OAK AL SS 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.10 4.50 4.73 1 8.0 1997 33 PIT NL SS 28 29 54 1 14 .988 .973 2.96 3.85 5.11 4.58 13 146.3 1999 35 PIT NL SS 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 3.80 4.15 4.43 1 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 442 634 1143 75 256 .960 .970 4.02 4.03 4.53 4.64 389 3530.3 3B* 217 125 344 45 26 .912 .949 2.16 2.30 2.59 2.72 181 1628.0 1B* 71 392 27 6 37 .986 .993 5.90 8.22 9.77 9.52 37 386.0 2B* 53 84 109 5 23 .975 .982 3.64 4.45 4.64 5.14 41 374.7 DH 13 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.65 4.50 2.02 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 785 1237 1623 131 342 .956 .971 3.64 3.95 4.35 4.46 648 5923
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1988 AL-122-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2761) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1982.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Ruffin.

August 10, 1992: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Keith Shepherd.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

June 17, 1993: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

June 27, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 7, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

November 10, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

February 2, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 25, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 3, 1998: Released by the New York Yankees.

February 18, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

May 9, 1999: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

May 17, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 5, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Milwaukee Brewers$60,000
1987Milwaukee Brewers$92,500
1988Milwaukee Brewers$185,000
1989Milwaukee Brewers$225,000
1990Milwaukee Brewers$230,000
1991Philadelphia Phillies$335,000
1992Philadelphia Phillies$375,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$400,000
1998New York Yankees$800,000
1999Pittsburgh Pirates$200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,902,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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