Bill Sweeney
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- See Bill Sweeney in the index for other people with this or a similar name.
Bill Sweeney | |
William Joseph Sweeney | |
Bat/Throw: | R/R |
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Height: | 5' 11" |
Weight: | 180 |
Born: | 1904-12-29 at Cleveland, OH (US) |
Died: | 1957-4-18 at San Diego, CA (US) |
Interred: | Resurrection Cemetery in San Gabriel, CA (US) |
More info | |
Statistics: | Retrosheet |
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Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Arcadia, California in 1952.
- Resided in Arcadia, California in 1953.
- Was one of 15 children, 12 of them boys.
- Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.
- Listed hobbies as baseball, fishing, golf and also now in 1953 his new home.
- Coached under Steve O'Neil of the Detroit Tigers in 1947 and 1948.
- Was never on a pennant winner until he piloted Portland to a Pacific Coast League flag in 1936.
Pre-professional career
- Attended high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Played with the Cleveland world amateur baseball champs who won the title before 85,000 fans on the final day of the tourney.
Achievements
- Has won more Pacific Coast League pennants than any other manager; won pennants with 1936 Portland and 1943 and 1944 with Los Angeles.
- Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding average for a first baseman with .997 for 1938 Portland and also in 1939.
- Had seven hits in eight trips to the plate in his first pro game.
- Holds the all-time Pacific Coast League record for the highest fielding percentage for a first baseman with Portland in 1938 with .997 and with Portland with .997 in 1939.
= Relatives
- Listed as an uncle of Bob Wren.
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
- Philadelphia Phillies Organizational Sketch Book. 1974.