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
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)

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Statistics:	Retrosheet
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Bill Sweeney was a professional player and manager.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Achievements 3 = Relatives 4 Sources

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.