How Mike Sweeney's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Mike Sweeney posted a career Batting Average of .297, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2002, posting .340, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1997 at .242, below the league average of .271 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .286 in 2008 to .281 in 2009 and .252 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.
Mike Sweeney Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.297 | 5848 | 5188 | 0.3 |
| Season Avg. | 0.297 | 365.5 | 324.25 | 0.3 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.297 | 651.57 | 578.03 | 0.3 |
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Mike Sweeney Batting Average Per Season
Mike Sweeney's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, DH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Sweeney Batting Average by Team
Mike Sweeney's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Sweeney Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Sweeney's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Mike Sweeney Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mike Sweeney's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mike Sweeney Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mike Sweeney's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
