Mike Greenwell vs. Mike Sweeney — Career Comparison

Mike Greenwell
Baby BoomersKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueLeft FielderSilver SluggerAll-Star
Mike Sweeney
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueDesignated HitterAll-Star

Mike Greenwell and Mike Sweeney are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 116 for Mike Greenwell, 114 for Mike Sweeney), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 123 vs 123). The overall lean goes to Mike Greenwell, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Mike Greenwell and Mike Sweeney

Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
1269
147.39
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1454
149.18
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
5166
600
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5848
600
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4623
536.93
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5188
532.28
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.843
0.843
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.861
0.861
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1400
162.6
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1540
158
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
957
111.15
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
995
102.09
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
275
31.94
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
33.34
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
4.41
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.51
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
130
15.1
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
22.06
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
443
51.45
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
545
55.92
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
776.4
90.17
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
908.03
93.16
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
2141
248.66
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2520
258.55
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1899
220.56
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2136
219.15
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.831
0.831
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.851
0.851
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
0.8
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.831
0.831
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
657
76.31
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
759
77.87
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
726
84.32
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
909
93.26
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
1253
145.53
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1453
149.08
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
794.3
92.25
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922.42
94.64
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
39
4.53
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
7.59
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
460
53.43
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
53.56
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
9.18
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
61
6.26
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
364
42.28
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
613
62.89
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.19
14.19
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
9.54
9.54
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
1.26
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.35
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
0.51
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
41
4.76
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
6.05
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
15.8
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
14.57
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
9.29
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
53
5.44
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
4.99
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
25
2.56
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
14.29
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
78
8
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 600 PA
65.04
65.04
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.95
67.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Greenwell and Mike Sweeney

Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1165
1.07
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.09
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1126
1.03
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
748
1.03
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29495
27
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19539
27
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9831.2
9
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6513
9
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2094
1.92
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6015
8.31
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.08
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
0.71
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.04
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.1
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2222
2.03
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6600
9.12
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2179
1.99
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6530
9.02
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.06
98.06
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.94
98.94
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.276
8.276
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.8
94.8
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.01
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
0.76
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.02
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Greenwell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.13
Mike Greenwell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.07