Mike Sweeney vs. Bill White — Career Comparison

Mike Sweeney
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueDesignated HitterAll-Star
Bill White
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueFirst BasemanGold GloveAll-Star

Mike Sweeney and Bill White 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+ 114 for Mike Sweeney, 112 for Bill White), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 123 vs 121). The overall lean goes to Mike Sweeney, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Mike Sweeney and Bill White

Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
1454
149.18
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1673
150.27
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5848
600
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6680
600
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5188
532.28
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5972
536.41
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.861
0.861
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.818
0.818
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1540
158
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1706
153.23
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
995
102.09
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1161
104.28
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
33.34
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
278
24.97
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.51
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
5.84
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
22.06
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
202
18.14
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
545
55.92
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
545
48.95
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
908.03
93.16
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
965.81
86.75
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2520
258.55
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2720
244.31
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2136
219.15
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2330
209.28
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.851
0.851
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.806
0.806
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.831
0.831
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.781
0.781
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
759
77.87
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
843
75.72
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
909
93.26
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
870
78.14
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1453
149.08
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1511
135.72
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
922.42
94.64
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
993.63
89.25
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
7.59
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
28
2.51
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
522
53.56
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
53.53
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
61
6.26
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
6.29
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
62.89
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
927
83.26
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.54
9.54
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
7.21
7.21
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
0.51
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
3.5
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
6.05
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
45
4.04
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
142
14.57
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
7.37
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
53
5.44
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
9.25
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
25
2.56
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
6.11
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 600 PA
78
8
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
15.36
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.95
67.95
Bill White
Career
Per 600 PA
60.23
60.23

Fielding Stats for Mike Sweeney and Bill White

Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill White
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
1.09
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1629
1.08
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
748
1.03
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
1.01
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19539
27
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40802
27
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6513
9
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13600.2
9
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6015
8.31
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13015
8.61
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
0.71
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
966
0.64
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.1
Bill White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.08
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6600
9.12
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14096
9.33
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6530
9.02
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13981
9.25
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.94
98.94
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.18
99.18
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.276
8.276
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.583
8.583
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.8
94.8
Bill White
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.92
93.92
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
552
0.76
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1160
0.77
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.02
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.13
Bill White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sweeney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.07
Bill White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0