MIKE SWEENEY
First Year on Ballot
PLAYING CAREER: Kansas City Royals (1995–2007), Oakland Athletics (2008), Seattle Mariners (2009–2010) and Philadelphia Phillies (2010)
ACHIEVEMENTS: .297 lifetime batting average with 215 home runs. Five-time All-Star (2000–2003 and 2005). Kansas City Royals team captain from 2003 to 2007. Inducted into both the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame and Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON TWITTER:
If I had a Hall of Fame ballot, Mike Sweeney would be guaranteed at least one vote, because dammit, HUGS MATTER.
— Joe Veyera (@JoeVeyera) December 30, 2015
It's finally here… Mike Sweeney is Hall of Fame eligible. #AllCenturyDisabledList
— Remington (@rrw2915) November 10, 2015
Mike Sweeney is on the Hall of Fame ballot!!! Can I have a vote?
— Brennan Mense (@BrennanMense) November 9, 2015
HOVG THOUGHTS: Looking back at Sweeney’s numbers, the former Royals captain had a far better career than I had remembered. Unfortunately, he would’ve had to have done twice as much in those 16 years to garner any sort of Hall of Fame consideration.
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