Dale Sveum
Milwaukee Brewers 1986–1988; Milwaukee Brewers 1990–1991; Chicago White Sox 1992; Philadelphia Phillies 1992; Oakland Athletics 1993; Seattle Mariners 1994; Pittsburgh Pirates 1996–1997; New York Yankees 1998; Pittsburgh Pirates 1999
Percentile snapshot
1987 season — qualified batters
of 134 qualified 1987 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 91 | 356 | 317 | 35 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 63 | 4 | 3 | .246 | .316 | .366 | .682 | 85.0 | 83.3 | .311 | 0.8 |
| 1987 | 153 | 586 | 535 | 86 | 135 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 95 | 40 | 133 | 2 | 6 | .252 | .303 | .454 | .757 | 92.9 | 95.9 | .325 | 2.2 |
| 1988 | 129 | 495 | 467 | 41 | 113 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 21 | 122 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .274 | .347 | .621 | 70.9 | 73.2 | .282 | 0.6 |
| 1990 | 48 | 133 | 117 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 1 | .197 | .278 | .282 | .560 | 58.8 | 58.0 | .267 | -0.1 |
| 1991 | 90 | 308 | 266 | 33 | 64 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 32 | 78 | 2 | 4 | .241 | .320 | .365 | .685 | 94.0 | 91.8 | .317 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 94 | 284 | 249 | 28 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 68 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .273 | .297 | .570 | 56.2 | 61.8 | .264 | -0.2 |
| 1993 | 30 | 96 | 79 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .316 | .304 | .620 | 77.9 | 72.2 | .297 | -0.1 |
| 1994 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .241 | .296 | .538 | 36.8 | 37.7 | .245 | -0.2 |
| 1996 | 12 | 40 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .450 | .588 | 1.038 | 174.9 | 168.6 | .459 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 126 | 339 | 306 | 30 | 80 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 27 | 81 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .319 | .451 | .770 | 96.1 | 97.9 | .339 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 64 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .203 | .155 | .358 | -4.3 | -2.0 | .172 | -0.8 |
| 1999 | 49 | 80 | 71 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .278 | .437 | .715 | 70.8 | 77.7 | .305 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-07-17 | LAA @ MIL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 1988-06-12 | MIL @ CWS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987-08-14 | MIL @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1999-08-18 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 1997-08-10 | PIT @ COL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.