Darnell Sweeney

Darnell Sweeney

Sweeney, during his tenure with the Oklahoma City Dodgers, at 2015 Triple-A All-Star Game
Los Angeles Dodgers
Utility player
Born: (1991-02-01) February 1, 1991
Carver Ranches, Florida
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 20, 2015, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(through 2015 season)
Batting average .176
Home runs 3
Runs batted in 11
On-base percentage .286
Teams

Darnell Thomas Sweeney (born February 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball utility player in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He previously has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Career

Amateur

Sweeney attended Fort Lauderdale High School for the 2005–2006 school year. Due to relocation Darnell finished off his prep career at American Senior High School. He was drafted in the 41st round of the 2009 MLB draft by the Florida Marlins but did not sign.

Sweeney attended college at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he played college baseball for the UCF Knights.[1] He was selected to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team with a .358 batting average, 83 hits and 17 stolen bases. As a Junior he was named to the Coral Gables All-Regional Team and was a Conference USA Preseason First Teamer.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Darnell Sweeney in spring training with the Dodgers

Sweeney was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft.[2]

In 2012 with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer League he hit .303, stole 10 bags in 16 games. On July 8, 2012 he was called up to the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League. There he hit .291, 23 RBI, 5 HR and stole 17 bases in only 51 games. In 2013 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, he hit .275 in 134 games with 11 homers, 75 RBI and 48 steals. He was promoted to the AA Chattanooga Lookouts for 2014. He was selected to the mid-season Southern League all-star game.[3] In 132 games, he hit .288 with 14 homers and 57 RBI. After the season, he played with the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to the AFL Top Prospects List.[4] The Dodgers invited him to attend major league spring training in 2015.[5] He was assigned to the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers[6] and selected to the mid-season all-star team.[7]

Philadelphia Phillies

On August 19, 2015, Sweeney and fellow minor leaguer John Richy were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chase Utley.[8] The Phillies immediately added Sweeney to the major league roster.[9] He made his MLB debut August 20 as a pinch hitter.[10] His first major league hit — a home run — came on August 22 in Miami against the Marlins.[11]

Return to the Dodgers

On November 11, 2016, he was traded back to the Dodgers (along with Darin Ruf) in exchange for Howie Kendrick.[12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20141117/los-angeles-dodgers-prospect-darnell-sweeney-just-looking-to-fit-in
  2. ↑ "Trio of Knights Taken in MLB Draft". Today.ucf.edu. June 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ Stephen, Eric (June 3, 2014). "Chris Reed, Scott Schebler among 5 Chattanooga Southern League All-Stars". truebluela. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Stephen, Eric (December 10, 2014). "Corey Seager, Scott Schebler, Darnell Sweeney named to 2014 AFL Top Prospects Team". truebluela.com. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ Weisman, Jon (January 9, 2015). "Arruebarrena, Seager, Urias among 17 non-roster Spring Training invitees". dodgers.com. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hoornstra, J. P. (April 7, 2015). "Revealed: Opening Day roster for Triple-A Oklahoma City.". LA Daily News. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Four OKC Dodgers Named to Triple-A All-Star Game". milb.com. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Weisman, Jon (August 19, 2015). "Dodgers add Chase Utley for postseason pursuit". Dodgers.com. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Gitlin, Marty (August 19, 2015). "2B Darnell Sweeney, P Jerad Eickhoff set to join Phillies". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ Kaplan, Jake (August 22, 2015). "Phillies Notes: Phillies newcomer Darnell Sweeney Happy to be in the Big Leagues". Philly.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ Kaplan, Jake (August 23, 2015). "Sweeney's First Homer Helps Phillies beat Marlins". Philly.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ Stephen, Eric (November 11, 2016). "Dodgers trade Howie Kendrick to Phillies for Darin Ruf and Darnell Sweeney". SB Nation. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

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