Dale Sveum

Sveum pictured right as Cubs manager in 2013 with Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville

Kansas City Royals – No. 21

Hitting Coach

Born: November 23, 1963
Richmond, California

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 12, 1986, for the Milwaukee Brewers

Last MLB appearance

October 3, 1999, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Batting average

.236

Home runs

Runs batted in

340

Games managed

336

Win–loss record

134–202

Winning %

.399

Hits

597

Teams

As player

As manager

Milwaukee Brewers (2008)
Chicago Cubs (2012–2013)

As coach

Career highlights and awards

2× World Series champion (2004, 2015)

Dale Curtis Sveum (/ˈsweɪm/ SWAYM; born November 23, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and the former manager of the Chicago Cubs. He is currently the hitting coach for the Kansas City Royals. As a player, Sveum saw action in twelve major league seasons between 1986 and 1999. He was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees. Following his playing career, Sveum managed in minor league baseball for several seasons before becoming an MLB coach. Sveum briefly served as manager of the Brewers in 2008. He was named manager of the Cubs after the 2011 season.

Playing career

During his time at Pinole Valley High School, Sveum was recognized as an All-State and All-American quarterback,^[1] in addition to playing baseball. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft, he went on to play 12 seasons in MLB, hitting .236 with 69 home runs.^[1]^[2]

Arguably, Sveum's finest season came in 1987, when he hit 25 home runs and drove in 95 runs, mostly as the Brewers' ninth hitter in the lineup. One of his personal highlights came early in the season, when he hit a walk-off home run at County Stadium to give Milwaukee a 6–4 victory over the Texas Rangers. This victory, which came on April 19 (Easter Sunday), led the Brewers to a 12–0 record on the season.^[1]^[3] On July 17 Sveum totaled three homers and six RBIs during a 12–2 thumping of the California Angels.^[1]

On September 3, 1988, Sveum was involved in a severe collision with fellow Brewer Darryl Hamilton. Sveum's leg was broken and he did not play again in 1988. He also sat out the entire 1989 MLB season,^[1] while seeing action in 17 games in the minor leagues.^[4] In his first three major league seasons, Sveum's lowest yearly batting average was .242 Following his return to the majors in 1990, he only batted over .241 twice in parts of nine seasons.^[2]

During his career Sveum had the distinction of playing for five separate managers who would (at some point in their careers) win a league Manager of the Year Award. Those managers were Tony La Russa ('83, '88, '92, '02), in Oakland; Joe Torre ('96, '98), in New York; Lou Piniella ('95, '01, '08), in Seattle; Jim Leyland ('90, '92, '96) in Pittsburgh; and Gene Lamont ('93) with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]

Coaching career

Milwaukee

Sveum as third base coach for the Brewers in 2006

Prior to coaching in Milwaukee, Sveum managed the Double A team in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization from 2001–2003, compiling a 213–211 record. In 2003, Baseball America tabbed Sveum as the best potential MLB manager in the Eastern League.^[1]

Boston Red Sox

Sveum was on the coaching staff of the Boston Red Sox from 2004–05, serving as third base coach^[1] and working under manager (and former Brewers teammate) Terry Francona. Following Sveum's second season in Boston, he left the Red Sox to rejoin Milwaukee as the team's bench coach.^[1] On October 30, 2007, Sveum switched positions on the staff and became the team's third base coach.^[5] On September 15, 2008, he was named interim manager of the Milwaukee Brewers after manager Ned Yost was fired.^[1] Sveum led the team to a 7–5 record to close out the 2008 regular season,^[6] which was enough for the Brewers to make the playoffs for the first time since their World Series run in 1982.^[7] Under Sveum's leadership, the Brewers lost the 2008 NLDS to the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games.^[8] As Ken Macha took over the Brewers for the 2009 season, Sveum stayed on as the team's hitting coach.

Chicago Cubs

On November 16, 2011 the Chicago Cubs offered Sveum their vacant managerial position.^[9] The following day, on November 17, 2011, Sveum accepted an offer to become the new manager of the Chicago Cubs, and was introduced on November 18, 2011, ^[10] but Sveum was fired on September 30, 2013. His total record with the Cubs in two years was 127-197.

Kansas City Royals

On October 3, 2013 the Kansas City Royals announced they had hired Sveum and added him to their 2014 coaching staff as third base coach. On May 29, 2014, the Royals promoted Sveum to hitting coach in an effort to improve a lackluster offensive start to the season.^[11]

Managerial record

Team	From	To	Regular season record			Post–season record
Team	From	To	W	L	Win %	W	L	Win %
Milwaukee Brewers	2008	2008	7	5	.583	1	3	.250
Chicago Cubs	2012	2013	127	197	.392	0	0	–
Total			134	202	.399	1	3	.250

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Muskat, Carrie (November 17, 2011). "Sveum's playing career derailed by leg injury". MLB.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
1 2 "Dale Sveum Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "April 19, 1987 Texas Rangers at Milwaukee Brewers Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "Dale Sveum Minor League Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "Simmons named Brewers' bench coach; Sveum back at third base". ESPN.com. Associated Press. October 30, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
↑ "Dale Sveum Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "Milwaukee Brewers Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "2008 Milwaukee Brewers Batting, Pitching & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ Adams, Luke (November 16, 2011). "Cubs Offer Dale Sveum Position As Manager". MLBTradeRumors.com. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
↑ Edes, Gordon. "Dale Sveum is Cubs' new manager". ESPNBoston.com. ESPN. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
↑ http://www.kansascity.com/2014/05/29/5053707/punchless-royals-name-dale-sveum.html

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Marty Brown	Altoona Curve Manager 2001–2003	Succeeded by Tony Beasley
Preceded by Mike Cubbage	Boston Red Sox Third Base Coach 2004–2005	Succeeded by DeMarlo Hale
Preceded by Rich Donnelly	Milwaukee Brewers Third Base Coach 2006	Succeeded by Nick Leyva
Preceded by Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers Bench Coach 2007	Succeeded by Ted Simmons
Preceded by Rich Donnelly	Milwaukee Brewers Third Base Coach 2008	Succeeded by Garth Iorg
Preceded by Jim Skaalen	Milwaukee Brewers Hitting Coach 2009–2011	Succeeded by Johnny Narron

1982 Major League Baseball Draft First Round Selections

Shawon Dunston Augie Schmidt Jimmy Jones Bryan Oelkers Dwight Gooden Spike Owen Sam Khalifa Bob Kipper Duane Ward John Morris Steve Stanicek Mark Snyder John Russell Ron Karkovice Steve Swain Sam Horn Tony Woods Rob Parkins Franklin Stubbs Rich Monteleone Todd Worrell Scott Jones Billy Hawley Joe Kucharski Dale Sveum Jeff Ledbetter Stan Boderick Robert Jones

Milwaukee Brewers first-round draft picks

1968: None
1969: G. Thomas
1970: Porter
1971: Bianco
1972: D. Thomas
1973: Yount
1974: Edge
1975: O'Keefe
1976: Bordley
1977: Molitor
1978: Hernandez
1979: None
1980: James
1981: None
1982: Sveum
1983: Plesac
1984: Clark
1985: Surhoff
1986: Sheffield
1987: Spiers
1988: Fernandez
1989: Eldred, Powell
1990: None
1991: Henderson, Hill
1992: Felder, Martinez
1993: D'Amico, Wunsch, Dunn, Wagner
1994: Williamson
1995: Jenkins
1996: Green
1997: Peterson
1998: Gold
1999: Sheets
2000: Krynzel
2001: Jones
2002: Fielder
2003: Weeks
2004: Rogers
2005: Braun
2006: Jeffress
2007: LaPorta
2008: Lawrie, Odorizzi, Frederickson
2009: Arnett, Davis, Heckathorn
2010: Covey
2011: Jungmann, Bradley
2012: Coulter, Roache, Haniger
2013: None
2014: Medeiros
2015: Clark

Milwaukee Brewers managers

Joe Schultz (1969)
Dave Bristol (1970–1972)
Roy McMillan (1972)
Del Crandall (1972–1975)
Harvey Kuenn (1975)
Alex Grammas (1976–1977)
George Bamberger (1978–1980)
Buck Rodgers (1980–1982)
Harvey Kuenn (1982–1983)
Rene Lachemann (1984)
George Bamberger (1985–1986)
Tom Trebelhorn (1986–1991)
Phil Garner (1992–1999)
Jim Lefebvre (1999)
Davey Lopes (2000–2002)
Jerry Royster (2002)
Ned Yost (2003–2008)
Dale Sveum (2008)
Ken Macha (2009–2010)
Ron Roenicke (2011–2015)
Craig Counsell (2015–)

Chicago Cubs managers

Albert Spalding (1876–1877)
Bob Ferguson (1878)
Cap Anson (1879)
Silver Flint (1879)
Cap Anson (1880–1897)
Tom Burns (1898–1899)
Tom Loftus (1900–1901)
Frank Selee (1902–1905)
Frank Chance (1905–1912)
Johnny Evers (1913)
Hank O'Day (1914)
Roger Bresnahan (1915)
Joe Tinker (1916)
Fred Mitchell (1917–1920)
Johnny Evers (1921)
Bill Killefer (1921–1925)
Rabbit Maranville (1925)
George Gibson (1925)
Joe McCarthy (1926–1930)
Rogers Hornsby (1930–1932)
Charlie Grimm (1932–1938)
Gabby Hartnett (1938–1940)
Jimmy Wilson (1941–1944)
Roy Johnson (1944)
Charlie Grimm (1944–1949)
Frankie Frisch (1949–1951)
Phil Cavarretta (1951–1953)
Stan Hack (1954–1956)
Bob Scheffing (1957–1959)
Charlie Grimm (1960)
Lou Boudreau (1960)
College of Coaches: Vedie Himsl (1961), Harry Craft (1961), El Tappe (1961–1962), Lou Klein (1961–1962, 1965), Charlie Metro (1962), Bob Kennedy (1963–1965)
Leo Durocher (1966–1972)
Whitey Lockman (1972–1974)
Jim Marshall (1974–1976)
Herman Franks (1977–1979)
Joey Amalfitano (1979)
Preston Gómez (1980)
Joey Amalfitano (1980–1981)
Lee Elia (1982–1983)
Charlie Fox (1983)
Jim Frey (1984–1986)
John Vukovich (1986)
Gene Michael (1986–1987)
Frank Lucchesi (1987)
Don Zimmer (1988–1991)
Joe Altobelli (1991)
Jim Essian (1991)
Jim Lefebvre (1992–1993)
Tom Trebelhorn (1994)
Jim Riggleman (1995–1999)
Don Baylor (2000–2002)
Rene Lachemann (2002)
Bruce Kimm (2002)
Dusty Baker (2003–2006)
Lou Piniella (2007–2010)
Mike Quade (2010–2011)
Dale Sveum (2012–2013)
Rick Renteria (2014)
Joe Maddon (2015–)

Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Champions

3 Pokey Reese 7 Trot Nixon 11 Bill Mueller 12 Mark Bellhorn 13 Doug Mientkiewicz 15 Kevin Millar 18 Johnny Damon 19 Gabe Kapler 20 Kevin Youkilis 24 Manny Ramirez (World Series MVP) 26 Ramiro Mendoza 28 Doug Mirabelli 29 Keith Foulke 30 Curt Leskanic 31 Dave Roberts 32 Derek Lowe 33 Jason Varitek 34 David Ortiz (ALCS MVP) 36 Mike Myers 38 Curt Schilling 43 Alan Embree 44 Orlando Cabrera 45 Pedro Martínez 49 Tim Wakefield 50 Mike Timlin 61 Bronson Arroyo

Manager 47 Terry Francona Coaches Bench Coach 2 Brad Mills Hitting Coach 22 Ron Jackson First Base Coach 35 Lynn Jones Third Base Coach 41 Dale Sveum Coach 44 Bill Haselman Pitching Coach 17 Dave Wallace Bullpen Coach 54 Euclides Rojas Bullpen Catcher 60 Dana LeVangie

Regular season American League Division Series American League Championship Series

Kansas City Royals 2015 World Series Champions

1 Jarrod Dyson 2 Alcides Escobar (ALCS MVP) 4 Alex Gordon 6 Lorenzo Cain 8 Mike Moustakas 9 Drew Butera 13 Salvador Pérez (World Series MVP) 15 Alex Ríos 16 Paulo Orlando 17 Wade Davis 18 Ben Zobrist 24 Christian Colón 25 Kendrys Morales 27 Raúl A. Mondesí 30 Yordano Ventura 32 Chris Young 35 Eric Hosmer 36 Edinson Vólquez 39 Kris Medlen 40 Kelvin Herrera 41 Danny Duffy 44 Luke Hochevar 45 Franklin Morales 46 Ryan Madson 47 Johnny Cueto

Manager 3 Ned Yost Coaches Bench Coach 22 Don Wakamatsu First Base Coach 81 Rusty Kuntz Third Base Coach 59 Mike Jirschele Hitting Coach 21 Dale Sveum Pitching Coach 58 Dave Eiland Bullpen Coach 57 Doug Henry Catching 28 Pedro Grifol Bullpen Catcher 88 Cody Clark

Regular season American League Division Series American League Championship Series

Kansas City Royals current roster

Active roster	0 Terrance Gore 1 Jarrod Dyson 2 Alcides Escobar 4 Alex Gordon 6 Lorenzo Cain 7 Tony Cruz 8 Mike Moustakas 9 Drew Butera 12 Bubba Starling 13 Salvador Pérez 14 Omar Infante 15 Kyle Zimmer 16 Paulo Orlando 17 Wade Davis 19 Cheslor Cuthbert 24 Christian Colón 25 Kendrys Morales 26 Brett Eibner 27 Raúl A. Mondesí 30 Yordano Ventura 31 Ian Kennedy 32 Chris Young 33 Brian Flynn 34 Reymond Fuentes 35 Eric Hosmer 36 Edinson Vólquez 38 Jorge Bonifacio 39 Kris Medlen 40 Kelvin Herrera 41 Danny Duffy 44 Luke Hochevar 48 Joakim Soria 50 Miguel Almonte 51 Jason Vargas 54 Scott Alexander 55 Tim Collins 62 Ramón Torres 63 Alec Mills 64 Matthew Strahm 66 José Martínez

Coaching staff	Manager 3 Ned Yost Bench 22 Don Wakamatsu First base 81 Rusty Kuntz Third base 23 Mike Jirschele Hitting 21 Dale Sveum Pitching 58 Dave Eiland Bullpen 57 Doug Henry Catching 28 Pedro Grifol Bullpen catcher 88 Cody Clark

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