Rick Sweet
| Rick Sweet | |||
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| Catcher / Coach | |||
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Born: September 7, 1952 Longview, Washington |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 8, 1978, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 1983, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .234 | ||
| Home runs | 6 | ||
| Runs batted in | 57 | ||
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Ricky Joe (Rick) Sweet is a former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1978 and 1983, and has since had a long career as minor and major league coach and minor league manager.
Sweet was born September 7, 1952, in Longview, Washington. After graduating from Mark Morris High School, he attended Gonzaga University, where he played college baseball for the Bulldogs from 1973 to 1975.
Sweet was drafted in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres. He spent six seasons in their organization, including one full season with the major league club in 1978, when he split time behind the plate with Gene Tenace. He batted .221 in 88 games.
In 1979, he was replaced by Bill Fahey, who had been acquired from the Texas Rangers. On his 1979 Topps baseball card, Rick is laughing. This is because teammate and friend Gene Tenace asked him jokingly how it felt hitting only one home run, to which Rick started laughing and the photographer snapped the photo, and it was used for his baseball card.
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