Dale Sveum

Dale Sveum
Sveum as 3rd base coach for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006
Chicago Cubs – No. 33
Infielder/Manager
Born: (1963-11-23) November 23, 1963 Richmond, California
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
debut
May 12, 1986, for the Milwaukee Brewers
Last appearance
October 3, 1999, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Batting Average	.236
Home Runs	69
RBI	340
Teams
As Player Milwaukee Brewers (1986–1991) Philadelphia Phillies (1992) Chicago White Sox (1992) Oakland Athletics (1993) Seattle Mariners (1994) Pittsburgh Pirates (1996–1997) New York Yankees (1998) Pittsburgh Pirates (1999) As Manager Milwaukee Brewers (2008) Chicago Cubs (2012-Present) As Coach Boston Red Sox (2004–2005) Milwaukee Brewers (2006–2011)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion in 2004

Dale Curtis Sveum (pronounced /ˈsweɪm/ SWAYM; born November 23, 1963, in Richmond, California) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current manager of the Chicago Cubs.

Playing career

A talented athlete, Sveum was an All-State and All-American quarterback while attending Pinole Valley High School, in addition to being a fine baseball player. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft, he went on to play 12 seasons in MLB, hitting .236 with 69 home runs.

Sveum's best season came in 1987, when he hit 25 home runs and drove in 95 runs while batting mostly in the ninth spot in the Brewers' lineup. On April 19 (Easter Sunday), he hit a walkoff home run at County Stadium to give Milwaukee a 6–4 victory over the Texas Rangers, their twelfth in a row. The moment is perhaps the greatest of Sveum's career, and the game one of the most remembered in Brewers history. Later that year, he enjoyed the best single game of his career when, on July 17, he hit three home runs and had six RBIs, leading his team to a 12–2 thumping of the California Angels.

The following season, Sveum had a career-threatening collision with teammate Darryl Hamilton in which his leg was broken. He missed the rest of the 1988 season and all of the 1989 season. He was never the same player after the incident, and was replaced on the Milwaukee roster by Gary Sheffield.

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. These managers were Tony La Russa ('83, '88, '92, '02), under whom Sveum played in Oakland, Joe Torre ('96, '98), in New York, Lou Piniella ('95, '01, '08), in Seattle, Jim Leyland ('90, '92, '06) in Pittsburgh, and Gene Lamont ('93) in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.

Coaching career

Prior to coaching in Milwaukee, Sveum managed the Double A team in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization from 2001–2003, compiling a 213-211 record. He was named Top Managerial Prospect in the Eastern League by Baseball America in 2003.

Sveum was the third base coach for the Boston Red Sox from 2004–05, working under manager (and former Brewers teammate) Terry Francona, and was part of the 2004 World Series championship team. In Boston, he was known for being aggressive with sending runners, though this often led to runners being thrown out at home plate. He left the Red Sox to rejoin the Brewers as the team's bench coach. On October 30, 2007, Sveum left his role as the Brewers' bench coach to become the team's third base coach. On September 15, 2008, he was named interim manager of the Milwaukee Brewers after manager Ned Yost was fired. Sveum led the team to a 7-5 record to close out the 2008 regular season, which was enough for the Brewers to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008 as the NL Wild Card. Under Sveum's leadership, the Brewers lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in 5 games in the 2008 NLDS. As Ken Macha took over the Brewers for the 2009 season, Sveum stayed on as the team's hitting coach.

On November 16, 2011 the Chicago Cubs offered Sveum their vacant managerial position. 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.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference

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 Ned Yost	Milwaukee Brewers Manager 2008	Succeeded by Ken Macha
Preceded by Jim Skaalen	Milwaukee Brewers Hitting Coach 2009-2011	Succeeded by Vacant (TBD)