Ryan Sweeney

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Ryan Sweeney

Oakland Athletics — No. 15
Outfielder
Born: February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 23)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Bats: Left Throws: Left 
Major League Baseball debut
September 12006 for the Chicago White Sox
Selected MLB statistics
(through June 4, 2008)
Batting average     .261
Home runs     3
Runs batted in     32
Teams

Ryan Joseph Sweeney (born February 20, 1985 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics.

Sweeney graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2003. At the beginning of the 2007 season, Ryan was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization.

On January 3, 2008, the White Sox traded Sweeney along with fellow prospects Fautino De Los Santos and Gio Gonzalez to Oakland for outfielder Nick Swisher.

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