{{Short description|American baseball player (1915–1980)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Harry Sweeney |position=First baseman |image= |caption= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1915|12|28}} |birth_place=Franklin, Tennessee |death_date={{death date and age|1980|5|6|1915|12|28}} |death_place=Columbia, Tennessee |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=October 1 |debutyear=1944 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 1 |finalyear=1944 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games played |stat1value=1 |stat2label=At bats |stat2value=2 |stat3label=Hits |stat3value=0 |teams= *Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1944}}) }}
'''Harry Leon Sweeney''' (December 28, 1915 – May 6, 1980) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1944. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, the 28-year-old rookie stood {{height|ft=6|in=0}} and weighed 185 lbs (83.9 kg).
Sweeney is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. On the last day of the season (October 1), he appeared in one of the games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Blue Jays at Shibe Park. He went 0-for-2 (.000) but handled 10 chances for a fielding percentage of 1.000.
He died at the age of 64 in Columbia, Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herald |first=Bill Traughber for the Williamson |date=2023-06-14 |title=MLB rosters through the years have included only 3 players born in Franklin |url=https://www.williamsonherald.com/sports/mlb-rosters-through-the-years-have-included-only-3-players-born-in-franklin/article_a3731172-0b06-11ee-b231-1303822d337f.html |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=Williamson Herald |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{baseballstats|br=s/sweenha01|brm=sweene001hen}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Psweeh101.htm Retrosheet]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweeney, Hank}} Category:1915 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Major League Baseball first basemen Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players Category:Baseball players from Tennessee Category:Sportspeople from Franklin, Tennessee Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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