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Dale Curtis Sveum ( ; 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,〔 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.〔〔 Arguably, Sveum's finest season came in , 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.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL198704190.shtml )〕 On July 17 Sveum totaled three homers and six RBIs during a 12–2 thumping of the California Angels.〔 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 . He also sat out the entire MLB season, while seeing action in 17 games in the minor leagues.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sveum-001dal )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sveumda01-bat.shtml )〕 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dale Sveum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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