| Rick Sweet | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sweet as manager of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2016 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: September 7, 1952 Longview, Washington, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| 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 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Ricky Joe Sweet (born September 7, 1952) is an American former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1978 and 1983 for the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, and Seattle Mariners. Sweet became a major league coach in 1984 and spent two years as a scout before beginning his minor league managerial career in 1987.
Sweet has won four minor league manager of the year awards. His first was the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 1994 with the Tucson Toros. He has won the International League Manager of the Year Award three times. The first two were won back-to-back with the Louisville Bats in 2008 and 2009, while the third was won in 2022 with the Nashville Sounds. Sweet was the recipient of the Mike Coolbaugh Award in 2022.