and drinking heavily, he went 11-21 with a 3.93 ERA in 275 innings. On June 12, 1886, Sweeney gave up seven home runs in a game, which still stands as the MLB record. He was released from the Maroons in mid-season after starting 5-6 with a 4.16 ERA. The following year, he played a few games for the Cleveland Blues of the American Association before being released. Sweeney finished his major league career with a record of 64-52. He then moved on to play for various teams in the California League from 1888 to 1892. Later life After returning to San Francisco, Sweeney went into business with his friend, baseball player James McDonald, and married McDonald's sister Jennie. In July 1894, Sweeney shot and killed a man in a fight. The case went to trial, and Sweeney was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to eight years in prison. He was released in March 1898. He then began working as an umpire in the California League, and in August he got into an argument at a game, assaulted someone, and was arrested. Sweeney suffered from tuberculosis during the last years of his life. He died in San Francisco in 1902, nine days short of his 39th birthday. He is interred at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. See also List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders List of Major League Baseball single-game strikeout leaders References External links Baseball Almanac 1863 births 1902 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players Providence Grays players St. Louis Maroons players San Francisco (minor league baseball) players San Francisco Athletics players San Francisco Haverlys players Stockton (minor league baseball) players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Oakland (minor league baseball) players Oakland Colonels players Screwball pitchers Baseball players from San Francisco American people convicted of manslaughter 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Tuberculosis deaths in California