Bill Swaggerty

William David Swaggerty

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: December 5, 1956 in Sanford, FL
School: Stetson University (DeLand, FL)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 26th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1983
Team: Orioles 1983-1986

Final Game: May 4, 1986
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1979	22	BAL-min	Rk	5	3	.625	4.76	17	9					68.0	76	45	36	5	28								1.529	10.1	0.7	3.7			BLD · APPY
1980	23	BAL-min	AA,A	6	7	.462	2.39	45	0		0	0	3	94.0	86	36	25	1	46	2	48	1	1	5			1.404	8.2	0.1	4.4	4.6	1.04	CHR,MIA · SOUL,FLOR
1981	24	BAL-min	AA	8	5	.615	2.02	35	0	30	0	0	10	49.0	35	15	11	1	19	5	26	0	0	4			1.102	6.4	0.2	3.5	4.8	1.37	CHR · SOUL
1982	25	BAL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	5.38	29	14	10	3	1	1	92.0	111	63	55	10	59	0	27	0	0	5			1.848	10.9	1.0	5.8	2.6	0.46	ROC · IL
1983	26	BAL-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.64	25	17	1	3	0	0	118.1	136	67	61	9	37	2	25	1	1	2			1.462	10.3	0.7	2.8	1.9	0.68	ROC · IL
1983	26	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	2.91	7	2	3	0	0	0	21.2	23	8	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	92	138	1.338	9.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.17
1984	27	BAL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	2.66	11	10	0	4	2	0	64.1	53	25	19	3	30	1	22	0	0	5			1.290	7.4	0.4	4.2	3.1	0.73	ROC · IL
1984	27	BAL	AL	3	2	.600	5.21	23	6	6	0	0	0	57.0	68	41	33	7	21	3	18	0	1	1	251	75	1.561	10.7	1.1	3.3	2.8	0.86
1985	28	BAL-min	AAA	11	13	.458	3.24	30	26	1	10	2	0	189.0	187	73	68	11	52	4	58	2	0	9			1.265	8.9	0.5	2.5	2.8	1.12	ROC · IL
1985	28	BAL	AL	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	92	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
1986	29	BAL-min	AAA	12	7	.632	4.25	26	25	0	9	0	0	175.2	204	92	83	15	52	2	56	2	0	9			1.457	10.5	0.8	2.7	2.9	1.08	ROC · IL
1986	29	BAL	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	9	32	7.000	54.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1987	30	KCR-min	AAA	10	12	.455	4.89	27	25	0	5	2	0	163.2	199	95	89	14	50	0	63	2	1	5			1.521	10.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.26	OMA · AA
1988	31	KCR-min	AAA	10	5	.667	3.43	20	16	2	2	0	1	120.2	123	57	46	9	27	0	30	0	2	2			1.243	9.2	0.7	2.0	2.2	1.11	OMA · AA
4 Yrs				4	3	.571	4.76	32	8	9	0	0	0	81.1	100	52	43	8	30	5	28	0	1	2	362	84	1.598	11.1	0.9	3.3	3.1	0.93
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.571	4.76	54	14	15	0	0	0	138	170	88	73	14	51	9	48	0	2	3	615	84	1.598	11.1	0.9	3.3	3.1	0.93

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1983	26	BAL	AL	21.2	7	2	8	3.32	4.72	0.04	-0.17	103.1	4.65	3	0.3	.8	-0.0	0.5	5	.549	.502	$
1984	27	BAL	AL	57.0	23	6	41	6.47	4.75	0.40	-0.13	96.2	4.06	-15	-1.5	.8	0.0	-1.0	-9	.435	.491	$
1985	28	BAL	AL	1.2	1	0	1	5.40	4.57	-0.12	-0.36	96.0	4.16	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.477	.500	$
1986	29	BAL	AL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	4.03	-0.13	-0.32	102.0	3.93	-2	-0.1	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.361	.499	$
4 Seasons				81.1	32	8	52	5.75	4.73	0.29	-0.15	98.1	4.21	-14	-1.3	.8	0.0	-0.6	-5	.459	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1983	26	BAL	AL	7	92	86	8	23	3	2	1	2	0	6	7	.267	.315	.384	.699	.282	33	1	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	BAL	AL	23	251	225	41	68	10	0	7	4	1	21	18	.302	.356	.440	.796	.299	99	8	0	1	4	3	4
1985	28	BAL	AL	1	10	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.375	.500	.500	1.000	.500	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986	29	BAL	AL	1	9	8	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.778	.875	1.653	.857	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				32	362	327	52	100	15	2	8	6	1	30	28	.306	.360	.437	.797	.312	143	9	0	1	4	5	5
162 Game Avg.				54	615	556	88	170	26	3	14	10	2	51	48	.306	.360	.437	.797	.312	243	15	0	2	7	9	9
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	26	BAL	AL	2.7	0.3	95	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	.99	0.2	-0.4	2.2	0.2	0.99	2.8	1	2	2
1984	27	BAL	AL	-10.5	-1.0	258	-1.6	2.8	-4.4	.77	-0.7	-1.3	-14.2	-1.4	0.77	-7.0	3	4	9
1985	28	BAL	AL	-0.0	0.0	10	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.24	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.24	-1.0	0	0	1
1986	29	BAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.24	-0.3	0.0	-2.9	-0.2	0.24	-2.5	0	0	1
4 Yrs				-9.1	-0.9	373	-1.8	4.3	-6.1	.80	-0.8	-1.5	-16.1	-1.5	0.80	-7.7	4	6	13

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1983	26	BAL	AL	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	2	0	0	1	50%	43.0	49	37	3	0	0	2	6.0	1.0	4.3
1984	27	BAL	AL	23	6	1	2	3	0	0	2	4	.333	0	3	0	0	1	17%	38.0	51	30	12	4	3	3	4.6	3.1	4.4
2 Yrs				30	8	1	2	5	0	0	4	4	.500	0	5	0	0	2	25%	39	51	30	15	4	3	5	4.9	2.6	4.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-5					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	26	BAL	AL	7	5	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	7	.987	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	4	4	0	4	1	7.8
1984	27	BAL	AL	23	17	6	2	0	1	1	17	6	35%	7	.772	3	4	9	4	0	13	8	9	10	2	11	2	5.4
1985	28	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	.242	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0
1986	29	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	.236	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.0
4 Yrs				32	24	9	3	1	1	1	21	9	43%		.799	4	6	13	5	1	18	11	13	15	2	17	3	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	26	BAL	AL	92	55%	1.1%	7.6%	6.5%	6.5%	26%	1.67	85%	18	1	6%
1984	27	BAL	AL	251	56%	2.8%	7.2%	8.4%	6.8%	25%	1.73	81%	57	8	14%
1985	28	BAL	AL	10	40%	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	10.0%	33%	2.00	60%	2	0	0%
1986	29	BAL	AL	9	78%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%	17%		78%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				362	56%	2.2%	7.7%	8.3%	6.9%	25%	1.73	81%	80	9	11%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.2%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.07	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1983	26	BAL	AL	92	23			1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	4	1	67%	1	0	1	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1984	27	BAL	AL	251	68			7	0	8	4	3	1	6	25	15	1	60%	4	1	0	94	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1985	28	BAL	AL	10	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	29	BAL	AL	9	6			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	1	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4 Yrs				362	100			8	0	10	4	4	1	7	34	20	2	59%	5	2	1	139	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	26	1	1	.500	2.91	7	2	3	21.2	23	8	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	92	138	1.338	9.6	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.17	138
1984	27	4	3	.571	4.58	30	8	9	78.2	91	49	40	8	27	3	25	1	1	343	86	1.500	10.4	0.9	3.1	2.9	0.93	86
1985	28	4	3	.571	4.59	31	8	9	80.1	94	50	41	8	29	4	27	1	1	353	86	1.531	10.5	0.9	3.2	3.0	0.93	86
1986	29	4	3	.571	4.76	32	8	9	81.1	100	52	43	8	30	5	28	1	2	362	84	1.598	11.1	0.9	3.3	3.1	0.93	84

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1983	26	1	1	.500	3.43	21.0	24	9	8	1	6	7	1.429	10.3	2.6	3.0	1.17	0.4	7
1984	27	1	4	.200	6.40	52.0	72	41	37	7	22	17	1.808	12.5	3.8	2.9	0.77	1.2	23
1985	28	0	0		4.50	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	2.500	13.5	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
1986	29	0	0		18.00	1.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	7.000	54.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
4 Yrs		2	5	.286	5.68	76.0	105	53	48	8	31	27	1.789	12.4		3.2	0.87	0.9	32

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