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Craig Swan

Craig Steven Swan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 30, 1950 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Millikan (Long Beach, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1973
Teams (by GP): Mets/Angels 1973-1984
Agents: Dick Merkel,Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: May 29, 1984
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 22 NYM NL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 23 NYM NL 7 12 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .364 .417 .364 .780 121 4 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 24 NYM NL 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1976 25 NYM NL 23 49 39 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .103 .186 .103 .289 -14 4 0 1 6 0 0 1
1977 26 NYM NL 26 54 48 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .188 .188 .188 .375 4 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1978 27 NYM NL 29 76 65 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .154 .191 .154 .345 -0 10 1 0 8 0 0 1
1979 28 NYM NL 35 91 81 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 38 .123 .184 .148 .332 -6 12 0 0 4 0 0 1
1980 29 NYM NL 21 43 32 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 13 .219 .306 .219 .524 51 7 2 0 7 0 0 1
1981 30 NYM NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 31 NYM NL 37 54 44 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 7 15 .182 .294 .273 .567 61 12 1 0 3 0 0 1
1983 32 NYM NL 27 27 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 33 TOT MLB 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 33 NYM NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 33 CAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 231 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 295 251 13 38 2 0 1 13 0 1 17 92 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 42 3 1 27 0 0
NYM (12 yrs) 229 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 229 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0
AL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 22 NYM NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1974 23 NYM NL 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1975 24 NYM NL 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1976 25 NYM NL 49 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1977 26 NYM NL 54 -6 0 -1 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $70,000 1
1978 27 NYM NL 76 -8 -1 -1 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $80,000 1
1979 28 NYM NL 91 -12 -1 -1 1 0 9 3 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $90,000 1
1980 29 NYM NL 43 -2 0 0 -1 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $560,000 1
1981 30 NYM NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $560,000 /1
1982 31 NYM NL 54 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $585,000 1
1983 32 NYM NL 27 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $660,000 1
11 Seasons 420 -45 -2 -3 0 0 34 11 -5 -1.1 -5 -0.5 -0.6 $2,605,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1973 22 NYM NL 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .260 .000 .329 .000 .387 .000 .716 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1974 23 NYM NL 12 7 2 7.7 94 .444 .364 .261 .417 .333 .364 .378 .780 .711 121 .748 0.3 0.0 .714 .091 .000
1975 24 NYM NL 9 9 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .000 .331 .000 .377 .000 .707 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1976 25 NYM NL 49 41 1 0.7 87 .182 .103 .256 .186 .321 .103 .364 .289 .685 -14 .034 -5.7 -0.6 .229 .077 .000
1977 26 NYM NL 54 45 2 1.2 99 .250 .188 .263 .188 .330 .188 .401 .375 .732 4 .078 -6.5 -0.6 .231 .000 .000
1978 27 NYM NL 76 64 2 0.8 91 .200 .154 .257 .191 .324 .154 .378 .345 .703 -0 .050 -8.8 -0.9 .232 .046 .000
1979 28 NYM NL 91 76 3 1.1 96 .233 .123 .264 .184 .329 .148 .392 .332 .721 -6 .069 -11.9 -1.2 .236 .086 .025
1980 29 NYM NL 43 34 2 1.6 93 .368 .219 .263 .306 .325 .219 .382 .524 .707 51 .142 -2.0 -0.2 .407 .125 .000
1981 30 NYM NL 3 3 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .373 .000 .698 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1982 31 NYM NL 54 40 4 2.7 94 .250 .182 .264 .294 .327 .273 .384 .567 .712 61 .307 -2.2 -0.2 .514 .250 .091 .0
1983 32 NYM NL 27 25 0 0.0 96 .133 .077 .262 .077 .330 .077 .388 .154 .719 -57 .000 -5.6 -0.6 .083 .000 .000
1984 33 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
1984 33 NYM NL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
12 Seasons 421 347 16 1.2 94 .235 .151 .261 .206 .327 .168 .385 .374 .712 7 .093 -45.5 -4.7 .272 .081 .017 .0
162 Game Avg. 295 243 11 1.2 94 .235 .151 .261 .206 .327 .168 .385 .374 .712 7 .093 -45.5 -4.7 .272 .081 .017
NL (12 yrs) 421 347 16 1.2 94 .235 .151 .261 .206 .327 .168 .385 .374 .712 7 .094 -45.5 -4.7 .272 .081 .017 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1973 22 NYM NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1974 23 NYM NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 11.0 1.50 75%
1975 24 NYM NL 9 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4 7.0 3.00 22%
1976 25 NYM NL 49 0.0% 34.7% 6.1% 0.0% 0% 5.67 2.3 39.0 1.88 45%
1977 26 NYM NL 54 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 1.13 67%
1978 27 NYM NL 76 0.0% 19.7% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.3 21.7 2.77 66%
1979 28 NYM NL 91 0.0% 41.8% 6.6% 2.2% 20% 6.33 2.1 40.5 1.64 47%
1980 29 NYM NL 43 0.0% 30.2% 9.3% 0.0% 0% 3.25 2.5 6.4 4.00 44%
1981 30 NYM NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1982 31 NYM NL 54 1.9% 27.8% 13.0% 3.7% 25% 2.14 2.9 44.0 11.0 3.00 52%
1983 32 NYM NL 27 0.0% 40.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.4 26.0 1.33 56%
1984 33 NYM NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
12 Seasons 421 0.2% 31.1% 5.7% 1.0% 7% 5.46 2.7 358.0 19.9 2.06 54%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.54 6.8 45.8 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 NYM NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .94 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.02 -0.5 0
1974 23 NYM NL 0.3 0.0 12 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .84 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 1.01 0.3 0
1975 24 NYM NL -1.9 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.05 -0.2 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 1.01 -1.7 0
1976 25 NYM NL -5.7 -0.6 49 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .98 -0.6 0.2 -5.0 -0.6 1.03 -6.3 0
1977 26 NYM NL -6.5 -0.6 54 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .83 -0.7 -0.0 -8.6 -0.9 0.92 -8.0 0
1978 27 NYM NL -8.8 -0.9 77 -0.9 0.5 -1.3 .95 -0.9 0.0 -10.4 -1.1 0.94 -9.8 0
1979 28 NYM NL -11.9 -1.2 92 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 .90 -1.2 -0.0 -13.1 -1.4 0.95 -12.2 0
1980 29 NYM NL -2.0 -0.2 43 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 1.20 -0.3 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.07 -2.5 0
1981 30 NYM NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.34 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.98 -0.7 0
1982 31 NYM NL -2.2 -0.2 54 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .98 -0.2 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.93 -2.2 0
1983 32 NYM NL -5.6 -0.6 27 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .93 -0.5 0.1 -4.4 -0.5 0.84 -5.6 0
1984 33 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.03 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.12 -0.2 0
1984 33 CAL AL 0.0
12 Seasons -45.5 -4.7 423 -4.1 3.6 -7.7 .96 -4.7 0.5 -47.4 -5.0 0.96 -49.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 NYM NL 0 0 40% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 24 NYM NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 NYM NL 0 0 38% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1977 26 NYM NL 0 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 27 NYM NL 0 0 15% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11% 7 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1979 28 NYM NL 0 0 19% 25 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1980 29 NYM NL 0 0 9% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 30 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 31 NYM NL 1 0 21% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1983 32 NYM NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 33 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1 0 22% 122 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 21% 21 19 1 3 3 0 10 4 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1973 22 NYM NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 NYM NL 12 42% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1975 24 NYM NL 9 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1976 25 NYM NL 49 27% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 15 0 0% 12 3 25% 37 1 3% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1977 26 NYM NL 54 30% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 6 0 0% 8 2 25% 28 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1978 27 NYM NL 76 30% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 12 1 8% 16 5 31% 49 3 6% 5 2 40% 2 2 100% 0
1979 28 NYM NL 91 37% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 18 0 0% 22 6 27% 55 2 4% 3 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1980 29 NYM NL 43 28% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 10 2 20% 10 3 30% 33 5 15% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 0
1981 30 NYM NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 31 NYM NL 54 22% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 50% 8 1 13% 7 1 14% 31 3 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1983 32 NYM NL 27 4% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 14 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1984 33 NYM NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 421 29% 54 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 43 38 88% 82 4 5% 87 22 25% 267 17 6% 20 7 35% 15 9 60% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 10 14 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .308 .357 .308 .665 89 4 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 16 23 20 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .200 .238 .200 .438 25 4 0 0 2 0 0
1976 25 39 72 59 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 26 .136 .203 .136 .339 -1 8 0 1 8 0 0
1977 26 65 126 107 8 17 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 38 .159 .196 .159 .355 2 17 0 1 14 0 0
1978 27 94 202 172 10 27 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 53 .157 .194 .157 .351 1 27 1 1 22 0 0
1979 28 129 293 253 13 37 2 0 0 8 0 1 13 91 .146 .191 .154 .345 -2 39 1 1 26 0 0
1980 29 150 336 285 14 44 2 0 0 13 0 1 17 104 .154 .205 .161 .366 5 46 3 1 33 0 0
1981 30 155 339 288 14 44 2 0 0 13 0 1 17 105 .153 .203 .160 .362 4 46 3 1 33 0 0
1982 31 192 393 332 18 52 3 0 1 17 0 1 24 120 .157 .216 .175 .390 11 58 4 1 36 0 0
1983 32 219 420 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 37 0 0
1984 33 231 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1973 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1974 23 7 12 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .364 .417 .364 .780 2 7
1975 24 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1976 25 23 45 40 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 17 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 23
1977 26 26 49 49 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .204 .204 .204 .408 2 26
1978 27 29 68 65 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 3 15 .154 .191 .154 .345 2 29
1979 28 35 85 80 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 38 .113 .165 .138 .302 2 35
1980 29 21 36 32 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 4 13 .219 .306 .219 .524 2 21
1981 30 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1982 31 37 53 45 5 9 1 0 1 5 0 8 15 .200 .321 .289 .610 4 37
1983 32 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 27
12 Seasons 234 388 362 21 54 3 0 1 18 0 25 132 .149 .206 .166 .372 15 231
162 Game Avg. 162 269 251 15 37 2 0 1 12 0 17 91 .149 .206 .166 .372 10 231

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 NL  5.4 (10th)

                                         

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