Craig Swan
Craig Steven Swan
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
Final Game: May 29, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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 10 1 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
12 Seasons 229 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 298 253 13 38 2 0 1 13 0 1 17 93 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 42 3 1 27 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .377 .780 .710 121 .748 0.3 0.0 .714 .091 .000
1975 24 NYM NL 9 9 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .000 .331 .000 .376 .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 .731 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 -11.8 -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 .711 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. 298 245 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 .093 -45.5 -4.7 .272 .081 .017 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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 TOT MLB 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0%
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 TOT MLB 0 0 0 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 0 0 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% 2 1 50% 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% 2 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% 4 3 75% 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% 3 1 33% 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% 2 0 0% 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% 1 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% 0 0 0
1984 33 TOT MLB 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
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 5 33% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 33 229 421 358 18 54 3 0 1 18 0 1 24 131 .151 .206 .168 .374 7 60 4 1 38 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 49 42 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 17 .167 .286 .167 .452 2 23
1977 26 26 48 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 26
1978 27 29 72 68 3 13 0 0 0 4 0 4 15 .191 .236 .191 .427 3 29
1979 28 35 90 83 3 12 2 0 0 2 0 7 38 .145 .211 .169 .380 3 35
1980 29 21 39 34 1 9 0 0 0 6 0 5 13 .265 .359 .265 .624 3 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 4 9 1 0 1 4 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 232 403 371 21 54 3 0 1 20 0 30 132 .146 .213 .162 .375 19 229
162 Game Avg. 162 281 259 15 38 2 0 1 14 0 21 92 .146 .213 .162 .375 13 229

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