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Russ Swan

Russell Howard Swan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 3, 1964 in Fremont, CA
High School: Kennewick HS (Kennewick, WA)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted
by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1989
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Indians/Giants 1989-1994

Final Game: April 30, 1994
Died: April 26, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV
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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
1989 25 SFG NL 0 2 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 10 8 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 34 33 2.250 14.9 5.4 5.4 2.7 0.50
1990 26 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 3.65 13 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 48 26 20 3 22 2 16 0 1 1 213 109 1.419 8.8 0.5 4.0 2.9 0.73
1990 26 SFG NL 0 1 .000 3.86 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 6 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 18 112 4.286 23.1 0.0 15.4 3.9 0.25
1990 26 SEA AL 2 3 .400 3.64 11 8 0 0 0 0 47.0 42 22 19 3 18 2 15 0 1 0 195 109 1.277 8.0 0.6 3.4 2.9 0.83
1991 27 SEA AL 6 2 .750 3.43 63 0 11 0 0 2 78.2 81 35 30 8 28 7 33 0 0 8 336 120 1.386 9.3 0.9 3.2 3.8 1.18
1992 28 SEA AL 3 10 .231 4.74 55 9 26 1 0 9 104.1 104 60 55 8 45 7 45 3 0 6 457 84 1.428 9.0 0.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
1993 29 SEA AL 3 3 .500 9.15 23 0 6 0 0 0 19.2 25 20 20 2 18 1 10 2 0 0 100 49 2.186 11.4 0.9 8.2 4.6 0.56
1994 30 CLE AL 0 1 .000 11.25 12 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 13 11 10 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 43 43 2.500 14.6 1.1 7.9 2.3 0.29
6 Yrs 14 22 .389 4.83 168 20 45 1 0 11 266.2 282 162 143 26 124 18 108 5 1 15 1183 84 1.523 9.5 0.9 4.2 3.6 0.87
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .389 4.83 61 7 16 0 0 4 96 102 59 52 9 45 7 39 2 0 5 428 84 1.523 9.5 0.9 4.2 3.6 0.87
SEA (4 yrs) 14 18 .438 4.47 152 17 43 1 0 11 249.2 252 137 124 21 109 17 103 5 1 14 1088 91 1.446 9.1 0.8 3.9 3.7 0.95
SFG (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 9.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 17 14 9 4 8 0 3 0 0 1 52 42 2.778 17.0 4.0 8.0 3.0 0.38
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.25 12 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 13 11 10 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 43 43 2.500 14.6 1.1 7.9 2.3 0.29
AL (5 yrs) 14 19 .424 4.68 164 17 45 1 0 11 257.2 265 148 134 22 116 18 105 5 1 14 1131 87 1.479 9.3 0.8 4.1 3.7 0.91
NL (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 9.00 4 3 0 0 0 0 9.0 17 14 9 4 8 0 3 0 0 1 52 42 2.778 17.0 4.0 8.0 3.0 0.38

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 Awards
1989 25 SFG NL 6.2 2 2 10 13.50 3.51 0.31 0.12 94.6 3.14 -8 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .202 .496 $
1990 26 SFG NL 2.1 2 1 4 15.43 4.63 -0.31 0.17 108.7 5.55 -3 -0.3 .5 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .374 .498 $100,000
1990 26 SEA AL 47.0 11 8 22 4.21 4.42 0.35 0.09 102.4 4.25 1 0.1 1.5 -0.0 0.5 5 .505 .500 $
1991 27 SEA AL 78.2 63 0 35 4.00 4.55 -0.20 -0.35 100.1 4.41 4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 1.0 13 .506 .502 $108,000
1992 28 SEA AL 104.1 55 9 60 5.18 4.49 -0.30 -0.10 100.4 4.71 -5 -0.6 1.5 -0.2 0.2 6 .490 .497 $195,000
1993 29 SEA AL 19.2 23 0 20 9.15 5.02 0.33 -0.39 102.7 4.41 -10 -1.0 1.6 -0.3 -1.1 -8 .457 .494 $435,000
1994 30 CLE AL 8.0 12 0 11 12.38 5.98 -0.06 -0.46 96.1 5.36 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .453 .497 $400,000
6 Seasons 266.2 168 20 162 5.47 4.56 -0.09 -0.16 100.6 4.51 -28 -2.5 1.4 -0.7 -0.6 1 .485 .498 $1,238,000
SEA (4 yrs) 249.2 152 17 137 4.94 4.54 -0.10 -0.16 100.9 4.51 -11 -1.1 1.5 -0.7 0.6 16 .493 .498 $738,000
SFG (2 yrs) 9.0 4 3 14 14.00 3.80 0.15 0.13 98.2 3.76 -10 -0.8 .5 -0.0 -0.7 -9 .288 .497 $100,000
CLE (1 yr) 8.0 12 0 11 12.38 5.98 -0.06 -0.46 96.1 5.36 -6 -0.6 1.1 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .453 .497 $400,000

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
1989 25 SFG NL 2 34 28 10 11 1 1 4 0 1 4 2 .393 .469 .929 1.397 .318 26 1 0 2 0 0 1
1990 26 SEA AL 11 195 172 22 42 9 1 3 5 0 18 15 .244 .311 .360 .671 .248 62 9 0 2 3 2 4
1990 26 SFG NL 2 18 14 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .429 .556 .429 .984 .462 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 TOT MLB 13 213 186 26 48 9 1 3 5 0 22 16 .258 .332 .366 .697 .265 68 9 0 2 3 2 5
1991 27 SEA AL 63 336 301 35 81 17 0 8 7 1 28 33 .269 .330 .405 .736 .280 122 13 0 6 1 7 6
1992 28 SEA AL 55 457 397 60 104 22 4 8 6 2 45 45 .262 .338 .398 .736 .275 158 9 3 7 5 7 5
1993 29 SEA AL 23 100 79 20 25 3 0 2 1 1 18 10 .316 .455 .430 .885 .343 34 3 2 1 0 1 0
1994 30 CLE AL 12 43 34 11 13 2 0 1 1 0 7 2 .382 .488 .529 1.017 .387 18 1 0 2 0 1 0
6 Yrs 168 1183 1025 162 282 54 6 26 20 5 124 108 .275 .353 .416 .769 .284 426 36 5 20 9 18 17
162 Game Avg. 61 428 371 59 102 20 2 9 7 2 45 39 .275 .353 .416 .769 .284 154 13 2 7 3 7 6
MLB Averages .259 .326 .391 .717 .288

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1989 25 SFG NL -6.0 -0.6 36 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .83 -0.7 -0.3 -7.6 -0.7 0.83 -8.4 0 0 0
1990 26 TOT MLB 0.2 0.0 221 -0.1 3.9 -3.9 1.07 -0.1 0.0 -3.9 -0.3 1.07 -0.7 1 1 2
1990 26 SFG NL -1.2 -0.1 20 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .98 -0.3 -0.0 -5.4 -0.5 0.97 -3.3 0 0 1
1990 26 SEA AL 1.4 0.1 201 0.3 3.7 -3.5 1.08 0.2 0.0 1.5 0.2 1.08 2.6 1 1 1
1991 27 SEA AL 5.0 0.5 352 1.2 6.4 -5.1 1.06 -0.1 1.2 10.0 1.0 1.06 1.0 27 12 24
1992 28 SEA AL -8.8 -0.9 473 -0.8 9.2 -10.0 1.19 -0.3 -0.4 -6.9 -0.7 1.19 -3.2 22 9 12
1993 29 SEA AL -9.1 -0.9 104 -0.1 1.7 -1.8 1.03 -0.2 0.1 -5.9 -0.6 1.03 -4.7 12 2 8
1994 30 CLE AL -5.9 -0.5 44 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .81 -0.2 0.1 -4.1 -0.4 0.81 -1.8 3 5 4
6 Yrs -24.6 -2.3 1230 -0.6 22.0 -22.6 1.09 -1.5 0.9 -18.4 -1.6 1.09 -17.9 65 29 50

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 25 SFG NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 40 22 2 0 0 1 3.5 3.9 3.3 61 1 1 0 0 81
1990 26 TOT MLB 13 9 2 4 3 0 0 4 5 .444 1 1 0 0 3 33% 0.0 79 30 6 0 0 7 3.8 2.9 4.7 71 5 2 1 0 107
1990 26 SFG NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 4 0 0 1 3.0 3.0 2.3 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 SEA AL 11 8 2 3 3 0 0 4 4 .500 1 1 0 0 3 38% 50.4 79 30 2 0 0 6 3.9 2.9 5.0 71 5 2 1 0 107
1992 28 SEA AL 55 9 2 5 2 0 1 2 7 .222 2 1 1 0 3 33% 43.2 69 12 27 11 0 2 2.7 2.9 5.7 91 2 4 3 0 118
3 Yrs 70 20 4 11 5 0 1 6 14 .300 3 2 1 0 6 30% 45 79 12 35 11 0 10 3.3 3.0 5.0 79 8 7 4 0 118
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 26 TOT MLB 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 50% 1.074 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 0 5.0 24
1990 26 SFG NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 .975 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 12
1990 26 SEA AL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 2 1.083 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 6.7 28
1991 27 SEA AL 63 63 11 6 2 5 2 3 40% 18 11 58 11 19% 7 1.058 27 12 24 23 11 29 36 27 26 26 35 15 3.7 19
1992 28 SEA AL 55 46 26 1 5 11 9 2 82% 18 7 44 11 25% 8 1.190 22 9 12 22 9 15 26 20 18 15 20 11 3.5 18
1993 29 SEA AL 23 23 6 3 3 0 0 0 6 5 20 1 5% 8 1.027 12 2 8 7 6 10 13 10 4 12 9 7 2.6 15
1994 30 CLE AL 12 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 10 2 20% 7 .807 3 5 4 3 1 8 8 4 3 8 3 3 2.0 12
5 Yrs 166 148 45 10 11 16 11 5 69% 46 25 138 28 20% 1.101 65 29 50 56 27 65 86 62 53 63 69 36 3.4 18

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1989 25 SFG NL 34 3% 11.8% 5.9% 11.8% 17.7% 55% 0.86 1.83 65% 14% 33.3% 14% 6 1 17%
1990 26 TOT MLB 213 20% 1.4% 7.5% 10.3% 6.1% 27% 1.06 1.69 80% 24% 4.2% 14% 49 9 18%
1990 26 SFG NL 18 6% 0.0% 5.6% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.30 0.20 72% 46% 0.0% 40% 2 0 0%
1990 26 SEA AL 195 22% 1.5% 7.7% 9.2% 6.7% 31% 1.16 1.86 81% 22% 4.6% 11% 47 9 19%
1991 27 SEA AL 336 40% 2.4% 9.8% 8.3% 7.4% 31% 1.63 2.94 78% 18% 9.2% 14% 67 13 19%
1992 28 SEA AL 457 20% 1.8% 9.9% 9.9% 7.4% 33% 1.37 1.99 76% 17% 5.7% 7% 94 9 10%
1993 29 SEA AL 100 34% 2.0% 10.0% 18.0% 5.0% 20% 1.46 2.00 67% 17% 9.1% 21% 31 3 10%
1994 30 CLE AL 43 42% 2.3% 4.7% 16.3% 7.0% 23% 2.44 3.40 72% 6% 12.5% 11% 12 1 8%
6 Yrs 1183 27% 2.2% 9.1% 10.5% 7.3% 31% 1.38 2.18 76% 18% 7.6% 12% 259 36 14%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 15.0% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.3% 17% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 25 SFG NL 34 122 3.59 69 57% 17% 7% 29% 41% 77% 0% 43% 84% 50% 6% 2 1 6% 2 1 0 0% 0 1 0 0 4
1990 26 TOT MLB 198 667 3.37 403 60% 23% 9% 27% 41% 77% 3% 47% 88% 59% 8% 16 8 17% 33 17 1 13% 1 6 15 0 0
1990 26 SFG NL 3 12 4.00 8 67% 13% 13% 38% 38% 88% 0% 58% 86% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
1990 26 SEA AL 195 655 3.36 395 60% 23% 9% 27% 41% 77% 3% 47% 88% 59% 8% 16 8 17% 33 17 1 13% 1 6 0 0 0
1991 27 SEA AL 337 1196 3.55 711 59% 23% 14% 25% 39% 77% 5% 46% 82% 51% 7% 24 11 13% 43 21 4 9% 4 6 -1 0 0
1992 28 SEA AL 458 1644 3.59 992 60% 26% 12% 26% 37% 74% 4% 45% 84% 58% 6% 29 12 19% 85 35 6 13% 5 10 -1 0 0
1993 29 SEA AL 101 356 3.52 194 54% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 2% 40% 84% 54% 12% 12 4 9% 9 6 0 10% 3 7 -1 0 0
1994 30 CLE AL 43 145 3.37 81 56% 21% 14% 23% 42% 79% 6% 44% 83% 53% 12% 5 1 7% 3 1 0 0% 0 3 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1171 4130 3.53 2450 59% 24% 12% 26% 38% 76% 4% 45% 84% 56% 8% 88 37 15% 175 81 11 11% 13 33 12 0 4
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

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
1989 25 SFG NL 34 11 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 3 0 100% 1 0 1 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 26 TOT MLB 213 48 4 1 3 0 6 3 0 3 0 17 10 1 59% 5 1 1 82 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1990 26 SFG NL 18 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 26 SEA AL 195 42 4 1 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 17 10 1 59% 4 0 0 71 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 27 SEA AL 336 81 21 1 8 0 6 7 1 5 3 19 11 5 58% 6 8 3 139 7 1 88% 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1992 28 SEA AL 457 104 38 0 8 0 15 8 0 5 3 34 18 2 53% 5 6 4 175 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1993 29 SEA AL 100 25 6 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 1 33% 0 0 1 50 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1994 30 CLE AL 43 13 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0% 0 0 0 23 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1183 282 73 2 26 0 33 25 1 17 9 81 44 9 54% 17 15 10 481 20 5 80% 15 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 47 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1989 25 0 2 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 11 10 8 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 34 33 2.250 14.9 5.4 5.4 2.7 0.50 33
1990 26 2 6 .250 4.50 15 11 0 0 0 0 56.0 59 36 28 7 26 2 18 0 1 1 247 87 1.518 9.5 1.1 4.2 2.9 0.69 87
1991 27 8 8 .500 3.88 78 11 11 0 0 2 134.2 140 71 58 15 54 9 51 0 1 9 583 104 1.441 9.4 1.0 3.6 3.4 0.94 104
1992 28 11 18 .379 4.26 133 20 37 1 0 11 239.0 244 131 113 23 99 16 96 3 1 15 1040 94 1.435 9.2 0.9 3.7 3.6 0.97 94
1993 29 14 21 .400 4.63 156 20 43 1 0 11 258.2 269 151 133 25 117 17 106 5 1 15 1140 87 1.492 9.4 0.9 4.1 3.7 0.91 87
1994 30 14 22 .389 4.83 168 20 45 1 0 11 266.2 282 162 143 26 124 18 108 5 1 15 1183 84 1.523 9.5 0.9 4.2 3.6 0.87 84

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1989 25 0 0 15.00 6.0 12 11 10 4 4 2 0 2.667 18.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 6.0 2
1990 26 2 3 .400 4.30 46.0 51 24 22 3 23 15 0 1.609 10.0 4.5 2.9 0.65 0.6 13
1991 27 4 4 .500 3.72 75.0 83 34 31 8 29 31 0 1.493 10.0 3.5 3.7 1.07 1.0 63
1992 28 4 7 .364 5.40 100.0 108 67 60 8 47 43 3 1.550 9.7 4.2 3.9 0.91 0.7 55
1993 29 0 2 .000 9.50 18.0 25 21 19 2 18 9 2 2.389 12.5 9.0 4.5 0.50 1.0 23
1994 30 0 1 .000 10.64 11.0 18 14 13 1 10 3 0 2.545 14.7 8.2 2.5 0.30 0.8 12
6 Yrs 10 17 .370 5.45 256.0 297 171 155 26 131 103 5 1.672 10.4 3.6 0.79 0.9 168

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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