Russ Swan
Russell Howard Swan
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 3, 1964 in Fremont, CA
High School: Kennewick (Kennewick, WA)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1989
Final Game: April 30, 1994
Died: April 26, 2006 in Las Vegas, NV
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Standard Pitching

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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 31 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 1 213 108 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 94 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 83 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 48 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 41 2.500 14.6 1.1 7.9 2.3 0.29
6 Seasons 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 90 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 38 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 41 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 38 2.778 17.0 4.0 8.0 3.0 0.38

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 168 1183 1025 162 282 54 6 26 20 5 124 108 .275 .353 .416 .769 .284 426 36 5 20 9 18
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 49 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 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 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 69 12 27 11 0 2 2.7 2.9 5.7 90 2 4 3 0 118
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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% 1.068 1 2 1 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 0.976 0 1 0 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 1.077 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 1.094 28 12 23 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 1.222 24 9 10 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 1.039 12 3 7 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 0.787 3 5 4 3 1 8 8 4 3 8 3 3 2.0 12
5 Seasons 166 148 45 10 11 16 11 5 69% 46 25 138 28 20% 1.124 68 31 45 56 27 65 86 62 53 63 69 36 3.4 18

Ratio Pitching*

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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 97% 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 80% 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 94% 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 78% 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 60% 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 80% 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 66% 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 58% 2.3% 4.7% 16.3% 7.0% 23% 2.44 3.40 72% 6% 12.5% 11% 12 1 8%
6 Seasons 1183 73% 2.2% 9.1% 10.5% 7.3% 31% 1.38 2.18 76% 18% 7.6% 12% 259 36 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 336 1195 3.56 711 59% 23% 14% 25% 39% 77% 5% 46% 82% 51% 7% 24 11 13% 43 21 4 9% 4 6 0 0 0
1992 28 SEA AL 457 1641 3.59 990 60% 26% 12% 26% 37% 74% 4% 45% 84% 58% 6% 29 12 19% 85 35 6 13% 5 10 0 0 0
1993 29 SEA AL 100 352 3.52 191 54% 28% 11% 25% 37% 72% 2% 39% 85% 54% 12% 12 4 7% 7 5 0 10% 3 7 0 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 Seasons 1168 4122 3.53 2445 59% 24% 12% 26% 38% 76% 4% 45% 84% 56% 8% 88 37 15% 173 80 11 11% 13 33 15 0 4
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 31 2.250 14.9 5.4 5.4 2.7 0.50 31
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 86 1.518 9.5 1.1 4.2 2.9 0.69 86
1991 27 8 8 .500 3.88 78 11 11 0 0 2 134.2 140 71 58 15 54 9 51 0 1 9 583 103 1.441 9.4 1.0 3.6 3.4 0.94 103
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

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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 13.50 6.0 12 10 9 4 4 2 0 2.667 18.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 6.0 2
1990 26 2 3 .400 4.21 47.0 50 24 22 3 23 15 0 1.553 9.6 4.4 2.9 0.65 0.6 13
1991 27 4 4 .500 3.89 74.0 84 36 32 8 29 31 0 1.527 10.2 3.5 3.8 1.07 1.0 63
1992 28 4 7 .364 5.45 99.0 109 67 60 8 47 43 3 1.576 9.9 4.3 3.9 0.91 0.7 55
1993 29 0 2 .000 9.00 19.0 24 21 19 2 17 10 2 2.158 11.4 8.1 4.7 0.59 0.9 23
1994 30 0 1 .000 9.75 12.0 17 14 13 1 9 3 0 2.167 12.8 6.8 2.3 0.33 0.8 12
6 Seasons 10 17 .370 5.43 257.0 296 172 155 26 129 104 5 1.654 10.4 3.6 0.81 0.9 168

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