Red Swanson
Arthur Leonard Swanson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 15, 1936 in Baton Rouge, LA
School: Louisiana State University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1955
Final Game: September 15, 1957
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PIT NL 18 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 0.80
1956 PIT NL 19 P 9 0 11.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.63 0.67 .967 2.08 0.83
1957 PIT NL 20 P 32 8 72.2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.49 0.38 .958 2.06 0.82
3 Seasons P 42 8 86.1 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.43 .961 2.06 0.82
3 Seasons TOT 42 8 86.1 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.88 0.43 .961 2.06 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 PIT NL 18 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 19 10 0 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 PIT NL 20 32 8 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 43 8 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 PIT NL 18 10 70% 30% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 19 55 78% 16% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1957 PIT NL 20 277 79% 29% 5 100% 0 4 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
3 Seasons 342 79% 27% 8 100% 0 5 0 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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