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Red Swanson

Arthur Leonard Swanson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

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

Final Game: September 21, 1957
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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
1955 18 PIT NL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 27 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
1956 19 PIT NL 0 0 10.03 9 0 1 0 0 0 11.2 21 13 13 1 8 1 5 0 0 1 63 39 2.486 16.2 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
1957 20 PIT NL 3 3 .500 3.72 32 8 8 1 0 0 72.2 68 35 30 9 31 3 29 1 0 1 309 103 1.362 8.4 1.1 3.8 3.6 0.94
3 Yrs 3 3 .500 4.90 42 8 10 1 0 0 86.1 91 52 47 11 42 4 34 1 0 2 382 79 1.541 9.5 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.81
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 4.90 57 11 14 1 0 0 117 124 71 64 15 57 5 46 1 0 3 520 79 1.541 9.5 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.81

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
1955 18 PIT NL 2.0 1 0 4 18.00 5.07 -0.23 0.00 86.0 4.56 -3 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .266 .499 $
1956 19 PIT NL 11.2 9 0 13 10.03 4.31 -0.03 0.00 100.6 4.36 -7 -0.7 .5 0.2 -0.4 -6 .421 .496 $
1957 20 PIT NL 72.2 32 8 35 4.33 4.53 0.33 0.00 96.7 4.06 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.5 6 .495 .499 $
3 Seasons 86.1 42 8 52 5.42 4.51 0.27 0.00 97.0 4.11 -12 -1.1 .8 0.2 -0.0 -3 .473 .498 $

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
1955 18 PIT NL 1 10 7 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 .286 .500 .857 1.357 .167 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 PIT NL 9 60 48 13 21 3 0 1 0 1 8 5 .438 .492 .563 1.054 .444 27 0 0 4 3 1 1
1957 20 PIT NL 32 267 274 35 68 10 2 9 6 2 31 29 .248 .327 .398 .725 .250 109 11 1 3 0 3 5
3 Yrs 42 337 329 52 91 14 2 11 6 3 42 34 .277 .357 .432 .789 .279 142 11 1 7 3 4 6
162 Game Avg. 57 458 447 71 124 19 3 15 8 4 57 46 .277 .357 .432 .789 .279 193 15 1 10 4 5 8
MLB Averages .258 .329 .392 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 18 PIT NL -2.7 -0.2 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.1 -0.2 -3.0 -0.3 0.02 -3.1 0 0 1
1956 19 PIT NL -7.2 -0.7 63 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .45 -0.8 -0.2 -8.0 -0.8 0.45 -9.0 1 0 7
1957 20 PIT NL 0.3 0.0 277 -1.3 3.1 -4.4 .71 -0.7 -1.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.71 -5.3 3 1 16
3 Yrs -9.6 -0.9 350 -1.7 3.4 -5.1 .64 -1.6 -1.0 -12.8 -1.2 0.64 -17.4 4 1 24

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
1957 20 PIT NL 32 8 3 3 2 1 1 3 5 .375 0 2 1 0 3 38% 42.6 74 26 8 0 5 2 5.6 5.0 4.4
1 Yr 32 8 3 3 2 1 1 3 5 .375 0 2 1 0 3 38% 43 74 26 8 0 5 2 5.6 5.0 4.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.4 6.4

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
1955 18 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .016 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1956 19 PIT NL 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .448 1 0 7 0 1 7 2 6 3 4 5 0 3.9
1957 20 PIT NL 32 24 8 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 5 38% 8 .712 3 1 16 2 1 18 6 15 13 1 13 7 4.7
3 Yrs 42 34 10 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 8 50% .644 4 1 24 2 2 26 8 22 17 5 19 7 4.5

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%
1955 18 PIT NL 10 60% 10.0% 0.0% 30.0% 20.0% 100% 1.50 60% 3 0 0%
1956 19 PIT NL 64 62% 1.7% 8.3% 13.3% 6.7% 19% 0.80 75% 18 0 0%
1957 20 PIT NL 309 58% 3.4% 10.9% 11.6% 7.9% 31% 1.21 88% 46 11 24%
3 Yrs 383 59% 3.3% 10.1% 12.5% 8.0% 30% 1.15 85% 67 11 16%
MLB Averages 52% 2.5% 12.6% 9.6% 6.7% 28% 0.97 78% 11%

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
1955 18 PIT NL 10 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 PIT NL 60 21 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 6 0 86% 1 1 1 33 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 4
1957 20 PIT NL 267 68 9 0 7 3 3 2 4 10 4 1 40% 5 1 1 100 6 2 75% 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 42
3 Yrs 337 91 11 0 10 4 4 2 6 18 11 1 61% 6 2 2 135 6 3 67% 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 7 46
MLB Averages 51% 56%

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+
1955 18 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 27 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 27
1956 19 0 0 11.20 10 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 23 17 17 2 11 1 5 0 0 1 73 36 2.488 15.1 1.3 7.2 3.3 0.45 36
1957 20 3 3 .500 4.90 42 8 10 1 0 0 86.1 91 52 47 11 42 4 34 1 0 2 382 79 1.541 9.5 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.81 79

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
1955 18 0 0 22.50 2.0 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 2.500 9.0 13.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
1956 19 0 1 .000 10.50 12.0 22 16 14 1 8 5 0 2.500 16.5 6.0 3.8 0.63 0.8 9
1957 20 4 4 .500 4.13 72.0 72 37 33 10 33 29 1 1.458 9.0 4.1 3.6 0.88 1.3 32
3 Yrs 4 5 .444 5.44 86.0 96 59 52 12 44 34 1 1.628 10.0 3.6 0.77 1.3 42

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1936-10-15 (2nd)
1956 NL  born 1936-10-15 (4th)

                                         

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