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 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
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 23 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 38 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 1 309 102 1.362 8.4 1.1 3.8 3.6 0.94
3 Seasons 3 3 .500 4.90 42 8 10 1 0 0 86.1 91 52 47 11 42 4 34 1 0 2 382 78 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 78 1.541 9.5 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.81

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
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
1956 19 PIT NL 9 63 48 13 21 3 0 1 0 1 8 5 .438 .492 .563 1.054 .444 27 0 0 4 3 1
1957 20 PIT NL 32 309 274 35 68 10 2 9 6 2 31 29 .248 .327 .398 .725 .250 109 11 1 3 0 3
3 Seasons 42 382 329 52 91 14 2 11 6 3 42 34 .277 .357 .432 .789 .279 142 11 1 7 3 4
162 Game Avg. 57 520 447 71 124 19 3 15 8 4 57 46 .277 .357 .432 .789 .279 193 15 1 10 4 5
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
1957 20 PIT NL 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
1 Season 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

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
1955 18 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.023 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 0.494 1 0 6 0 1 6 2 5 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 0.730 3 2 16 2 1 18 6 15 13 1 13 7 4.7
3 Seasons 42 34 10 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 8 50% 0.671 4 2 23 2 2 25 8 21 17 5 19 7 4.5

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%
1955 18 PIT NL 10 40% 10.0% 0.0% 30.0% 20.0% 100% 1.50 60% 3 0 0%
1956 19 PIT NL 64 36% 1.6% 7.9% 12.7% 6.4% 19% 1.00 71% 15 0 0%
1957 20 PIT NL 309 42% 2.9% 9.4% 10.0% 6.8% 31% 1.21 76% 46 11 24%
3 Seasons 383 41% 2.9% 8.9% 11.0% 7.1% 30% 1.19 75% 64 11 17%
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
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 53 21 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 100% 1 1 1 29 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 11
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 Seasons 330 91 11 0 10 4 4 2 6 16 10 1 63% 6 2 2 131 6 3 67% 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 6 53
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+
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 23 2.500 9.0 4.5 13.5 0.0 0.00 23
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 34 2.488 15.1 1.3 7.2 3.3 0.45 34
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 78 1.541 9.5 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.81 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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 18.00 2.0 2 4 4 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 4.00 72.0 73 36 32 10 33 29 1 1.472 9.1 4.1 3.6 0.88 1.3 32
3 Seasons 4 5 .444 5.23 86.0 97 56 50 12 44 34 1 1.640 10.2 3.6 0.77 1.3 42

* 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.

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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