Dave Swartzbaugh

David Theodore Swartzbaugh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 11, 1968 in Middletown, OH
High School: Middletown HS (Middletown, OH)
School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1995
Team: Cubs 1995-1997

Final Game: April 22, 1997
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1989	21	CHC-min	A-	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		GEN · NYPL
1990	22	CHC-min	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0		PEO · MIDW
1991	23	CHC-min	AA,A,A+	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		CHR,PEO,WSM · SOUL,MIDW,CARL
1992	24	CHC-min	AA	27	23	18	0	2	0	0	11	.111	.111	.111	.222		2		5	0		CHR · SOUL
1993	25	CHC-min	AA,AAA	36	18	14	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.125	.000	.125		0		2	0		ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1994	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1	0		ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1995	27	CHC-min	AA,AAA	46	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0		ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1995	27	CHC	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1996	28	CHC-min	AAA	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1996	28	CHC	NL	6	7	6	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	29	CHC-min	AAA	24	26	23	0	2	2	0	8	.087	.083	.087	.170		2	0	2	1		IWA · AA
1997	29	CHC	NL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	30	CHC-min	AAA	42	26	22	2	3	0	0	7	.136	.136	.136	.273		3	0	4	0		IWA · PCL
1999	31	ARI-DET-min	AAA,AA	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	1	0		TUC,JCK · PCL,SOUL
3 Yrs				15	11	10	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	119	108	0	0	0	11	43	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	27	CHC	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	$	/1
1996	28	CHC	NL	6	7	-1	1	-0	-0.1	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	-0	$	/1
1997	29	CHC	NL	2	4	-1	1	-0	-0.0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	-0	$153,500	/1
3 Seasons				15	11	-3	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	-1	$153,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1996	28	CHC	NL	7	6	109	.000	.000	.272	.143	.342	.000	.426	.143	.768	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1997	29	CHC	NL	4	4	110	.000	.000	.273	.000	.345	.000	.428	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				11	10	109	.000	.000	.273	.091	.343	.000	.427	.091	.770	-73	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.100	.100	.000
162 Game Avg.				119	108	109	.000	.000	.273	.091	.343	.000	.427	.091	.770	-73	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.100	.100	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	28	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	2.0			1.00	0.50	43%	33%	0.0%	0%
1997	29	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			1.00	2.00	75%	0%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%		4.00	2.5			1.00	1.00	55%	17%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	1.84	5.3	32.9	7.5	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1995	27	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1996	28	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.1	-0.2	1.18	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.95	-1.3	0
1997	29	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	-0.1	1.23	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.06	-1.1	0
3 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	11	-0.3	-0.3	1.19	-0.2	0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.99	-2.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1996	28	CHC	NL	0%	5
1997	29	CHC	NL		2
3 Yrs				0%	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	28	CHC	NL	7	29%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1997	29	CHC	NL	4	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				11	18%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	28	CHC	NL	7	29	4.14	18	62%	44%	17%	22%	17%	56%	0%	34%	70%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
1997	29	CHC	NL	4	13	3.25	10	77%	30%	0%	40%	30%	70%	0%	54%	100%	25%	0%	0	0	25%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				11	42	3.82	28	67%	39%	11%	29%	21%	61%	0%	40%	82%	27%	0%	0	0	9%	1	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1996	28	13	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	29	15	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	0	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1996	28	6	7	6	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	6
1997	29	2	4	4	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2
2 Yrs		8	11	10	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	8
162 Game Avg.		162	223	203	20	81	.000	.091	.000	.091	8

* 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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