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 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
1989	21	CHC-min	A-	2	3	.400	4.92	18	10	1	0	0	0	75.0	81	59	41	5	35	1	77	1	1	8			1.547	9.7	0.6	4.2	9.2	2.20	GEN · NYPL
1990	22	CHC-min	A	8	11	.421	3.82	29	29	0	5	2	0	169.2	147	88	72	11	89	1	128	7	4	10			1.391	7.8	0.6	4.7	6.8	1.44	PEO · MIDW
1991	23	CHC-min	A+,A,AA	10	10	.500	2.16	21	21	0	3	1	0	133.1	98	45	32	4	60	3	109	3	2	7	549		1.185	6.6	0.3	4.0	7.4	1.82	WSM,PEO,CHR · CARL,MIDW,SOUL
1992	24	CHC-min	AA	7	10	.412	3.65	27	27	0	5	2	0	165.0	134	78	67	13	62	2	111	9	1	5	689		1.188	7.3	0.7	3.4	6.1	1.79	CHR · SOUL
1993	25	CHC-min	AAA,AA	5	9	.357	4.83	36	18	5	1	0	1	152.2	142	90	82	21	62	1	128	8	0	8	653		1.336	8.4	1.2	3.7	7.5	2.06	IWA,ORL · AA,SOUL
1994	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	3	4	.429	4.30	52	1	12	0	0	2	98.1	94	54	47	15	34	3	84	5	0	2	421		1.302	8.6	1.4	3.1	7.7	2.47	ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1995	27	CHC-min	AAA,AA	7	0	1.000	1.89	46	0	12	0	0	0	76.0	51	20	16	2	25	1	75	3	1	2	298		1.000	6.0	0.2	3.0	8.9	3.00	IWA,ORL · AA,SOUL
1995	27	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	2	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	27		1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	6.1	1.67
1996	28	CHC-min	AAA	8	11	.421	3.88	44	13	11	0	0	0	118.1	106	61	51	22	33	1	103	3	0	5	491		1.175	8.1	1.7	2.5	7.8	3.12	IWA · AA
1996	28	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	6.38	6	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	26	17	17	3	14	1	13	0	0	2	110	69	1.667	9.8	1.1	5.3	4.9	0.93
1997	29	CHC-min	AAA	8	7	.533	2.82	24	20	1	1	1	1	134.0	129	55	42	12	48	1	97	1	1	3	561		1.321	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.5	2.02	IWA · AA
1997	29	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	8	8	1	7	0	4	1	0	0	42	50	2.375	13.5	1.1	7.9	4.5	0.57
1998	30	CHC-min	AAA	14	5	.737	3.73	42	14	5	0	0	1	137.2	114	61	57	16	50	1	109	3	0	7	571		1.191	7.5	1.0	3.3	7.1	2.18	IWA · PCL
1999	31	DET-ARI-min	AA,AAA	0	4	.000	8.44	19	5	5	0	0	0	48.0	63	47	45	11	26	1	42	2	0	2	232		1.854	11.8	2.1	4.9	7.9	1.62	JCK,TUC · SOUL,PCL
3 Yrs				0	3	.000	5.72	15	7	2	0	0	0	39.1	43	27	25	4	24	2	22	1	0	2	179	76	1.703	9.8	0.9	5.5	5.0	0.92
162 Game Avg.				0	9	.000	5.72	46	22	6	0	0	0	121	133	83	77	12	74	6	68	3	0	6	553	76	1.703	9.8	0.9	5.5	5.0	0.92

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
1995	27	CHC	NL	7.1	7	0	2	2.45	4.88	0.09	-0.36	94.6	4.19	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	0.1	2	.520	.501	$
1996	28	CHC	NL	24.0	6	5	17	6.38	4.50	0.61	0.15	103.6	4.19	-6	-0.5	.2	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.412	.497	$
1997	29	CHC	NL	8.0	2	2	8	9.00	4.58	0.28	0.17	98.0	4.38	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.324	.498	$153,500
3 Seasons				39.1	15	7	27	6.18	4.59	0.45	0.06	100.8	4.23	-8	-0.7	.3	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.451	.498	$153,500

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
1995	27	CHC	NL	7	27	24	2	5	1	0	0	0	2	3	5	.208	.296	.250	.546	.263	6	1	0	0	0	1	2
1996	28	CHC	NL	6	110	94	17	26	8	0	3	6	0	14	13	.277	.370	.457	.828	.295	43	2	0	2	0	1	0
1997	29	CHC	NL	2	42	33	8	12	5	1	1	2	0	7	4	.364	.476	.667	1.143	.379	22	0	1	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				15	179	151	27	43	14	1	4	8	2	24	22	.285	.384	.470	.854	.310	71	3	1	2	1	2	2
162 Game Avg.				46	553	467	83	133	43	3	12	25	6	74	68	.285	.384	.470	.854	.310	219	9	3	6	3	6	6
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1995	27	CHC	NL	2.7	0.3	29	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.14	0.1	0.5	2.8	0.3	0.14	2.4	1	6
1996	28	CHC	NL	-4.2	-0.4	117	-0.0	2.2	-2.2	1.11	-0.4	0.4	-4.0	-0.4	1.11	-4.0	0	1
1997	29	CHC	NL	-3.6	-0.3	43	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.10	-0.5	0.1	-3.9	-0.3	1.10	-5.0	0	0
3 Yrs				-5.1	-0.4	189	-0.3	3.1	-3.4	.96	-0.7	0.4	-5.1	-0.4	0.96	-6.6	1	7

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
1996	28	CHC	NL	6	5	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	.400	1	1	0	0	2	40%	43.8	71	23	5	2	0	2	3.0	1.2	4.6	82	2	1	2	0	103
1997	29	CHC	NL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.5	35	30	2	1	0	2	3.0	4.0	4.0	70	2	0	0	0	70
2 Yrs				8	7	0	3	4	0	0	2	5	.286	1	1	0	0	2	29%	41	71	23	7	3	0	4	3.0	2.0	4.4	79	4	1	2	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						47%	49	97	-11					4.9	4.9	6.0	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	27	CHC	NL	7	7	2	5	0	0%	9	.145	1	6	7	4	3	2	4	2	2	3.1	15
1996	28	CHC	NL	6	1	0	1	1	100%	6	1.111	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	23
2 Yrs				13	8	2	6	1	17%		.921	1	7	8	5	3	2	4	3	2	3.1	16

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%
1995	27	CHC	NL	27	70%	0.0%	18.5%	11.1%	3.7%	20%	0.90	0.67	70%	16%	0.0%	20%	7	1	14%
1996	28	CHC	NL	110	52%	2.7%	11.8%	12.7%	10.0%	42%	0.62	0.94	71%	23%	7.0%	14%	16	2	13%
1997	29	CHC	NL	42	45%	2.4%	9.5%	16.7%	16.7%	58%	0.36	0.43	69%	20%	4.5%	0%	9	0	0%
3 Yrs				179	53%	2.2%	12.3%	13.4%	10.6%	44%	0.59	0.76	70%	21%	5.5%	11%	32	3	9%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1995	27	CHC	NL	27	108	4.00	72	67%	33%	18%	22%	26%	67%	11%	44%	73%	59%	7%	2	1	30%	8	7	0	40%	2	0	0	0	0
1996	28	CHC	NL	110	435	3.95	246	57%	33%	11%	22%	34%	67%	1%	38%	83%	46%	5%	6	2	17%	19	6	0	31%	2	3	0	0	0
1997	29	CHC	NL	42	139	3.31	78	56%	28%	18%	15%	38%	72%	0%	40%	75%	55%	12%	5	1	17%	7	3	1	25%	0	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				179	682	3.81	396	58%	32%	14%	21%	33%	68%	2%	40%	80%	50%	7%	13	4	19%	34	16	1	32%	4	7	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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
1995	27	CHC	NL	27	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	2	0	0	13	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	28	CHC	NL	110	26	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	7	3	1	43%	0	2	0	47	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1997	29	CHC	NL	42	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	3	1	75%	0	0	0	23	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				179	43	1	0	4	0	3	2	2	1	3	13	7	2	54%	2	2	0	83	8	2	80%	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	27	0		0.00	7	0	2	7.1	5	2	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	27		1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	6.1	1.67
1996	28	2	.000	4.88	13	5	2	31.1	31	19	17	3	17	2	18	0	2	137	89	1.532	8.9	0.9	4.9	5.2	1.06	89
1997	29	3	.000	5.72	15	7	2	39.1	43	27	25	4	24	2	22	1	2	179	76	1.703	9.8	0.9	5.5	5.0	0.92	76

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
1995	27	0	0		0.00	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	5	0	1.429	7.7	5.1	6.4	1.25	0.0	7
1996	28	1	1	.500	6.00	24.0	25	18	16	3	13	13	0	1.583	9.4	4.9	4.9	1.00	1.1	6
1997	29	0	0		10.29	7.0	12	9	8	1	7	4	1	2.714	15.4	9.0	5.1	0.57	1.3	2
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	5.68	38.0	43	27	24	4	24	22	1	1.763	10.2		5.2	0.92	0.9	15

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