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Anthony Swarzak

Anthony Ray Swarzak (twitter: @ASwarzak51)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 10, 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Nova HS (Davie, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 2009
Team: Twins 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$488k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.038, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2009 23 MIN AL 3 7 .300 6.25 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.0 76 43 41 12 20 0 34 2 0 0 268 70 1.627 11.6 1.8 3.1 5.2 1.70
2011 25 MIN AL 4 7 .364 4.32 27 11 2 0 0 0 102.0 111 53 49 9 26 1 55 6 1 3 441 94 1.343 9.8 0.8 2.3 4.9 2.12
2012 26 MIN AL 0 4 .000 5.75 13 4 0 0 0 0 36.0 39 23 23 5 9 0 22 0 0 0 150 70 1.333 9.8 1.3 2.3 5.5 2.44
3 Yrs 7 18 .280 5.16 52 27 2 0 0 0 197.0 226 119 113 26 55 1 111 8 1 3 859 81 1.426 10.3 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.02
162 Game Avg. 6 15 .280 5.16 45 23 2 0 0 0 170 195 102 97 22 47 1 96 7 1 3 739 81 1.426 10.3 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.02

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
2009 23 MIN AL 59.0 12 12 43 6.56 5.05 -0.31 0.20 99.0 5.50 -7 -0.7 -0.0 -0.2 0 .442 .496 $
2011 25 MIN AL 102.0 27 11 53 4.68 4.48 -0.44 -0.03 100.5 4.92 3 0.3 .7 -0.2 1.1 14 .510 .502 $
2012 26 MIN AL 36.0 13 4 23 5.75 4.73 0.14 -0.08 99.7 4.49 -5 -0.5 .4 0.0 -0.2 -1 .459 .497 $
3 Seasons 197.0 52 27 119 5.44 4.70 -0.29 0.03 99.9 5.01 -10 -1.0 .6 -0.2 0.7 14 .482 .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
2009 23 MIN AL 12 268 244 43 76 9 2 12 1 2 20 34 .311 .367 .512 .879 .322 125 7 2 1 1 0 3
2011 25 MIN AL 27 441 404 53 111 19 2 9 3 3 26 55 .275 .326 .399 .724 .297 161 4 6 2 3 1 4
2012 26 MIN AL 13 150 137 23 39 7 0 5 0 1 9 22 .285 .322 .445 .767 .301 61 5 0 1 3 0 1
3 Yrs 52 859 785 119 226 35 4 26 4 6 55 111 .288 .338 .442 .780 .305 347 16 8 4 7 1 8
162 Game Avg. 45 739 676 102 195 30 3 22 3 5 47 96 .288 .338 .442 .780 .305 299 14 7 3 6 1 7
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 23 MIN AL -11.8 -1.1 270 -0.9 4.2 -5.2 .94 -1.1 0.1 -11.3 -1.0 0.94 -11.3 0 0 0
2011 25 MIN AL -3.4 -0.3 452 -0.4 5.7 -6.1 .78 -0.3 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.78 -3.3 2 4 8
2012 26 MIN AL -6.0 -0.6 151 -0.7 1.6 -2.3 .64 -0.2 -1.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.64 -3.2 0 1 8
3 Yrs -21.2 -2.0 873 -2.0 11.5 -13.5 .81 -1.5 -1.0 -17.1 -1.6 0.81 -17.8 2 5 16

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
2009 23 MIN AL 12 12 3 7 2 0 1 4 8 .333 0 0 0 0 5 42% 41.6 74 10 14 5 0 7 3.9 4.9 4.9 88 3 5 3 1 122
2011 25 MIN AL 27 11 3 5 3 0 2 5 6 .455 0 0 0 0 8 73% 48.5 82 12 12 3 1 4 3.8 4.4 5.8 92 1 8 2 0 105
2012 26 MIN AL 13 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.2 54 20 7 2 0 2 3.5 3.7 4.6 76 2 2 0 0 97
3 Yrs 52 27 6 16 5 0 3 9 18 .333 0 0 0 0 13 48% 43 82 10 33 10 1 13 3.8 4.5 5.2 88 6 15 5 1 122
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2011 25 MIN AL 27 16 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 29% 5 .782 2 4 8 3 4 9 7 9 12 1 13 1 7.2 42
2012 26 MIN AL 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0% 6 .637 0 1 8 1 0 8 4 5 8 1 8 0 5.9 26
2 Yrs 40 25 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 19 4 21% .745 2 5 16 4 4 17 11 14 20 2 21 1 6.7 36

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%
2009 23 MIN AL 268 48% 4.5% 12.7% 7.5% 8.6% 30% 0.56 0.74 74% 19% 10.0% 11% 64 7 11%
2011 25 MIN AL 441 45% 2.0% 12.5% 5.9% 6.8% 27% 0.65 0.65 78% 15% 4.9% 12% 96 4 4%
2012 26 MIN AL 150 51% 3.3% 14.7% 6.0% 8.0% 31% 0.63 0.73 75% 11% 7.7% 10% 28 5 18%
3 Yrs 859 47% 3.0% 12.9% 6.4% 7.6% 29% 0.62 0.69 76% 15% 7.0% 11% 188 16 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

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
2009 23 MIN AL 268 1053 3.93 653 62% 33% 7% 27% 32% 67% 0% 41% 89% 56% 4% 11 7 24% 63 26 2 47% 5 4 0 0 0
2011 25 MIN AL 443 1680 3.79 1082 64% 28% 9% 30% 33% 72% 1% 46% 87% 60% 4% 18 13 25% 110 57 7 35% 5 4 -2 0 0
2012 26 MIN AL 150 534 3.56 353 66% 29% 14% 23% 34% 71% 0% 47% 80% 69% 3% 4 4 22% 33 14 2 41% 3 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 861 3267 3.79 2088 64% 30% 9% 28% 33% 70% 0% 45% 86% 61% 4% 33 24 24% 206 97 11 40% 13 8 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2009 23 MIN AL 268 76 6 0 12 0 2 5 7 5 7 9 8 0 89% 3 0 0 108 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011 25 MIN AL 441 111 15 2 9 0 8 3 6 6 3 20 13 2 65% 4 3 1 181 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2012 26 MIN AL 150 39 4 1 5 0 2 2 3 1 4 8 5 1 63% 1 0 0 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
3 Yrs 859 226 25 3 26 0 12 10 16 12 14 37 26 3 70% 8 3 1 342 4 6 40% 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 23 3 7 .300 6.25 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.0 76 43 41 12 20 0 34 2 0 0 268 70 1.627 11.6 1.8 3.1 5.2 1.70 70
2010 24 3 7 .300 6.25 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.0 76 43 41 12 20 0 34 2 0 0 268 70 1.627 11.6 1.8 3.1 5.2 1.70 70
2011 25 7 14 .333 5.03 39 23 2 0 0 0 161.0 187 96 90 21 46 1 89 8 1 3 709 83 1.447 10.5 1.2 2.6 5.0 1.93 83
2012 26 7 18 .280 5.16 52 27 2 0 0 0 197.0 226 119 113 26 55 1 111 8 1 3 859 81 1.426 10.3 1.2 2.5 5.1 2.02 81

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
2009 23 2 4 .333 6.47 57.0 76 46 41 12 20 33 2 1.684 12.0 3.2 5.2 1.65 1.9 12
2011 25 4 6 .400 4.87 98.0 115 59 53 9 27 53 6 1.449 10.6 2.5 4.9 1.96 0.8 27
2012 26 1 2 .333 6.35 34.0 40 27 24 5 9 21 0 1.441 10.6 2.4 5.6 2.33 1.3 13
3 Yrs 7 12 .368 5.62 189.0 231 132 118 26 56 107 8 1.519 11.0 5.1 1.91 1.2 52

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Tony Brizzolara (991)
  2. Darrell Rasner (990)
  3. Larry Luebbers (987)
  4. Orlie Weaver (987)
  5. Huyler Westervelt (987)
  6. Barry Enright (985)
  7. Phil Leftwich (984)
  8. Miguel Asencio (983)
  9. Jesse Foppert (983)
  10. Mike Warren (982)
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  1. Roy Smith (992)
  2. Josh Towers (990)
  3. Rod Nichols (989)
  4. Orlie Weaver (987)
  5. Steve Karsay (986)
  6. Barry Enright (985)
  7. Chris Zachary (984)
  8. Miguel Asencio (983)
  9. Seth Greisinger (983)
  10. Mike Corkins (983)
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  1. Roy Smith (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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