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Greg Swindell    \swin-DELL\

Forest Gregory Swindell (twitter: @GregSwindell)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 2, 1965 in Fort Worth, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed July 31, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1986 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Indians/Twins/Astros/Reds/... 1986-2002
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 23, 2002 (Age 37)
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1986 CLE AL 21 P 9 9 1 61.2 14 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.56 .957 1.82 1.81 3 4 57% 34% 1
1987 CLE AL 22 P 16 15 4 102.1 14 0 13 1 1 .929 1.14 0.81 .955 1.84 1.82 5 9 64% 31% 2
1988 CLE AL 23 P 33 33 12 242.0 38 8 29 1 0 .974 1.38 1.12 .961 1.78 1.77 14 8 36% 31% 2
1989 CLE AL 24 P 28 28 5 184.1 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.56 1.14 .960 1.87 1.85 18 13 42% 31% 6 AS
1990 CLE AL 25 P 34 34 3 214.2 29 8 20 1 1 .966 1.17 0.82 .953 1.78 1.76 3 12 80% 34% 5
1991 CLE AL 26 P 33 33 7 238.0 38 7 30 1 2 .974 1.40 1.12 .956 1.80 1.80 9 11 55% 34% 2
1992 CIN NL 27 P 31 30 5 213.2 40 6 33 1 2 .975 1.64 1.26 .954 1.94 1.94 17 9 35% 32% 1
1993 HOU NL 28 P 31 30 1 190.1 35 2 32 1 0 .971 1.61 1.10 .953 1.84 1.83 16 11 41% 31% 1
1994 HOU NL 29 P 24 24 1 148.1 21 6 14 1 0 .952 1.21 0.83 .958 1.86 1.85 10 11 52% 32% 9
1995 HOU NL 30 P 33 26 1 153.0 41 9 31 1 1 .976 2.35 1.21 .956 1.84 1.83 14 12 46% 30% 9
1996 TOT MLB 31 P 21 6 0 51.2 13 3 9 1 1 .923 2.09 0.57 .957 1.79 1.79 6 5 45% 29% 3
1996 HOU NL 31 P 8 4 0 23.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.96 0.63 .953 1.84 1.82 4 2 33% 28% 1
1996 CLE AL 31 P 13 2 0 28.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.20 0.54 .960 1.76 1.76 2 3 60% 30% 2
1997 MIN AL 32 P 65 1 0 115.2 23 12 11 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.35 .955 1.71 1.69 6 6 50% 32% 5
1998 TOT AL 33 P 81 0 0 90.1 20 10 10 0 1 1.000 1.99 0.25 .958 1.77 1.76 4 3 43% 31% 3
1998 MIN AL 33 P 52 0 0 66.1 14 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.90 0.27 .958 1.78 1.76 4 1 20% 31% 1
1998 BOS AL 33 P 29 0 0 24.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 0.21 .958 1.76 1.76 0 2 100% 32% 2
1999 ARI NL 34 P 63 0 0 64.2 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.81 0.21 .951 1.73 1.71 1 6 86% 29% 4
2000 ARI NL 35 P 64 0 0 76.0 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.54 0.20 .962 1.74 1.72 0 1 100% 32% 1
2001 ARI NL 36 P 64 0 0 53.2 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.67 0.06 .960 1.74 1.73 5 1 17% 33% 1
2002 ARI NL 37 P 34 0 0 33.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.09 0.12 .962 1.83 1.81 2 0 0% 32% 0
17 Seasons P 664 269 40 2233.1 392 86 297 9 16 .977 1.54 0.58 .957 1.82 1.77 133 122 48% 32% 55
17 Seasons TOT 664 269 40 2233.1 392 86 297 9 16 .977 1.54 0.58 .957 1.82 1.77 133 122 48% 32% 55
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1986 CLE AL 21 P
1987 CLE AL 22 P
1988 CLE AL 23 P
1989 CLE AL 24 P
1990 CLE AL 25 P
1991 CLE AL 26 P
1992 CIN NL 27 P
1993 HOU NL 28 P
1994 HOU NL 29 P
1995 HOU NL 30 P
1996 HOU NL 31 P
1996 CLE AL 31 P
1997 MIN AL 32 P
1998 MIN AL 33 P
1998 BOS AL 33 P
1999 ARI NL 34 P
2000 ARI NL 35 P
2001 ARI NL 36 P
2002 ARI NL 37 P
17 Seasons P
17 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 CLE AL 21 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CLE AL 22 16 15 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CLE AL 23 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CLE AL 24 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE AL 25 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CLE AL 26 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CIN NL 27 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 HOU NL 28 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 HOU NL 29 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 HOU NL 30 34 26 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 CLE AL 31 13 2 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HOU NL 31 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 MIN AL 32 65 1 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 MIN AL 33 52 0 5 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 33 29 0 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ARI NL 34 63 0 61 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ARI NL 35 64 0 61 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ARI NL 36 64 0 62 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ARI NL 37 34 0 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 665 269 353 664 664 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1986 CLE AL 21 255 81% 24% 9 100% 0 2 2 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1987 CLE AL 22 440 73% 18% 12 92% 1 0 0 0 15 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1988 CLE AL 23 988 80% 29% 33 88% 2 8 1 5 30 26 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 70%
1989 CLE AL 24 749 80% 27% 28 79% 0 7 3 3 25 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1990 CLE AL 25 912 82% 29% 21 86% 0 9 4 4 20 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1991 CLE AL 26 971 82% 28% 25 100% 0 7 3 1 30 18 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1992 CIN NL 27 867 83% 29% 26 100% 0 6 1 4 33 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 100%
1993 HOU NL 28 818 83% 28% 32 84% 0 2 0 2 32 27 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 77%
1994 HOU NL 29 623 88% 33% 11 64% 0 6 3 3 14 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 HOU NL 30 659 84% 34% 24 96% 2 9 0 8 31 16 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1996 CLE AL 31 121 80% 30% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1996 HOU NL 31 116 82% 31% 3 67% 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 MIN AL 32 461 80% 31% 10 90% 0 12 1 8 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1998 MIN AL 33 281 79% 26% 7 86% 0 7 1 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 BOS AL 33 104 72% 32% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1999 ARI NL 34 261 75% 27% 6 100% 0 3 0 3 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
2000 ARI NL 35 318 74% 22% 11 100% 0 1 0 1 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
2001 ARI NL 36 214 81% 19% 3 67% 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
2002 ARI NL 37 143 82% 20% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
17 Seasons 9301 81% 28% 272 90% 5 86 21 49 300 195 12 9 0 2 7 3 16 10 14 2 79 85%
MLB Averages 78% 32% 91% 85%
Lg PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 *

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1998 AL  81 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1989 AL  1.000 (1st)
Career  .977 (37th)

Youngest s c a p y
1986 AL  born 1965-01-02 (10th)

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