Nick Swisher
Nicolas Thompson Swisher
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: November 25, 1980 in Columbus, OH
High School: Parkersburg (Parkersburg, WV)
School: Ohio State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2004
Relatives: Son of Steve Swisher
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 23 OAK AL 20 71 60 11 15 4 0 2 8 0 0 8 11 .250 .352 .417 .769 101 25 2 2 0 1 0 7/93D8
2005 24 OAK AL 131 522 462 66 109 32 1 21 74 0 1 55 110 .236 .322 .446 .768 101 206 9 4 0 1 3 *93 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 157 672 556 106 141 24 2 35 95 1 2 97 152 .254 .372 .493 .864 125 274 13 11 2 6 7 37/D89
2007 26 OAK AL 150 659 539 84 141 36 1 22 78 3 2 100 131 .262 .381 .455 .836 126 245 13 10 1 9 12 893/D
2008 27 CHW AL 153 588 497 86 109 21 1 24 69 3 3 82 135 .219 .332 .410 .743 92 204 14 4 1 4 6 3879
2009 28 NYY AL 150 607 498 84 124 35 1 29 82 0 0 97 126 .249 .371 .498 .869 129 248 13 3 3 6 2 *93/7D1
6 Seasons 761 3119 2612 437 639 152 6 133 406 7 8 439 665 .245 .357 .460 .818 115 1202 64 34 7 27 30
162 Game Avg. 162 664 556 93 136 32 1 28 86 1 2 93 142 .245 .357 .460 .818 115 256 14 7 1 6 6
OAK (4 yrs) 458 1924 1617 267 406 96 4 80 255 4 5 260 404 .251 .361 .464 .825 118 750 37 27 3 17 22
NYY (1 yr) 150 607 498 84 124 35 1 29 82 0 0 97 126 .249 .371 .498 .869 129 248 13 3 3 6 2
CHW (1 yr) 153 588 497 86 109 21 1 24 69 3 3 82 135 .219 .332 .410 .743 92 204 14 4 1 4 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 23 OAK AL 71 48 9 5.0 109 .271 .250 .269 .352 .337 .417 .432 .769 .769 101 .486 0.5 0.0 .745 .300 .167 .0
2005 24 OAK AL 522 364 67 4.9 106 .265 .236 .269 .322 .332 .446 .427 .768 .759 101 .501 0.8 0.1 .727 .327 .210 .0
2006 25 OAK AL 672 438 106 6.4 108 .283 .254 .272 .372 .336 .493 .432 .864 .768 125 .596 23.1 2.1 .886 .412 .239 1.9
2007 26 OAK AL 659 423 99 6.2 102 .301 .262 .264 .381 .330 .455 .412 .836 .743 126 .596 26.4 2.4 .862 .380 .193 5.3
2008 27 CHW AL 588 410 69 4.5 110 .249 .219 .274 .332 .343 .410 .430 .743 .773 92 .456 -5.6 -0.5 .716 .356 .191 5.3
2009 28 NYY AL 607 396 97 6.5 105 .272 .249 .264 .371 .332 .498 .423 .869 .756 129 .615 24.9 2.3 .899 .444 .249 .0
6 Seasons 3119 2079 447 5.7 106 .275 .245 .268 .357 .335 .460 .425 .818 .760 115 .558 70.0 6.5 .819 .383 .216 13.3
162 Game Avg. 664 443 95 5.7 106 .275 .245 .268 .357 .335 .460 .425 .818 .760 115 .558 15 1 .819 .383 .216 3
OAK (4 yrs) 1924 1273 281 5.9 105 .283 .251 .268 .361 .333 .464 .424 .825 .757 118 .568 50.8 4.7 .827 .373 .213 7.6
NYY (1 yr) 607 396 97 6.5 105 .272 .249 .264 .371 .332 .498 .423 .869 .756 129 .615 24.9 2.3 .899 .444 .249 .0
CHW (1 yr) 588 410 69 4.5 110 .249 .219 .274 .332 .343 .410 .430 .743 .773 92 .456 -5.6 -0.5 .716 .356 .191 5.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 25 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 10 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .300 .417 .500 .917 5 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 15 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .100 .400 .100 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 25 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .150 .292 .150 .442 3 0 1 1 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL WS PHI W 5 19 15 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 .133 .316 .400 .716 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 24 89 71 9 11 4 0 1 3 0 0 16 23 .155 .318 .254 .572 18 0 1 1 0 0
3 ALDS 9 30 26 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .192 .300 .308 .608 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 10 40 30 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 .133 .333 .133 .467 4 0 1 1 0 0
1 WS 5 19 15 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 .133 .316 .400 .716 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2004 23 OAK AL 71 2.8% 15.5% 11.3% 8.5% 40% 1.38 5.5 30.0 7.5 0.79 0.89 68% 16% 8.7% 18%
2005 24 OAK AL 522 4.0% 21.1% 10.5% 10.3% 50% 2.00 4.2 22.0 6.2 0.62 0.84 64% 16% 11.1% 12%
2006 25 OAK AL 672 5.2% 22.6% 14.4% 9.1% 43% 1.57 3.7 15.9 5.9 0.51 0.72 56% 21% 14.4% 10%
2007 26 OAK AL 659 3.3% 19.9% 15.2% 9.0% 42% 1.31 4.1 24.5 6.9 0.61 0.84 60% 21% 9.9% 14%
2008 27 CHW AL 588 4.1% 23.0% 14.0% 7.8% 42% 1.65 3.7 20.7 7.2 0.54 0.81 58% 20% 11.8% 14%
2009 28 NYY AL 607 4.8% 20.8% 16.0% 10.7% 52% 1.30 4.0 17.2 6.1 0.63 0.91 58% 18% 14.8% 15%
6 Seasons 3119 4.3% 21.3% 14.1% 9.3% 46% 1.51 3.9 19.6 6.4 0.58 0.82 59% 19% 12.3% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 23 OAK AL 1 0 39% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43% 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 2
2005 24 OAK AL 2 0 31% 160 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 41% 25 17 8 4 3 1 15 5 9
2006 25 OAK AL 5 0 33% 240 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 18 41% 39 25 14 13 9 4 14 3 9
2007 26 OAK AL 3 0 27% 256 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 57% 40 19 20 8 2 6 17 6 11
2008 27 CHW AL 2 0 36% 194 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 45% 28 19 9 7 2 5 16 6 9
2009 28 NYY AL 2 0 28% 187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 37% 37 28 9 14 7 7 17 7 9
6 Seasons 15 0 31% 1067 7 8 47% 6 8 1 0 0 0 6 2 27 70 44% 171 110 60 48 24 24 82 28 49
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2004 23 OAK AL 71 100% 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.19 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 2 14% 9 2 22% 52 6 12% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
2005 24 OAK AL 522 100% 109 5 1 3 0 0 0 1.01 21 0 16 18 3 11 10 0 2 0 0% 94 9 10% 47 8 17% 369 54 15% 33 11 33% 33 8 24% 0
2006 25 OAK AL 672 100% 141 4 0 0 0 0 0 35 2 19 27 8 17 18 1 2 2 100% 170 13 8% 79 22 28% 436 61 14% 31 14 45% 34 11 32% 0
2007 26 OAK AL 659 100% 141 6 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 15 16 6 8 14 0 1 1 100% 143 13 9% 57 21 37% 437 57 13% 41 19 46% 38 12 32% 0
2008 27 CHW AL 588 100% 109 5 0 3 1 0 1 3.04 24 2 17 18 6 19 5 0 2 1 50% 111 14 13% 58 18 31% 340 45 13% 30 13 43% 32 9 28% 0
2009 28 NYY AL 607 100% 124 9 2 3 1 0 0 2.49 29 0 25 20 9 8 21 0 6 3 50% 119 13 11% 56 20 36% 396 54 14% 39 22 56% 38 22 58% 0
6 Seasons 3119 100% 639 31 3 10 2 0 1 1.98 133 4 94 101 32 64 69 1 13 7 54% 651 64 10% 306 91 30% 2030 277 14% 179 82 46% 179 63 35% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2004 23 OAK AL 71 302 4.25 170 56% 25% 15% 31% 29% 75% 0% 42% 80% 15% 6% 4 0 17% 12 6 10% 7 6 27% 0 0 0
2005 24 OAK AL 522 2158 4.13 1294 60% 34% 15% 24% 27% 66% 1% 40% 78% 17% 6% 33 0 18% 93 35 15% 76 39 25% 0 0 0
2006 25 OAK AL 672 2753 4.10 1553 56% 29% 21% 24% 27% 71% 2% 40% 71% 23% 6% 40 1 19% 128 57 14% 97 54 24% 0 0 0
2007 26 OAK AL 659 2803 4.25 1573 56% 34% 15% 24% 27% 66% 3% 37% 77% 18% 8% 51 1 21% 141 56 14% 95 49 24% 0 0 0
2008 27 CHW AL 588 2654 4.51 1516 57% 34% 14% 28% 24% 66% 2% 38% 79% 15% 6% 36 0 20% 117 41 12% 72 41 25% 0 0 0
2009 28 NYY AL 607 2585 4.26 1458 56% 37% 14% 23% 26% 63% 1% 36% 77% 18% 7% 44 4 19% 113 43 16% 100 44 29% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3119 13255 4.25 7564 57% 33% 16% 25% 26% 67% 2% 38% 76% 18% 7% 208 6 19% 604 238 14% 447 233 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2004 23 20 71 60 11 15 4 0 2 8 0 0 8 11 .250 .352 .417 .769 101 25 2 2 0 1 0
2005 24 151 593 522 77 124 36 1 23 82 0 1 63 121 .238 .325 .443 .768 101 231 11 6 0 2 3
2006 25 308 1265 1078 183 265 60 3 58 177 1 3 160 273 .246 .350 .468 .818 114 505 24 17 2 8 10
2007 26 458 1924 1617 267 406 96 4 80 255 4 5 260 404 .251 .361 .464 .825 118 750 37 27 3 17 22
2008 27 611 2512 2114 353 515 117 5 104 324 7 8 342 539 .244 .354 .451 .805 112 954 51 31 4 21 28
2009 28 761 3119 2612 437 639 152 6 133 406 7 8 439 665 .245 .357 .460 .818 115 1202 64 34 7 27 30

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 23 20 73 61 11 16 4 0 2 8 0 9 11 .262 .370 .426 .796 9 20
2005 24 131 524 463 65 110 32 1 21 73 0 56 110 .238 .324 .447 .772 66 131
2006 25 157 677 560 104 145 25 2 36 93 1 100 152 .259 .378 .504 .882 104 157
2007 26 150 674 548 86 150 38 1 23 80 3 106 131 .274 .396 .473 .869 102 150
2008 27 153 583 495 81 107 21 1 24 65 3 80 135 .216 .328 .408 .736 65 153
2009 28 150 606 499 81 125 35 1 29 79 0 98 126 .251 .373 .499 .872 93 150
6 Seasons 761 3137 2626 428 653 155 6 135 398 7 449 665 .249 .362 .466 .829 439 761
162 Game Avg. 162 668 559 91 139 33 1 29 85 1 96 142 .249 .362 .466 .829 93 761

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2006 AL--157--10th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2006 AL--106--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 AL--35--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL--97--6th
2007 AL--100--6th
2008 AL--82--8th
2009 AL--97--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL--152--4th
2007 AL--131--10th
2008 AL--135--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2007 AL--26--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2007 AL--2.5--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL--9--4th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL--12--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
2006 AL--15.9--9th
Active--19.6--30th
Career--19.6--101st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bo Jackson (934)
  7. Austin Kearns (928)
  8. Mack Jones (926)
  9. Brad Wilkerson (925)
  10. Ken Harrelson (921)
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  2. Jose Cruz (958)
  3. Bob Allison (942)
  4. Pete Incaviglia (939)
  5. Austin Kearns (934)
  6. Wally Post (931)
  7. Ken Harrelson (928)
  8. Gil Hodges (924)
  9. Pat Burrell (921)
  10. Cory Snyder (919)
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  3. Phil Plantier (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Greg Vaughn (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Greg Vaughn (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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