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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 OAK AL 23 OF 16 14 127.0 27 24 0 3 0 .889 0.2 1.9 0.2 0.6 -0.4 0 1.70 1.50 .985 2.30 2.05
2004 OAK AL 23 LF 12 11 98.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 1.1 13.5 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 1.74 1.58 .985 2.04 1.73
2004 OAK AL 23 RF 4 3 28.0 7 5 0 2 0 .714 -0.9 -38.6 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.61 1.25 .986 2.22 1.92
2004 OAK AL 23 1B 3 2 18.0 19 19 0 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -33.3 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 9.50 6.33 .995 9.30 8.00
2004 OAK AL 23 DH 2
2004 OAK AL 23 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2005 OAK AL 24 OF 121 115 1027.1 204 196 6 2 2 .990 5.4 6.3 5.4 2.4 3.0 0 1.77 1.67 .986 2.30 2.05 RoY-6
2005 OAK AL 24 RF 121 115 1027.1 204 196 6 2 2 .990 5.4 6.3 5.4 2.4 3.0 0 1.77 1.67 .982 2.12 1.83 RoY-6
2005 OAK AL 24 1B 21 13 119.0 119 109 10 0 10 1.000 -1.6 -16.1 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 9.00 5.67 .994 9.60 8.11 RoY-6
2006 OAK AL 25 1B 90 80 700.0 712 665 42 5 55 .993 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.5 -1.1 0 9.09 7.86 .994 9.51 7.99
2006 OAK AL 25 OF 80 71 659.2 182 174 5 3 3 .984 3.2 5.8 3.2 5.6 -2.4 0 2.44 2.24 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 OAK AL 25 LF 79 71 654.2 178 170 5 3 3 .983 3.6 6.6 3.6 5.6 -2.0 0 2.41 2.22 .986 2.06 1.69
2006 OAK AL 25 DH 2
2006 OAK AL 25 CF 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 13.50 3.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
2006 OAK AL 25 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
2007 OAK AL 26 OF 106 103 894.2 251 246 3 2 0 .992 -4.1 -5.5 -2.1 -5.9 3.8 -2 2.50 2.35 .987 2.30 2.00
2007 OAK AL 26 CF 59 57 481.0 142 139 1 2 0 .986 -11.1 -27.7 -10.1 -10.3 0.2 -1 2.62 2.37 .989 2.71 2.42
2007 OAK AL 26 RF 57 46 413.2 109 107 2 0 0 1.000 7.0 20.3 8.0 4.4 3.6 -1 2.37 1.91 .984 2.08 1.77
2007 OAK AL 26 1B 44 39 346.2 419 391 25 3 31 .993 2.6 9.0 2.6 2.2 0.4 0 10.80 9.45 .995 9.37 7.93
2007 OAK AL 26 DH 5
2008 CHW AL 27 OF 97 96 790.1 202 194 3 5 0 .975 -14.8 -22.5 -13.8 -8.3 -5.5 -1 2.24 2.03 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 CHW AL 27 1B 71 47 462.0 481 447 32 2 52 .996 -0.6 -1.6 -1.6 -2.4 0.8 1 9.33 6.75 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 CHW AL 27 CF 70 69 535.1 144 138 2 4 0 .972 -18.7 -41.9 -16.7 -9.4 -7.3 -2 2.35 2.00 .989 2.71 2.35
2008 CHW AL 27 LF 18 16 137.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 4.9 42.9 3.9 1.8 2.1 1 2.10 1.78 .984 2.05 1.66
2008 CHW AL 27 RF 18 11 118.0 26 25 0 1 0 .962 -1.0 -10.2 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 1.91 1.39 .985 2.15 1.83
2009 NYY AL 28 OF 134 130 1088.2 256 249 2 5 1 .980 2.08 1.87 .987 2.33 2.04
2009 NYY AL 28 RF 130 126 1052.2 246 239 2 5 1 .980 2.06 1.85 .982 2.13 1.75
2009 NYY AL 28 1B 20 10 104.0 95 89 5 1 7 .989 8.13 4.70 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 NYY AL 28 LF 8 4 36.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 1.25 .990 2.12 1.80
2009 NYY AL 28 DH 1
2009 NYY AL 28 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.40
6 Seasons OF 554 529 4587.2 1122 1083 19 20 6 .982 -10.1 -2.6 -7.1 -5.6 -1.5 -3 2.16 1.99 .986 2.31 2.02
6 Seasons RF 331 301 2642.2 593 573 10 10 3 .983 9.9 4.5 10.9 6.1 4.8 -1 1.99 1.76 .983 2.12 1.79
6 Seasons 1B 249 191 1749.2 1845 1720 114 11 158 .994 0.3 0.2 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 1 9.43 7.37 .994 9.40 8.00
4 Seasons CF 131 126 1019.1 289 280 3 6 0 .979 -29.6 -34.8 -26.6 -19.7 -6.9 -3 2.50 2.16 .989 2.71 2.38
4 Seasons LF 117 102 925.2 240 230 6 4 3 .983 9.6 12.4 8.6 8.0 0.6 1 2.29 2.02 .986 2.06 1.70
4 Seasons DH 10
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.40
6 Seasons TOT 829 720 6338.1 2967 2803 133 31 164 .990 -9.8 -1.9 -7.8 -4.4 -3.4 -3 1 4.17 3.54 .980 4.21 3.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 OAK AL 23 20 18 20 17 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 1 4 16 2 1 1
2005 OAK AL 24 131 128 131 130 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 0 3 0
2006 OAK AL 25 157 151 157 155 0 0 90 0 0 0 79 1 1 80 0 1 1
2007 OAK AL 26 150 147 150 144 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 60 57 106 5 1 0
2008 CHW AL 27 153 143 153 149 0 0 71 0 0 0 18 70 18 97 1 4 0
2009 NYY AL 28 150 141 150 144 1 0 20 0 0 0 8 0 130 134 3 6 0
6 Seasons 761 728 761 739 1 0 249 0 0 0 117 132 331 554 11 16 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 OAK AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 133 61% 74% 38% 15 33%
2005 OAK AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 3 1 0 42 24 0 22 5 1 19 12 0 9 3 0 11 6 0 103 50 48.5% 52 1 1.0% 5 4352 54% 74% 39% 410 49%
2006 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 79% 64% 50% 3 33%
2007 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14 5 0 13 5 0 9 7 0 6 3 0 9 7 0 51 27 52.9% 24 0 0.0% 2 1809 60% 76% 40% 193 56%
2008 CHW AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 0 550 52% 74% 36% 54 46%
2009 NYY AL 28 5 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 44 30 0 27 9 1 18 12 0 14 3 0 21 10 0 124 64 51.6% 59 1 0.8% 1 4687 54% 70% 37% 468 51%
6 Seasons 10 0 9 1 2 10 1 5 1 1 105 62 0 69 21 2 50 34 0 32 11 0 43 25 0 299 153 51.2% 144 2 0.7% 8 11545 55% 73% 38% 1143 51%
MLB Averages 49.1% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2004 OAK AL 23 74 54% 65% 38% 3 100% 0 19 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 OAK AL 24 528 58% 74% 26% 29 93% 1 109 12 95 2 7 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 3 67%
2006 OAK AL 25 3139 59% 76% 31% 159 96% 1 666 52 602 10 66 42 27 4 2 3 5 1 2 2 3 56 0 0 0 54 3 2 1 1 6 83%
2007 OAK AL 26 1489 57% 77% 35% 96 95% 0 391 28 358 6 42 25 17 4 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 31 2 0 1 31 3 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 CHW AL 27 1991 60% 73% 31% 88 93% 2 447 33 401 13 24 32 17 7 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 52 1 2 2 47 6 5 1 3 3 67%
2009 NYY AL 28 484 57% 69% 27% 21 95% 0 89 9 78 2 7 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 7705 59% 75% 31% 396 95% 4 1721 134 1553 33 149 114 71 16 6 7 11 3 6 2 7 159 3 2 3 151 12 8 2 5 15 80%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 100% 33% 0
2006 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 100% 86% 4 75%
2007 OAK AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 21 14 0 30 9 0 8 3 0 10 1 0 15 7 0 84 34 40.5% 50 0 0.0% 1 2217 58% 74% 39% 295 47%
2008 CHW AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 20 14 0 28 4 0 13 5 0 8 1 0 12 9 0 81 33 40.7% 48 0 0.0% 2 2396 55% 75% 38% 291 48%
4 Seasons 6 0 6 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 41 28 0 58 13 0 21 8 0 18 2 0 27 16 0 165 67 40.6% 98 0 0.0% 3 4623 56% 74% 39% 590 48%
MLB Averages 43.4% 1.7% 56% 74% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 OAK AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 462 57% 75% 40% 45 42%
2006 OAK AL 25 3 0 3 0 1 5 1 2 0 2 39 34 0 29 10 0 14 8 0 5 0 2 15 15 0 102 67 65.7% 32 2 2.0% 3 2928 57% 75% 40% 374 46%
2008 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 7 0 7 4 0 6 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 28 19 67.9% 9 0 0.0% 1 617 62% 73% 40% 65 49%
2009 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 171 48% 71% 36% 24 42%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 6 1 3 0 2 58 49 0 41 16 0 25 15 0 11 3 2 19 19 0 154 102 66.2% 49 2 1.3% 4 4178 57% 75% 40% 508 46%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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%
2009 NYY AL 28 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 74% 31% 87% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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