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Nick Swisher

Nicholas Thompson Swisher

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/WhiteSox 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 6 yrs/$36M (07-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.031, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Joe Bick [*]
Relatives: Son of Steve Swisher
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 6, 2012, 8:21PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #711. Shin-Soo Choo… #712. Dave Foutz… #713. Billy Southworth… #714. NICK SWISHER… #715. Dave Cash… #716. Snuffy Stirnweiss… #717. Frankie Crosetti… 

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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 /3
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 *3 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 3
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 3
2008 27 CHW AL 153 588 497 86 109 21 1 24 69 3 3 82 135 .219 .332 .410 .743 93 204 14 4 1 4 6 3
2009 28 NYY AL 150 607 498 84 124 35 1 29 82 0 0 97 126 .249 .371 .498 .869 122 248 13 3 3 6 2 *3/1
2010 29 NYY AL 150 635 566 91 163 33 3 29 89 1 2 58 139 .288 .359 .511 .870 129 289 13 6 3 2 0 */3 AS
2011 30 NYY AL 150 635 526 81 137 30 0 23 85 2 2 95 125 .260 .374 .449 .822 117 236 18 5 1 8 6 *93/D
8 Seasons 1061 4389 3704 609 939 215 9 185 580 10 12 592 929 .254 .360 .466 .826 117 1727 95 45 11 37 36
162 Game Avg. 162 670 566 93 143 33 1 28 89 2 2 90 142 .254 .360 .466 .826 117 264 15 7 2 6 5
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 (3 yrs) 450 1877 1590 256 424 98 4 81 256 3 4 250 390 .267 .368 .486 .854 123 773 44 14 7 16 8
CHW (1 yr) 153 588 497 86 109 21 1 24 69 3 3 82 135 .219 .332 .410 .743 93 204 14 4 1 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 OAK AL 71 0 -1 0 0 -0 -1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /3
2005 24 OAK AL 522 1 1 -1 -1 4 -7 18 14 1.4 11 1.1 0.3 $316,500 *3 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 672 27 -2 0 -1 4 -9 22 40 3.9 37 3.7 0.2 $335,000 3
2007 26 OAK AL 659 21 3 -1 -1 -2 -4 21 38 3.8 39 3.9 -0.1 $400,000 3
2008 27 CHW AL 588 -5 0 -2 -2 -15 -4 21 -8 -0.8 8 0.8 -1.6 $3,600,000 3
2009 28 NYY AL 607 21 -2 -2 -1 5 -7 21 35 3.3 30 2.8 0.5 $5,400,000 *3/1
2010 29 NYY AL 635 23 -2 1 -1 9 -7 22 44 4.3 35 3.4 0.9 $6,850,000 */3 AS
2011 30 NYY AL 635 16 -2 -1 -3 12 -7 22 36 3.4 24 2.3 1.1 $9,100,000 *93/D
8 Seasons 4389 104 -5 -6 -10 16 -47 148 198 19.2 185 18.0 1.2 $26,001,500
OAK (4 yrs) 1924 49 1 -2 -3 6 -21 63 91 9.0 87 8.7 0.3 $1,051,500
NYY (3 yrs) 1877 60 -6 -2 -5 25 -22 64 115 11.0 90 8.5 2.5 $21,350,000
CHW (1 yr) 588 -5 0 -2 -2 -15 -4 21 -8 -0.8 8 0.8 -1.6 $3,600,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 29 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 13 12 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .750 1.135 9 1 0 0 0 0
2010 29 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 6 25 22 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 .091 .200 .273 .473 6 1 0 0 0 0
2011 30 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 20 19 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .211 .250 .368 .618 7 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (9 Series) 38 147 124 16 21 7 0 4 6 0 0 21 36 .169 .295 .323 .617 40 2 1 1 0 0
5 ALDS 17 63 57 8 13 5 0 2 4 0 0 6 13 .228 .302 .421 .723 24 1 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 16 65 52 5 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 19 .115 .281 .192 .474 10 1 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

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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 28 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 68 0 0 0 68 0 68 0 0 0 340 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2009 28 NYY AL 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $5,400,000
1 Season 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $5,400,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 OAK AL 23 OF 16 27 24 0 3 0 .889 0 -1 1.50 .985 2.28
2004 OAK AL 23 1B 3 19 19 0 0 3 1.000 -0 0 6.33 .994 9.27
2004 OAK AL 23 LF 12 11 9 98.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 1 -1 13 -12 1.74 1.58 .983 2.04 2.03
2004 OAK AL 23 RF 4 3 3 28.0 7 5 0 2 0 .714 -1 0 -39 0 1.61 1.25 .983 2.22 2.20
2004 OAK AL 23 DH 2 2
2004 OAK AL 23 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2005 OAK AL 24 OF 121 204 196 6 2 2 .990 5 4 1.67 .986 2.28 RoY-6
2005 OAK AL 24 1B 21 119 109 10 0 10 1.000 -2 0 5.67 .994 9.49 RoY-6
2005 OAK AL 24 RF 121 115 105 1027.1 204 196 6 2 2 .990 5 4 6 5 1.77 1.67 .982 2.12 2.10 RoY-6
2006 OAK AL 25 1B 90 713 666 42 5 56 .993 0 -2 7.87 .994 9.40
2006 OAK AL 25 OF 80 182 174 5 3 3 .984 3 2 2.24 .986 2.27
2006 OAK AL 25 LF 79 71 64 654.2 178 170 5 3 3 .983 4 1 7 2 2.41 2.22 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 OAK AL 25 CF 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 120 600 13.50 3.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2006 OAK AL 25 RF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -240 0 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.20
2007 OAK AL 26 OF 105 251 246 3 2 0 .992 -4 7 2.37 .987 2.28
2007 OAK AL 26 1B 44 419 391 25 3 31 .993 3 -1 9.45 .995 9.27
2007 OAK AL 26 CF 60 57 44 481.0 142 139 1 2 0 .986 -11 3 -28 7 2.62 2.33 .989 2.71 2.68
2007 OAK AL 26 RF 57 46 39 413.2 109 107 2 0 0 1.000 7 4 20 12 2.37 1.91 .985 2.08 2.06
2007 OAK AL 26 DH 5 5
2008 CHW AL 27 OF 97 202 194 3 5 0 .975 -15 -5 2.03 .986 2.28
2008 CHW AL 27 1B 71 481 447 32 2 52 .996 -1 -4 6.75 .994 9.18
2008 CHW AL 27 CF 70 69 29 535.1 144 138 2 4 0 .972 -19 -7 -42 -16 2.35 2.00 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 CHW AL 27 LF 18 16 11 137.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 5 2 43 18 2.10 1.78 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 CHW AL 27 RF 18 11 11 118.0 26 25 0 1 0 .962 -1 0 -10 0 1.91 1.39 .985 2.15 2.13
2009 NYY AL 28 OF 134 256 249 2 5 1 .980 4 7 1.87 .987 2.30
2009 NYY AL 28 1B 20 95 89 5 1 7 .989 1 0 4.70 .994 9.02
2009 NYY AL 28 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
2009 NYY AL 28 RF 130 126 82 1052.2 246 239 2 5 1 .980 4 7 5 8 2.06 1.85 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 NYY AL 28 LF 8 4 3 36.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -23 0 2.50 1.25 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 NYY AL 28 DH 1 1
2010 NYY AL 29 OF 134 279 265 10 4 1 .986 9 7 2.05 .986 2.28 AS
2010 NYY AL 29 1B 6 21 19 2 0 2 1.000 -0 -1 3.50 .994 9.23 AS
2010 NYY AL 29 RF 134 131 101 1102.0 279 265 10 4 1 .986 9 7 10 8 2.25 2.05 .984 2.10 2.08 AS
2010 NYY AL 29 DH 11 11 AS
2010 NYY AL 29 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 AS
2011 NYY AL 30 OF 141 140 102 1190.1 283 273 9 1 1 .996 13 0 13 0 2.13 2.00 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 NYY AL 30 RF 141 140 102 1190.1 283 273 9 1 1 .996 13 0 13 0 2.13 2.00 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 NYY AL 30 1B 11 3 3 44.0 31 29 2 0 4 1.000 -1 -1 -34 -27 6.34 2.82 .993 9.31 9.24
2011 NYY AL 30 DH 5 5
8 Seasons OF 828 140 102 1190.1 1684 1621 38 25 8 .985 15 21 15 3 2.13 2.00 .986 2.28 2.28
8 Seasons RF 606 572 443 4935.0 1155 1111 29 15 5 .987 36 22 9 5 2.08 1.88 .984 2.11 2.09
8 Seasons 1B 266 3 3 44.0 1898 1769 118 11 165 .994 0 -9 7 -245 6.34 7.09 .994 9.31 9.29
5 Seasons CF 133 126 73 1020.1 289 280 3 6 0 .979 -30 -3 -35 -3 2.50 2.13 .989 2.71 2.68
4 Seasons LF 117 102 87 925.2 240 230 6 4 3 .983 9 2 12 2 2.29 2.02 .986 2.06 2.03
1 Season P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
8 Seasons TOT 1095 143 105 1235.1 3582 3390 156 36 173 .990 16 33 15 32 2.28 3.24 .990 2.53 3.98
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  1.1 (9th)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .360 (46th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2010 AL  .511 (10th)

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)
2010 AL  29 (9th)
Active  185 (50th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 AL  97 (6th)
2007 AL  100 (6th)
2008 AL  82 (8th)
2009 AL  97 (2nd)
2011 AL  95 (4th)
Active  592 (35th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 AL  152 (4th)
2007 AL  131 (10th)
2008 AL  135 (5th)
2010 AL  139 (6th)

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)
2011 AL  8 (8th)

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  20.0 (28th)
Career  20.0 (117th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  606 (17th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,111 (17th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  29 (22nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  15 (21st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  36 (6th)
Career  36 (27th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.25 (4th)
Active  2.08 (11th)
Career  2.08 (61st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  2.05 (4th)
Active  1.88 (14th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  .990 (5th)
2011 AL  .996 (2nd)
Active  .987 (6th)
Career  .987 (17th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2011 AL  13 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 25 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1070), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (811), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Glenn Davis (921)
  7. Paul Sorrento (912)
  8. Pete Incaviglia (912)
  9. Jim Lemon (911)
  10. Eric Hinske (910)
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  3. Pete Incaviglia (945)
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  5. Greg Vaughn (932)
  6. Pat Burrell (928)
  7. Ron Gant (927)
  8. Richard Hidalgo (927)
  9. Torii Hunter (924)
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  3. Phil Plantier (970)  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
  6. Jose Cruz (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Allison (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200524Oakland Athletics$316,500
200625Oakland Athletics$335,000
200726Oakland Athletics$400,000
200827Chicago White Sox$3,600,000
200928New York Yankees$5,400,000
201029New York Yankees$6,850,000
201130New York Yankees$9,100,000
201231New York Yankees$10,250,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$26,001,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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