Steve Swisher
Steven Eugene Swisher
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1951 in Parkersburg, WV
High School: South (Parkerburg, WV)
School: Ohio University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1974
Final Game: September 26, 1982
Relatives: Father of Nick 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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1974 CHC NL 22 C 90 85 757.1 550 493 50 7 8 .987 2.0 3.2 2 6.45 6.03 .985 6.12 5.37 6 24 49 25 34%
1975 CHC NL 23 C 93 86 701.1 472 426 36 10 5 .979 3.0 5.1 3 5.93 4.97 .985 6.03 5.24 7 9 47 21 31%
1976 CHC NL 24 C 107 106 918.1 634 574 49 11 6 .983 3.0 3.9 3 6.11 5.82 .986 5.96 5.16 8 23 62 36 37% AS
1977 CHC NL 25 C 72 54 506.1 374 327 38 9 3 .976 0.0 0.0 0 6.49 5.07 .985 6.49 5.54 1 17 47 26 36%
1978 STL NL 26 C 42 34 298.2 217 202 13 2 0 .991 -2.0 -8.0 -2 6.48 5.12 .985 6.17 5.11 2 13 32 11 26%
1979 STL NL 27 C 33 19 196.0 114 105 6 3 2 .974 0.0 0.0 0 5.10 3.36 .985 6.13 5.27 0 5 12 5 29%
1980 STL NL 28 C 8 4 39.2 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 0 4.99 2.75 .983 6.10 5.22 0 1 5 2 29%
1981 SDP NL 29 C 10 6 56.2 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -1.0 -21.2 -1 5.40 3.40 .983 5.94 5.07 1 2 5 1 17%
1982 SDP NL 30 C 26 18 168.1 104 93 9 2 0 .981 -1.0 -7.1 -1 5.45 3.92 .985 6.29 5.52 1 3 19 5 21%
9 Seasons C 481 412 3642.2 2523 2274 203 46 24 .982 4.0 1.3 4 6.12 5.15 .985 6.12 5.29 26 97 278 132 32%
9 Seasons TOT 481 412 3642.2 2523 2274 203 46 24 .982 4.0 1.3 4 6.12 5.15 .967 6.12 5.29 26 97 278 132 32%

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
1974 CHC NL 22 90 85 90 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 23 93 86 93 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHC NL 24 109 106 109 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 CHC NL 25 74 54 74 72 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 STL NL 26 45 34 45 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 STL NL 27 38 19 38 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1980 STL NL 28 18 4 18 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1981 SDP NL 29 16 6 16 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 SDP NL 30 26 18 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 509 412 509 481 0 481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1974 CHC NL 22 3461 3.92 4.60 40 98% 0 0 491 21 4 15 451 48 13 2 0 8 7 0 3 4 0 8 1 0 1 8 100%
1975 CHC NL 23 3166 4.41 5.03 31 100% 1 0 425 21 4 14 385 35 8 0 0 3 10 1 1 8 0 5 0 2 3 7 100%
1976 CHC NL 24 4126 4.52 5.03 42 88% 2 0 580 31 3 18 527 42 4 0 1 3 11 1 4 6 1 6 0 0 1 9 67%
1977 CHC NL 25 2285 3.91 4.46 14 93% 0 0 327 6 6 10 304 38 5 0 0 6 9 1 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1978 STL NL 26 1305 2.98 3.62 19 89% 1 0 201 14 0 5 182 11 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 STL NL 27 864 4.18 4.82 11 82% 0 0 108 8 1 4 95 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0%
1980 STL NL 28 173 3.18 4.08 2 100% 0 0 21 2 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SDP NL 29 258 4.13 4.29 3 100% 0 0 33 3 0 1 29 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 30 779 4.22 4.92 10 100% 0 0 95 4 1 3 87 11 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
9 Seasons 16417 4.11 4.71 172 94% 4 0 2281 110 19 70 2079 194 39 3 1 21 46 3 12 31 1 24 1 3 6 31 87%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.24 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1974 CHC NL 22 6 24 1388 49 25 21 34% 43 23 5 1 1 1 2 1 105 32 1.32 1.49
1975 CHC NL 23 8 9 1185 47 21 20 31% 43 16 4 2 0 3 1 0 92 25 1.27 1.26
1976 CHC NL 24 8 23 1481 62 36 31 37% 55 32 5 3 2 1 0 0 116 43 1.28 1.33
1977 CHC NL 25 1 17 769 47 26 22 36% 41 23 6 2 0 1 1 1 86 35 1.13 1.14
1978 STL NL 26 2 13 449 32 11 7 26% 29 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 52 14 1.16 1.37
1979 STL NL 27 0 5 324 12 5 4 29% 11 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 27 4 1.82 2.36
1980 STL NL 28 0 1 59 5 2 1 29% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1.14 1.43
1981 SDP NL 29 1 2 95 5 1 0 17% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0.87 0.25
1982 SDP NL 30 1 3 285 19 5 4 21% 18 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 6 1.31 1.35
9 Seasons 27 97 6035 278 132 110 32% 250 115 24 8 4 9 5 2 524 163 1.26 1.35
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.27

* 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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