Erik Swanson

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: September 4, 1993 in Fargo, ND us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Iowa Western Community College (Council Bluffs, IA).

High School: Mariemont HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Schools: Iowa Western Community College (Council Bluffs, IA), Wabash Valley College (Mount Carmel, IL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.75M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.096 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Meister Sports Management

Full Name: Erik Donald Swanson

Nicknames: Swanny Pops

Twitter: @Erik_Swanson03

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

2.0

ERA

81.00

3.90

196

0.1

221.2

241

WHIP

9.000

1.101

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2013	19	-0.9	Hamilton	GRCL	Summ		2	1	.667	2.95	3.44	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.1	15	7	6	0	3	0	19	4	0	1	78	0.982	7.4	0.0	1.5	9.3	6.33
2014	20	-1.4	Spokane	NORW	A-	TEX	1	2	.333	4.63	4.63	15	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	19	12	12	0	7	1	24	2	0	2	95	1.114	7.3	0.0	2.7	9.3	3.43
2015	21		4 Teams	4 Lgs	A-AA-AAA-Rk	TEX	1	0	1.000	2.35	2.35	10	0	5	0	0	1	15.1	10	4	4	1	7	0	14	0	0	2	62	1.109	5.9	0.6	4.1	8.2	2.00
2015	21	-5.8	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2015	21	-3.4	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2015	21	-0.9	Hickory	SALL	A	TEX	1	0	1.000	2.19	2.19	7	0	3	0	0	1	12.1	7	3	3	1	4	0	10	0	0	1	48	0.892	5.1	0.7	2.9	7.3	2.50
2015	21	0.5	Rangers	ARIZ	Rk	TEX	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2016	22		2 Teams	SALL	A	NYY-TEX	6	5	.545	3.46	4.11	24	17	2	0	0	1	96.1	91	44	37	4	30	0	93	4	0	5	402	1.256	8.5	0.4	2.8	8.7	3.10
2016	22	0.2	Hickory	SALL	A	TEX	6	4	.600	3.43	4.09	19	15	1	0	0	1	81.1	77	37	31	4	25	0	78	4	0	4	340	1.254	8.5	0.4	2.8	8.6	3.12
2016	22	0.2	Charleston	SALL	A	NYY	0	1	.000	3.60	4.20	5	2	1	0	0	0	15.0	14	7	6	0	5	0	15	0	0	1	62	1.267	8.4	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2017	23	-0.1	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	7	3	.700	3.95	4.13	20	20	0	0	0	0	100.1	115	46	44	10	14	1	84	3	0	1	416	1.286	10.3	0.9	1.3	7.5	6.00
2018	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A-	NYY	8	2	.800	2.66	2.81	24	22	1	1	0	0	121.2	93	38	36	10	29	0	139	3	2	1	476	1.003	6.9	0.7	2.1	10.3	4.79
2018	24	-2.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	3	2	.600	3.86	3.98	14	13	0	1	0	0	72.1	63	32	31	10	14	0	78	2	0	1	291	1.065	7.8	1.2	1.7	9.7	5.57
2018	24	-0.4	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	5	0	1.000	0.42	0.63	8	7	1	0	0	0	42.2	22	3	2	0	15	0	55	1	1	0	158	0.867	4.6	0.0	3.2	11.6	3.67
2018	24	2.5	Staten Island	NYPL	A-	NYY	0	0		4.05	4.05	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	27	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	8.1
2019	25	-1.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	1	.000	5.55	5.92	10	6	0	0	0	0	24.1	28	16	15	5	12	0	28	0	0	0	111	1.644	10.4	1.8	4.4	10.4	2.33
2019	25	-3.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	1	5	.167	5.74	6.36	27	8	7	0	0	2	58.0	56	41	37	17	12	1	52	2	0	2	245	1.172	8.7	2.6	1.9	8.1	4.33
2020	26	-2.2	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	2	.000	12.91	14.09	9	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	11	12	11	3	2	0	9	2	0	1	37	1.696	12.9	3.5	2.3	10.6	4.50
2021	27	-0.4	Tacoma	AAAW	AAA	SEA	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	4.5
2021	27	-1.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	0	3	.000	3.31	4.58	33	2	5	0	0	1	35.1	28	18	13	5	10	1	35	1	0	0	144	1.075	7.1	1.3	2.5	8.9	3.50
2022	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
2022	28	0.8	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2022	28	4.8	Everett	NORW	A+	SEA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2022	28	-0.4	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	2	.600	1.68	1.84	57	1	9	0	0	3	53.2	39	11	10	3	10	1	70	1	0	1	206	0.913	6.5	0.5	1.7	11.7	7.00
2023	29	2.1	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2023	29	0.3	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	4	2	.667	2.97	2.97	69	0	13	0	0	4	66.2	52	22	22	8	21	0	75	0	0	0	262	1.095	7.0	1.1	2.8	10.1	3.57
2024	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	TOR	0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	1.714	15.4	0.0	0.0	11.6
2024	30	2.9	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	1	.000	13.50	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
2024	30	7.7	Dunedin	FLOR	A	TOR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2024	30	0.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	1	.000	81.00	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9.000	81.0	27.0	0.0	0.0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
(1 season)							2	1	.667	2.95	3.44	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.1	15	7	6	0	3	0	19	4	0	1	78	0.982	7.4	0.0	1.5	9.3	6.33
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		8	15	.348	3.90	4.34	196	11	36	0	0	10	221.2	189	107	96	37	55	3	241	6	0	4	898	1.101	7.7	1.5	2.2	9.8	4.38
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		24	14	.632	3.50	3.77	111	65	12	1	0	2	388.2	364	163	151	31	99	2	390	12	2	11	1592	1.191	8.4	0.7	2.3	9.0	3.94
All Levels (12 Seasons)							34	30	.531	3.62	3.97	315	77	51	1	0	12	628.2	568	277	253	68	157	5	650	22	2	16	2568	1.153	8.1	1.0	2.2	9.3	4.14

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		4	4	.500	4.28	4.46	31	19	2	1	0	0	103.0	100	51	49	16	26	0	112	2	0	1	430	1.223	8.7	1.4	2.3	9.8	4.31
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	0	1.000	0.62	0.82	9	7	2	0	0	0	43.2	24	4	3	0	17	0	56	1	1	1	164	0.939	4.9	0.0	3.5	11.5	3.29
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		7	3	.700	3.91	4.09	21	20	0	0	0	0	101.1	115	46	44	10	14	1	86	3	0	1	419	1.273	10.2	0.9	1.2	7.6	6.14
A (3 seasons)					Minors		7	5	.583	3.28	3.86	32	17	5	0	0	2	109.2	98	47	40	5	34	0	105	4	0	6	453	1.204	8.0	0.4	2.8	8.6	3.09
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	4.50	4.50	17	2	3	0	0	0	30.0	27	15	15	0	7	1	30	2	1	2	122	1.133	8.1	0.0	2.1	9.0	4.29
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00