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Red Swanson
Arthur Leonard Swanson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.
School Louisiana State University

Debut September 10, 1955
Final Game September 21, 1957
Born October 15, 1936 in Baton Rouge, LA

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 18 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    4    4   1    3    0   0   0    10   0   0 18.00  4.12   23 2.500
 1956 19 PIT NL   0   0   9   0   0   0   1  0   11.7   21   13   13   1    8    5   0   1    63   1   0 10.03  3.77   38 2.486
 1957 20 PIT NL   3   3  32   8   1   0   8  0   72.7   68   35   30   9   31   29   1   1   309   3   0  3.72  3.80  102 1.362
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .500   3   3  42   8   1   0  10  0   86.3   91   52   47  11   42   34   1   2   382   4   0  4.90  3.80   78 1.541
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  57  10   1   0  13  0  117.3  123   70   63  14   57   46   1   2   519   5   0  4.90  3.80   78 1.541
 Career High      3   3  32   8   1   0   8  0   72.7   68   35   30   9   31   29   1   1   309   3   0  3.72  3.80  102 1.362

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 20 PIT NL  32   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .071  .000  -78    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       43   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .071  .000  -78    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         49    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  23  .000  .071  .000  -78    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     32   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 20 PIT NL   14   13    0   0.0   100| .000  .265| .071  .328| .000  .410| .071  .738| -78  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        14   13    0   0.0   100| .000  .265| .071  .328| .000  .410| .071  .738| -78  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 18 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1956 19 PIT NL P 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.67 0.83 4.62 2.08 0 11.7 1957 20 PIT NL P 32 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.38 0.82 1.49 2.06 8 72.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 18 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1956 19 PIT NL P 9 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.67 0.83 4.62 2.08 0 11.7 1957 20 PIT NL P 32 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.38 0.82 1.49 2.06 8 72.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 42 5 13 0 1 1.000 .963 0.43 0.82 1.88 2.06 8 86.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 42 5 13 0 1 1.000 .963 0.43 0.82 1.88 2.07 8 86
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1955 NL-18-2
1956 NL-19-4

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

August 27, 1955: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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