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Steve Swisher
Steven Eugene Swisher

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School Ohio University

Debut June 14, 1974
  vs. HOU 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 26, 1982
Born August 9, 1951 in Parkersburg, WV

Father of Nick Swisher

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1973. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 22 CHC NL  90  280   21   60   5  0   5   27   0  3  37  63  .214  .307  .286   65   80   3   3   1   2   7
 1975 23 CHC NL  93  254   20   54  16  2   1   22   1  0  30  57  .213  .301  .303   66   77   6   4   7   4  15
 1976 24 CHC NL 109  377   25   89  13  3   5   42   2  1  20  82  .236  .275  .326   65  123   7   5   3   2  11 AS
 1977 25 CHC NL  74  205   21   39   7  0   5   15   0  0   9  47  .190  .229  .298   35   61   2   2   5   2   3
 1978 26 STL NL  45  115   11   32   5  1   1   10   1  0   8  14  .278  .331  .365   96   42   0   0   0   1   6
 1979 27 STL NL  38   73    4   11   1  1   1    3   0  0   6  17  .151  .213  .233   21   17   0   1   0   0   2
 1980 28 STL NL  18   24    2    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .250  .280  .292   58    7   0   0   0   0   2
 1981 29 SDP NL  16   28    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  11  .143  .200  .143    2    4   0   0   0   0   1
 1982 30 SDP NL  26   58    2   10   1  0   2    3   0  0   5  24  .172  .238  .293   51   17   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      509 1414  108  305  49  7  20  124   4  4 118 322  .216  .279  .303   59  428  19  15  16  11  47
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   34   97  16  2   6   39   1  1  38 102  .216  .279  .303   59  136   6   5   5   4  15
 Career High    109  377   25   89  16  3   5   42   2  3  37  82  .236  .307  .326   66  123   7   5   7   4  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 22 CHC NL  325  236   25   2.9    97| .214  .266| .307  .338| .286  .384| .593  .722|  65  .325 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1975 23 CHC NL  298  225   22   2.6    99| .213  .270| .301  .342| .303  .390| .604  .732|  66  .289 -11.2  -1.1 100%
 1976 24 CHC NL  411  312   33   2.8    98| .236  .272| .275  .339| .326  .387| .601  .726|  65  .341 -19.0  -2.0  66%
 1977 25 CHC NL  220  173   14   2.2   112| .190  .282| .229  .351| .298  .430| .527  .781|  35  .203 -20.7  -2.1   0%
 1978 26 STL NL  124   89   13   3.9    94| .278  .261| .331  .328| .365  .384| .696  .712|  96  .469  -0.8  -0.1 100%
 1979 27 STL NL   80   65    4   1.7   101| .151  .271| .213  .337| .233  .403| .446  .740|  21  .143  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1980 28 STL NL   25   20    1   1.4    98| .250  .271| .280  .334| .292  .394| .572  .728|  58  .110  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1981 29 SDP NL   30   25    1   1.1    86| .143  .254| .200  .318| .143  .364| .343  .683|   2  .079  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1982 30 SDP NL   64   49    4   2.2    91| .172  .261| .238  .323| .293  .379| .531  .702|  51  .234  -4.0  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      1577 1194  117   2.6    99| .216  .270| .279  .339| .303  .393| .582  .732|  59  .292 -81.9  -8.4  50%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 22 CHC NL C 90 493 50 7 8 .987 .985 6.03 5.37 6.45 6.12 85 757.3 6 24 49 25 1975 23 CHC NL C 93 426 36 10 5 .979 .985 4.97 5.24 5.93 6.03 86 701.3 7 9 47 21 1976 24 CHC NL C 107 574 49 11 6 .983 .986 5.82 5.16 6.11 5.96 106 918.3 8 23 62 36 AS 1977 25 CHC NL C 72 327 38 9 3 .976 .985 5.07 5.54 6.49 6.49 54 506.3 1 17 47 26 1978 26 STL NL C 42 202 13 2 0 .991 .985 5.12 5.11 6.48 6.17 34 298.7 2 13 32 11 1979 27 STL NL C 33 105 6 3 2 .974 .985 3.36 5.27 5.10 6.13 19 196.0 0 5 12 5 1980 28 STL NL C 8 21 1 1 0 .957 .982 2.75 5.22 4.99 6.10 4 39.7 0 1 5 2 1981 29 SDP NL C 10 33 1 1 0 .971 .983 3.40 5.07 5.40 5.94 6 56.7 1 2 5 1 1982 30 SDP NL C 26 93 9 2 0 .981 .985 3.92 5.52 5.45 6.29 18 168.3 1 3 19 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 22 CHC NL C 90 493 50 7 8 .987 .985 6.03 5.37 6.45 6.12 85 757.3 6 24 49 25 1975 23 CHC NL C 93 426 36 10 5 .979 .985 4.97 5.24 5.93 6.03 86 701.3 7 9 47 21 1976 24 CHC NL C 107 574 49 11 6 .983 .986 5.82 5.16 6.11 5.96 106 918.3 8 23 62 36 1977 25 CHC NL C 72 327 38 9 3 .976 .985 5.07 5.54 6.49 6.49 54 506.3 1 17 47 26 1978 26 STL NL C 42 202 13 2 0 .991 .985 5.12 5.11 6.48 6.17 34 298.7 2 13 32 11 1979 27 STL NL C 33 105 6 3 2 .974 .985 3.36 5.27 5.10 6.13 19 196.0 0 5 12 5 1980 28 STL NL C 8 21 1 1 0 .957 .982 2.75 5.22 4.99 6.10 4 39.7 0 1 5 2 1981 29 SDP NL C 10 33 1 1 0 .971 .983 3.40 5.07 5.40 5.94 6 56.7 1 2 5 1 1982 30 SDP NL C 26 93 9 2 0 .981 .985 3.92 5.52 5.45 6.29 18 168.3 1 3 19 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 481 2274 203 46 24 .982 .985 5.15 5.29 6.12 6.12 412 3642.7 26 97 278 132 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 481 2274 203 46 24 .982 .985 5.15 5.29 6.12 6.12 412 3643
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1976

HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1973.

December 11, 1973: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, and Steve Stone to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Santo. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 8, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jerry Morales and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dave Rader and Hector Cruz.

December 8, 1980: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, and John Urrea to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, and Gene Tenace. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.


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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