Erik Swanson

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors, 15-day IL)

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

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

3.78

195

221.1

241

WHIP

1.089

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-04-05	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder		Richmond Flying Squirrels	6-9	W	3.2	1	0	0	1	6	0	0		12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	58	37	7	12	2	4	1	0
2	2018-04-10	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder		New Hampshire Fisher Cats	1-5	W	5.0	4	1	0	2	5	0	0	60	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	76	47	8	9	2	12	3	4
3	2018-04-18	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder	@	Erie SeaWolves	1-5	W	5.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	62	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	95	61	11	19	3	5	1	1
4	2018-04-23	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder		Harrisburg Senators	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	11	0	0	77	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	89	66	14	13	4	8	3	2
5	2018-04-29	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder	@	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	1-3		2.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	54	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	40	23	5	4	3	0	0	0
6	2018-05-04	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder		Harrisburg Senators	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	72	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	25	96	63	17	11	6	12	2	4
7	2018-05-10	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder	@	Richmond Flying Squirrels	1-7		7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	78	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	104	75	19	11	5	9	4	0
8	2018-05-15	AA-EL	Trenton Thunder		Akron RubberDucks	1-6		6.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	1	73	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	78	54	13	9	5	7	2	2
		Player Moved from AA-EL to AAA-IL
9	2018-05-21	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	1-6		5.2	4	3	3	2	8	1	0	55	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	101	69	25	7	3	11	2	3
10	2018-05-26	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Syracuse Chiefs	3-7		5.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0		20	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	81	52	19	3	7	12	3	2
11	2018-05-31	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Louisville Bats	1-6		5.1	6	4	4	1	7	0	0	46	21	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	97	63	16	13	7	7	3	0
12	2018-06-06	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Durham Bulls	1-3	L	2.2	4	3	3	1	5	1	0	42	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	66	44	8	7	2	5	3	1
13	2018-06-12	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Rochester Red Wings	1-6	W	6.0	6	2	2	0	8	2	1	60	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	23	85	58	20	12	9	4	3	0
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to A--NYPL
14	2018-07-05	A--NYPL	Staten Island Yankees	@	Hudson Valley Renegades	1-3		3.0	2	2	2	0	4	0	0	51	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	11	40	30	8	7	3	4	0	1
15	2018-07-09	A--NYPL	Staten Island Yankees		Brooklyn Cyclones	1-4		3.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	47	16	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	16	51	36	7	5	7	7	4	0
		Player Moved from A--NYPL to AAA-IL
16	2018-07-14	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Rochester Red Wings	1-5		4.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	63	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	57	42	9	8	3	9	3	2
17	2018-07-19	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Columbus Clippers	1-5		4.1	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	46	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	61	43	7	12	7	7	2	1
18	2018-07-27	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Gwinnett Stripers	1-4		4.0	2	1	1	1	7	1	0	60	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	74	48	10	13	0	7	0	1
19	2018-08-01	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Rochester Red Wings	1-5	L	4.1	8	6	6	1	4	1	0	26	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	86	58	16	4	3	14	3	2
20	2018-08-08	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Norfolk Tides	1-7		7.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	73	24	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	25	99	65	13	15	7	9	2	1
21	2018-08-14	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Indianapolis Indians	1-5	W	5.0	4	3	3	2	7	1	1	52	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	90	61	19	7	3	9	3	1
22	2018-08-19	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Norfolk Tides	1-6		6.0	7	4	3	1	5	1	0	48	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	82	58	9	12	6	16	6	2
23	2018-08-25	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	1-6		6.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	69	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	75	52	13	12	11	5	1	1
24	2018-08-31	AAA-IL	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders		Pawtucket Red Sox	1-7	W	6.1	3	1	1	1	8	1	0	70	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	92	57	18	6	2	12	3	3

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	24	476	442	38	93	25	4	10	11	4	29	139	.210	.263	.353	.616	.281	156	12	3	0	2	0

Home	14	278	260	19	54	10	2	7	5	2	14	81	.208	.255	.342	.598	.272	89	8	3	0	1	0
Away	10	198	182	19	39	15	2	3	6	2	15	58	.214	.273	.368	.641	.295	67	4	0	0	1	0

April	5	86	76	3	12	2	1	0	0	3	10	33	.158	.256	.211	.466	.279	16	1	0	0	0	0
May	6	139	129	9	25	10	1	1	4	0	9	38	.194	.252	.310	.562	.267	40	5	1	0	0	0
June	2	36	34	5	10	1	0	3	1	0	1	13	.294	.333	.588	.922	.389	20	2	1	0	0	0
July	5	75	73	7	16	4	1	2	3	0	1	19	.219	.227	.384	.610	.264	28	2	0	0	1	0
August	6	140	130	14	30	8	1	4	3	1	8	36	.231	.279	.400	.679	.286	52	2	1	0	1	0

As Starter	22	442	410	36	87	23	3	10	10	4	27	132	.212	.265	.356	.621	.285	146	11	3	0	2	0
As Reliever	2	34	32	2	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	7	.188	.235	.313	.548	.240	10	1	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	24	228	213		49	13	1	8			13	68	.230	.276	.413	.689	.297	88	6	1	0	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	24	248	229		44	12	3	2			16	71	.192	.250	.297	.547	.268	68	6	2	0	1	0

Bases Empty	24	300	280		62	15	2	9			18	87	.221	.273	.386	.659	.288	108	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	24	176	162		31	10	2	1			11	52	.191	.244	.296	.541	.270	48	12	1	0	2	0

vs. Younger Batters	23	190	177		35	9	2	0			8	62	.198	.242	.271	.513	.299	48	2	3	0	2	0
vs. Older Batters	23	286	265		58	16	2	10			21	77	.219	.276	.408	.684	.270	108	10	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	8	2	.800	2.66	24	22	0	121.2	93	38	36	10	29	0	139	3	2	0	476	1.003	10.3	4.79

Home	7	1	.875	2.13	14	12	0	72.0	54	19	17	7	14	0	81	3	0	0	278	0.944	10.1	5.79
Away	1	1	.500	3.44	10	10	0	49.2	39	19	19	3	15	0	58	0	2	0	198	1.087	10.5	3.87

April	4	0	1.000	0.79	5	4	0	22.2	12	3	2	0	10	0	33	0	0	0	86	0.971	13.1	3.30
May	1	0	1.000	2.25	6	5	0	36.0	25	9	9	1	9	0	38	1	1	0	139	0.944	9.5	4.22
June	1	1	.500	5.19	2	2	0	8.2	10	5	5	3	1	0	13	1	0	0	36	1.269	13.5	13.00
July	0	0		3.20	5	5	0	19.2	16	7	7	2	1	0	19	0	1	0	75	0.864	8.7	19.00
August	2	1	.667	3.38	6	6	0	34.2	30	14	13	4	8	0	36	1	0	0	140	1.096	9.3	4.50

As Starter	7	2	.778	2.71	22	22	0	113.0	87	36	34	10	27	0	132	3	2	0	442	1.009	10.5	4.89
As Reliever	1	0	1.000	2.08	2	0	0	8.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	34	0.923	7.3	3.50

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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