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Steve Swisher

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Full Name: Steven Eugene Swisher Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205 First Game: June 14, 1974
Birthdate: August 9, 1951 Final Game: September 26, 1982
Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Steve Swisher (Steven Eugene Swisher) was born on August 9, 1951 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on June 14, 1974 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .214 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI. Swisher played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres over the course of his 9 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 CHI N 90 280 21 60 5 27 .214 .307 .286 5 0 37 63 2 3 0 1 7
1975 CHI N 93 254 20 54 1 22 .213 .301 .303 16 2 30 57 4 6 1 7 15
1976 CHI N 109 377 25 89 5 42 .236 .275 .326 13 3 20 82 2 7 2 3 11
1977 CHI N 74 205 21 39 5 15 .190 .229 .298 7 0 9 47 2 2 0 5 3
1978 STL N 45 115 11 32 1 10 .278 .331 .365 5 1 8 14 1 0 1 0 6
1979 STL N 38 73 4 11 1 3 .151 .213 .233 1 1 6 17 0 0 0 0 2
1980 STL N 18 24 2 6 0 2 .250 .280 .292 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 2
1981 SD N 16 28 2 4 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 1
1982 SD N 26 58 2 10 2 3 .172 .238 .293 1 0 5 24 0 1 0 0 0
Total 509 1414 108 305 20 124 .216 .279 .303 49 7 118 322 11 19 4 16 47

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 CHI N C 90 85 757.1 493 50 7 8 0 6 49 25 2 .987
1975 CHI N C 93 86 701.1 426 36 10 5 0 7 47 21 1 .979
1976 CHI N C 107 106 918.1 574 49 11 6 0 8 62 36 0 .983
1977 CHI N C 72 54 506.1 327 38 9 3 0 1 47 26 1 .976
1978 STL N C 42 34 298.2 202 13 2 0 0 2 32 11 0 .991
1979 STL N C 33 19 196 105 6 3 2 0 0 12 5 0 .974
1980 STL N C 8 4 39.2 21 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 .957
1981 SD N C 10 6 56.2 33 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 .971
1982 SD N C 26 18 168.1 93 9 2 0 0 1 19 5 1 .981
Total C 481 412 3642.2 2274 203 46 24 0 26 278 132 5 .982

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (21st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1973 - signed June 20, 1973).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Steve Stone, Ken Frailing and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ron Santo (December 11, 1973); Chicago Cubs received Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jerry Morales and cash to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Dave Rader and Hector Cruz (December 8, 1977).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Terry Kennedy, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman and Al Olmsted to San Diego Padres in exchange for Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later (December 8, 1980); St. Louis Cardinals received Bob Geren (December 10, 1980).
  • Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).

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