Steve Swisher
Born: August 9, 1951, Parkersburg, WVHeight: 6'2" Weight: 205 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Ohio
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 Chicago NL 22 90 280 21 60 80 5 0 5 27 3 3 0 3 36 1 2 63 7 .214 .286 .307 1975 Chicago NL 23 93 254 20 54 77 16 2 1 22 6 4 1 0 23 7 4 57 15 .213 .303 .301 1976 Chicago NL 24 109 377 25 89 123 13 3 5 42 7 5 2 1 17 3 2 82 11 .236 .326 .275 1977 Chicago NL 25 74 205 21 39 61 7 0 5 15 2 2 0 0 4 5 2 47 3 .190 .298 .229 1978 St. Louis NL 26 45 115 11 32 42 5 1 1 10 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 14 6 .278 .365 .331 1979 St. Louis NL 27 38 73 4 11 17 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 17 2 .151 .233 .213 1980 St. Louis NL 28 18 24 2 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 .250 .292 .280 1981 San Diego NL 29 16 28 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 1 .143 .143 .200 1982 San Diego NL 30 26 58 2 10 17 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 24 0 .172 .293 .238 TOTALS 509 1414 108 305 428 49 7 20 124 19 15 4 4 102 16 11 322 47 .216 .303 .279
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1974 Chicago NL C 757.1 85 5 11 90 493 50 7 8 .987 49 25 6 1975 Chicago NL C 701.1 86 7 28 93 426 36 10 5 .979 47 21 7 1976 Chicago NL C 918.1 106 1 17 107 574 49 11 6 .983 62 36 8 1977 Chicago NL C 506.1 54 18 9 72 327 38 9 3 .976 47 26 1 1978 St. Louis NL C 298.2 34 8 13 42 202 13 2 0 .991 32 11 2 1979 St. Louis NL C 196.0 19 14 7 33 105 6 3 2 .974 12 5 0 1980 St. Louis NL C 39.2 4 4 2 8 21 1 1 0 .957 5 2 0 1981 San Diego NL C 56.2 6 4 0 10 33 1 1 0 .971 5 1 1 1982 San Diego NL C 168.1 18 8 8 26 93 9 2 0 .981 19 5 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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, GeneTenace and a player to be named later (December 8, 1980); St. Louis Cardinals received Bob Geren (December 10, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by San Diego Padres, (August 6, 1981).
- Activated by San Diego Padres, (September 1, 1981).
- Placed on disabled list by San Diego Padres, (March 23, 1982).
- Activated by San Diego Padres, (May 18, 1982).
- Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
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