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Steve
Swisher		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 9, 1951 in Usa, WV, PARKERSBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
All-Star Selections 1984    1986    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 PIT NL     3 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
1975 23 PIT NL     3 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
1976 24 PIT NL     3 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
1977 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1978 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1979 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1980 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1981 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1982 30 PIT NL $ 1,307,143   8 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1983 31 CLE AL $ 1,307,143   8 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 6
1984 32 CLE AL $ 3,121,429   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1985 33 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1986 34 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1987 35 CLE AL $ 3,600,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 4
1988 36 SDP NL $ 3,600,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 5 4 4
1989 37 COL NL $ 3,009,007   6 6 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 4
1990 38 COL NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 22 A   137 405 55 113 10 4 14 60 2 9 59 59 .279 .371 .427 .798 63.5  
1975 23 A   137 486 51 128 18 4 14 75 5 6 77 78 .263 .364 .403 .767 74.1  
1976 24 A   137 475 48 124 22 1 12 57 4 6 74 69 .261 .361 .387 .748 68.9  
1977 25 AA   137 494 58 136 23 0 15 71 7 6 59 75 .275 .353 .413 .766 72.2  
1978 26 PIT NL 14 32 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 6 .156 .282 .156 .438 1.5 0.0
    AAA   83 286 31 66 7 0 7 27 2 3 26 58 .231 .295 .329 .624 28.2  
1979 27 PIT NL 47 130 16 39 2 0 1 12 0 2 10 13 .300 .345 .338 .684 13.9 1.9
1980 28 PIT NL 72 187 25 64 9 0 4 30 1 0 10 22 .342 .368 .455 .823 29.4 7.2
1981 29 PIT NL 89 221 21 75 10 0 1 24 2 1 10 22 .339 .366 .398 .765 29.1 6.1
1982 30 PIT NL 88 210 28 53 6 1 1 20 1 1 10 25 .252 .288 .305 .593 16.7 0.9
1983 31 CLE AL 105 360 62 119 19 0 5 53 1 2 33 41 .331 .387 .425 .812 53.9 12.5
1984 32 CLE AL 129 553 97 188 36 2 7 72 2 2 45 74 .340 .390 .450 .841 89.4 22.5
1985 33 CLE AL 139 511 68 152 30 6 4 57 3 2 26 84 .297 .335 .403 .738 62.1 12.6
1986 34 CLE AL 133 513 60 178 27 4 9 68 0 5 24 75 .347 .381 .468 .849 77.7 17.0
1987 35 CLE AL 145 531 56 172 33 5 0 58 0 3 30 79 .324 .360 .405 .765 68.3 12.5
1988 36 SDP NL 61 136 18 35 4 1 0 18 0 1 10 19 .257 .311 .301 .612 11.3 0.9
1989 37 COL NL 135 501 74 164 32 3 3 64 2 1 23 79 .327 .358 .421 .779 65.7 14.6
1990 38 COL NL 130 474 54 142 16 2 2 46 1 1 20 118 .300 .331 .354 .685 51.5 8.0
13 Years Sim 1287 4359 581 1386 224 24 37 525 13 23 254 657 .318 .357 .406 .763 570.7 116.7
1 Years AAA 83 286 31 66 7 0 7 27 2 3 26 58 .231 .305 .329 .634 28.2  
1 Years AA 137 494 58 136 23 0 15 71 7 6 59 75 .275 .362 .413 .775 72.2  
3 Years A 411 1366 154 365 50 9 40 192 11 21 210 206 .267 .368 .405 .773 206.5  
5 Years Minors 631 2146 243 567 80 9 62 290 20 30 295 339 .264 .359 .397 .755 307.0  
162 Game Average 548 73 174 28 3 4 66 1 2 31 82 .318 .357 .406 .763 71.8  
Career Highs 145 553 97 188 36 6 9 72 3 5 45 118 .347 .390 .468 .849 89.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2852 371 886 133 12 25 327 10 17 149 448 .311 .347 .392 .739 360.5
vs LH   1507 210 500 91 12 12 198 3 6 105 209 .332 .376 .432 .808 225.4
Home 635 2101 277 651 128 7 17 252 6 8 114 336 .310 .346 .402 .748 271.5
Away 652 2258 304 735 96 17 20 273 7 15 140 321 .326 .367 .410 .777 314.5
RISP   1136 0 364 58 8 10 459 0 0 77 187 .320 .360 .412 .772 160.5
Pinch Hitting   154 19 45 9 0 1 27 0 2 12 21 .292 .345 .370 .715 18.4
Close/Late   587 69 181 28 1 2 69 0 0 34 81 .308 .349 .370 .719 71.7
Mar/Apr 201 676 93 226 34 3 6 73 1 2 36 110 .334 .371 .420 .791 96.3
May 226 791 106 246 42 2 8 96 4 5 38 118 .311 .343 .399 .742 100.6
June 209 704 114 250 53 6 6 100 2 3 55 100 .355 .401 .473 .874 120.1
July 202 674 87 219 43 4 7 85 2 5 35 94 .325 .359 .432 .790 94.7
August 231 786 90 222 24 4 4 81 3 5 54 126 .282 .333 .338 .671 85.4
Sep/Oct 218 728 91 223 28 5 6 90 1 3 36 109 .306 .341 .383 .724 89.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 26 PIT NL C 14 11 102.7 59 5 0 0 1.000 5.61 9 3 .333 0 0.3
1979 27 PIT NL C 41 36 316.0 160 18 3 0 .983 5.07 29 6 .207 0 1.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 PIT NL C 44 39 324.7 178 16 3 0 .985 5.38 31 9 .290 2 1.5
1981 29 PIT NL C 39 37 303.3 184 12 1 0 .995 5.82 34 10 .294 1 2.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0  
1982 30 PIT NL C 37 35 294.7 146 21 1 0 .994 5.10 38 15 .395 0 1.6
    RF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 31 CLE AL C 95 78 733.0 401 35 7 0 .984 5.35 70 25 .357 5 3.2
1984 32 CLE AL C 129 123 1124.3 622 46 16 0 .977 5.35 105 30 .286 3 3.2
1985 33 CLE AL C 138 131 1190.7 786 77 11 0 .987 6.52 139 56 .403 2 8.7
1986 34 CLE AL C 130 127 1150.3 767 58 15 0 .982 6.45 123 34 .276 3 3.9
1987 35 CLE AL C 141 131 1173.3 729 58 9 0 .989 6.04 127 43 .339 6 4.6
1988 36 SDP NL C 38 34 287.7 152 20 3 0 .983 5.38 32 11 .344 0 1.9
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1989 37 COL NL C 134 128 1156.0 818 47 7 2 .992 6.73 96 25 .260 2 6.0
1990 38 COL NL C 129 125 1127.0 799 45 10 0 .988 6.74 100 29 .290 3 3.9
  C 1109 1035 9283.6 5801 458 86 2 .986 6.07 933 296 .317 27 41.8
  RF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 3 0 3.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1119 1035 9305.6 5806 462 86 4 .986 6.06 933 296 .317 27 41.9
Career Highs   141 131 1190.7 818 77 16 2 1.000 6.74 139 56 .403 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 28 PIT NL 5 21 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857
1983 31 CLE AL 14 64 13 20 2 0 2 12 0 1 2 7 .313 .343 .438 .781
1984 32 CLE AL 5 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .105 .261 .105 .366
1985 33 CLE AL 16 63 4 21 3 1 0 6 0 0 2 9 .333 .354 .413 .767
1989 37 COL NL 5 22 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636
1990 38 COL NL 4 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462
Career Post-Season Batting 49 202 23 61 5 2 2 19 0 1 7 23 .302 .332 .376 .708
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1984-1-.340
1986-1-.347
1987-7-.324
1989-1-.327
CAR-23-.318
 On-Base Pct
1984-4-.390
1986-6-.381
 OPS
1984-8-.841
1986-7-.849
 Runs
1984-7-97
 Hits
1984-4-188
1986-8-178
 Singles
1984-1-143
1986-3-138
1987-8-134
1989-6-126
1990-9-122
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Shanty Hogan (906)
  7. Ron Pruitt (904)
  8. Mike Heath (903)
  9. Thurman Munson (896)
  10. Smead Jolley (896)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 87th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1974
Injured on 7/21/1977 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/6/1978, off Mike Norris (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/17/1979, off Bill Gullickson (MIA)
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/11/1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cleveland (A) on 2/8/1983 (Going to CLE: C Steve Swisher. Going to PIT: C Thurman Munson, P Dave Heaverlo)
Injured on 4/8/1983 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
10/31/1984: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $3,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/15/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1986, hitting .560 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1986, hitting .452 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 6/7/1986
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (A) to San Diego on 2/4/1988 (Going to CLE: P Bo Mclaughlin, LF Gary Ward. Going to SDP: C Steve Swisher)
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/11/1989 to a 2-year deal worth $3,009,007 per year
Released by Colorado on 10/13/1990
 
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