Steve Swisher

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1951 in Parkersburg, WV us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (21st) of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ohio University (Athens, OH).

High School: Parkersburg South HS (Parkersburg, WV)

School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: June 14, 1974 (Age 22-309d, 13,499th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1982 (Age 31-048d)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Steven Eugene Swisher

Nicknames: Swish

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Father of Nick Swisher

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

1414

305

.216

108

RBI

124

OBP

.279

SLG

.303

OPS

.581

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-44 / in Starts: 25-29
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 220 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	140 (72-48-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 220 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	134 (66-44-23)

Most Driven In
Self	5
S Ontiveros	4
M Trillo	3
B Murcer	1
L Biittner	1
G Clines	1
J Cardenal	0

Most Driven In By
Self	5
L Biittner	3
G Clines	2
G Gross	2
R Burris	1
I de JesÃºs	1
M Trillo	1
R Reuschel	1

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	293	1	Apr 7	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.82	-0.062	1.31	-0.06%	-0.74	C
2	294	9 (7)	Apr 18	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
3	295	10	Apr 19	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	8	1.43	-0.116	2.04	-0.10%	-1.03	C
4	296	14 (3)	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,3-21	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	297	26 (11)	May 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	7	.02	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.21	C
6	298	30 (3)	May 15 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	1.28	-0.088	2.22	-0.09%	-0.98	C
7	299	34 (3)	May 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	6	5	4	3	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.474	.774	7	.42	0.176	.75	0.19%	2.81	C
8	300	35	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.240	.375	.615	6	.65	0.066	1.22	0.07%	-0.46	C
9	301	37 (1)	May 24	CHC		MON	L,4-5	CG(13)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.429	.729	8	1.87	-0.053	3.82	-0.07%	-0.16	C
10	302	38	May 25	CHC		MON	W,7-3	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.273	.387	.660	8	.47	-0.039	.91	-0.05%	-1.05	C
11	303	42 (3)	May 29	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.273	.387	.660	8						C
12	304	43	May 30	CHC	@	STL	L,0-14	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.375	.640	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	305	48 (4)	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.353	.603	9	1.90	-0.096	6.02	-0.18%	-0.47	C
14	306	58 (9)	Jun 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,6-8	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.444	.708	8	.09	-0.001	.21	0.00%	0.79	PH C
15	307	61 (2)	Jun 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	3-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.275	.432	.707	8	.69	-0.002	1.68	0.00%	-0.03	C
16	308	62	Jun 20	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-9	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.239	.372	.611	8	1.36	-0.208	3.35	-0.31%	-1.37	C
17	309	63	Jun 21	CHC	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.255	.396	.651	8	.30	0.083	.72	0.12%	0.65	C
18	310	64	Jun 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.255	.404	.658	8	.31	-0.001	.76	0.00%	-0.33	C
19	311	65	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.259	.400	.659	8	.38	-0.027	.92	-0.04%	-0.30	C
20	312	66	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.274	.397	.671	8	1.07	-0.002	2.51	0.00%	0.03	C
21	313	67	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.273	.377	.650	8	.50	-0.011	1.11	-0.02%	-0.42	C
22	314	68	Jun 27	CHC	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.271	.385	.656	7	1.01	0.131	2.15	0.17%	0.63	C
23	315	69	Jun 28	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.260	.368	.628	7	1.52	0.024	3.09	0.03%	-0.33	C
24	316	70	Jun 29	CHC	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.250	.352	.602	7	.41	-0.031	.82	-0.04%	-0.47	C
25	317	71	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.241	.338	.578	8	.80	-0.062	2.07	-0.10%	-0.61	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	318	72	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.232	.325	.556	8	1.47	-0.120	4.17	-0.20%	-0.77	C
27	319	73	Jul 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.233	.313	.545	8	.23	0.005	.68	0.01%	-0.57	C
28	320	74	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.244	.321	.566	8	1.25	-0.093	4.18	-0.19%	0.39	C
29	321	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		MON	L,3-19	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.234	.307	.541	8	.34	-0.035	.80	-0.05%	-1.12	C
30	322	77 (1)	Jul 5	CHC		MON	L,8-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.174	.222	.293	.516	8	1.93	-0.233	5.04	-0.37%	-1.15	C
31	323	78	Jul 6	CHC		MON	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.214	.281	.495	8	.98	-0.044	2.61	-0.07%	-0.89	C
32	324	79	Jul 7	CHC		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.226	.286	.512	8	.86	-0.023	2.76	-0.04%	-0.33	C
33	325	80	Jul 8	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.229	.287	.516	8	1.31	-0.065	3.87	-0.11%	-0.61	C
34	326	81	Jul 9	CHC		STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.223	.279	.502	8	1.09	-0.092	3.15	-0.16%	-0.75	C
35	327	82	Jul 10 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.217	.271	.488	8	.39	-0.030	1.24	-0.06%	-0.68	C
36	328	85 (2)	Jul 13 susp	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.224	.278	.502	7	4.08	0.348	10.74	0.55%	1.64	C
37	329	88 (2)	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-8	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.231	.278	.509	7	1.00	0.004	4.40	0.01%	0.12	C
38	330	93 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,6-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.229	.275	.504	7	1.78	-0.047	5.22	-0.08%	-0.25	PH
39	331	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.225	.270	.495	8	1.00	-0.050	2.94	-0.09%	-0.49	C
40	332	97 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.223	.268	.491	9	.25	-0.006	.74	-0.01%	-0.34	C
41	333	100 (2)	Jul 29	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.223	.268	.491	7						C
42	334	102 (1)	Jul 31	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.232	.276	.508	8	1.01	-0.099	3.12	-0.18%	-0.54	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	335	103	Aug 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.240	.292	.532	8	1.44	0.108	4.42	0.20%	0.61	C
44	336	104	Aug 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.242	.293	.535	8	1.17	-0.042	3.61	-0.08%	-0.40	C
45	337	105	Aug 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.205	.255	.323	.578	8	1.08	0.140	3.36	0.26%	1.49	C
46	338	106	Aug 5	CHC		SDP	L,8-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.248	.313	.561	8	.83	-0.086	2.63	-0.16%	-0.94	C
47	339	109 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	CHC		SDP	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.248	.333	.582	7	.24	0.043	.73	0.08%	0.14	C
48	340	110	Aug 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.245	.328	.573	8	.83	-0.042	3.24	-0.10%	-0.34	C
49	341	115 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.245	.328	.573	7						C
50	342	116	Aug 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.245	.326	.571	7	.92	-0.070	2.07	-0.09%	-0.47	C
51	343	117	Aug 16	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	10-GF(15)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.242	.322	.564	9	2.33	-0.128	3.02	-0.10%	-0.50	C
52	344	119 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.242	.322	.564	8						C
53	345	126 (6)	Aug 25	CHC	@	ATL	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.199	.242	.322	.564	8	.60	-0.064	.30	-0.02%	-0.81	C
54	346	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.195	.238	.315	.553	8	.88	-0.161	.41	-0.04%	-1.95	C
55	347	128	Aug 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.233	.309	.542	8	1.11	-0.079	.74	-0.03%	-0.74	C
56	348	132 (3)	Aug 31	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.232	.307	.539	9	.31	-0.008	.10	0.00%	-0.10	PH C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	349	134 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.232	.301	.533	8	1.56	-0.083	.19	-0.01%	-0.66	C
58	350	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.189	.234	.302	.536	8	1.37	0.066	.07	0.00%	0.53	C
59	351	136	Sep 5	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.185	.230	.296	.526	8	1.19	-0.136	.13	-0.01%	-1.58	C
60	352	137	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.227	.293	.520	8	.86	-0.045	.13	0.00%	-0.37	C
61	353	139 (1)	Sep 8	CHC		MON	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.226	.291	.517	8	1.46	-0.038	.06	0.00%	-0.11	C
62	354	142 (2)	Sep 11	CHC		NYM	L,3-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.226	.291	.517	9						C
63	355	143	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	GS-8	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.239	.304	.542	8	1.00	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.70	C
64	356	144	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.240	.304	.545	8	.91	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.13	C
65	357	145	Sep 14	CHC	@	MON	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.245	.304	.549	8	3.63	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
66	358	147 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.245	.309	.553	7	.43	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
67	359	148	Sep 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.240	.302	.541	7	1.92	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.65	C
68	360	150 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.235	.295	.530	7	1.30	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-1.09	C
69	361	152 (1)	Sep 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.230	.289	.519	7	.71	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.02	C
70	362	153	Sep 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.225	.283	.508	7	1.73	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-1.98	C
71	363	154	Sep 23	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.221	.277	.498	7	1.56	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
72	364	160 (5)	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.223	.293	.516	8	.86	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
73	365	161	Oct 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.224	.294	.518	8	.95	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.08	C
74	366	162	Oct 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.229	.298	.527	8	2.77	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.46	C
							30-44		220	205	21	39	7	0	5	15	9	5	47	2	2	2	4	3	0	0	.190	.229	.298	.527		1.05	-2.159	1.71	-1.63%	-21.70

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