Don Schwall
[edit] Biography
Born on March 2, 1936 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Don Schwall (Donald Bernard Schwall) played for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 7 year career. Schwall broke into the bigs on May 21, 1961 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.22 ERA in 178.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Don Schwall's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1961, when he posted a 3.22 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 91 batters. However, others believe that it was 1965, when he posted a 2.92 ERA and struck out 55 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| 25
| 25
| 15
| 7
| 3.22
| 91
| 76
| 64
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 178.2
| 167
| 8
| 110
| 1
| 6
| 6
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| 33
| 32
| 9
| 15
| 4.94
| 89
| 118
| 100
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 182.1
| 180
| 18
| 121
| 1
| 7
| 10
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 24
| 6
| 12
| 3.33
| 86
| 72
| 62
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 167.2
| 158
| 13
| 74
| 13
| 3
| 6
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| 15
| 9
| 4
| 3
| 4.35
| 36
| 28
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 49.2
| 53
| 1
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| 43
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 2.92
| 55
| 37
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 77
| 77
| 5
| 30
| 4
| 5
| 2
|
| 1966
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 2.16
| 24
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 41.2
| 31
| 3
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| 11
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 4.37
| 27
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.1
| 44
| 2
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 12
| 6
| 5
| 3.31
| 51
| 36
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 75
| 5
| 40
| 4
| 5
| 3
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 114
| 46
| 25
| 26
| 3.37
| 228
| 173
| 143
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 382
| 363
| 24
| 160
| 23
| 14
| 11
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 58
| 57
| 24
| 22
| 4.09
| 180
| 194
| 164
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 361
| 347
| 26
| 231
| 2
| 13
| 16
|
| Total
|
|
| 172
| 103
| 49
| 48
| 3.72
| 408
| 367
| 307
| 18
| 5
| 4
| 743
| 710
| 50
| 391
| 25
| 27
| 27
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| P
| 25
| 25
| 178.2
| 8
| 33
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| .932
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| P
| 33
| 32
| 182.1
| 8
| 34
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .955
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 24
| 167.2
| 15
| 35
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 9
| 1
| .980
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| P
| 15
| 9
| 49.2
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| P
| 43
| 1
| 77
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| PIT
| N
| P
| 11
| 4
| 41.2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| P
| 11
| 8
| 45.1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| P
| 22
| 12
| 87
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 172
| 103
| 743
| 52
| 137
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 36
| 20
| 1
| .964
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1961
| BOS
| A
| 27
| 61
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 6
| .180
| .194
| .213
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| BOS
| A
| 34
| 66
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .136
| .162
| .136
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 50
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .160
| .173
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 19
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .263
| .263
| .368
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| 43
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .182
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| TOT
| N
| 22
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .043
| .083
| .043
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 115
| 107
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 2
| .131
| .145
| .150
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 61
| 127
| 10
| 20
| 0
| 10
| .157
| .177
| .173
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 234
| 16
| 34
| 0
| 12
| .145
| .162
| .162
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 55
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1958).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jim Pagliaroni to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dick Stuart and Jack Lamabe (November 20, 1962).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Billy O'Dell (June 15, 1966).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (June 20, 1967).
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