Steve Swisher
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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
| 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
| 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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