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Craig Swan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: November 30, 1950 in Van Nuys, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 23rd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA) and the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 3, 1973 (Age 22-277d, 13,422nd in major league history)
vs. PHI 4.1 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 29, 1984 (Age 33-181d)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Dick Merkel, Dick Moss

Full Name: Craig Steven Swan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

ERA

3.74

231

185

1235.2

673

WHIP

1.268

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-17 / in Starts: 12-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	66	5	Apr 10	NYM		CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.59	32	11	15	5	2	1	78			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.443	1.58	0.47%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	67	9	Apr 15	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.84	25	6	10	0	0	3	73			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.205	1.91	0.22%	1.06	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
3	68	14	Apr 21	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	5	4	4	4	5	1	0	1.64	2.72	27	9	9	2	3	0	47			0	0	0	22	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.10	-0.090	2.24	-0.11%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
4	69	19	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	GS-7		4	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.24	2.45	23	10	5	0	0	2	77			0	1	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.414	1.70	0.39%	3.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	70	23	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.02	2.39	27	8	8	1	0	7	46			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.062	1.16	0.04%	0.00	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 2 out a2
6	71	28	May 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	7	6	6	4	1	3	0	3.02	3.59	28	5	11	1	0	7	31			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.505	1.19	-0.33%	-3.30	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
7	72	33	May 12	NYM		HOU	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.59	3.49	26	6	8	1	1	3	72			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.409	1.20	0.23%	3.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
8	73	38	May 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	1	2.43	3.29	24	4	12	2	0	3	71			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.178	1.36	0.14%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	74	43	May 25	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.40	3.20	31	11	10	0	3	5	65			1	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.250	1.46	0.20%	1.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
10	75	48	May 29(2)	NYM		STL	L,2-6	GS-10	L(1-3)	3	9.1	12	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.59	3.05	39	11	11	0	1	12	51			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.247	2.15	0.21%	1.45	1t start tie	10t 12- 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	76	61	Jun 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-6		14	5.0	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.65	2.97	23	7	6	0	1	8	43			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.151	.59	-0.05%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
12	77	66	Jun 18(1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.54	2.97	27	7	10	0	2	4	65			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.13	0.154	.60	0.05%	2.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	78	72	Jun 24	NYM		PIT	L,4-7	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.57	3.04	25	4	10	1	1	6	55			1	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.030	.52	0.01%	0.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	79	77	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	7	2	2	4	5	1	0	2.63	3.17	24	5	3	1	0	7	46			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.012	.39	0.00%	0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	80	81	Jul 4(2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(1-5)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	13	2	0	2.66	3.23	36	6	8	1	1	5	74			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.308	.42	-0.06%	0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	81	86	Jul 9	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	3.25	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.015	.04	0.00%	0.43	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
17	82	89	Jul 15	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-5		5	5.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.59	3.22	18	8	3	0	0	4	56			3	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.140	.11	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
18	83	95	Jul 19(2)	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(2-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.48	3.08	34	10	10	0	1	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.571	.05	0.01%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	84	102	Jul 25	NYM		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.44	3.06	35	10	10	1	1	6	66			1	0	0	31	4	0	1	2	0	0	.90	0.125	.03	0.00%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	85	106	Jul 30	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.45	2.97	29	5	8	1	2	7	60			1	1	1	27	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.015	.08	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	86	110	Aug 4	NYM	@	STL	W,8-3	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.44	2.92	32	11	8	1	1	8	59			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.295	.03	0.01%	1.53	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
22	87	114	Aug 9	NYM	@	MON	W,10-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.50	2.92	29	6	10	0	0	7	51			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.008	.02	0.00%	0.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
23	88	118	Aug 15	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	GS-9	W(6-5)	5	8.1	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.37	2.92	33	11	13	1	1	5	71			2	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.27	0.244	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
24	89	123	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.0	7	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.47	2.88	31	2	11	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
25	90	128	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	1	1	2.40	2.99	35	5	17	6	1	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.545	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	91	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,10-4	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	2.49	3.02	35	5	14	1	1	9	51			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.67	0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.57	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	92	149	Sep 16	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-9		16	9.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.42	3.03	31	7	15	1	7	3	81			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.505	.00	0.00%	3.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
28	93	153	Sep 21	NYM	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	7.0	7	6	3	2	4	0	0	2.47	3.00	31	9	9	2	0	7	47			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	2	.71	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-2.91	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d5
29	94	158	Sep 26	NYM		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-6)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.43	3.00	25	8	10	1	1	3	67			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.260	.00	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							12-17		W-L:9-6	4.3	207.1	164	62	56	58	125	12	2	2.43	3.00	819	0.76		6%	6%	151	61	0	---%	16	9	2	750	33	4	8	12	4	5	1.12	3.871	.64	1.44%	30.86

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