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Micheal
Swartz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 20, 1987 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2013    2015   
All-Star Selections 2012   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 18 CLE AL   4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 6 5
2007 19 CLE AL   4 4 4 4 2 4 3 5 7 6
2008 20 PIT NL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 2 4 3 6 8 7
2009 21 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 3 5 4 7 9 8
2010 22 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 4 6 5 7 9 8
2011 23 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 3 5 4 7 9 8
2012 24 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 9 10 10 4 6 5 8 9 9
2013 25 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 3 5 4 8 10 9
2014 26 TEX AL $ 611,429 4 9 10 9 3 5 4 7 8 8
2015 27 TEX AL $ 1,422,857 4 9 9 9 3 5 4 6 8 7
2016 28 TEX AL $ 1,570,000 4 9 9 9 3 5 4 7 8 8
2017 29 TEX AL $ 1,570,000 4 9 9 9 2 4 3 7 9 8
2018 30 TEX AL $ 450,000 3 9 9 9 2 4 3 8 10 9
2019 31 TEX AL $ 450,000 3 9 9 9 2 4 3 7 9 8
2020 32 BAL AL $ 3,150,000 3 9 9 9 2 4 3 6 8 7
2021 33 TB AL $ 3,150,000 3 9 9 9 2 4 3 5 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,150,000 4 10 10 10 4 6 5 8 10 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 18 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2007 19 CLE AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2008 20 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2009 21 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 22 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 23 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 24 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 25 TEX AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 26 TEX AL $ 611,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 27 TEX AL $ 1,422,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 28 TEX AL $ 1,570,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 29 TEX AL $ 1,570,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 30 TEX AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2019 31 TEX AL $ 450,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2020 32 BAL AL $ 3,150,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2021 33 TB AL $ 3,150,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,150,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 18 AA   1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 1 29.3 35 20 6 6 28 6.14 .297 .331 .534 .865  
    A   1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 11.0 8 6 1 2 8 4.91 .186 .222 .326 .548  
2007 19 AA   3 7 .300 70 4 0 0 3 72.3 68 30 11 20 58 3.73 .245 .295 .410 .705  
2008 20 PIT NL 2 1 .667 10 0 0 0 0 10.7 9 6 2 4 6 5.07 .231 .302 .385 .687 0.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 1 10.3 10 5 3 8 10 4.36 .256 .383 .513 .896  
2009 21 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
  TEX AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 1 1 3 2 2.45 .333 .421 .533 .954 0.0
  TOT   1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 1 1 3 3 1.93 .316 .391 .474 .865 0.4
    AAA   2 3 .400 47 0 0 0 2 77.7 88 45 9 42 69 5.22 .288 .374 .471 .844  
2010 22 TEX AL 0 2 .000 21 0 0 0 0 31.0 28 16 5 14 32 4.65 .241 .328 .431 .759 1.5
    AAA   4 2 .667 49 0 0 0 12 57.0 39 11 4 19 76 1.74 .197 .267 .308 .575  
2011 23 TEX AL 3 1 .750 28 0 0 0 16 31.7 19 5 2 8 40 1.42 .173 .235 .264 .499 8.1
    AAA   4 3 .571 40 0 0 0 27 45.0 30 5 0 19 58 1.00 .185 .271 .198 .468  
2012 24 TEX AL 7 6 .538 66 0 0 0 44 67.3 47 25 3 33 87 3.34 .197 .297 .268 .564 14.7
2013 25 TEX AL 6 6 .500 70 0 0 0 38 68.7 71 37 8 33 72 4.85 .269 .349 .398 .746 7.3
2014 26 TEX AL 3 3 .500 42 0 0 0 6 41.3 33 14 3 29 47 3.05 .213 .337 .316 .653 5.2
2015 27 TEX AL 6 4 .600 46 0 0 0 2 83.3 73 44 9 48 101 4.75 .232 .336 .385 .721 5.3
2016 28 TEX AL 2 1 .667 65 0 0 0 6 96.3 100 57 14 53 95 5.33 .264 .358 .427 .786 4.3
2017 29 TEX AL 3 4 .429 61 0 0 0 0 106.0 97 58 19 69 120 4.92 .241 .354 .424 .779 4.3
2018 30 TEX AL 5 1 .833 61 0 0 0 5 95.3 95 40 9 43 92 3.78 .265 .341 .387 .728 8.5
2019 31 TEX AL 5 7 .417 81 0 0 0 4 89.3 82 40 5 57 81 4.03 .245 .351 .355 .706 6.2
2020 32 BAL AL 2 4 .333 41 0 0 0 2 41.7 46 28 7 20 41 6.05 .277 .353 .494 .847 0.2
2021 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 28 0 0 0 0 34.0 26 13 4 27 36 3.44 .206 .348 .341 .690 2.3
  TB AL 1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 0 18.7 35 30 5 23 19 14.47 .393 .518 .652 1.170 0.0
  TOT   1 2 .333 45 0 0 0 0 52.7 61 43 9 50 55 7.35 .284 .419 .470 .889 2.3
14 Years Sim 46 42 .523 641 0 0 0 123 819.9 767 414 96 464 872 4.54 .246 .345 .391 .735 68.9
4 Years AAA 10 8 .556 146 0 0 0 42 190.0 167 66 16 88 213 3.13 .237 .322 .365 .686  
2 Years AA 4 8 .333 90 4 0 0 4 101.7 103 50 17 26 86 4.43 .260 .306 .447 .753  
1 Years A 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 11.0 8 6 1 2 8 4.91 .186 .222 .326 .548  
7 Years Minors 15 16 .484 241 4 0 0 46 302.7 278 122 34 116 307 3.63 .243 .313 .392 .704  
Season Average 3 3 .500 45 0 0 0 8 58.6 54 29 6 33 62 4.54 .246 .345 .391 .735  
Career Highs 7 7 1.000 81 0 0 0 44 106.0 100 58 19 69 120 7.35 .316 .419 .494 .889  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   390 199 39 193 502   .228 .306 .354 .660
vs LH   377 215 57 271 370   .269 .388 .435 .823
Home 27 24 .529 325 0 0 0 59 423.0 398 229 51 237 453 4.87 .249 .346 .399 .745
Away 19 18 .514 316 0 0 0 71 397.0 369 185 45 227 419 4.19 .244 .342 .382 .724
Mar/Apr 9 5 .643 84 0 0 0 14 118.6 105 54 11 74 133 4.10 .238 .347 .360 .707
May 7 11 .389 113 0 0 0 19 141.6 129 63 20 74 145 4.00 .245 .338 .397 .734
June 7 4 .636 101 0 0 0 12 126.3 108 63 14 71 143 4.49 .227 .328 .375 .703
July 6 8 .429 111 0 0 0 25 135.6 128 76 14 89 131 5.04 .245 .355 .381 .736
August 5 5 .500 120 0 0 0 28 155.0 153 71 18 84 158 4.12 .257 .349 .408 .757
Sep/Oct 12 9 .571 112 0 0 0 32 142.6 144 87 19 72 162 5.49 .261 .346 .413 .759
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 20 PIT NL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.4  
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   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Away 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
July 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 20 PIT NL P 10 0 10.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
2009 21 PIT NL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  TEX AL P 3 0 3.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.36    
  TOT   P 4 0 4.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.79    
2010 22 TEX AL P 21 0 31.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.16    
2011 23 TEX AL P 28 0 31.7 1 4 1 1 .833 1.42    
2012 24 TEX AL P 66 0 67.3 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.34    
2013 25 TEX AL P 70 0 68.7 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.05    
2014 26 TEX AL P 42 0 41.3 2 6 1 1 .889 1.74    
2015 27 TEX AL P 46 0 83.3 4 12 1 0 .941 1.73    
2016 28 TEX AL P 65 0 96.3 5 12 1 2 .944 1.59    
2017 29 TEX AL P 61 0 106.0 4 12 2 1 .889 1.36    
2018 30 TEX AL P 61 0 95.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.51    
2019 31 TEX AL P 81 0 89.3 2 8 1 0 .909 1.01    
2020 32 BAL AL P 41 0 41.7 1 5 3 1 .667 1.30    
2021 33 MIN AL P 28 0 34.0 0 6 1 1 .857 1.59    
  TB AL P 17 0 18.7 0 4 1 0 .800 1.93    
Career Totals   641 0 819.9 32 99 12 9 .916 1.44    
Career Highs   81 0 106.0 6 12 3 2 1.000 5.79    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2010 22 TEX AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 11 9 0 2 2 30.45 .579 .619 .684 1.303
2011 23 TEX AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 1.7 3 4 2 2 2 21.69 .429 .556 1.429 1.984
2013 25 TEX AL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 6 8.3 7 1 0 3 9 1.08 .233 .303 .300 .603
2015 27 TEX AL 1 2 .333 6 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 8 2 4 7 8.00 .316 .381 .605 .986
2016 28 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 4 3 0 10 3 3.68 .174 .424 .217 .642
2017 29 TEX AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 2 4 0.00 .100 .182 .100 .282
2018 30 TEX AL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 4.3 9 4 0 6 5 8.31 .409 .536 .409 .945
2020 32 BAL AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 4 1 0 2 2 2.08 .250 .333 .313 .646
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 4 .333 33 0 0 0 7 43.6 52 30 4 31 34 6.19 .297 .403 .434 .837
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2012-1-44
2013-3-38
CAR-49-123
 Games Pitched
2019-3-81
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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  1. Octavio Dotel (953)
  2. Bradley Thompson (940)
  3. Lincoln Holdzkom (938)
  4. Oliver Nuņez (935)
  5. Felix Sanchez (933)
  6. Mike Koplove (933)
  7. Brian Bruney (931)
  8. John Webb (930)
  9. Carlos Morban (930)
  10. Eddy Rodriguez (929)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland in 2006
Traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh on 6/23/2008 (Going to PIT: LF Andrew Inglis, P Micheal Swartz. Going to CLE: 3B Alex Cintron)
Earned first career win on 6/23/2008
Traded from Pittsburgh to Texas on 4/20/2009 (Going to PIT: P Rich Harden. Going to TEX: P Micheal Swartz)
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Texas in 2013
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/23/2014 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,422,857 through salary arbitration
5/30/2015: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $1,570,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Texas in 2015
5/14/2017: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $450,000 per year, for 2 years
7/20/2019: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $3,150,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Texas to Baltimore on 4/27/2020 (Going to TEX: C Nathan Davidson. Going to BAL: P Micheal Swartz)
Traded from Baltimore to Oakland on 2/2/2021 (Going to OAK: P Micheal Swartz, P Clarence Dunn. Going to BAL: SS Robbie Nardone)
Was claimed off waivers by Minnesota on 2/8/2021
Traded from Minnesota to Tampa Bay on 7/20/2021 (Going to MIN: 2B Michael Viera. Going to TB: P Walter Ayo, P Micheal Swartz)
 
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