Nick
Swisher
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 25, 1980 in N/a
 
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
2004 24 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 1 2 2 4 4 4
2005 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 1 2 2 4 4 4
2006 26 OAK AL     7 7 7 4 5 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5
2007 27 WSH NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2008 28 WSH NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
2009 29 WSH NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5
2010 30 MIL NL $ 1,540,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5
2011 31 MIL NL $ 1,540,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5
2012 32 MIL NL $ 3,257,143   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5
2013 33 MIL NL $ 3,590,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2014 34 MIL NL $ 3,590,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5
2015 35 MIL NL $ 3,590,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 6 1 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,590,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5
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
2004 24 AAA   138 526 59 138 20 3 11 57 11 11 24 127 .262 .295 .375 .669 54.7  
2005 25 OAK AL 36 79 9 20 1 2 0 6 3 2 2 22 .253 .272 .316 .588 5.3 0.0
    AAA   68 288 28 72 11 4 1 21 11 4 9 64 .250 .273 .326 .599 24.5  
2006 26 AAA   137 581 77 150 29 6 18 72 26 10 37 138 .258 .303 .422 .724 74.2  
2007 27 WSH NL 79 209 30 59 8 1 3 24 9 4 12 41 .282 .320 .373 .693 23.0 3.0
    AAA   64 279 50 93 10 2 21 59 15 6 22 57 .333 .382 .609 .991 59.9  
2008 28 WSH NL 133 360 47 96 15 1 11 51 15 9 33 57 .267 .332 .406 .737 49.8 7.0
2009 29 WSH NL 152 532 84 165 24 3 11 77 25 16 51 110 .310 .370 .429 .799 83.0 14.5
2010 30 WSH NL 76 257 34 74 10 0 7 34 16 7 23 52 .288 .350 .409 .758 36.8 6.6
  MIL NL 84 297 38 81 20 0 3 28 19 9 30 59 .273 .344 .370 .715 38.4 6.2
  TOT   160 554 72 155 30 0 10 62 35 16 53 111 .280 .347 .388 .735 75.2 12.8
2011 31 MIL NL 154 559 77 175 28 6 12 63 18 18 72 107 .313 .398 .449 .847 93.3 19.3
2012 32 MIL NL 152 593 72 169 39 2 8 49 5 4 54 114 .285 .346 .398 .744 80.0 12.4
2013 33 MIL NL 152 552 81 162 37 2 16 76 7 9 61 92 .293 .363 .455 .818 85.9 16.2
2014 34 MIL NL 156 599 59 171 34 2 10 69 7 14 44 108 .285 .334 .399 .733 72.4 10.4
2015 35 MIL NL 128 225 33 71 11 2 4 36 4 2 17 34 .316 .363 .436 .799 34.3 7.0
2016 36 AAA   137 553 82 179 30 3 20 92 16 15 55 119 .324 .385 .497 .882 97.4  
10 Years Sim 1302 4262 564 1243 227 21 85 513 128 94 399 796 .292 .354 .415 .769 602.5 102.7
5 Years AAA 544 2227 296 632 100 18 71 301 79 46 147 505 .284 .332 .441 .772 310.8  
162 Game Average 530 70 154 28 2 10 63 15 11 49 99 .292 .354 .415 .769 75.0  
Career Highs 160 599 84 175 39 6 16 77 35 18 72 114 .316 .398 .455 .847 93.3  
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   3211 422 919 168 17 69 412 103 74 311 602 .286 .350 .414 .764 451.1
vs LH   1051 142 324 59 4 16 101 25 20 88 194 .308 .366 .418 .783 150.4
Home 638 2083 270 633 132 6 39 251 60 49 185 382 .304 .363 .429 .792 304.3
Away 664 2179 294 610 95 15 46 262 68 45 214 414 .280 .346 .401 .747 297.2
RISP   1050 0 281 51 4 25 406 0 0 112 188 .268 .336 .395 .731 141.6
Pinch Hitting   167 30 47 4 2 4 23 3 4 16 28 .281 .349 .401 .751 22.4
Close/Late   569 88 186 30 0 11 68 0 1 61 96 .327 .391 .438 .828 93.6
Mar/Apr 176 577 81 171 41 4 13 80 27 7 61 95 .296 .370 .449 .819 93.3
May 208 699 91 212 38 1 14 92 20 18 69 121 .303 .365 .421 .786 102.6
June 219 740 110 212 28 6 19 100 28 17 63 140 .286 .346 .418 .764 103.6
July 225 753 104 211 43 3 20 95 13 20 73 152 .280 .343 .425 .768 104.1
August 227 733 74 208 30 4 2 55 20 15 68 150 .284 .349 .344 .692 86.2
Sep/Oct 247 760 104 229 47 3 17 91 20 17 65 138 .301 .356 .438 .794 111.7
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2005 25 OAK AL LF 10 5 63.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 8 3 34.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.91 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 8 2 31.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 27 WSH NL LF 39 38 318.0 59 3 0 1 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 10 6 54.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 4 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
2008 28 WSH NL RF 56 55 470.7 93 5 3 2 .970 1.87 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 28 27 236.3 43 2 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 5 54.7 13 0 1 0 .929 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 29 WSH NL RF 140 135 1183.3 260 3 3 2 .989 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    LF 6 5 43.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 1 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 30 WSH NL RF 57 57 482.4 99 1 2 1 .980 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 17 14 121.2 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIL NL RF 64 64 565.9 116 2 2 1 .983 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 18 16 142.2 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 121 121 1048.3 215 3 4 2 .982 1.87   3.5
      LF 35 30 263.4 48 1 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2011 31 MIL NL RF 152 151 1353.0 274 7 2 1 .993 1.87 0 0 .000 0 4.0
2012 32 MIL NL RF 148 148 1322.0 280 5 4 1 .986 1.94 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 4 3 28.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
2013 33 MIL NL RF 144 143 1280.0 253 7 2 2 .992 1.83 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    C 2 2 16.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 7.31 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 0 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
2014 34 MIL NL LF 95 90 833.3 154 2 3 1 .981 1.68 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    RF 61 61 547.0 125 1 2 1 .984 2.07 0 0 .000 0  
2015 35 MIL NL LF 27 19 192.0 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 65 0 153.3 22 0 1 0 .957 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 8 6 67.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 905 823 7445.6 1539 31 21 11 .987 1.90 0 0 .000 0 20.5
  LF 249 217 1988.1 365 11 3 2 .992 1.70 0 0 .000 0 7.3
  CF 33 18 201.3 44 1 1 0 .978 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 4 2 19.3 14 1 0 0 1.000 6.98 2 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1192 1060 9659.3 1962 44 25 13 .988 1.87 2 0 .000 0 27.8
Career Highs   157 151 1380.3 286 7 5 2 1.000 2.02 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 29 WSH NL 7 26 4 8 1 0 1 8 1 2 1 4 .308 .357 .462 .819
Career Post-Season Batting 7 26 4 8 1 0 1 8 1 2 1 4 .308 .357 .462 .819
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2011-8-.313
On-Base Pct
2011-4-.398
Games
2010-4-160
Singles
2011-9-129
Triples
2011-9-6
Caught Stealing
2011-6-18
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/16/2005, off Greg Jones (TEX)
Traded from Oakland to Washington on 6/15/2007 (Going to WSH: C Jeremy Brown, CF Nick Swisher. Going to OAK: P Jeremy Fikac, LF Cody Ross)
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/2007, off Brett Myers (SFN)
2/28/2009: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $1,540,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 5/4/2010
Traded from Washington to Milwaukee on 7/1/2010 (Going to MIL: 2B Josh McKinley, RF Nick Swisher. Going to WSH: 2B Rickie Weeks, P Ben Hendrickson)
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,257,143 through salary arbitration
10/13/2012: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $3,590,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/6/2013 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis on 7/5/2014
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2014, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/3/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,001 per year
Injured on 4/24/2016 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Released by Cincinnati on 10/16/2016